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Nintendo Power has released a public preview of this month’s magazine. Titles featured include Scribblenauts Unlimited, Kirby’s Dream Collection: Special Edition, Code of Princess, and Kingdom Hearts 3D.

The issue arrives on newsstands on August 7 and has already started to reach subscribers.

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A new interview with Nintendo UK marketing manager Ben Taylor has popped up online.

Taylor talked all about the 3DS XL, including why it was decided not to include a second Circle Pad. He also commented on the 3DS’ strong sales in Japan, said that those who say the system lacks core titles os a misconception, and once again relayed that you won’t see Mario – or any other Nintendo games – on other platforms like iTunes.

Head past the break for all of Taylor’s responses.

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Nintendo senior producer and Wii U hardware producer Katsuya Eguchi recently fielded a number of varied questions. He commented on what it was like working on Super Mario Bros. 3, how the Wii’s lack of HD support limited the console’s support, not wanting the hardcore gamer to feel left out with Wii U, and more.

Read on below for Eguchi’s comments.

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D3Publisher will publish Family Party: 30 Great Games Obstacle Arcade for Wii U later this year. It features 30 party games comprised of obstacle courses, popular sporting events, and arcade/brain challenges.

Art Co. Ltd. is developing Family Party: 30 Great Games Obstacle Arcade. The title will be released this holiday season.

More details can be found in the short summary below.

Competitors will navigate through multiple locations in “Family Party Land”, a remote island divided by uniquely themed environments and obstacles to take on some of the wackiest challenges yet. Using the Wii U™ GamePad, players will be able to interact with their characters off-screen to enhance the gameplay and create a personalized touch. Obstacle Arcade delivers hours of family entertainment where players can choose from over a dozen family-friendly characters and challenge each other in up to four-player multiplayer in 30 diverse games. These over-the-top games include dodging barrels while on a horse, racing across obstacles floating on water, setting off and detonating fireworks, skydiving from above while avoiding a huge artillery of rockets being shot by other players and many more. Friends and family will be consumed with all the fun and hilarity this upcoming holiday season as new and unique games are unlocked and high scores and medals are earned!

Source: D3Publisher PR

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Nintendo has published the second portion of the Dragon Quest X Iwata Asks discussion. Satoru Iwata, designer Yuji Horii, producer Yousuke Saito, and director Jin Fujisawa discussed the game’s online/offline components.

While the interview is only available in Japanese, a short summary of the talk can be found below.

– Beginning of the game is played offline
– Eventually forced to go online to continue play
– Fujisawa says that having to make the game’s local component took much of the development staff’s time and energy
– Hori repeatedly suggested that they make the offline component simpler
– Fujisawa and his staff felt that as the offline component had an important role in introducing players to the game
– Making the offline component took awhile because the game’s specifications were made with online in mind
– During online play, the servers and client (the Wii) split some of the processing work
– Wii handle’s the server load for offline play
– This caused some slowdown issues initially
– Staff was able to clean up the offline code so much that it moves even smoother than the online code

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Rumor has it that GameStop will begin taking widespread Wii U pre-orders in early September – the first week of the month, more specifically.

Nintendo Everything reader Andrew Holland tells us that the news comes from a local GameStop manager. Andrew was also given a look at a listing of upcoming titles with placeholder release dates and prices, as shown in this post.

GameStop hasn’t officially said when it’ll begin to take pre-orders for the Wii U. However, consumers can already reserve a number of games for the console right here.