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I hate to say it, but usually Spike’s Video Game Awards are useless for Nintendo fans. This year should be different, though.

Zelda will be the first inductee into the Video Game Hall of Fame, Skyward Sword is nominated in four categories (including Game of the Year!), and a couple of reveals do pertain to Nintendo platforms. There’ll also be a new trailer for Darksiders II (coming to Wii U) and The Amazing Spider-Man (coming to Wii, 3DS, and DS).

The show begins at 8 PM EDT (5 PM PDT), with a pre-show scheduled a half hour before the main event. U.S. viewers can watch the VGAs on Spike TV or through the stream here. UK viewers can watch a stream here.

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The latest issue of Jump has a first look at Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry’s Wonderland 3D. Following the (blurry) “scans” that emerged a few days ago, details from the report have been translated.

The game will contain all of the creatures from Joker 2 Professional, along with new monsters. There will also be four-on-four battles and players will be able to use scout skills in battle.

More details about Terry’s Wonderland 3D will be divulged next week, as it’ll be playable at Jump Festa 2012.

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According to Eurogamer, Ubisoft’s Rayman Origins sold just 50,000 copies in the U.S. last month. That’s across all three platforms – Wii, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. This is pretty disappointing given how the game has been universally praised.

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Monster Hunter Tri G launched today in Japan! It’ll be interesting to see how the game performs, and how much it’ll boost 3DS hardware sales.

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Flipper 2 keeping DSiWare alive! Should be a pretty good addition to the DSiWare lineup, if the first game is anything to go by.

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Yesterday, perhaps inadvertently, Club Nintendo members were able to get a quick look at some new rewards that are on the way. When will they become available? Soon, according to the site.

The following notice was added in today:

“New rewards and games available for Coins coming soon. Please stay tuned!”

The new rewards include downloadable games, a Zelda poster set, and notebooks.

Thanks to Jonathan C for the tip!

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Shigeru Miyamoto has elaborated on his plans for the future, and clarified comments over retirement in a new interview with MSNBC.

Miyamoto told the site that he has “no intention to retire.” However, he understands that Nintendo must be prepared for the day that it happens, as everyone must retire eventually. This is something that Miyamoto has been stressing to the staff at Nintendo for many years now.

He said:

“There is no plan to retire. I have no intention to retire. (Jokingly) And probably they won’t allow me to retire. What I really meant by this was that people have to retire someday, sometime, and I am not the exception at all. The company really has to get prepared for that kind of thing.

“It’s not just quite recently, actually, but for many years now I’ve been repeatedly telling this to the team at Nintendo so they can be more responsible. So they can take on more important assignments and take the initiative to make quality games to finalize and commercialize for the company.

“In that process, I say ‘You’ve got to be prepared for the time I’m going to retire. In other words, I was spurring the younger developers to take on more important assignments.

“As a matter of fact, when we look at the most recent work from the teams I’m supervising, games like Super Mario 3D Land and Skyward Sword, they were shaping up quite nicely, so I think they are coming very very close to what I want these teams to be. This is the thing I was trying to tell.”

So, there you have it. Miyamoto isn’t retiring, not does it seem as though he’ll be stepping down from his current position anytime soon. When it does happen though, he feels that the Nintendo will continue to make the same types of games that the company has been known for:

“That is a feeling (I have) that they are growing up so that sometime, someday, if I needed to retire, they are going to carry on the ultimate responsibilities — they are going to make Nintendo-quality games. After all, a game is not made by one single person. It is the result that reflects on the entire ability of the team. Now I think I have some meaning being involved in any development team. The question is, if I’m out of there, what sort of ability will the entire team be able to exercise? My impression is they are growing up today so that they are going to be able to make something really great without me.”

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