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This Mario Kart: Fury Road remix is bananas

By Michael McWhertor on May 22, 2015 05.22.15

The Mad Max: Fury Road parodies are starting to come in fast and furious, but they're going to have a hard time outclassing this Mad Max/Mario Kart mash-up, which squeezes in just the right amount of smart, sometimes subtle Mario references. From War Boys with Bob-ombs to sand-hungry Bullet Bills, it's a little scary how well Mario Kart reimagined as a post-nuclear wasteland race to the death works out. For viewers who haven't seen Mad Max: Fury Road yet, don't worry; this is just a remix of one of the already-released trailers and won't spoil much beyond a few explosive set pieces.

Happy 30th NES, we got you a museum exhibit

By Dave Tach on May 22, 2015 05.22.15

The Strong National Museum of Play and the Center for Games Studies and Art Research at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan, are collaborating to study and preserve video games, and their first exhibit will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Nintendo Entertainment System. According to a press release from The Strong, the NES exhibit, Playing with Power: 30 Years of the Nintendo Entertainment System, will "explore the history of the console's development and introduction, showcase artifacts from The Strong's world-renowned collections, feature never-before-seen interviews with the NES hardware developer Masayuki Uemura, and include playable games, such as Super Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt." Beyond the first exhibit, the partnership will include intern, faculty, staff and student...

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April 30, 2015

Indie Developer Science Fair

By Matt Leone

17 fun projects from some of the game industry's most creative teams.

Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition has secret exits — here's how they work

By Nick Robinson and Philip Kollar on May 21, 2015 05.21.15

Watch in 60fps on YouTube | Subscribe to Polygon on YouTube Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition hits North America tomorrow (or this evening on the 3DS eShop, for the truly dedicated), and one of the Mario touches developer Gungho Online has added is secret goals: basically, hidden exits on certain stages that lead to entire new stages players would otherwise miss — a mechanic you might remember from a little game called Super Mario World. Above, we show you how to access World 1-5 through World 1-4's secret exit, plus explain the somewhat unintuitive strategy required to open it up. Puzzle & Dragons Z + Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition launches May 22 on 3DS for $29.99.

Don't Starve: Giant Edition is heading to Wii U next week

By Megan Farokhmanesh on May 21, 2015 05.21.15

Don't Starve: Giant Edition will be available for the Wii U via the Nintendo eShop May 28, Klei Entertainment announced today. Don't Starve is an action-adventure game first released in 2013 in which players try to survive for as long as possible in the wilderness. The Giant Edition includes the original game as well as the Reign of Giants expansion, which added new biomes, creatures, challenges, seasons and more. Those that purchase the eShop game before June 28 will also get a bonus gift copy. For more on Don't Starve, check out our review. The Wii U version arrives in Europe June 4.

Minimap May 21, 2015: Let's talk about the news, Optimus

By Dave Tach on May 21, 2015 05.21.15

Welcome to Polygon Minimap, a daily audio podcast touring the latest news about video games, related technologies and culture. Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe to the podcast (RSS) Download this episode directly as an MP3 Here's what we're covering today: THE BIG STORIES Bloodborne will get an expansion, Sony confirms Need for Speed gets a reboot with eponymous game this fall Witcher 3 team on downgrade accusations: 'Maybe we shouldn't have shown that trailer' Witcher 3 PC version gets stability, graphics patch; console version inbound Rockstar parent company sues BBC over upcoming GTA drama The Walking Dead's Robert Kirkman is working on the Transformers movies now Techland's Hellraid sent back to drawing board, didn't meet expectations PlayStation's E3 press...

Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon hits 3DS in winter 2015

By Dave Tach on May 21, 2015 05.21.15

Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon will arrive on North American 3DS handhelds in the winter of 2015, Nintendo and the Pokémon Company International announced this morning. "Players can look forward to even greater, randomly created dungeons that change each time they enter," according to the game's description. "In Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, players will battle alongside Legendary and Mythical Pokémon to save the world in a sweeping tale of adventure and mystery." The game will be the latest in the spinoff of the Pokémon series proper. First released in 2005, the Mystery Dungeon series has sold more than 13 million units, according to Nintendo. The most recent entry, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity, was released in 2013 for 3DS.

