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Capcom will not be at this year’s Gamescom, according to an official statement from the company. A representative put it succinctly: “We’re not attending gamescom this year.”

You may remember that Capcom did attend Gamescom last year. In fact, the company held a press conference so that it could highlight its slate of games.

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A new Club Nintendo year was ushered in today. That means rewards will soon be revealed for members who reached Gold/Platinum status.

Just when will we be hearing news regarding this year’s prizes? Very shortly, apparently. An image posted to the main Club Nintendo page mentions, “Thank you to our Elite members. Gifts are coming soon.”

Nintendo has typically sent out Gold/Platinum rewards at the end of the year. I imagine that will be the case once again this year.


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A new reward has landed on the Japanese Club Nintendo site today. For 180 points, users can receive a special stylus pen set for use on the 3DS or Wii U GamePad. Each order comes with two white/black pen variations.


Satoru Iwata’s investor approval rating has taken a fairly sizable hit.

Last year, Iwata’s rating stood at 90.60 percent. It has now fallen to 77.26 percent – a little more than a 13 percent dip.

Iwata is the only Nintendo executive with an approval rating less than 90 percent. In the past, it has been as high as 96 percent.

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“I don’t see a device that’s failing to meet its potential– I see a tool whose potential is being mislabeled.”


Author: Austin

Coming out of the vacuum that was the E3 show-floor, the last thing I expected to hear out of the gaming press was that Nintendo needed to “justify the existence of the Gamepad”. But alas, that is indeed what I heard! Writers weren’t terribly coy with their impression that we’ve yet to see a truly exceptional experience on the Wii U that couldn’t even remotely be done anywhere else, and they– by their count– certainly didn’t see anything like that at E3 this year.

Neglecting experiences like ZombiU or Nintendo Land (which is an understandable and deliberate oversight), they might be right: We haven’t yet seen a game that both uses the Gamepad in a truly creative way and manages to pass the level of critical acclaim that many people are looking for. But here’s my question “why is that what the Gamepad needs?”


In collaboration with Nintendo, Rare worked on a number of Donkey Kong games, including Donkey Kong Country and Donkey Kong 64. It’s perhaps due to the studio’s strong involvement with the series that a Microsoft executive thought that the company owned the IP following its acquisition of Rare.

Former Rare staffer and Conker’s Bad Fur Day director Chris Seavor revealed on Twitter:

Donkey Kong was one of Nintendo’s first franchises, so it’s kind of hard to believe how out of the loop this Microsoft executive was!

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Apparently Pokémon is big enough a brand to warrant having its own exposition/convention in Japan this year, as the Pokémon Company has set up a large-scale event called “Pokémon Game Show” to showcase games like Pokémon Tretta, the trading card game, and Pokémon X/Y, the latter of which will be playable for attendees.

The show will take place in Tokyo at ‘Tokyo Big Sight’ on August 17th and 18th this year. More info to come.

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Man… Reggie sure has been saying “my body is ready” a lot. It feels like E3 2007 all over again!


Nintendo president Satoru Iwata responded to misreports by the media during the company’s investor’s meeting this week.

As of late, some publications have been misconstruing Iwata’s comments. Some outlets, for instance, had reported that Nintendo wouldn’t be attending E3 2013 when that certainly wasn’t the case. Those articles surfaced following the news that Nintendo decided against holding a press conference this year.

Regarding the media, Iwata said the following (summarized):

“Some media reports have, without asking or referring to official announcements, without confirming and reporting as if announced — that is, taking some of my words out of context and rewriting them to amplify animosity and reporting as if I had said it. So when considering media influence and the content of reports and whether they’d be misread, it may be refuted. So when ignoring such a report would be a big minus, I may actively respond. I cannot control information flow on the Internet. Because there may always be some very unfortunate or regrettable information transmitted, refuting would only help to spread it. I take great care in deciding how to respond so as not to upset stock holders. Nintendo Direct is most-watched not on PC, but eShop. In that way there can be a direct channel to customers. By distributing info reliably, even if there are bad reports, not as big a problem.”

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