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It looks like Nintendo will be teaming up with Burger King to provide patrons with an array of Wii U toys. A teaser image, pictured above, was located on the restaurant’s “toys page” – hinting at more news to come.

We obviously don’t know about Nintendo and Burger King’s exact plans, but it would make sense to offer NFC toys that could somehow be used with the console and/or games.

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Namco Bandai has opened a site for its new 3DS game, “Toriko Gourmet Monsters!”. You can take a look at the page here.

A trailer will be released later this week – Friday specifically. Just in time for the Tokyo Game Show!

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When the 3DS XL launched in Japan, white was made available as one color. There was additionally a silver and black option that also came out in Europe. Meanwhile, a white or silver color variation still hasn’t reached North America.

There is reasoning behind Nintendo of America’s decision not to release a silver/white model. Reggie Fils-Aime explained to IGN that these colors tend to underperform on the market. It sounds like a white/silver 3DS XL could hit the North American market in the future, but it’ll be more of a limited product rather than a mass product.

“We have launched silver- and white-colored GBAs, DSes, DSis, and in our [North American] market they don’t sell very well. So instead of approaching this lighter-colored product as a mass [product], we’re going to look at the opportunity on a much more limited basis. You might see a limited-time offer with a white or silver 3DS XL, or we might colorize it slightly differently. But in terms of an ongoing SKU, the consumer has responded in our marketplace and said that, for a handheld gaming device from Nintendo, that kind of white or silver doesn’t sell nearly as well as blue or red or even pink.”

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Team Ninja will have a new project to announce at this year’s Tokyo Game Show. The studio teased a title reveal on its Twitter account earlier today.

Not much was specifically said about the announcement. Team Ninja was only able to mention that the game will be released for consoles. So no, this isn’t a mobile title!

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Epic Games design director Cliff Bleszinski has a fairly positive outlook on Nintendo’s new console. He told Reddit users last week that he’ll be “watching the Wii U closely”, and while he believes that the Big N “may have initially lost a little of their core with the Wii for a bit”, he thinks “they seem to have realized this.”

Below is Bleszinski’s response in full:

“Being raised on All Things Nintendo I will always I love all things Nintendo. I’ll be watching the Wii U closely. I think Nintendo may have initially lost a little of their core with the Wii for a bit, honestly, and they seem to have realized this. I believe they also recognize that we live in a ‘multi-screen’ culture hence the controller design. I played ZombiU at PAX and it was promising (even though the controls could use a little loving!) so we’ll have to wait and see. I sometimes wonder if we’ll find ourselves in a PC/Phone/Tablet future, honestly.”

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A few Wii U-related comments from Firebrand creative director Peter Shea can be found below. He provides his Wii U impressions – and says the studio’s multiplatform title is running “just fine” on the console – notes how Nintendo shouldn’t be underestimated, and more.

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