Splatoon began as tofu blocks and rabbits, 14 years after Nintendo's last new characters

By Dave Tach on May 21, 2015 05.21.15

In its earliest stage, Nintendo's upcoming shooter Splatoon was a prototype with combatants shaped like tofu blocks, according to the transcript of an interview between the game's creators and Nintendo's president and CEO, Satoru Iwata. "There was a white thing and a black thing shaped like blocks of tofu, and they were shooting ink and they had to steal each other's turf," Hisashi Nogami of Nintendo''s Entertainment Analysis & Development Division told Iwata. Nintendo EAD is responsible for developing new products. Headed by Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto, it has a long legacy of creating well-received games. But the last original character EAD created was Pikmin, 14 years before it started working on Splatoon. Though the upcoming game will nave new characters, it wasn't...

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Bloodborne
- Platforms: PS4
- Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
- Developer: From Software
- Release Date: 2015-03-24
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Destiny
- Platforms: Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3
- Publisher: Activision
- Developer: Bungie
- Release Date: 2014-09-09
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Mortal Kombat X
- Platforms: PS4, PS3, Win, Xbox One, 360
- Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
- Developer: NetherRealm Studios
- Release Date: 2015-04-14
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Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
- Platforms: Win, PS4, Xbox One
- Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
- Developer: MachineGames
- Release Date: 2015-05-05

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Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker review: total package

By Philip Kollar on May 20, 2015 05.20.15

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker is one of the most inspired and successful blending of multiple genres that I've ever seen come out of Japan. As a developer, Atlus' strength is largely in fairly traditional turn-based role-playing games, and Record Breaker definitely takes advantage of that. But that's only the bottom-most layer of gameplay. The turn-based battles are wrapped in a cloak of strategy gameplay, which is then clothed in a heavy narrative coat of choice-based visual novel stylings. What's especially impressive about Devil Survivor 2 is not just how it draws on these various, disparate styles of gameplay. Rather, I was thrilled by the way it ties them so tightly together and finds ways for each to interact with each other in a way that feels natural. ...

Minimap May 20: Let's talk about the news, Bowser

By Dave Tach on May 20, 2015 05.20.15

Welcome to Polygon Minimap, a daily audio podcast touring the latest news about video games, related technologies and culture. Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe to the podcast (RSS) Download this episode directly as an MP3 Here's what we're covering today: THE BIG STORIES Somebody in Osama bin Laden's compound played video games Electronic Arts' former games head Frank Gibeau leaves after more than 20 years Dimension Drive is back on Kickstarter after being heartbreakingly trolled Want a white Xbox One and four Halo games? Microsoft is selling a limited edition bundle Xbox One gets its official over-the-air tuner today, available in a $99.99 bundle The Polybius Conspiracy wants to explore a legendary alien mind-controlling arcade game Nintendo makes the perfect hire T...

Nintendo makes the perfect hire

By Owen S. Good on May 20, 2015 05.20.15

Look, when you're Nintendo, and you get a chance to hire this guy, you do it, if only for the chance to write this kind of a press release: Yes, that's real. You have to figure once he applied this was Doug's job to lose, right? Unless he was up against Toad Bob-omb or something. The best part is Bowser actually worked for seven years for Electronic Arts before joining Nintendo. Bowser "is an outstanding addition to our Nintendo team, as he brings a deep blend of both consumer package goods and video game sales experience," said Scott Moffitt, the executive vice president for sales and marketing for Nintendo of America. "I know he will work tirelessly with our internal and external partners to ensure the broad Nintendo product lineup of hardware, software and...

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Back to the Future fires up Lego Dimensions campaign

By Colin Campbell on May 20, 2015 05.20.15

Christopher Lloyd reprises his role as Back to the Future's madcap scientist Doc Brown for this new commercial for forthcoming toy-to-life game Lego Dimensions, which is due for release on Sept. 27. The game allows players to place Lego characters and vehicles on a Toy Pad, and interact with the figures inside simple puzzle, platform and combat games. As well as Back to the Future, the game world will include characters and environments from Batman, Lord of the Rings, DC Comics, The Simpsons, Ghostbusters, Portal, Scooby Doo, Doctor Who, Jurassic World and The Lego Movie as well as others, to be announced, all of which can be used together in mash-up levels. Players can bring up to seven Lego toys into the game all at once by placing them on the Toy Pad to create "extreme gameplay...

