Weirdness The Internet Can't Deal With Yoshi's Sad Mario Tennis Aces Losing Pose
Someone give him a cuddle!
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June2018
Weirdness The Internet Can't Deal With Yoshi's Sad Mario Tennis Aces Losing Pose
Someone give him a cuddle!
Last weekend saw the Mario Tennis Aces pre-launch tournament take place, with players being able to test out the game and unlock a special prize while doing so. While most players took to the likes of Twitter to boast about their scarily high scores, a smaller corner of the online community has noticed a much more...
May2018
Weirdness Someone Shaved Mario's Face And The Internet Cannot Cope
Can't un-see!
The devil makes work for idle hands, and in the case of Twitter user @november17, that involves painstakingly removing Mario's facial hair for kicks. A quite innocent use of spare time you might assume, but when the resultant image was posted on Twitter, things went a bit sideways. The post has - at the time of writing - been...
April2018
Weirdness Gal*Gun 2 Has Wild Guns Reloaded Artwork On The Inside Cover
Mix up
We didn't think much to Gal*Gun 2 if we're perfectly honest, but it seems that many people picked up the physical version when it launched in North America recently. Strangely, a printing error means that copies of Gal*Gun 2 have artwork for Wild Guns Reloaded printed on the inside of the cover. Yep, we don't get it either. Gal*Gun 2...
Weirdness Watch In Horror As A Game Boy Gets Tortured In The Name Of Music
Warning: Some Game Boys were harmed in the making of this video
The humble Game Boy has long been used as a musical instrument by chiptune enthusiasts, but this latest audio "hack" really doesn't just take the biscuit - it steals the entire jar and gobbles them all down in one go. YouTuber LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER - who does loa
March2018
Weirdness Mario Tennis Aces Artwork Triggers An Unlikely Discussion About Luigi's Lunch Box
New balls, please
When Mario proudly shed his overalls for Super Mario Odyssey, it almost broke the internet (OK, it didn't, but work ground to a halt in the Nintendo Life office, we can assure you of that). Now, we're seeing a discussion occur online that could potentially dwarf "nipplegate", and - as usual - it's Mario's lanky sibling who is...
Weirdness Siri Thinks Masahiro Sakurai Is Called 'Mashed Potato Samurai'
Joy contained within
Some days are average, some days are downright dull, and other days present you with the most utterly wonderful things that you could never have even dreamt of. Today is one of those fine days, ladies and gents, and we couldn't be more delighted. Yes, today brings the news that Siri - the 'intelligent personal assistant' that...
January2018
Weirdness Someone Has Made The Mario NSR From Rocket League And It's Incredible
Can we get it on finance?
Rocket League screeched and swerved its way onto Nintendo Switch a couple of months ago, finally allowing Nintendo fans to enjoy the series for the first time. It would appear that some players have really enjoyed it, though, going as far as creating an absolutely stunning model version of the Switch exclusive...
December2017
Weirdness Pikachu Is Now A Cultural Ambassador For The City Of Osaka
Don't worry, they've got some actual humans involved too
Pikachu - the world's most famous Pocket Monster - has been made a Cultural Ambassador for the City of Osaka. No, you're not dreaming. Foreign Minister of Japan Tarō Kōno presented Pikachu with the position at a ceremony recently. Hello Kitty (but of course!) was also given...
November2017
Weirdness When The Masses Get Hold of Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, Strange Things Happen
Lamps and prisons, mainly
For many, the first thing they aim for in an Animal Crossing game is to make the town better. Fulfilling animal requests, paying for some fancy amenities, and sprucing up a pricey home are part of the grind - a delightful grind, admittedly. The game pushes you towards having a benevolent spirit, too, just from being so...
Weirdness Here's Two Pikachu-Enabled Smart Home Speakers Chatting With Each Other
Too cute for words
What happens when you take a Amazon Echo and Google Home smart speaker and install the Pikachu Talk app? The cutest thing ever of course! A Japanese user of the app cleverly found that it is possible to get the two smart speakers chatting away to each other in Pikachu-speak: Who knows what mischief...
October2017
Weirdness Soon You'll Be Able To Save Hillrule From Lord Gearon In Bike Of The Wild
Can Klink complete the Bike-Force and save Princess Steelda?
Well, this was unexpected. Just as we rubbed the sleep from our eyes and sat down to begin a day's work here at Nintendo Life Towers we received an email from indie developer The Most regarding a game in which you wander around an fantasy open-world environment as a lone hero, with your...
September2017
Weirdness People Just Can't Stop Talking About Mario's Nipples
Mascot's bare chest overshadows Mario Odyssey
Nintendo showed off some incredible footage from Super Mario Odyssey during yesterday's Direct broadcast, but the quality of the game isn't what has people talking today. Instead, the internet simply cannot get enough of Mario's nips. During the footage, a shirtless Mario was shown dashing through a...
