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Forrest 64 Is What A Fictional Nintendo 64 Game Sounds Like
22.2.2021
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. We’ve got an odd one today: the soundtrack to a make-believe Nintendo 64 game hidden away in the Switch version of Firewatch.Read more
I Was Wrong About An Award-Winning Final Fantasy Author
22.2.2021
Back in 2014, I wrote about author M.J. Gallagher’s attempts to turn the Final Fantasy series into a giant novel, and said “it’s not going to win many literary prizes”. I am here today to eat some shit.Read more
Happy 35th Birthday, The Legend Of Zelda
22.2.2021
On February 21, 1986, the original Legend of Zelda was released on the Famicom in Japan. It did OK, Nintendo made some more Zelda games, and we’ve all been having some good times ever since. Read more
A Fully Playable Build Of Rare's Unreleased N64 Game Dinosaur Planet Has Leaked Online
20.2.2021
A group of gaming preservationists has released online a fully playable (and a bit buggy) build of Dinosaur Planet, a canceled Nintendo 64 project developed by Rare. It would eventually become Star Fox Adventures, which was released on the Gamecube in 2002.Read more
'Shop Contest: The Legend Of Zelda 35th Anniversary
20.2.2021
This year marks the 35th anniversary of the Zelda franchise. But specifically, it seems today Feb 21 is the actual day the series hits the big 3-0 (plus five.) Let’s celebrate the long-running franchise by creating silly images. It’s how we do things around here. Read more
Guilty Gear Strive Already Has An Infinite
20.2.2021
A beta version of the upcoming Guilty Gear Strive is currently being explored by the fighting game community and, surprise surprise, someone has already discovered an infinite combo.Read more
Street Fighter Portal Appears In Fortnite
19.2.2021
Fortnite has absorbed just about every nerdy property under the sun at this point, but Epic Games’ massively popular battle royale has yet to dip its toes into the world of fighting games. Well, until now, that is.Read more
‘Seven Rings In Hand’ Is The Best Song From One Of Sonic's Worst Games
19.2.2021
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today we’re going to enjoy a song that rocks much harder than the 2007 side-story it sprang from, Sonic and the Secret Rings. No wait, come back.Read more
Rising Sun Removed From Street Fighter II In Capcom Arcade Stadium
19.2.2021
E. Honda’s Street Fighter II bathhouse stage is iconic. On the back wall is a mural with Mount Fuji, a kabuki actor, and the Rising Sun design. The mountain and the thespian stay in Capcom Arcade Stadium’s re-release, but the ray design does not.Read more
Bowser’s Fury isn’t quite Mario: Breath Of The Wild, but it’s close
19.2.2021
Every Friday, A.V. Club staffers kick off our weekly open thread for the discussion of gaming plans and recent gaming glories, but of course, the real action is down in the comments, where we invite you to answer our eternal question: What Are You Playing This Weekend? Read more
Final Fantasy VII Has Been Upscaled To HD Using AI
19.2.2021
If you want to play Final Fantasy VII in HD on your PC you could wait for the remake to get ported, or you could play the original game using this mod that employs artificial intelligence to upscale its visuals.Read more
Yes, Splatoon Is Set After A Climate Apocalypse
18.2.2021
Splatoon 3’s reveal yesterday took many folks by surprise, both because there was little indication beforehand that the aquatic shooter would get a third installment and because of the presence of an upside-down Eiffel Tower in the trailer. No, your eyes weren’t deceiving you: Splatoon is set...
Here’s Where To Pre-Order All of the Latest Nintendo Direct’s Biggest Games
18.2.2021
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD | $60 | Best BuyMario Golf: Super Rush | $60 | Best BuyNo More Heroes 3 | $60 | Best BuyRead more
Bravely Default II's Developers Don't Want It To Be Just Another RPG About Making The Numbers Go Up
18.2.2021
Final Fantasy I is a game about about four warriors of light collecting ancient and powerful crystals to restore peace and balance to the world. Over three decades later, Square Enix is still telling that story same story, and this time it’s Bravely Default II’s turn, an old-school-feeling JRPG...
Final Fantasy XIV Could Go At Least Five More Years, Director Says
18.2.2021
Final Fantasy XIV director Naoki Yoshida recently spoke about the future of the massively multiplayer online role-playing game with The Washington Post, saying that at its current growth rate, users can expect the online world to continue expanding with new content for at least five more years,...
Nintendo Announced A Lovely Looking Summer Game For Japan
18.2.2021
During the Japanese version of this week’s Nintendo Direct, a pleasant surprise was announced: a summertime game with everyone’s favorite anime five-year-old from the anime Crayon Shin-chan.Read more
Thank God For Wario
18.2.2021
These are trying times we are all living through. If only we could live through them with half the gusto—and fashion sense—of Wario.Read more
Skyward Sword Has A Neat Workaround For Its Motion Controls
18.2.2021
The Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword, bless it for trying, was a Zelda game on the Wii that went all in with its motion controls, making ports to systems that aren’t the Wii a tricky proposition.Read more
No Thank You, Animal Crossing Mario
18.2.2021
Stay up to watch the Nintendo Direct they said. Help us with the edits as the stories go live they requested. Sure, sure I replied, I was going to watch anyway, why not. And then they said Mario was coming to Animal Crossing. And now I don’t get to sleep. Ever again.Read more
Everything Nintendo Showed During Today's Direct
17.2.2021
Nintendo held it’s first full-length Direct in nearly two years today, and it was chockfull of smaller announcements and some neat surprises. Read more