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Nintendo Announces Mario Kart, Animal Crossing Switch Bundles
5.9.2023
Nintendo announced in a September 5 blog post that it will release both a Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Nintendo Switch and two Nintendo Switch Lite Animal Crossing: New Horizons bundles on October 6. The Mario Kart bundle “offers players everything they need to start their Super Mario adventures,” Nintendo...
The Great Wii U Server Outage Of 2023 Is Over
2.8.2023
The Wii U isn’t dead, it’s just resting. Nintendo finally brought the console’s servers for Splatoon and Mario Kart 8 back online after a mysterious five month outage. “Please accept our sincere apologies for the extended waiting period,” the company wrote in an update, though it’s not making...
Behold: Glorious Mario Kart Player Avoids An Endless Onslaught Of Blue Shells
19.7.2023
Every Mario Kart player knows the pain of the blue shell (or spiny shell, as it’s technically called). When used, the flying, homing projectile will jet for the racer currently in first place and slams down on them with a concentrated explosion. It’s a menace. Anyone who’s winning a race in these...
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 6 Cool Games To Chill With
14.7.2023
Another weekend awaits, but what to play? In case you’re feeling indecisive, we thought we’d share a few video games (and a tabletop card game!) that have us enthralled as we head into the weekend. Read more
True Horror Is Mario Kart x Resident Evil's Camera Angles
10.7.2023
The original Mario Kart isn’t the easiest game in the series, especially if you weren’t raised on its Mode 7-induced peculiarities, but that’s a relative thing. It’s fine, it’s still easy to look at, it’s easy to play, that’s why they’re still selling trillions of copies of Mario Kart games to this...
GameStop Deal Will Get You One Of The Biggest Games Of the Year Free
30.6.2023
GameStop is a broken company that treats its employees like crap, but the meme stock phenonomon’s accruing losses can be your gain. A current “buy one, get two free” deal on used games can save you a lot on some of the biggest hits of 2023 so far including Diablo IV, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor,...
‘Elephant Mario’ From Super Mario Bros. Wonder Has The Internet Screaming
21.6.2023
Immediately after Nintendo wrapped up its 40-minute Direct presentation with a look at the upcoming side-scroller Super Mario Bros. Wonder, fans across the internet have been posting about how much they love the mustachioed plumber’s new form that turns him into a giant elephant man.Read more
Everything At Nintendo's 40-Min Direct For 2023's Big Switch Games
21.6.2023
Hey, listen: You weren’t playing Zelda during that whole presentation were you? It’s okay. I don’t blame you. Well, whether you were elsewhere during Nintendo’s Direct presentation today or exploring the vast world of Hyrule, we’ve got the roundup of everything Nintendo showed off, including Pikmin...
Mario Kart 8's Next Wave Adds Even More Characters To Game That Never Dies
21.6.2023
During today’s Nintendo Direct, we got a new look at wave five of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe booster pack DLC.Read more
Fire Emblem Heroes Becomes Nintendo’s First Billion-Dollar Mobile Game
1.7.2022
I’ll admit that, until yesterday, I had no idea Fire Emblem Heroes was still active and updated. But a lot of people are still playing the game and apparently spending money on it, too. New data shows that Fire Emblem Heroes has just reached $1 billion in revenue, becoming the first Nintendo mobile...
YouTuber Pulls Nintendo Soundtracks After Receiving Over 500 Copyright Claims
2.6.2022
DeoxysPrime, who runs a YouTube account with 165,000 subscribers that is home to all kinds of video game soundtracks, has had to remove their entire library of Nintendo music after receiving over 500 copyright claims from the trigger-happy company. Read more
Cursed Mario Kart Clone Starring Peter Griffin Is Actually Pretty Good
27.5.2022
I was horrified by the trailer for Warped Kart Racers, a new kart-racing game that blends together several popular animated shows. But like a terrible car wreck, I couldn’t look away from the waking nightmare of Peter Griffin and Hank Hill racing each other in a Mario Kart clone. It was cursed....
Looks Like Nintendo Is Ramping Up Its Fight Against Cheaters
20.5.2022
Nintendo is patenting new tech to help catch cheaters in games like the eternally best-selling Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon 2. As video game companies across the industry try to clamp down on cheat software and other hacks that give players an unfair advantage using off-the-shelf solutions, Nintendo...
Every Borderlands Game, Ranked From Worst To Best
19.5.2022
Once upon a time, it seemed like Borderlands could’ve been just a fad. But between the hot new game, the hotly anticipated upcoming game, and the forthcoming silver screen treatment, it’s safe to say Borderlands is having its biggest year ever. The series is now cemented in video game canon....
Pokémon Legends Arceus Outsells Classic Games, Proves Risks Pay Off
10.5.2022
According to the fiscal report that Nintendo released today, Pokémon Legends: Arceus sold 12.64 million units last year. While it doesn’t usurp Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl’s combined sales figure of 14.65 million, it’s nevertheless impressive for an original title that deviated...
New Nintendo Numbers: If Mario Kart 8 Keeps Selling Like This, We’re Never Getting A Sequel
10.5.2022
If you were holding your breath for news of Mario Kart 9, you might as well exhale. The racer’s immediate predecessor, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, is still one of publisher Nintendo’s best-selling games on Switch. It has sold a hair short of 10 million copies over the past year, according to an earnings...
Nintendo’s GBA Emulator For Switch Online Seemingly Leaks
19.4.2022
The retro library for Nintendo Switch Online might be getting beefed up any day now. Game Boy and Game Boy Advance emulators for the service developed by Nintendo have apparently leaked online, and it looks like a long list of games, including Mario Kart, Golden Sun, and Pokémon Pinball: Ruby &...
Mario Kart 8 Connoisseurs Are Already Dissecting Its Newest Courses
17.3.2022
Five years after it came to Switch, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is about to get eight new race tracks as part of its Booster Course Pass DLC, and players are already parsing whether they look deluxe enough. The consensus? There isn’t any, at least not yet.Read more
Square Enix Apologizes For Chocobo GP Grind Following Backlash
16.3.2022
Launch week was not kind to the $50 Final Fantasy kart racer Chocobo GP. Players were furious with the game’s microtransaction nickel-and-diming and grindy season pass. Posts warning about issues blew up on Twitter and Reddit, and now, Square Enix says it’s listening to the feedback and working...
The Week In Games: GTA V Is Almost Here. Again. (Again.)
13.3.2022
and I’m back. Well, that was a wild time away. Anyway, it seems games decided to stop coming out while I was gone. Now that I’m back look at all the stuff coming out this week!Read more