August2017
Weirdness Splatoon 2 Actually Has Built-In Voice Chat For LAN Play
But it sucks
If you're a big Splatoon 2 fan you might be interested know that it is possible to use voice chat within the game without the need to use the Nintendo Online smartphone companion app. This functionality only works in LAN mode, however, and it isn't particularly great - as you can hear if you watch IGN's test video below. If you want...
July2017
Feature Splatoon 2 and the Spirit of Miiverse - In Pictures
Ponies, memes and slightly odd complaints
Splatoon 2 is about to hit stores, but it's arrived on the eShop in Japan and some have received their pre-orders early all around the globe. While trying to figure out the Nintendo Switch Online app and generally messing about, your humble scribe clocked the first in-game Miiverse-style posts, following on...
Weirdness Mobile App 'Final Clash' Confuses All With Zelda: Breath of the Wild Footage in Trailer
Shutdown in 3, 2, 1...
The strangest things go viral on the internet, and as a case and point we were rather amused to see a 'trailer' for mobile app Final Clash - developed by PopPace - get a lot of heat recently on Facebook. Originally posted on 22nd June but having been spotted and shared a lot in the past 24 hours, it simply rips a TV ad...
April2017
Weirdness 35-Year-Old Review Of Game & Watch Title Octopus Surfaces Online
Back in time
If like this humble scribe you grew up with gaming magazines, you'll probably remember when the Internet really became easy to access and you found yourself straying away from these paper-based curiosities to online news and reviews. Considering that many of the web's biggest gaming sites were founded in the '90s or the "Naughties",...
March2017
Weirdness Nintendo Accepts a Real Life Cow Milking Challenge
1-2-Switch just got real
For some mysterious reason one minigame in 1-2-Switch has captured the hearts and minds of gamers across the globe. Of course we're talking about the cow milking game, for which our friends over at Tiny Cartridge did such a good job of capturing the delicious awkwardness of playing. Alarmed by this over-simplification of...
Weirdness Nintendo Switch Game Cards Taste Absolutely Horrible, So Don't Try To Eat Them
À la card
Nintendo Switch game cards are great - they have massive storage capacity yet they're smaller than their 3DS equivalents. While their diminutive size is boon for when you want to carry around a lot of games with you, there's one issue - the cards are so small they may find their way into the dribbling mouths of babies and young children...
November2016
Weirdness Pokémon Sun And Moon Glitches Are Half Monty Python, Half Terminator 2
"You're really interested in silly walks, aren't you?"
Pokémon Sun And Moon hasn't even been available for a full week and people are already discovering all kinds of strange and hilarious glitches in the game. One of the most common bugs involves your character's lower limbs acting rather strangely, calling to mind the legendary "Ministry of...
Weirdness Streamer Claims To Have Nintendo Switch, Flaunts It During Live Broadcast
Keeping it real fake
In what feels like an unscheduled episode of The Twilight Zone, YouTuber Etika has apparently shown off a Nintendo Switch console during one of his livestreams. Etika grabbed the console during one of his broadcasts, briefly holding it in front of camera before ducking off-screen to retrieve a Joy-Con pad, which he then...
Weirdness Mario Kart 8 Contains Hidden Swearing
But you'll have to do a lot of digging to find it
Modern computers allow gamers to dig into video game data files to their heart's content, and this often throws up some interesting discoveries which perhaps should have remained hidden. That certainly seems to have been the case with this latest Mario Kart 8 find. YouTube user Harm - who perhaps...
October2016
Weirdness Official Channel Pitches Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice as a Romantic Comedy
The Sonic social team strikes again
It's well known that the social team behind the official Sonic the Hedgehog accounts is more than happy to go crazy with in-jokes and memes. After all, this is the group that recreated a Sonic storyline using toys and a dog in a hat, just because it could. Now it's released a quirky trailer for Sonic Boom: Fire...
Weirdness Russian Illustrators Create The Pokémon Of Your Nightmares
"Squirtle is the demon of ocean depths and failed trips to sea"
While there are some seriously creepy Pokémon lurking in the ever-expanding Pokédex, most are relatively cute and cuddly, such as Pikachu, Vulpix and Snorlax. Possibly wishing to redress the balance a little, Russian Illustrators Boris and Daria Sokolovsky - otherwise known as...
Weirdness Pokémon Sun And Moon's Alolan Persian Sure Does Look A Lot Like Garfield
Never trust a smiling cat
The Pokémon Sun And Moon demo is out now and we've already reported on the fact that data miners have managed to unearth a lot of information from the code which really should have remained secret. One titbit that was discovered was the Alolan form of the Pokémon Persian, and we've now been given a better look courtesy...