Minimap May 19: Let's talk about the news, Lando

By Dave Tach on May 19, 2015 05.19.15

Welcome to Polygon Minimap, a daily audio podcast touring the latest news about video games, related technologies and culture. Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe to the podcast (RSS) Download this episode directly as an MP3 Here's what we're covering today: THE BIG STORIES Sega pulls more than a dozen games from iTunes App Store, Google Play Grand Theft Auto 5 shipments approach 52 million units Sony's 'ambitious' new studio is focusing on virtual reality with Project Morpheus Nintendo World Championships coming to eight Best Buys from New York to California Lando Calrissian is in perfect hibernation, waiting to return to Star Wars THE BEST OF THE REST Chroma Squad review: faux faux Power Rangers 'Big indie' Kickstarters are killing actual indies Talking tactics and...

Nintendo World Championships coming to eight Best Buys from New York to California

By Samit Sarkar on May 19, 2015 05.19.15

The road to the Nintendo World Championships 2015 will begin with qualifiers on May 30 at eight Best Buy stores across the U.S., Nintendo announced today. Qualifiers will run from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. local time. You'll want to get to the store early — a Best Buy representative told Polygon that registration begins at 9 a.m., and the field of entrants is capped at 750 players per store on a first-come, first-served basis. Here's the list of locations, in order from east to west: 5001 Northern Blvd. Long Island City, New York 10760 NW 17th St. Miami, Florida 900 E. Golf Road Schaumburg, Illinois 12905 Elm Creek Blvd. N Maple Grove, Minnesota 9378 N. Central Expressway Dallas, Texas 3675 Pacific Coast Highway Torrance, California 1717 Harrison St. San Francisco, California 2214 S....

Minimap May 18, 2015: Let's talk about the news, Duke

By Dave Tach on May 18, 2015 05.18.15

Welcome to Polygon Minimap, a daily audio podcast tour through the latest news about video games, related technologies and culture. Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe to the podcast (RSS) Download this episode directly as an MP3 Here's what we're covering today: THE BIG STORIES Twenty years ago, Sega rushed out the Saturn, dooming its console business Twin Peaks' third season is officially back on with David Lynch directing Konami cheers Nevada law allowing skill-based gambling machines The company that made STALKER is back with their next game, Cossacks 3 Mass Effect lead Casey Hudson joins Microsoft to work on Xbox and HoloLens Rising Tide is Civilization: Beyond Earth's expansion, due this fall Lawsuit settlement offers sneak peek at reworked Duke Nukem game THE...

A children's treasury of all the fairies in The Legend of Zelda

By Owen S. Good on May 17, 2015 05.17.15

Previously, MasterOfHyrule has catalogued all the ways one can die in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time as well as The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. He's also obsessed over all the grabbing/grabbed animations in Super Smash Bros., all the crawling and tripping animations in the same game, compared the final smashes of the latest game with Brawl, and fetishized the battle poses and cries of all 251 Pokémon. So what's left for an encore? Well, how about a visual compendium of every fairie (faerie?) in The Legend of Zelda series? Here they are, in all their health-restoring, life-giving, resurrecting glory. Master of Hyrule's Fairypaedia spans some 27 games, comics, cartoons and other sources. See it above.

Minimap May 15: Let's talk about the news, Mr. Burns

By Dave Tach on May 15, 2015 05.15.15

Welcome to Polygon Minimap, a daily audio podcast touring the latest news about video games, related technologies and culture. Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe to the podcast (RSS) Download this episode directly as an MP3 Here's what we're covering today: THE BIG STORIES Del Toro surprised by Konami's 'scorched earth approach' to P.T., cancellation of Silent Hills Xbox One outsells PS4 in April as Mortal Kombat X tops game sales Destiny patch 1.2 released, Bungie warns about legendary engram issue Destiny developers roll out Connection Recovery to reduce kicks to orbit Diablo 3 stricken with a 'cowpocalypse' in honor of its third anniversary Stretchmo is Nintendo's newest free-to-play experiment for 3DS Splatoon freeplay returns one more time to the Wii U The voice of...

