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Super Famicom for 800 Wii Points
– Tactics Ogre (Square Enix) – Tactics Ogre (Square Enix)

Mega Drive für je 600 Wii-Punkte Mega Drive for 600 Wii Points
– Dragon Slayer: Eiyuu Densetsu II (Sega) – Dragon Slayer: Eiyuu Densetsu II (Sega)

PC-Engine ab 600 Wii-Punkte PC-Engine from 600 Wii Points
– Winning Shot (G Mode) – Winning Shot (G mode)

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Nintendo has finally got in touch with the developer of Bob’s Game about receiving a dev kit to finish his project. But unfortunately for him, Nintendo stated in a letter that they are unable to offer Authorized Developer status to him at this time. In the letter, Nintendo mentions that the company “looks for relevant game development experience” in addition to looking “for secure business facilities, sufficient equipment and staffing, financial stability and other attributes that would distinguish the developer.”

Full letter after the break:

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DSi 55,613
PSP 44,135
Wii 23,278
PS3 17,405
DS Lite 15,147
Xbox 360 8,107
PS2 5,334

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No other DS game offers as much value on a single cartridge!

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 5, 2009 – Atlus U.S.A., Inc. today announced that it has secured the North American publishing rights from European developer and publisher Nordcurrent for 101-in-1 Explosive Megamix™ for Nintendo DS™, a collection of 101 addictive mini-game types including: puzzles, sports, racing, cooking, shooting, balancing, juggling, and much more. There is practically no end to the fast-paced arcade action!

Players of all ages will have hours of fun earning gold coins by successfully completing challenges and spending their tokens to reveal dozens of exciting new games, striving to unlock more and more each time. Simple to play, these addictive and unique games will keep players engrossed in activities such as shooting hoops, completing puzzles, sticking sushi, shooting paintballs, dodging fish, and more.

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The website for the Metroid Prime remake (New Play Control! Metroid Prime) opened its doors today, yet an image on the main site has been the focus of Metroid news today. On the page, a little snippet can be seen towards the bottom and reads “Another Side Story” with Japanese text underneath. At this time, it’s completely unclear what this side story is. It could be something specifically relating to the Japanese Metroid website, or perhaps something else entirely. However, it would be kind of ridiculous to jump to the conclusion that this is a new game. You never know though, right? Guessing aside, the confusion should be cleared up shortly as the image also says that the side story is “coming soon.” Even if this side story is unrelated to a new title, it should be interesting to fans nonetheless.

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VC

Clay Fighter – 800 Wii points
Sonic Chaos – 500 Wii points

Thanks to Jos3 for the news tip.

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More details from the translated investors Q&A with Satoru Iwata have been released, specifically about how when Nintendo announces products that aren’t established properties (like Mario and Pokemon), marketers do not typically have positive reactions.

“When we announce that a new ‘Mario’ or ‘Pokemon’ software is developed, marketers of Nintendo products all over the world naturally look forward to the launches even when they do not know the contents of the game. On the other hand, when we make a presentation to the same people about software which has had no previous track record and no name recognition, their reactions are not positive for most cases. I am not trying to offend our people in overseas marketing companies at all, and actually, their attitude is quite natural. If one is presented with two products, and the successful sales of one of them is guaranteed, and if they have to anticipate allocating a lot of resources to sell another, it is only natural that people have higher expectations for the one guaranteed to sell.”

I suppose that this does make sense when you consider the situation for marketers. Naturally, it will be much easier to market a new entry in the Mario series over a game like Disaster: Day of Crisis. Though, hopefully marketers understand that you can’t just lay back and continue to do what has been successful in the past, otherwise opportunities can be missed.

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