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When I imagine Sonic and Mario finally duking it out, I come up with something like this.Read more...

Not to say Captain Falcon's final smash isn't already neat, but it pales to the absurdity and awesomeness of what this mod by Nudolf can make it into. We're talkin' like, smash sans car, smash using Wario's motorcycle and more. It's great.Read more...

Despite never having been released for Wii in North America, the Wii's "New Play Control" version of Pikmin 2 will be released as part of the "Nintendo Selects" line June 10, alongside fellow GameCube port Mario Power Tennis. Rather than question the logistics of a budget re-release of a game that was never released in the first place, we'll celebrate the $19.99 price point under which it's coming out.

Also joining the Nintendo Selects line are two bona fide Wii games, Super Smash Bros. Brawl and the excellent Donkey Kong Country Returns, at $30 each. It's about (two years past) time for Brawl to be made cheaper, though it's unusual that these two games will sell for $10 above the normal Nintendo Selects price.

#nintendo Nintendo's Selects line of $19.99 Wii titles expands by two next month, when Mario Power Tennis joins the long-awaited North American release of New Play Control Pikmin 2 in retailers "games too inexpensive to be in the case" sections. More »

The Project M movement rolls along, and now the team behind the work has revealed the roster for their Demo 2 portion of work.



I really admire the time and effort these guys put into this project. How they pull it off boggles my mind! Thanks to Crispy for the heads up!

Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima and Sora Ltd. head Masahiro Sakurai are friends. So when Hideo Kojima wanted one of his most famous characters, Solid Snake, put into Sakurai's fighting series, Super Smash Bros., all the two had to do was talk. "When I was developing Super Smash Bros. Melee for GameCube, Hideo Kojima contacted me and practically begged me to put him in there, but at that time we were deep in dev and it was too late," Sakurai told Kotaku back in 2006. Snake didn't end up in Melee, but did appear in the Wii's iteration of Super Smash Bros.: Brawl.

So what drove Kojima to "practically beg" Sakurai to get Snake in the game? "My child likes Super Smash Bros., so we play it a lot together. And he told me that there's no character that you made in that game," Hideo Kojima told a group of interviewers late last week ahead of the Smithsonian's "The Art of Videogames" exhibit. Aside from his son's pleading, Kojima pointed to Metal Gear's low profile on Nintendo consoles as a second reason.

"As you know, we did make Twin Snakes, but generally speaking, there hasn't been a lot of Metal Gear on Nintendo platforms. So from that perspective, I thought it was a good way to expose younger people to this character, Snake," he said. It must be working, as Snake is one of Brawl's most popular characters.

The latest character to come under fire with the Project M gang is Toon Link. They're aiming to tweak the character into something closer to Young Link and Link from the N64 original. It'll be interesting to see how this one turns out! Thanks to Crispy for the heads up.

#fineart Last week, I was so happy to publish a feature about the incredible screenshots of DeadEndThrills, a.k.a. Duncan Harris. Duncan is regularly cranking out so many terrific shots over on his site that I thought it would be fun to share some highlights from each week, as well as a few classics from his many collections. More »

We'll be honest: we're equal parts impressed and creeped out by the video above, which depicts a hacked version of Super Smash Bros. Brawl with an additional character, Waluigi. We're impressed because, hey, dude's totally not in that game -- remember, it's a hack -- and we're also impressed with the whole execution of it. These guys really love themselves some Brawl!

As for the whole being creeped out thing, isn't it obvious? Just look at him! Waluigi is the creepiest.

Competitive Smash Bros. players have something significant to look forward to in 2012. No, it's not a new installment of Nintendo's popular fighting franchise. It's actually the removal of a character from eligible play. Kirby's nemesis, Meta Knight, is finally seeing justice done at the hands of pro Smash players in the United States and Canada...

Not long ago, a challenge was extended to the Smashers here at IGN. A package, containing only a single white glove and a letter, arrived for our very own Mark Ryan Sallee. In it, a rambunctious reader named Cory Maggard invited MRS, myself, and a handful of other IGN Smash fans to take him on in a no-nonsense, no items, Final Destination match to the death...

It's hard to speak about Kirby Wii without a tinge of regret, and harder still to do so after seeing this video of a very similar, cancelled Kirby title for the GameCube. The game was never quite "cancelled" per se, but it was put on hold for quite some time while its developer, HAL Laboratory, pursued other projects -- Picross 3D and Face Raiders, among others.

Among a mess of other logos flashed at the end of Nintendo's E3 2011 presser, Kirby Wii prominently stood out, reminding us that the game still exists. And when I spotted the game in Nintendo's press area available at a hands-on kiosk, I jumped at the chance to finally play the six year old game. What I found was a New Super Mario Bros. Wii meets single-player Smash Bros. Brawl mashup, with a hefty dollop of pink fluffy Kirby covering everything. Something not quite as "hardcore" looking as the GC game, but not far off.

#watchthis I wasn't aware Conan O'Brien was an unlockable character in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Well, that's because he isn't. This is a mod by user Ike_Lawliet that turns Snake into the Late Night host. He even does the string dance at the end of a round. [via GameInformer] More »

IGN's Nintendo sites have some of the greatest fans I have ever seen. Whether it's contributing original art or passionately arguing points in the Nintendo Voice Chat podcast inbox, you are without a doubt the biggest perk of this job. Recently I put out a call to bring the community closer to our editorial team, including spotlights on blogs and the possibility of being published on the site...

The IGN office's addiction to Super Smash Bros. continues this week, and we're trying something a little different with our latest commentary-based matches. I managed to join in the four-player action this week, and found myself facing off against Mike Pereira, Audrey Drake and Mark Ryan Sallee...

For some, it's a simple show. For others, a mildly curious press event. But for Nintendo fans, each year's E3 Expo is like Christmas morning a magical time of shocks, surprises and eager anticipation as we await that next new announcement...