Officially, there are 718 known Pokémon...unless you count the three mysterious Pokemon found in X & Y's code, that is. While we reported the existence of unannounced Pokémon back in November of last year, it wasn't until last night that we started hearing details about what the deal with these Pokémon is.Read more...
There's an old saying: if it looks like a Final Fantasy, feels like a Final Fantasy, and sounds like a Final Fantasy, it's probably Bravely Default.Read more...
Sonic's celebrating more than 20 years as a video game icon. So it makes sense that Sega's giving their furry blue mascot a bit of a facelift—nothing drastic, mind you—along with a new game and TV show in the hopes of keeping the hedgehog moving at top speed.Read more...
This is so well-made. Probably not the hardest costume to create, but that means you can bring the small details to perfection. The cosplayer is a veteran called Elffi, and this is one of his latest works, Godot, the prosecutor from the Ace Attorney series.Read more...
The PlayStation people are always going on about indie games. The Xbox people talk them up, too. Nintendo's been quieter about supporting indie games, but that appears to be changing. A whole bunch of indie games are coming to Wii U and 3DS, and pretty soon at that.Read more...
Nintendo's fighting on two fronts. The first, very real
battleground they're waging war on is in retail, where their Wii U home console
is struggling to build a user base. The second area of struggle has been in the
hearts and minds of observers trying to decide how
much faith to put into the company's foresight. The House of Mario offered
one possible answer to both conundrums: whether handheld or home console, all
their hardware's going to operate under a unified vision, much like the family
of Apple products.Read more...
Here's 21-year-old illustrator Piper Thibodeau's rather cartoony reimagination of the Kanto starter Pokémon. Compared to Charmander in the third picture, Squirtle and Bulbasaur both look so grumpy and bored, you might consider not using them in battle at all.Read more...
Boot up the forthcoming Nintendo 3DS role-playing game Bravely Default and you'll get some tips about how to enjoy the game "to the fullest."Read more...
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If you've got a hankering for some medieval RPG action, you're in luck—in just a bit over a week, North America will finally get to play Bravely Default, which comes out for the 3DS on February 7.Read more...
The sub-boss battle music from Bravely Default: Flying Fairy is some of the most hilariously over-the-top JRPG battle music I've ever heard. From 1:50 to the loop-around, it's... it's like composer Revo built a giant robot out of DragonForce members, gave it a Red Bull and told it to perform three lead guitar parts at once. (Not complaining.)Read more...
Not all Pokémon are made equal—one Magikarp may kick way more butt than other Magikarp, even if they're the exact same level. That's because every Pokémon has hidden stats called "IVs" attached to things like their "attack" and "speed"—and there's a way to tell what these values are in-game.Read more...
Monster Hunter 4G will be released in the west as Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, reports Siliconera. Save data from Monster Hunter 4 will be transferrable to the new game. It will release in Japan this fall and in the west in 2015.Read more...
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is the favorite of many, and a classic like this deserves maps with similar qualities. Peardian, a veteran user of VGMaps, decided to map the whole game in an amazing-looking isometric view.Read more...
There is perhaps no feature more reviled in gaming than the one this column is named after: gamers, as a general rule, hate random encounters.Read more...
One of the well-known techniques of Smash Bros, "edge-hogging," will be revamped for Super Smash Bros Wii U, as a recently released screenshot and comment from Masahiro Sakurai shows.Read more...
There are, probably, very few people who have a living memory of Mario kneecapping Yoshi in this advertisement and who are not old enough to vote. It's the famous spot for Super Smash Bros., which 15 years ago today released as a Japan-only novelty and exploded into one of Nintendo's best-loved series.Read more...
Pokémon Evoas is a fan-made game that aims to change and mix up a few things concerning classic Pokémon gameplay. It is a mostly one-man project by th3sharkk and a a few other contributors, who have just released a 30-minute preview of their project that is playable over here.Read more...
Nintendo thought they were going to sell nine million Wii Us this past year. Last night, they acknowledged that they'll probably sell fewer than three million. Is it time for someone to panic?Read more...
The Pokémon in digital artist Michelle Zhu's paintings are so cool and relaxed, that I would just leave them to themselves and wouldn't try to catch them at all. This one above is a special mixture of Pikachu and Koffing, and he's having a great time.Read more...
Today, Nintendo released its sales forecasts. The company's financial year ends on March 31, and Nintendo has modified its sales predictions. In a downward direction, that is. But not all the news is bad.Read more...
With 11.5 million units sold, the Nintendo 3DS came in as top-selling video game system of 2013 in the United States, which is awesome, because it is awesome.Read more...
We here at Kotaku have been wondering which version of the latest Pokémon game was more popular. X or Y? Whenever we've asked Nintendo, they wouldn't tell us. But perhaps there are other ways to tell?Read more...
