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Every Game We Saw At Nintendo’s Latest Indie World Showcase
14.11.2023
It’s been a surprisingly strong year for the Nintendo Switch even as sales slow and fans eagerly await its successor, and today the company promoted a bunch of indie games that will fill out the console’s release calendar heading into 2024, from a new Shantae action-platformer to a port of beloved...
Mario Movie Coming To Streaming Service You Actually Have
10.11.2023
The Super Mario Bros. Movie has been exclusively on NBC Universal’s streaming service Peacock for a bit now, but soon it will come to Netflix—a streaming platform people actually use—just in time for the holidays.Read more
Mortal Kombat 1 Gives Away Free Fatalities After Halloween DLC Backlash
10.11.2023
After some intense backlash following Mortal Kombat 1's horrifyingly expensive Halloween microtransactions, which include a pumpkin-headed, maggot-filled finisher known as a Fatality, developer NetherRealm Studios has announced that folks who bought the pricey execution will get two other ones...
Suicide Squad Publisher Promises Even More Live-Service Games
9.11.2023
During Warner Bros Games’ 2023 Q3 earnings call, WB Discover CEO David Zaslav explained that the publisher behind games like Batman: Arkham Knight and Suicide Squad will focus on creating more always-online, free-to-play, live-service games. Read more
Wowwee, Super Mario Bros. Wonder Sold 4 Million Copies In Two Weeks
8.11.2023
After barely two weeks on digital and physical store shelves, Super Mario Bros. Wonder has already become the “biggest release for a Super Mario title,” selling 4.3 million copies globally, according to Nintendo’s latest earnings report.Read more
Nintendo Says A Live-Action Zelda Movie Is Coming
7.11.2023
A live-action adaptiaton movie of The Legend of Zelda is in the works. Nintendo announced the upcoming production will be helmed by both Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto and Marvel Studios founder Avi Arad.Read more
Nintendo's New Super Smash Bros. Ultimate OLED Switch Bundle Is A Great Holiday Deal
6.11.2023
Just in time for Black Friday budgeting, Nintendo announced a Switch bundle launching on November 19 that’ll package the OLED model of the handheld-console hybrid with the crossover fighter Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.Read more
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....
Here’s How To Find Super Mario Bros. Wonder’s Special Worlds
30.10.2023
Super Mario Bros. Wonder has levels full of secret paths to explore, but did you know a few of them lead to entirely new mini-worlds and levels for you to run and jump through? There are several levels that have secret exits that you have to work to find, and while all of them will give you a...
2023 Is The Best Year For Games In A While (And Maybe Ever?)
30.10.2023
When Hi-Fi Rush shadow-dropped on January 25, it was a shockingly pleasant surprise. Beautiful, vibrant, playful, the rhythm action platformer quickly won players over. A day later, Hitman World of Assassination appeared, deploying clever roguelike mechanics to reinvent the best stealth game...
Mario Wonder Proves Nintendo Has Perfected Weird Little Guys
27.10.2023
Everyone loves a weird little guy. Maybe it’s Danny DeVito, maybe it’s cats, maybe it’s Turgle, Meat Boy, or the Prince of All Cosmos. The longer the list of gaming’s weird little guys, the more Nintendo shows up on it. It’s been churning out weird little guys for decades. Goombas. Midna. Basically...
Super Smash Bros. Got YouTuber Ludwig In Trouble With Nintendo
26.10.2023
Gaming YouTuber Ludwig Ahgren, widely known as Ludwig, has claimed that Nintendo came for his throat with a “baby cease-and-desist” letter a few months ago. The move was prompted by modifications he wanted to make to the company’s supremely popular crossover fighter Super Smash Bros. Melee for...
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...
Mortal Kombat 1's New Microtransactions Are Scarier Than Its Fatalities
25.10.2023
Mortal Kombat 1, NetherRealm’s newest entry in its three-decades-old fighting game series, continues its predecessors’ tradition of pulling gut-yanking, brain-pounding final moves, or Fatalities, to the delight of its gore connoisseur fans. But some of those fans are frustrated. MK1’s recent patch...
New Nintendo Rules Cause Massive Smash Bros. Fan Freakout
25.10.2023
Nintendo’s relationship with the grassroots competitive scene around its Super Smash Bros. games has never been great, But today it may have hit an all-time low. Fans of the company’s enormously popular fighting game franchise are collectively freaking out about a new set of tournament guidelines...
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...
Mario Wonder Has A Wild Musical Secret Hidden In Plain Sight
23.10.2023
Super Mario Bros. Wonder is out now on Nintendo Switch, and reviews are hailing the game as a wonderful addition to the plumber’s 2D platforming adventures. While you may already know about exciting features—like Elephant Mario—you probably haven’t heard that when you play Wonder with a...
One Setting You Should Change In Super Mario Bros. Wonder ASAP
20.10.2023
Super Mario Bros. Wonder, the highly anticipated 2D platformer, is finally out on Nintendo Switch. But before you get too ahead of yourself turning Mario and company into giant elephants and whatnot, you should mess around with some gameplay settings first—especially the one that controls...
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 7 Games Worth Staying Inside For
20.10.2023
We are cruising through October, heading straight toward the cold of winter. Thankfully, the weather doesn’t hate us yet, and instead is filled with a nice crispness that makes me want to at least consider opening a window while I stay inside and play video games. Maybe I’ll just run out for...