In the heated ongoing conversation over “censorship” in localization, we’ve heard a whole lot from fans and even translators, but we haven’t seen much discussion from Japanese developers. Which is why, when speaking to Tetsuya Takahashi this week in Los Angeles, I asked him for his thoughts on the matter. His answers…
Watch a bunch of Nintendo fans completely lose it over the announcement of Metroid Prime 4. Their enthusiasm is infectious.Read more…
Another prototype of EarthBound for the NES has been discovered, this time at a garage sale in Portland, Oregon. It seems identical to the prototype found back in the 1990s. Nintendo has since released the game officially on Wii U as EarthBound Beginnings. Just goes to show you what might still be out there at garage…
Nintendo fans have spent years frustrated that the Metroid series, once a pillar of the company’s console lineup, had been left to rot. Now that not one but two new Metroid games are coming, it leaves them/us with an important decision to make: what to complain about next.
Reggie Fils-Aime, president of Nintendo of America, is at E3 in Los Angeles this week to promote Nintendo’s latest resurgence and hype people up on the coming year of Switch and 3DS games. But he’s also ready to field questions, and we had a bunch.
The handcrafted look for the upcoming Yoshi game on the Switch is freaking adorable.Read more…
Boy, that was fast.Read more…
Nintendo has announced a new game for the 3DS, Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido. It’s an action puzzle game where you eat sushi and hurl your plates at your opponents. Looks cute, and the song in this trailer fucking bangs.
Here’s something you might not have noticed watching Super Mario Odyssey’s new trailer: many of those outfits Mario is wearing are based on his appearance in old/obscure Nintendo games.
The intrepid Tim Rogers, who you might know as our new video producer / creator of Long-Ass Kotaku posts, is down in LA right now, adventuring through E3. Come and ask him whatever you want about Nintendo!Read more…