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Nintendo

No More Tripping In The New Smash Bros

Good news for Smash Bros. fans: there’s no tripping in the newest one. For the uninitiated: Tripping is the colloquial term for those moments in Smash Bros. Brawl when your character runs, stumbles, falls and is temporarily stunned. Most fans hated it.

9 June 2013

Nintendo

Play 128 Levels Of Star-Powered Goodness In Newer Super Mario Bros.

Newer Super Mario Bros., a mod for the original New Super Mario Bros. on Wii, took three years to make. It sounds like a long time to spend making a mod, but once you check out the production quality and the amount of content, you’ll agree it was time well spent.

8 June 2013

Nintendo

The Mad Rush For Skylanders: Swap Force Begins October 13

OK, parents, we’ve been through this twice before; this time we get it right. The latest instalment of the franchise your children go crazy for is officially launching on October 13 in North America and October 18 in Europe. You should probably be taking notes.

30 May 2013

PlayStation

From NES To Xbox One, How The Big Three Described Their Consoles

What do you call the box that plugs into the TV and plays games? “Game console”? Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft have been changing the terms they use for their Entertainment Systems, PlayStations, and Xboxes ever so slightly, ever so purposefully, for two decades. Have a look.

24 May 2013

In Real Life

Sure Seems Like Jaleco Is Either AWOL Or Dead

Remember Bases Loaded? And Wii role-playing game Ougon no Kizuna (above)? Or that Japanese truck-driving game? The company known for those titles, Jaleco, seems to have fallen off the map.

10 May 2013

Nintendo

Developer Says Its Wii U Dev Kits Are ‘Collecting Dust’

Those hoping for a Just Cause game — or any game from developers Avalanche — on the Wii U had better not hold their breath, because while the studio is in possession of some development kits for Nintendo’s console, it’s certainly not using them. In an interview with Norwegian site pressfire, Avalanche’s Christofer Sundberg says that the company’s Wii U kits have “collected dust”.

3 May 2013

Nintendo

Why Hasn’t Nintendo Turned The Wii U Into A ‘Nintendo Paradise’?

The Wii U is struggling because it has so few games. Nintendo has a massive library of amazing classic games. How have they not put two and two together yet?

2 May 2013

Nintendo

Wii Owners, Nintendo REALLY Wants You To Buy A Wii U, OK?

Kotaku readers are letting us know that Nintendo has this evening taken the very direct step of sending out messages to Wii owners. Not to tell them that their system is being updated. To tell them their system is now out of date.

13 April 2013

Nintendo

Some Wii Network Services Are Going Offline In Japan

Today in Japan, Nintendo announced that a handful of its network services would no longer be offered. As of June 28 this year, Nintendo will end the following services: Forecast Channel, News Channel, Everybody Votes Channel, Nintendo Channel and Check Mii Out Channel.

11 April 2013

Nintendo

Imagining The Branding For A Nintendo Console That Doesn’t Have ‘Wii’ In Its Name

The Nintendo image is one of the most treasured in gaming. It carries a lot of weight, a lot of history. Yet that weight can sometimes be as much of a burden as a benefit, which is why even the oldest and proudest companies can drop the vintage in favour of a new approach to branding.

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