Weirdness PlayStation VR's 'Cinematic Mode' Works With Wii U, and Pretty Much Any HDMI Device
Sure, why not
As you've likely noticed, there's a lot of buzz today around new gaming hardware as PlayStation VR has started to hit stores. It's going up against the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift and, due to factors such as its lower price and sizeable PS4 userbase, is likely to wipe the floor with them commercially. Is it the start of the Virtual...
Weirdness Desperation for NX Details Even Makes an Old Forum Post Interesting
To be fair, it also explains why access to dev kits takes time
We all want to see the Nintendo NX, and we all want to know when it's going to be fully revealed. Nintendo is testing the patience of fans, and from conversations we've had even the patience of some smaller developers; Nintendo's evidently been keeping the project secret and limiting...
Weirdness British Pokémon GO Player Strolled Right Into Stranger's House Looking For Monsters
I know something about opening windows and doors
Pokémon GO continues to generate some of the strangest news stories around, with the latest offering involving a complaint to police that a player had simply walked right into someone's house in search of rare 'mon. According to the BBC, the player entered a property in Norwich, UK and when...
September2016
Weirdness Gummy Super Mario Maker Looks Like More Trouble Than It's Worth
Hey, at least it's in 3D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miJqfPeQXC8 Nintendo's games tend to attract some pretty off-beat merchandise, especially in Japan. We've already seen Splatoon sweeties but now there's a Super Mario Maker Gummy kit - and as you would expect, it allows you to craft your own chewy sweets in the comfort of your own home. As...
Weirdness Father Complains After Beach Trip Is Ruined By Lack Of Pokémon
Don't visit Holland-on-Sea if you're a keen Pokémon GO player
We've all done it. When you're out and about on a family trip it's all too tempting to pull out your phone, fire up Pokémon GO and check to see if there are any rare 'mon lurking nearby. However, for one father on a visit to the British seaside town of Holland-on-Sea, getting a catch...
Weirdness Fans Think They've Found Mario And Luigi's Father
Just who is "SR"?
They may be entirely fictional characters but it's fair to assume that in Super Mario canon, the famous Italian siblings must have a father - but Nintendo has never really acknowledged the fact. Or has it? Reddit user l33tredrocket appears to have found evidence that Mario and Luigi's papa does indeed exist in some form - the form...
August2016
Weirdness Pokémon GO Triggers Massive Trainer Stampedes In Taiwan
Lots of people, all trying to be the very best
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoYjVTbLWyo While the latest data suggests that Pokémon GO has peaked in terms of popularity, it's still one of the most-played games on the planet right now - as these chaotic scenes from Taiwan attest. Various sightings in the country have triggered massive stampedes...
July2016
Weirdness Shadow the Hedgehog is Rather Foul-Mouthed in Mario & Sonic at the Rio Olympics
Won't somebody think of the children?
Here's a perfect end-of-week bit of weirdness for us all - it appears that Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on the Wii U has a bit of a shocking swear in it, and it's fan-favourite (not really) Shadow the Hedgehog that's responsible. It was reported in UK tabloid The Mirror earlier in the week...
Weirdness Pokémon GO Has Inspired Parents in the US to Name Their Children After Pokémon
Pleased to meet you, Onyx
Pokémon GO has obviously been quite the social phenomenon, reintroducing the popular series to mainstream culture and roping in hordes of new fans. While it's inevitable that the viral popularity will eventually die out somewhat, some people have clearly been extremely inspired by the new app, and have since chosen to name...
Weirdness Now You Can Even Find More "Pokémon" In The Dictionary
"A pet monster in this fictional world"
The world has gone mad hunting Pokémon in the real world, but now you can even find them in the dictionary. Popular online resource Dictionary.com recently added the word Pokémon with an extended definition, seemingly as an acknowledgement that this craze is never going to die. Here's the definition:...
Weirdness It's Crazy To Think That Pokémon GO Wouldn't Exist Without Google's April Fool's Prank
Who'd have thought it?
It's fair to say that Pokémon GO has become a worldwide smash hit (despite not even being officially launched in some territories yet); when you're outperforming Candy Crush and Clash of Clans you know you're on to a winner. Still, it's amazing to think that this triumphant smartphone app would not even exist if not for...
Weirdness Australian Police Station Becomes a Popular Location for Pokémon GO Fans
"Please be advised that you don't actually have to step inside"
With Pokémon GO now available in Australia, New Zealand and Japan, and elsewhere with a workaround, plenty of eager fans are walking around a bit more than normal to catch 'mon. The idea that some are walking around grassy areas simply to catch grass-types isn't far-fetched - AR gaming...
Weirdness Somebody Has Gotten Pokémon FireRed to Work in Minecraft
Whoa…
It's no secret that computer science types are regularly discovering increasingly more impressive creations and contraptions inside Minecraft. The popular sandbox title has a surprisingly in-depth array of tools for crafting complicated machines, so naturally the internet has taken to building absurd things such as functioning computers and...
