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Nintendo seems to have taken an interest in farting. Or something like that.

While speaking with Kotaku about Nintendo’s peculiar sense of humor in April, director of product marketing Bill Trinen mentioned Game & Wario and noted how the team making the game possesses “their own very, very distinct, off-kilter humor.”

“And then you have a game like Game & Wario. The Wario team, they have their own very, very distinct, off-kilter humor. Which I love, because any time I can talk about farting in an official capacity, it’s fantastic. You’ll see a lot of that when that game comes out for Wii U.”

When asked later what it would take for the Wii U to reach the 3DS’ success, Trinen mentioned farts once again:

“I think we’re on the way [there], certainly, we’ve got games like Game & Wario. And I mean, who doesn’t want a game that’s gonna openly talk about farts?”

And here’s another interesting tidbit. When Nintendo kicked off the Game & Wario “Crowdfarter” to promote the game, Kotaku pointed out that the site was lacking in the farting department. Perhaps in response, the site now contains a “Take This” button that plays a farting sound when hovered over or clicked on.

Yeah… this is an odd post.

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Harmonix isn’t done with Rock Band. CEO Alex Rigopulos told VentureBeat that the company will revisit the IP “at the right point in time”. When it returns, Harmonix will “reimagine it as appropriate for its time.”

Rigopulos said:

“…I’ll also say that we don’t view Rock Band as something that’s being left behind. It’s something we’ll return to at the right point in time and reimagine it as appropriate for its time.”

Rock Band 3 was the last “major” Rock Band game. That came out in 2010. It was followed up by the digital Rock Band Blitz spinoff.

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IGN’s Rich George has confirmed with SEGA that the company’s third Nintendo-exclusive Sonic title will not arrive in 2013. That puts the unannounced project at a tentative 2014 date for now.

George wrote on Twitter:

The initial rumor did seem rather suspect. While it came from a valid source (Nintendo’s Germany division), the fact that we have yet to see anything from SEGA’s third title pointed to a far away release. On the bright side, there is Sonic Lost World to look forward to this year, and possible the new Mario & Sonic title.

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Eidos Montreal could be teasing a new Deus Ex game.

On Twitter, the company wrote:

Eidos Montreal is a subsidiary of Square Enix. In March, Square Enix picked up a trademark for something called “Deus Ex: The Fall”, which could tie into the tease above.

If any announcements are planned, they’ll likely be made during E3 2013 next week.

Obviously Square Enix is bringing Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Director’s Cut to Wii U. It’d really stink if a new game in the franchise was in development, but didn’t end up on Nintendo’s console as well.

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This month’s digital rewards on Club Nintendo have gone live. Members can choose from Super Mario Bros. 3 (Wii, 150 coins), F-Zero X (Wii, 200 coins), Link ‘n’ Launch (3DS, 150 coins), and Metroid II (3DS, 150 coins). These items last through June 30.

Visit this page to order a downloadable game.

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Capcom has opened an official 30th anniversary website. Access it here.

While there isn’t much to see currently, you can send Capcom an anniversary message.

Capcom’s countdown will end on June 10.

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Next Level Games is now one of Nintendo’s most-reliable western developers. The studio completed arguably its best game ever in Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon, but previously worked on Punch-Out!! and the Mario Strikes titles.

Discussing the series of “steps” Next Level took as the team worked on new Nintendo projects, Dark Moon producer Ken Yeeloy said:

“Haha, it kind of feels like that! I think we’ve also been tagged in some circles as the ones who can revive old Nintendo franchises. I think we’ve solidified our studio’s ability to collaborate with Nintendo to create high quality games. I am certainly excited to see what IPs we get to work on next!”

And when asked what Next Level would like to work on assuming they had the choice, Yeeloy commented:

“Really, we are grateful to work on any Nintendo IP but if there are any wish-granting entities listening out there, we would love a chance to work on a Zelda or Mario game!”

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Second-Screen Gaming Takes Center Stage

–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Nintendo:

WHAT:

Nintendo is bringing its Wii U console to Downtown Disney at the Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Fla., as part of a six-city tour to give people a chance to experience second-screen gaming for themselves. The tour is free and open to the public, and will include hands-on time with a wide selection of Wii U games, including Nintendo Land™, New Super Mario Bros.™ U, LEGO®City Undercover, Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate from Capcom and Need for Speed Most Wanted U from Electronic Arts. (Playable games may vary by location.)

Visitors will be able to play all these Wii U games in a comfortable, living room setting surrounded by backdrops of some of Nintendo’s most beloved characters. Visitors can even pose for pictures with props from various Nintendo franchises and Tweet photos of the event with a unique hashtag to receive a special gift while supplies last.

For more information about the Wii U Tour, please visit http://www.nintendo.com/wiiu/events/tour.

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Two videos for the price of one tonight!

Unfortunately, there isn’t much footage from Nintendo’s E3 2002 conference. That leads to more trailers rather than content directly from the briefing. We did end up with one of the first clips from F-Zero GX, as well as new looks at titles such as Super Mario Sunshine and Zelda: The Wind Waker.

E3 2003 was certainly more exciting from the perspective of available footage, but it is sort of known as one of Nintendo’s duds. Two big aspects were highlighted during the conference: GameCube to Game Boy Advance connectivity and partnerships. Zelda: Four Swords and Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes were arguably the two biggest announcements. Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles was made public as well. Shigeru Miyamoto popped up on stage to reveal that he was working on a Pac-Man title for the GameCube… which was kind of Nintendo’s main announcement for the show.

Check back tomorrow as we take a look at Nintendo’s E3 2004 conference, featuring the unveil of Zelda: Twilight Princess.