I had wondered if the Nintendo Switch Game Vouchers would apply to The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom when they were rolled out of retirement last week. It turns out they do, and with it being Nintendo’s first $70 game, the timing couldn’t be better.
Source: Kotaku – Nintendo Switch Deal Will Let You Grab Zelda For A Lot Cheaper
Nintendo always likes to sneak up on us with its Nintendo Direct upcoming product showcases. After only a day’s warning, tonight we found ourselves bombarded by news of the Japanese giant’s gaming plans for 2023. Here is everything we saw.
Source: Kotaku – Everything We Saw During The Surprise Nintendo Direct
During today’s Nintendo Direct, the company announced the next batch of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC, which will bring Birdo to the long-running kart racer this spring.
Source: Kotaku – Mario Kart 8 Gets New Track And A Fashionably Late Birdo
While The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom is one of the most hotly-anticipated video game sequels of all time, that’s not the only reason it’s notable this week. It is also, sadly, the first Nintendo game to hit the $70 threshold.
Source: Kotaku – Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Is Nintendo’s First Game
Splatoon 3‘s Expansion Pass is out now on Switch, with two waves of DLC due out later this year. The first brings back Splatoon 1‘s Inkopolis while the second looks like a new mini-adventure titled “Side Order.”
Source: Kotaku – Splatoon 3 Gets Surprise Expansion With New DLC Out Soon
Update: 2/8/2023 5:58 p.m. ET: Twitter appears to be working normally again.
Source: Kotaku – Twitter Breaks Right Before Nintendo Direct, Chaos Ensues
After years of waiting, Nintendo finally pulled back the curtain a little more on what fans can expect from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. A snazzy new gameplay trailer revealed a ton, including a world that’s more than just a reskin of the one from Breath of the Wild.
Source: Kotaku – New The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Trailer Is Our Best Look Yet
During today’s Nintendo Direct presentation, the company briefly talked about Square Enix’s upcoming turn-based RPG Octopath Traveler 2, which launches on February 24 for Nintendo Switch, PC, and PlayStation consoles. Nintendo also revealed that a free demo will be available later today. The best part, though, is that…
Source: Kotaku – Octopath Traveler 2 Has A Free Demo On Switch, And You Should Play It
Nintendo just announced as part of its latest Direct that a range of Game Boy games will be coming to the Switch’s online service. They’ll include Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance games, but there’s a catch for the latter.
Source: Kotaku – Nintendo Switch Gets Game Boy, GBA Games Today
Nintendo is finally releasing Advance Wars: 1+2: Re-Boot Camp after shelving the Switch remakes for an entire year in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Source: Kotaku – Nintendo Finally Releasing Switch Game It Delayed Due To Russia Ukraine Invasion
During today’s 40-minute Nintendo direct, Nintendo finally announced that, at long-last, a high-definition Metroid Prime remaster is coming to Switch later today.
Source: Kotaku – Metroid Prime Remaster Is Finally Coming To Switch
Like most rational people, I feel skittish around sharp objects that could cause grievous harm to life and limb. Unfortunately for me, I spend a lot of time with people who are much braver than I. One of my friends recently dragged me to an axe throwing bar, and I found out that throwing an axe is much more difficult…
Source: Kotaku – God Of War Made Axe Throwing Look Easy, But It’s Not
Typically, whenever society finds itself walking the line between normalcy and absurdity, the peanut gallery within The Simpsons’ fandom can pinpoint an episode from the long-running animated sitcom that predicted whatever awful or neat phenomenon we find ourselves in. This time around, however, as observed by Twitter…
Source: Kotaku – 30 Rock Predicted Twitch’s AI Seinfeld And Milf Manor Because Of Course It Did
Today, the world of esports and competitive gaming mourns the loss of professional Valorant player Gizem “Luie” Harmankaya. Following days of uncertainty, she is confirmed to have died in the devastation following a pair of earthquakes that struck southern Turkey and northwest Syria on Monday, February 6. This story…
Source: Kotaku – Valorant Pro Dies In Turkey-Syria Earthquake
Surprise! The guy who co-created a show that features jellybean molestation allegedly sexually harassed women online and awaits trial on more recent domestic violence charges. But before you send your Pickle Rick through the meat grinder, take a deep breath, and try to have some perspective. There’s plenty of sci-fi…
Source: Kotaku – 8 Comedies To Watch If You Liked Rick and Morty
In order to ease UK regulators’ reluctance to approve the Microsoft acquisition, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick went on CNBC to make a case for the merger. His comments about the UK becoming “Death Valley” if the merger was not approved have earned him well-deserved ridicule. But maybe we should all be a little…
Source: Kotaku – Bobby Kotick Is Stoking Chinese Fear To Champion The Microsoft Acquisition
Hogwarts Legacy is officially out on Friday for current-gen consoles and later this year for last-gen consoles and the Nintendo Switch, but those who splurged on the Deluxe Edition got early access starting on February 7. And the game is already garnering a massive audience on Twitch. In fact, the open-world Harry…
Source: Kotaku – Hogwarts Legacy Is Dominating Twitch Right Now
Today a college campus will have extra police officers and K9 units walking around after a joke email from a student to a professor. The student asked the professor to cancel class due to an upcoming “once-in-a-lifetime event.” The event? This afternoon’s much-hyped Nintendo Direct.
Source: Kotaku – Cops Accidentally Mistake Nintendo Direct For Bomb Threat
If you’ve spent any time toying with or reading about ChatGPT, one of the internet’s latest obsessions and topic of contentious conversation concerning artificially intelligent software, then you know the service has specific restrictions on what it can and cannot say…until now. Some clever users have found a way to…
Source: Kotaku – Oh No, ChatGPT AI Has Been Jailbroken To Be More Reckless
