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Sakurai on how long he’s been waiting to bring Pit back…

“So, the revival of Kid Icarus actually began in Smash Brothers. We brought him back for Smash Brothers and I personally did all that design work. We made a decision to upgrade and re-envision what the character was like with some more current trappings. From that time I certainly had an interest in the franchise. Now this time around, the project actually began with an original game idea, and the match seem to be a good one for the mythology and the character Kid Icarus. So it just so happened that the game idea and the franchise matched in the project then start it from there.”

Sakurai on what idea led to the creation of a standalone game…

“So the original idea was a game in which you had air combat and ground combat and then end up with a boss battle. It was that kind of flow, sort of a hybrid of a shooting game and a third-person game with those two things. Now the idea is that Pit as an angel who can’t fly and provides this scenario where [the goddess] Palutena grants him the ability to fly for just five minutes. That seem like a good match with this gameplay idea, and in trying it out in initial testing phases, it seemed to work pretty well. I definitely knew that there was this very strong demand for revival of the franchise overseas and I thought that this was an idea that was crystallized and would satisfy that demand.”

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Videos

Blue Dragon: Awakened Info Video
The Last Airbender Info Video
Arc Rise Fantasia Info Video
Jett Rocket Info Video
Pong Toss Pro Info Video
Robin Hood: The Return of Richard Info

Demos

Dragon Ball: Origins 2
Rooms DS
Battle of Giants: Mutant Insects
Deca Sports DS Cheerleading Demo
Deca Sports DS Ping Pong Demo
Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth
Bakugan Battle Brawlers
James Patterson’s Women’s Murder Club: Games of Passion

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– New York City is run by criminal mobs
– John Tanner saved Senator Ballard’s life, has to take charge of a crusade against crime
– Tanner has to take out five kingpins (a drug dealer, a human-organs trafficker, a pimp, an arms dealer and an over-greedy trader)
– Tanner is helped by his friends, fights against crime with his car
– Fill Rage bar by jumping
– Execute takedowns on enemy cars
– 20 story-based missions
– Takes place between Driver 1 and 2
– Meet new allies
– 50 cars to unlock
– 70 challenges and tracks across the city
– 7 challenge types (including Time Attack, Elimination Mode, Road War)

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Wii: 330k (+14%)
360: 190k (+9%)
PS3: 175k (+34%)
DS: 450K (-29%)

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“Nintendo 3DS is scheduled to launch by the end of Nintendo’s current fiscal year, which runs through March 31, 2011.” Charlie Scibetta, senior director of Corporate Communications

Ugh…This is starting to get extremely annoying. You’d think Nintendo would be able to comment on a remark made by their own North American president! I guess we’re back to square one…The 3DS will launch before the end of March 2011, and that’s all we know for sure.

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Course: Coconut Mall
Objective: Collect all of the coins
Tournament date: 7/1 – 7/10

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This information comes from n-Space’s Facebook page…

2010 Releases:

Toy Story 3 – DS – 7/15/2010
Tron Battle Grids – Wii – 11/2010
Tron Evolution – DS – 11/2010
Goldeneye 007 – DS – Fall 2010
Target Toss Pro: Lawn Darts – WiiWare – Summer 2010
DS #13 – TBA
DS #14 – TBA (surprise addition!)

“n-Space advises you check the Info tab for a surprise addition to our 2010 lineup… Let the confusion and speculation begin!”

I really don’t know what this surprise is. I’d guess Gheist for the DS, but I just don’t see that happening. Hopefully we’ll find out what it is soon!