June2016
Weirdness The Mario Party Star Rush Box Art is Actually Recycled From the Mario SpagettiOs Can
Mamma-mia!
We all know that Nintendo is a company with a lot on its plate, planning a new system while developing, marketing and releasing games for the 3DS and Wii U. Corners will be cut, it's inevitable. It seems the box art for Mario Party Star Rush is one such cut corner, and in a humorous way - Twitter user @starwindbliss recently made the...
May2016
Stranger than fiction
YouTube's copyright system is a bit of a mess right now. The popular video streaming site makes efforts to protect the property of those who use it, but the whole thing is set up very much in favour of big companies at present, with individual users often hit with takedowns which - if they choose to fight - could lead to loss...
April2016
Weirdness Japanese Lingerie Company Designs a Pokémon Themed Collection
Never change, Japan
The Pokémon Company is one that's not shy to merchandising opportunities; it seems there's a Pokémon inspired variant to roughly any product you could think of. This is smart advertising, and it leads to increased brand recognition, but it sometimes also leads to some humorous outcomes. While most of the time the branding makes...
Weirdness The NES Zapper Just Became Much Deadlier
Controversial custom mod causes outrage online
As if the United States didn't already have enough problems with accidental shootings, a custom firearms manufacturer in Texas has taken it upon itself to fashion a deadly Glock handgun in the guise of a (normally) harmless NES Zapper. Posting on its Facebook page last week, Precision Syndicate of...
March2016
Weirdness This Has To Be The Most Underhanded Way Of Obtaining The N64's Rarest Fighter
The "old switcheroo"
ClayFighter is one of those series which can hardly be deemed classic, but the popularity of fighting games back in the '90s ensured that it sold pretty well, despite not being that much fun to play. However, by the time the N64 rolled around, the genre was on the wane and following the rather disappointing ClayFighter 63⅓,...
Weirdness Jackie Chan Backed A Motion-Controlled Fitness Console That Pre-Dated The Wii
Say hello to the XaviX Port!
The Wii was revolutionary in that it introduced the mainstream gaming market to motion controls and the concept of "keeping fit" through gameplay. However, it was by no means the first gaming platform to achieve this - in 2004, Japanese firm SSD Company Limited released the XaviX Port alongside a range of sports-focused...
Weirdness Minor League Baseball Team Is Making Its Players Wear Game Boy Jerseys
Knocking it out of the park
Minor league baseball team Frisco Roughriders has something of a habit of getting its players to wear unique shirts based on pop culture icons, and this year the team is harnessing the power of Gunpei Yokoi's finest creation, the Nintendo Game Boy. The Roughriders - who play at the amusingly-named Dr Pepper Ballpark -...
Weirdness Check Out These Ditto Inspired Pokémon Plushies
Has science gone too far?
For those of you that are unfamiliar with Pokémon, Ditto is a very popular Pokémon for, erm, breeding purposes. Essentially, Ditto is just a big, purple blob that's capable of assuming the form of any Pokémon it chooses, copying nearly everything about it. Of course – when Ditto is in its standard form – it's...
Weirdness You Can Now Play 3D NES Games In Your Web Browser
Wonders never cease
Next time you're bored at work you might want to try out this pretty incredible piece of programming which runs NES games via your browser in - wait for it - 3D. 3DNES only runs in Firefox and isn't operating at full speed at present, but as a technical feat it's pretty impressive. It takes original NES games and presents them...
February2016
Weirdness This Is Conker As You've Never Seen Him Before, And Won't Ever Want To Again
Say hello to "Young Conker"
Conker is one of Rare's most iconic characters, largely because he's a complete subversion of everything a cute, platforming mascot should be. Originally conceived as your typical fluffy hero, Conker only really found fame when Chris Seavor - he of Rusty Pup fame - took the character and turned him on his head, creating...
Weirdness Drew Barrymore Is Now Pokémon's Fashion Ambassador
"I like things that are colorful and happy"
Pokémon turns 20 this year as we all know, and no time is being wasted when it comes to exploiting this landmark event. Nintendo has just released the games that started it all on the 3DS eShop, and long-time merchandising partner Tomy is planning a year of special promotions. Later in the year
Weirdness This Super Mario Maker Level is a Functioning Calculator
Yep, it actually works
We've seen some terrific creations in Super Mario Maker, but few are as downright clever as a creation by Reddit user Helgefan. Shared on the social network this past weekend, it's rightly being hailed as an outrageous achievement in level design. Utilising binary additions and decimal conversion this stage, effectively,...
Weirdness 8-Year-Old Writes Nintendo A Letter Of Apology For Getting His 3DS Wet
A grim reminder to check your thermos cap
It's never too pleasant having to deal with customer service and sending something in to be repaired, but for one eight-year-old boy in Japan, the loss of his 3DS seems to have stirred up some surprising feelings of guilt instead of the usual impatience and annoyance. Imagine that! The young boy apparently...
