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Mario Kart 64 Legend Just Retired Because He Got Betrayed
13.8.2021
Matthias Rustemeyer is one of the all-time greats at Mario Kart 64. Maybe even the best. He’s certainly the most famous, having dominated the top-tier of its competitive scene for the greater part of a decade. And now he’s retiring.Read more
Nintendo’s Older Games Are Killing It Right Now
13.8.2021
Nintendo continues absolutely dominating the competition in terms of game sales.Read more
Mario Kart 64 Champion Makes History By Becoming Fastest Player On Every Course
9.8.2021
Last month, long-time Mario Kart 64 racer Daniel Burbank came within two records of nabbing every fastest time in the game. Yesterday he grabbed the final two, becoming the first player in the game’s history to hold all 32 fastest times simultaneously. While that’s impressive on its own, it’s also...
More People Are Buying Mario Kart Than Nintendo’s Newest Games
5.8.2021
Nintendo’s Super Star isn’t the bright and shiny New Pokémon Snap or even the juggernaut that is Animal Crossing: New Horizons. No, well into the Nintendo Switch’s lifespan in the year 2021, it’s Mario Kart 8 that takes the lead.Read more
Nintendo Sold Too Much Animal Crossing Last Year And That's Hard To Repeat
5.8.2021
Last year was effing awful, but Nintendo did great. At this time last year, Kotaku reported that Nintendo’s profits between April and June 2020 increased by over 400 percent—a number that even a year later is hard to comprehend. Understandably, during that same period this year, the feat was hard...
New Pokémon Snap’s ‘Obama Skip’ Is The Latest Speedrunning Trick With A Weird Name
10.7.2021
Like any sub-culture, speedrunning is known for creating its own unique vocabulary that, at times, can sound like an entirely different language. Fortunately, we have folks like Abyssoft to act as our Sherpas and guide us up the treacherous speedrunning mountain. His latest video explains...
NYPD Game Truck Wants Kids To Forget Cops Are Bastards
6.7.2021
Over the July 4 weekend, WNYC reporter Gwynne Hogan shared a photo of the New York City Police Department’s latest attempt at community outreach. The largest local law enforcement agency in the United States plans to launch a game truck full of consoles to seemingly entice children into spending...
Nintendo's Leadership Reveal Their Favorite Video Games
6.7.2021
At Nintendo’s 81st annual general meeting of shareholders, a Q&A section allowed those present to ask all kinds of business-related questions. One, however, was so obvious I cannot believe it hasn’t been asked before: someone simply wanted to know what everyone’s favourite video games were.Read...
The Nintendo 64 Is Now 25 Years Old
23.6.2021
On June 23, 1996, the Nintendo 64 went on sale in Japan. The console is now 25 years old. Twenty-five! Can you believe it?Read more
Nintendo's Game Builder Garage Spawned These 7 Amazing Creations
17.6.2021
Game Builder Garage launched on the Switch last Friday. In less than a week, users have already used Nintendo’s visual programming tool to craft their own takes on Sonic the Hedgehog, Doom Eternal, and the obligatory remake of Kojima’s P.T. demo. And don’t even get me started on screaming event...
Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle Switch sequel leaked by Nintendo
12.6.2021
The only way to follow up giving Super Mario a gun is to do it all over again. Normally, you might expect to hear about a Mario + Rabbids sequel during the Ubisoft Forward presentation at E3 2021, but in a twist, a listing for the game on Nintendo’s website spoiled the surprise. Mario + Rabbids:...
Happy 20th Birthday, Game Boy Advance
11.6.2021
Today, June 11, marks the 20th anniversary of the release of the Game Boy Advance in the U.S. Please put on your hats and inflate your balloons.Read more
Super Mario Kart Hacker Restores Long-Lost Level Editor
7.6.2021
Last year’s massive Nintendo data breach, dubbed the “Gigaleak,” revealed a trove of Nintendo secrets including human characters in Animal Crossing, alternate versions of the fourth-gen Pokémon games, and an F-Zero character model that bore shocking resemblance to Beavis and Butthead’s Beavis....
Last Year Was Nintendo's Most Profitable One Ever
6.5.2021
In 2020, Nintendo saw huge profits with people quarantined at home, playing video games.Read more
Mario Kart 8 je nejprodávanější závodní hrou ve Spojených státech
19.4.2021
Hra Mario Kart 8 se podle analytika NPD Group stala nejprodávanější závodní hrou v historii Spojených států
A History Of Shareware, Demos And Covertapes
26.3.2021
Back before YouTube and Twitch and always online DRM, developers needed more effective ways of marketing than just relying on word of mouth. This resulted in shareware, demos and demo discs, free slices of playable content that spawned one of the most interesting phases in the gaming. Read more
Saturday's Best Deals: Animal Crossing Gift Bundle, Shredding Meat Claws, Moock Jump Starter, Soothing Shower Steamers, Posture Trainer, and More
20.3.2021
A set of meat shredding claws and an Animal Crossing gift set lead Saturday’s best deals.Read more
Super Nintendo World Finally Opens In Japan
18.3.2021
After not one but two delays, Super Nintendo World finally opened today. As Being Kansai reports, lines started forming by 6:30 AM, with a good crowd forming within an hour. Read more
Wednesday's Best Deals: Apple iPad Air, Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit, Vava Dual Dash Cam, Reusable Heat Pads, DreamWorks Animated Movies, and More
17.3.2021
The iPad Air and Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit lead Wednesday’s best deals.Read more
Mario Kart Speedrunners Are Racing To Blow Themselves Up With Blue Shells
12.3.2021
Do you know you can hit yourself with a Blue Shell in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe? Speedrunners do, and they’re going all out to blow themselves up with the first place-targeting item as quickly as possible.Read more