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Ahead Of Dawntrail, Final Fantasy XIV Players Are Conflicted About Healers
24.4.2024
Final Fantasy XIV fans are having a debate over what the healer role should look like going forward. The MMO’s next expansion, Dawntrail, releases this summer and will bring with it a myriad of new features and changes to how the game will play. Recently a benchmark for the expansion was released...
This Is The Best Mario Kart 8 Build, According To Math
23.4.2024
You ever play Mario Kart 8 and get absolutely dusted by your friends? Maybe, after losing all four races in a single cup, you take your build back to the garage, tinkering with the stats in an effort to create the fastest racer your friend group has ever seen. Well, science has now given us...
Switching From PC To PS5 Has Made Me Appreciate FFXIV More
3.4.2024
Final Fantasy XIV’s next expansion, Dawntrail, releases on June 28 (for those who pre-order). I’m looking forward to it. There is just one problem—I still haven’t finished the last expansion, Endwalker. Yes, I know it came out at the end of 2021, but time just got away from me and I fell off in...
Early Mario Movie Concept Art Shows Cut Characters That Could Be In The Sequel
12.3.2024
Nintendo just announced it’s working on a second Super Mario Bros. Movie that will no doubt introduce more fan-favorite characters to the animated film series. Some early concept art for the first Chris Pratt-led film is kicking around the internet, and it looks like Nintendo and Illumination...
The Best Mario Games, According To You
11.3.2024
Another Mar10 Day has come and gone, and with it came several surprisingly big announcements. While Nintendo celebrated the Italian plumber’s holiday by solidifying release dates for the Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door remake and officially announcing a new animated movie, we here at Kotaku...
Switch 2 Needs To Let Mario's Buddies Shine
11.3.2024
Every March 10 (MAR10), we gather around and sing the praises of Nintendo’s Mario series and its eponymous hero, and for good reason! Mario and his respective franchise are basically the unofficial mascot for all of video games, and there’s little the guy hasn’t done over the years. Beginning as...
Mario Kart Spoof In New Simpsons Episode Features Yoshi Milhouse, Wario Homer
27.2.2024
The latest episode of Fox’s long-running animated comedy, The Simpsons, featured an homage to an iconic video game series: Mario Kart. During the scene, we see Lisa as Mario, Homer as Wario, and other characters dressed up as Nintendo characters in a Mario Kart spoof. For all you sickos out there...
Switch 2 Rumors Swirl As Major Nintendo Games Go Out Of Stock
10.1.2024
Physical editions of several popular Switch games appear to be out of print right now, and it has fans wondering if a Nintendo Selects-style repackaging of these titless might be imminent ahead of the rumored Switch successor.Read more
20 Years Ago, Double Dash Transformed Mario Kart
7.11.2023
For more than 30 years, Mario Kart has been going strong, with the series spanning 14 games. The fundamentals of Nintendo’s wacky racer are largely unchanged from the days of the Super Nintendo: You pick a racer, grab some items to chuck at your friends, and zoom past the finish line. But...
A Parent’s Guide to Super Mario Bros. Wonder
4.11.2023
Good parenting is a lot like being a solid player two. You want to be supportive, curious, and competent. You’re there to have a good time, and understand going with the flow is key to harmony. This can be a challenge with kids and video games when you’re actually, literally, player two, especially...
Super Mario Bros. Wonder Badges, Ranked From Worst To Best
1.11.2023
Badges are one of the best new additions that Super Mario Bros. Wonder brings to Nintendo’s perennial platforming series. This new piece of equipment lets Mario and his friends take on new abilities, which in turn lets you customize your play style to accommodate your own strengths and weaknesses....
Super Mario Bros. Wonder: The Kotaku Review
26.10.2023
First, the bad news: Super Mario Bros. Wonder doesn’t cure covid-19. Trust me on that. But, if you ignore that one flaw and focus on everything else—the gorgeous graphics, the immensely creative levels, the pitch-perfect music—it’s easy to see this is one of Nintnedo’s best Mario games...
These Mario Wonder Infinite 1-Up Cheats Will Make You Immortal
23.10.2023
Super Mario Bros. Wonder, the latest 2D platformer from Nintendo, has already won over critics and gamers alike for its inventive new worlds and unique powers. Although Wonder supplies you with a lot of tools to ensure your first playthrough won’t be a frustrating one, there’s one trick that’s...
Super Mario Bros. Wonder Is A Whole New Approach To 2D Mario Games
31.8.2023
During today’s Super Mario Bros. Wonder-centric Nintendo Direct, we got to see a new and far more detailed look at the upcoming side-scrolling platformer, bendy pipes and elephantine Mario included.Read more
Final Fantasy XIV Is Adding Fall Guys-Inspired Mini-Games
28.7.2023
In the words of Paula Abdul and MC Skat Kat, opposites attract. Perhaps that kernel of wisdom can explain the recent announcement that Final Fantasy XIV—an epic, fantasy MMORPG—is crossing over with Fall Guys—a colorful, small-scale battle royale—in a future update. Read more
Super Mario Bros. Wonder Is Full Of Amazing Little Details
23.6.2023
Nintendo revealed its latest 2D side-scrolling Mario game at its June 21 Direct, and to the unsuspecting eye it might have looked like a familiar return to the New Super Mario Bros. spin-offs of old. But longtime fans quickly noticed that Super Mario Bros. Wonder looks full of extra animated...
Final Fantasy XVI: The Kotaku Review
21.6.2023
A bold and risky pivot toward action for Square Enix’s beloved RPG franchise, Final Fantasy XVI is a stunning achievement that revitalizes the series for a new age—and it just may be the best the series has been in more than 20 years.Read more
The Best And Worst Things About The Super Mario Games
20.4.2023
The Super Mario series has come a long way since Mario first rescued Peach from Bowser’s clutches on the Nintendo Entertainment System. Mario has cleaned up an island with a sentient hose, launched himself through the stars alongside Rosalina, and possessed innocent bystanders with the help of...
What You Should Know About The Super Mario Bros. Movie's End Credits Scenes
6.4.2023
Oh, hello there. I see you’ve got your phone out at the movie theater and you’re sitting in the credits for The Super Mario Bros. Movie. You’re probably here wondering if there are extra scenes worth sticking around for. Well, I’m here to answer that question and more, so let’s jump down the warp...
Every Super Mario Game Ranked From Worst To Best
31.3.2023
For a long time, the word “Nintendo” was synonymous with gaming, and Nintendo has always been shorthand for Mario. The Japanese console mainstay has published dozens of platformers starring the overall-loving plumber since his original debut in 1981’s Donkey Kong, and we’re here to tell you which...