January2016
Weirdness Watch an Actual Live Splatoon Squid Sisters Concert From Japan
Get your glow sticks in the air!
Splatoon is not only a fun game, but it's also succeeded in getting some of its characters and quirks into popular culture - well, Nintendo culture. The Squid Sisters are a part of this, with their bizarre voices, dancing and singing being part of the game's charm. In Japan, though, these things can go from being...
Weirdness Super Mario 64 Expert Collects a Star in 0.5 'A' Button Presses
"We need to talk about parallel universes..."
The recent Awesome Games Done Quick marathon served as a fantastic example of speedrunners demonstrating their practiced skill with impressive results. In the wake of its conclusion earlier this month, we've got just the video for anyone still needing their fix of game-breaking talent on display. While...
Weirdness Conceptual Artist Attempts Tetris World Record as a Metaphor of Capitalism
"Eventually they fall so fast that you can’t keep up and you die"
Conceptual and performance artists find meaning - or try to - in the unlikeliest of places, often taking mundane or obsessive aspects of life and applying an artistic different vision. One artist doing this is Rutherford Chang, who's based in New York and has previous works that...
Weirdness Homebrew Enthusiast Gets Windows 95 Working on the New Nintendo 3DS
Just... because
There's an enthusiastic homebrew scene around the 3DS, less interested in piracy and more fascinated with pushing the boundaries of the hardware. This often revolves around getting unexpected software - or operating systems - to work on the portable. One humorous recent example is from a certain shutterbug2000, who has managed to...
December2015
Weirdness Gamer Keeps Super Famicom On For 20 Years To Preserve Umihara Kawase Save Data
That's over 180,000 hours
Back in the days when cartridges used batteries to store save data, your precious save files would only remain in existence as long as the battery itself had juice - when the power ran out, the data was lost forever. Collectors of retro games will know this fact all too well; many RPGs from the '80s and '90s are now...
Weirdness Gaming's Most Infamous Bad Guys Have Formed The World's Most Awesome Band
With the help of Jake Kaufman, Jirard Khalil and Grant Kirkhope
It's said that the devil has the best tunes, and that certainly seems to be true with the Big Bad Bosses, a fictional band composed of gaming's most sinister baddies - all appearing under aliases to avoid any kind of copyright nastiness. There's Ronix (Dr Robotnik), G-Cash (Ganondorf),...
Weirdness North American Devil's Third Copies Sell for Silly Money on eBay Due to Stock Shortage
Now THAT's the greatest trick the devil ever pulled
Now, we didn't pull punches in our assessment of Devil's Third, awarding it 5/10 (average) in our review largely thanks to the ambitious online component, with the solo campaign faring less well. That said, we did try to consider some of its positives, and for benevolent gamers that can look past...
Weirdness A Dragon Punch Would Take Your Head Clean Off, Says Science
These Street Fighters are clearly quite tough
Street Fighter's Dragon Punch - or Shoryuken - is one of the most iconic moves in fighting game history. A rising uppercut which propels your opponent into the air, it's handy for dealing with mid-air attacks and knocking your rival off-balance, and in the right hands, is a deadly weapon which can turn...
November2015
Weirdness This Dad Is Better At Pulling Off Street Fighter II Victory Poses Than You
"Go home and be a family man!"
Following the delights of watching YouTuber Nick Luciano's dad reenact the taunt animations from Super Smash Bros for Wii U, we had to bring you his latest video where the game-for-a-laugh Father takes on the challenge of mimicking the victory poses from beloved Capcom brawler Street Fighter II' Turbo: Hyper Fighting...
October2015
Weirdness This 1983 Short Movie Combines Horror With Donkey Kong
Can you find the Treasure of the Haunted House?
Long-time readers of the site will be familiar with the work of Tyler Esposito - not only have we covered his excellent videos in the past, he's also contributed to Nintendo Life with an amusing look at one of the most bizarre NES games ever made. He also runs the excellent YouTube channel iretrogamer...
Weirdness GAME Gift Card Slip Up is Awkward, Though Not a Sign of Troubled Times
A portent of doom isn't required
Update: Eurogamer has shared an update on this stock situation, with GAME's press office seemingly denying it was an issue while staff sources have stated that stock is gradually becoming available again (from today) in stores around the country. Original Article: It's easy to hit the wrong button with damaging...
Weirdness French Far-Right Political Party Uses Little Mac Lookalike On Campaign Poster
"Hit the system with a good right!"
Nintendo is notoriously protective of its characters and franchises, and never allows them to be used outside of games unless the context is suitable - even using Mario on a mural took a lot of effort. Keeping this in mind, we wonder what the company makes of Little Mac's likeness being used in a campaign poster...
Weirdness Pokémon Meets The Sims In This Experimental Videogame Mash-Up
A funny concept
The recent release of Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer has proven there is more to the long-running series than just paying off loans to Tom Nook. By incorporating many ideas and game play elements from existing lifestyle and creation games, it makes you wonder what Nintendo’s other game series might look like if they received...
