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23 Years Later, We've Discovered An Amazing GameCube Easter Egg
19.1.2024
Have you ever heard of GameCube’s squeaks? Perhaps we’re revealing some embarrassing gap in our collective knowledge at Kotaku in admitting we hadn’t, but we have now. And we’ve scientifically tested it. There’s a bizarre start-up Easter egg on the 2001 Nintendo console, and it makes it get...
Kotaku Readers Share Their Favorite Holiday Gaming Gifts
28.12.2023
Earlier this week, I shared a story about my favorite Christmas gift. It was an Xbox 360 I had begged my late grandma for, which she bought alongside a copy of Gears of War and a second controller for my bestie and I. This gift would set the course for my life’s current trajectory, one neither...
Dreamcast, Virtual Boy, And More Hardware That Was Ahead Of Its Time
1.12.2023
This story is part of our new Future of Gaming series, a three-site look at gaming’s most pioneering technologies, players, and makers.Read more
Nintendo Accounts Will ‘Ease’ Transition To Next Console, Exec Says
20.10.2023
One of the biggest questions about Nintendo’s next console is how it will treat everyone who’s built up a massive library of games on the Switch. Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser isn’t ready to spill the beans about the Switch 2 yet, but he is teasing a smoother transition to the company’s...
The Best Paper Mario Is Getting A Remake
14.9.2023
Nintendo just wrapped up its latest Nintendo Direct, and it closed the show with a banger of an announcement: Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door is getting a remake for Switch in 2024.Read more
Despite Nintendo And Valve, Emulator Dev Isn't Worried About Legal Danger
20.7.2023
While Nintendo loves a lawsuit and emulation is often a contentious issue for publishers, few situations have been quite as high-profile as the recent attempt to launch GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin on Steam. The 20-year-old emu engine has long been available online, but this attempt to become...
Nintendo Asks Valve To Kick GameCube And Wii Emulator Off Steam, Says It's Protecting Its Creativity And Work
28.5.2023
Valve removed the Steam listing for Dolphin, a popular emulator for the GameCube and Wii, after it received a cease and desist from Nintendo, developers behind the project claim. The company behind Mario and Zelda accuses the emulator of illegally circumventing its protections, and says it’s merely...
One Of The First Nintendo GameCubes Has Been Found
5.5.2023
For long-time Nintendo fans and video game historians there have been few public events as memorable as Space World 2000, the show that first revealed the GameCube—and its library of games, and a divisive Zelda demo—to the world.Read more
The Mainline Legend Of Zelda Games, Ranked From Worst To Best
10.4.2023
When it comes to ranking Nintendo’s Legend of Zelda series, you’re really just ranking a group of top-tier games. A list ranking the Zelda series is a list of bangers, and even the “worst” entry is better than most other games. So don’t get mad if your favorite is on the lower half of this list...
The Best-Looking Video Game Consoles Of All Time
4.4.2023
You silly fans. All these years arguing over things you thought were important, like specs, and libraries, and exclusives, and controllers, wasted. Not once have you considered the most crucial thing about a video game console: how good it looks.Read more
Steam Is Getting A GameCube And Nintendo Wii Emulator
28.3.2023
The makers of Dolphin announced the GameCube and Wii emulator will come to Steam Early Access later this year. It promises to let users play classics like The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and Super Mario Galaxy with improved graphics and better performance than the original consoles offered....
These 5 Retro Games Hold Up Even Without The Nostalgia
16.3.2023
I spent most of my childhood fixated on free dress-up games and Animal Crossing so, now, when I play something someone older than me swears is the best game ever, I feel like I’ve already missed out on its magic. It can be hard to swallow outdated plot points and vintage polygons when modern gaming...
Wait, The GameCube Nearly Had An Official LCD Monitor?
7.3.2023
The Nintendo GameCube was a weird little console, one that had all kinds of wacky add-ons and peripherals released for it over the years, from LAN adapters to Game Boy Links to bongo drums. One thing I never knew about until today, however, were the company’s plans for an official LCD screen.Read...
One Of The Most Beloved Nintendo Controllers Is Back To Fix Switch Joy-Con Drift
10.1.2023
Like many others, the GameCube Wavebird was the first game controller I ever seriously loved. Everything that came before it was fine; at best a novelty, at worst an oversized pain, but mostly just a means to an end. Now there’s a new controller for the Nintendo Switch that looks exactly like...
Fans Blast Tales Of Symphonia Remaster For Being A Downgrade
15.9.2022
Tales fans rejoiced earlier this week when Bandai Namco announced that one of the best entries in the long-running JRPG series would come to Nintendo Switch, and other modern platforms, by way of a remaster. Now they’re having second thoughts. The publisher has since made it clear that the new...
Let’s Remember How Amazing 2002 Was For Video Games
1.7.2022
When people talk about the “best” year in gaming, they typically trot out the usual suspects: 2007 (Assassin’s Creed! Mass Effect! Halo 3!), 2013 (The Last of Us! GTA V!), 2017 (Horizon Zero Dawn! That other open-world game!). Allow us to posit that one of the best years in gaming happened exactly...
Welcome To The Second Age Of The Game Demo
9.6.2022
Once upon a time, game demos were ubiquitous. Hell, for a blissful but fleeting moment in the early 2000s, even Nintendo got in the habit of regularly releasing GameCube preview discs. The discs, 3.1 inches in diameter, would make a handful of trials available for buzzy games. But like Heelys...
GameFly Is Still Renting PS2 Games In 2022
18.5.2022
A few days ago, I saw some folks posting online about the latest GameFly used games sale and decided to check it out while eating lunch. Now, I haven’t thought much about GameFly in a long time, so my curiosity about what GameFly is like in this day and age got the better of me and I decided...
Fan-Made Adapter Lets You Play PlayStation 5 With One Hand
10.1.2022
While the games industry has recently taken some excellent steps forward in terms of accessibility, one area that still has a way to go is recognizing the needs of those with limited mobility. Especially when it comes to PlayStation. Thankfully, the community is stepping up, thanks to innovative...
The 'Dick And Balls' GameCube Controller Is NSFW
3.12.2021
Ludwig, formerly of Twitch and now of YouTube Gaming, won a small Among Us tournament a while back, and as his prize was offered the chance to receive a one-of-a-kind, hand-made GameCube controller.Read more