Nintendo bringing back some older amiibo in the next few days

By Michael McWhertor on May 15, 2015 05.15.15

Still missing out on some of Nintendo's sold-out amiibo? Nintendo is restocking some of those characters, specifically Fire Emblem's Marth and Ike and Kirby's Meta Knight, in the coming days, the company said on Facebook. Nintendo said those older amiibo will hit store shelves "in limited quantities over the next few days" in a post on Facebook, though it didn't specify which retailers will have them. Meta Knight was originally released as a Best Buy exclusive. Nintendo said earlier this year that it would reissue certain amiibo, like Marth, to make the figures available to customers who wanted to use those characters in new games like Code Name: STEAM. Nintendo also apologized to its customers about availability of some amiibo. "We're trying to meet the demands of our fans and...

Xbox One outsells PS4 in April as Mortal Kombat X tops game sales

By Colin Campbell on May 14, 2015 05.14.15

Xbox One outsold PlayStation 4 in the U.S. during April, according to NPD's monthly industry report on game and console sales. The top-selling packaged game was Mortal Kombat X. As is tradition, the two leading console makers released statements about their respective performances. NPD does not release actual sales numbers to the public, selling those to interested parties. "As the best-selling console in the U.S. in April, fans set record April sales and engagement for Xbox One last month," said Xbox marketer Mike Nichols. "Xbox One console sales in the U.S. increased 63 percent in April 2015 compared to April 2014 and Xbox Live comparisons showed the number of active global users (Xbox One and Xbox 360) grew 24 percent." Sony released a statement thanking fans for their support,...

Stretchmo is Nintendo's newest free-to-play experiment for 3DS

By Michael McWhertor on May 14, 2015 05.14.15

Nintendo released a new game in the Pushmo series today, Stretchmo for Nintendo 3DS. The follow-up to Pushmo, Crashmo and Pushmo World, Stretchmo is being sold in the 3DS eShop with a different pricing model. It's free to try, and players can purchase additional puzzles for a fee. Developed by Intelligent Systems, Stretchmo adds a new spin to the Pushmo puzzle series by adding a new mechanic; as Mallo, players push and pull blocks, and can now stretch certain blocks to extend each side, as they try to reach the goal flag. The first few levels of Stretchmo are free to play, and these early levels serve as a brief tutorial for the rest of the game. The other puzzles are sold piecemeal or in bundles. After completing the tutorial levels, players have the option to purchase the following...

Minimap May 14: Let's talk about the news, Mario

By Dave Tach on May 14, 2015 05.14.15

Welcome to Polygon Minimap, a daily audio podcast touring the latest news about video games, related technologies and culture. Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe to the podcast (RSS) Download this episode directly as an MP3 Here's what we're covering today: THE BIG STORIES Nintendo: Silver Mario amiibo hits May 29 for $12.99 Ratchet & Clank for PlayStation 4 now coming spring 2016 Twitch is reducing the delay in streaming games, but it may not be for everyone Fox is making another X-Men spinoff movie based on The New Mutants H1Z1 players are afraid of the dark Xbox One E3 plans unveiled, includes public 'FanFest' Microsoft bans Gears of War leakers from Xbox Live, renders their Xbox Ones 'unusable' Telltale's The Walking Dead won't hit Season 3 in 2015, but expect...

Minimap May 13: Let's talk about the news, Rocky

By Dave Tach on May 13, 2015 05.13.15

Welcome to Polygon Minimap, a daily audio podcast touring the latest news about video games, related technologies and culture. Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe to the podcast (RSS) Download this episode directly as an MP3 Here's what we're covering today: THE BIG STORIES Nintendo World Championships return at E3 Castlevania spiritual successor just topped $1.75M on Kickstarter, only one stretch goal left Report: Marvel wants Selma director for Black Panther or Captain Marvel CSI: Cyber dives into the world of online gaming gun-running schemes with teens Destiny update issue under investigation by Bungie as House of Wolves looms Ratchet & Clank movie cast includes Paul Giamatti, Rosario Dawson, Sylvester Stallone THE BEST OF THE REST How a drinking game was saved by...

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