September2015
Weirdness Just Dance 2016 Will Include An Exclusive Song About Stepping On A Chihuahua
Boasting the vocal talents of Japanese singer Reni Mimura
Ubisoft has created a unique song for the forthcoming Just Dance 2016 and it's totally and utterly bonkers. Composed by the Just Dance team alongside Tom Salta and Japanese singer Reni Mimura, "Chiwawa" is all about a girl who steps on her Chihuahua by accident: Chiwawa is the surprising...
Weirdness Bowser Bummed by Skylanders amiibo Tie-in
GAME store has a cheeky time of it
Anatomically, Bowser's nose can be considered to have two primary purposes. First, it provides something to breathe through when he has a mouth full of hot, fiery death to spit. Second, its presence keeps him from looking like a total goober. Case in point, one GAME store seems to have come across a Hammer Slam...
Weirdness Japanese Company Wants To Bring NES Games To Smartphones Via A Tiny Cartridge
Small device plugs into into your headphone socket
Modern gaming is becoming increasingly focused on digital distribution, with publishers making use of online stores such as the Wii U and 3DS eShops to deliver games directly to consumers without having to produce physical media. With rumours that Nintendo's next console could abandon physical...
Weirdness Wii U Title Bombing Bastards Becomes 'Bombing Busters' on PS4, at Sony's Request
Oh Nintendo, you rebel without a cause
When we received a press release for Bombing Bastards coming to the Wii U eShop last year, our instinct was "good luck with that", assuming it'd undergo a name change before release. Nope, none of it, as it then launched on the eShop in July 2014. It was a further indication, among others, of Nintendo...
Weirdness You Can Get Apple, Sorry, 'Aple' Cover Plates for Your New Nintendo 3DS
Or Xbox 720, if you're feeling next-gen
Nintendo has released and licensed dozens of official cover plates - Kisekae in Japan - for the New Nintendo 3DS, but naturally there are some unofficial options out there. It's the wonder of 3D printing. Some funny examples have been spotted by @NintendoActu - and shared by Tiny Cartridge - which allow New...
Weirdness Bask in the Madness of The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes in This Japanese Marketing
Even Ganondorf would love this
Sometimes Nintendo's weirdness can brighten any sky and make the sun shine that bit brighter. OK, we're exaggerating a little, but it can make us smile - the concept of The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes fits into this. Any plot that puts fashion at its core in Hyrule is always going to be a bit bonkers, and its...
Weirdness That Slowpoke Reggae Video is Now in English
Took them long enough...
More than a year ago, the Japanese Pokémon YouTube channel uploaded a video so bizarre that you have to wonder if it's a preliminary experiment in mind control. It had Slowpoke and reggae in it, though, so we happily shared it. Surprisingly, the video has suddenly reappeared with an English dub. According to the...
August2015
Weirdness Grand Theft Auto And Pokémon Collide In This Rather Worrying Mash-Up
Gotta snatch 'em all
Pokémon and Grand Theft Auto V might not have much in common in terms of gameplay, but that hasn't stopped a dedicated fan from painstakingly recreating the intro of the former using the excellent Director Mode of the latter. You can watch the entire thing below, and we've included the side-by-side comparison so you can see...
Weirdness Blizzard's Heroes Of The Storm Features A Nintendo-Themed Easter Egg
Duck and cover
Blizzard's popular MOBA Heroes of the Storm recently got a substantial update which updated existing characters and introduced the Dialbo III's Monk, who naturally has his own menu screen to reside in outside of the game itself. It's in this menu screen that Blizzard has chosen to hide a special Duck Hunt Easter Egg. Spotted by...
Weirdness F-Zero-Style Recharge Strips Are Coming To UK Roads
YOU'VE GOT BOOST POWER
The battery life of electric cars could be increased by the use of special recharging strips on roads which use electromagnetic fields to transfer energy to the vehicle while it's in motion. UK-based Highways England is currently testing the technology and will soon begin an 18-month trial to ascertain the viability of the...
Weirdness Dancing Electric Rodents Infest The Japanese Coastal Town Of Yokohama
Pika-pi, Pikachu!!
Japan appears to be absolutely obsessed with the cute, cuddly and electric Pokémon, Pikachu. To celebrate the nation’s cultural obsession with the adorable pocket monster, for a second year in a row now, Nintendo has infested the coastal Japanese town of Yokohama with dancing Pikachu. These giant-sized Pikachu are actually a...
News McDonald's Happy Meal Boomerang Mario In UK Tabloid Scandal
"I was very concerned because it looked completely inappropriate"
We've been enjoying collecting the new range of Super Mario toys in McDonald's Happy Meals in the UK since the promotion started up again on the 12th August. We even tasked Nintendo Life's YouTube botherer Alex with doing an unboxing last week for you lovely people. Thankfully Alex's...
