Nintendo made an interesting decision with Mario Kart 8. They chose to make it so good, and so comprehensive, that it removed the need to make any more. It has now been over ten years since Mario Kart 8 first released, more than double the length that’s ever come between an entry in the series … Read more
Screenshot: Marvel / Kotaku, Blizzard Entertainment / Kotaku, Nintendo / Kotaku, Marvel, Nintendo / Kotaku, Rocksteady Games, Nintendo / Kotaku, Microsoft / Kotaku, Photo: M Bowles (Getty Images), Image: Sony / Disney / Kotaku This week’s catch-all of nifty tips, info, and observations features rankings of two of the three groups of heroes in Marvel … Read more
Image: Team Fortune, Nintendo, Valve / Kotaku / gruizza (Getty Images), Bethesda, Rebel Wolves, id Software / Kotaku, Photo: Jeff Bottari / Asmongold / Kotaku (Getty Images), Nintendo, Screenshot: EA / BioWare, Australian Open / Kotaku The week’s top story is easily the fact that our long wait for a first look at the Switch … Read more
Image: Universal Pictures Nintendo finally unveiled the Switch 2 yesterday, giving us some bits of information and plenty of new cause for speculation, but the only game we saw was the next Mario Kart. Fans are already calling the kart racer Mario Kart 9 despite us having no official title yet. Though we only saw … Read more
Yoshi has a burger stand of some kind, but in keeping with a long series tradition, there’s also branding seen in the trailer that references other characters and entities. There’s a brief shot where you can see the logo for Morton’s Construction, a reference to one of the Koopalings, and you can see logos for … Read more
If you missed it, Nintendo finally unveiled the Switch 2 this morning. It looks pretty much exactly like what the leaks said it would. It’s a bigger, presumably more powerful version of the beloved console/handheld hybrid that has magnetic Joy-Cons and can play your old Switch games, too. That might not sound that exciting to … Read more
Screenshot: Nintendo / 2K / Kotaku Civilization VII, if it’s anything like past games in the 4X strategy series, will play just fine with a single mouse in one hand. And while it’s coming to console with bindings for controllers, a mouse will still be many people’s preferred way to play. What if the Switch … Read more