Weirdness Female UFC Champ Was A Huge Pokémon Fan, Doesn't Like Zelda: Majora's Mask All That Much
"I was constantly freaking out about the time"
Olympic medal-winning martial artist Ronda Rousey is one of the most famous female athletes on the face of the planet right now. She's the current (and first) UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion and has also forged out a successful acting career, having starred in the likes of Furious 7 and The...
Weirdness The Man Behind Busking Mario Is Now Racing Trains As Mega Man
Off the rails
Emlyn Lewis is an award-winning Irish filmmaker who just happens to have a deep love of retro gaming - Nintendo specfically. He's famous for busking in the guise of Super Mario and playing notable tunes from the series on his keyboard, but recently he's branched out into another beloved NES franchise: Capcom's Mega Man. Mega Man vs...
Weirdness Sonic the Hedgehog is All About Self-Effacing Humour on Twitter
An account that opts to laugh, rather than cry
It's not easy being Sonic the Hedgehog - hot stuff in his youth, he's now on an iffy run of releases that earn shoulder shrugs or ridicule. Sure, there have been definite highlights in the past decade, but attention often turns to the horrible failures; it doesn't help that the mascot's most recent...
Weirdness Get on Down and Dance, Dance, Dance With Pikachu
Step aside, left shark
Pokémon is weird; sure, it makes sense in some ways, but it's also conceptually bonkers. That doesn't harm its popularity, of course, and as a series with a heavy focus on attracting more children to buy into the brand its marketing - especially in Japan - can be delightful in its quirkiness. We think these Pikachu videos...
Weirdness Keep Your French Fries Toasty Hot With These Yo-Kai Watch Holsters
Only in Japan, of course
Yo-Kai Watch is massive in Japan, and that means there are plenty of opportunities for all kinds of cross-promotional activity. However, few ideas are as zany as these McDonald's French Fry holsters, which allow you to slot in your pack of chopped potatoes and keep them warm during your quests to locate naughty spirits...
Weirdness The Next Splatoon European Splatfest Wants You to Choose Between Vast, Icy Landscapes
That's cold, Nintendo...
Just recently Nintendo of America confirmed details around the next Splatfest in the region, with the choice being between roasting hot-dogs or marshmallows over a campfire. Obviously marshmallows is the answer, but in any case Nintendo of Europe has announced its own Splatfest for next weekend and it's... interesting...
July2015
Weirdness Coffee And Zelda Collide In This Mildly Disturbing Video
Hot coffee
Have you ever wanted to grind your own coffee at home? Well YouTuber Matt Lees probably isn't the guy to ask about it, despite the title of one of his latest videos. We don't want to spoil anything for you, so it might just be best to watch the video below for yourself and express your bewilderment in the comments section below. Yes,...
Weirdness The Previously Untold True Story Behind Rusty Pup Developer Gory Detail
(Disclaimer: May not actually be true)
Gory Detail is the studio founded by former Rare developers Christopher "Conker" Seavor and Shawn Pile, and the pair are currently hard at work on The Unlikely Legend of Rusty Pup, which is coming to both Wii U and 3DS. Those of you already familiar with Seavor's work will know he likes a good laugh - and the...
Weirdness Super Mario Bros. 3 is Rather Creepy With "The Plumber's Dream" Theory
The hills have eyes
Super Mario Bros. 3 is an undoubted classic, and one of the finest platformers of all time. At times bizarre, always great to play, it's a testament to what could be achieved on the 8-bit NES. Naturally it's an enduring topic for gamers of all types, and some like to really dive into the meaning of the colourful and bonkers...
Weirdness Here's What An All-Human Star Fox Team Looks Like
Don't worry, Slippy's here!
We've seen some cool cosplay ourselves recently, but nothing prepared us for the awesomeness of seeing the Star Fox team reimagined in human form. The cosplayers known as York In A Box have been busy barrel rolling ahead of the release of Star Fox Zero on Wii U. In the photos below you can see Chri
Weirdness Doting Dad Transforms Nursery Into The Ultimate Mario Kart 8 Tribute
Defying gravity
Reddit user troymcklure didn't want any old nursery when he created one for his newborn child. He decided that bog-standard teddies and pastel-shades were too mainstream, and decided instead to create a room themed entirely around Mario Kart 8 - and the most amazing thing is, this work follows his Zelda and Yoshi-themed
Weirdness Sega's Repackaged Transformers Arcade Game Is An Unexpected Nod To Its Glorious Past
Feeling the G-Force
Back when arcades really mattered, Sega was one of the industry's big hitters. The company not only produced amazing titles like Golden Axe and Alien Storm, but also ran a pretty amazing line in dedicated coin-op cabinets. Titles like After Burner, Space Harrier, Out Run and Thunderblade were all housed in massive, hulking units...
Weirdness Mario, Luigi and Wario Cheer On Tour de France Riders
Ooh la la
The Tour de France is well underway, and this great cycling event wouldn't be complete without some colourful characters to cheer on the riders. It's commonplace to see spectators such as El Diablo running on the roadside alongside their heroes, even if it is potentially quite dangerous and frowned upon by the event organisers. This year...
Weirdness Revenge is a Dish Best Sold on eBay, as This EarthBound Sale Shows
Ouch
Retro gaming, most notably collecting, can be an expensive business. Not all gamers are content with downloading whatever classics pop up in the Virtual Console, as there can be a desire to own the original cartridges and play them on their retro systems. Collections can be treasured, then, but based on an eBay sale can also be used as...
Weirdness Twitch Plays Metal Gear Solid: Ghost Babel, With Hilarious Results
Chaos, failed stealth and furious Metal Gear gamers
The Twitch Plays phenomenon has been around for over a year now, which makes it positively medieval by internet standards. The concept of hundreds of viewers issuing input commands is predictably chaotic, of course, and the concept can still be entertaining with the right game. We think this...
Weirdness Splatoon Has Been Impressively Recreated In Team Fortress 2
Modding madness
Splatoon has been a critical and commercial success for Nintendo, and has introduced an entire generation of players to the concept of an online, team-based shooter. In fact, it has turned so many heads that even PC gamers - the chaps who live and breathe this kind of game - are paying tribute in their own unique way. A team of...
Weirdness In Some Parallel Dimension, This Nintendo Cross Presentation Might Actually Be Real
Keeping it real fake
Nintendo is working on its next console - dubbed the "NX" - but the company remained tight-lipped at this year's E3. 2015 will go down as a period of transition for the Japanese veteran as it looks to slowly retire its current pair of consoles and move towards something new and exciting, but the lack of solid news means that...
Weirdness Yoshi Gets Mad in Latest Yoshi's Woolly World Commercials
Not so soft and cuddly
Yes, we know, Yoshi's Woolly World is so last week in Europe, and a source of frustration for North America fans, but the latest Japanese trailer just has to be shared. Why? Because Yoshi gets angry. Even when beating up on fools in Super Smash Bros., Yoshi is a happy presence - he's playful and cute, and can't be thrown off...
June2015
Weirdness T-Pose Result Screen Glitch Found In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Although very difficult to perform
YouTuber Master0fHyrule has created a video of a glitch found by Miiverse user Glob in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, and for once it's not one that can turn the tide in mid-battle. The glitch results in the winning character/team poised in a 'T-Pose' position during the results screen after a match. For those...
Weirdness Man Finishes Super Mario World In 23 Minutes Whilst Blindfolded
...and 14 seconds
How quickly can you finish Super Mario World? 23 minutes 14 seconds? That sounds like a pretty fast time to us, but imagine doing that totally blindfolded. That's exactly what PangaeaPanga has done - and the amazing thing is that he was only practicing the run very recently - he started his training on June 16th. He dies during...
News Fan Site Randomly Generates a "Leaked" List of Nintendo's E3 Plans
Prepare yourselves for the worldwide reveal of Metroid: Badger
As previously pointed out in a talking point earlier this week, we are officially in the thick of E3 silly season. Every year, we receive "official internal documents" from various fans and readers who claim to have received such highly confidential information from their best friend's...
News There's Already a Splatoon Inspired Minecraft Mod
Where there's a will, there's a way
It seems like there's a mod for just about anything in Minecraft. The extremely open ended and modular nature of the core game leaves the door wide open for just about any type of game to be created within it, from platformers to shooters to racers. Granted, there's usually an absurd amount of complicated...
Weirdness This Pokémon Get☆TV Teaser Prepares Us for Milk Madness and Karate Mascots
Too amazing not to share
It's the end of a long week, so some light relief is certainly in order; we present the latest teaser for Pokémon Get☆TV to serve that very purpose. This is from the official Pokemon Japan YouTube channel, and a scan of its recent content suggests that this is an impressive level of weirdness even by its own standards...
Weirdness Man Gets Inked In Splatoon, Literally
Don't try this at home, squids!
We're no stranger to seeing Nintendo fans getting "inked up" here at Nintendo Life. Over the years we've seen the worst ever Charmander tattoo, a ink-covered gaming comedian and even someone who adorned his wrist with a 3DS AR Card tattoo.
May2015
Weirdness The Second Player Can Have Motion Controls in Splatoon's Battle Dojo Mode
Erm, OK
Splatoon may be gracing plenty of Wii U systems worldwide, but the official Tumblr account is still rolling on, and has shared a rather peculiar and fun trick. It seems that both players can use motion-based aiming controls in the local multiplayer Battle Dojo mode, with a bit of bizarre customisation. By quite literally strapping a Wii U...
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