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Dan Adelman has issued his own personal response about leaving Nintendo on a website he launched today.

Adelman was the founder of Nintendo of America’s digital distribution business and remained with the company for nine years. Today, however, Adelman revealed he left the company last week and is creating his own business to help smaller developers in various ways.

In any case, here’s what Adelman had to say about Nintendo – in which he also states that the eShop “is in good hands”:

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Inti Creates recently unveiled Lumen’s songs for Azure Striker Gunvolt. The first, “Beyond the Blue” can be listened to above at the start of the video. “Reincarnation” follows at around the 9-minute mark.

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Update: Bumped to the top of the page since more games are now confirmed! Star Fox 64 (Wii, 250 coins), Mario Golf (3DS, 200 coins), and Dr. Mario Express (3DS, 200 coins) are also available. You can order any of the rewards directly here.

This month’s digital rewards on Club Nintendo have gone live. Members can choose from Baseball (3DS, 150 coins), Puzzle League Express (3DS, 200 coins), Vegas Stakes (Wii, 250 coins), Super Mario Bros. 2 (Wii U, 200 coins), and Excitebike (Wii U, 200 coins). These items last through September 7.

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QubicGames’s arcade puzzle game “Lucha Amigos” appears to be destined for Nintendo’s portable. While it’s only confirmed for mobile devices at present, the studio says it’s “likely to be in the future ported to Nintendo 3DS as well.”

Here’s an overview as to what Lucha Amigos offers:

This arcade puzzle game will take you to Mexico where the daily routine is broken by a gang of evil cacti stealing all the water!

Saloon’s glasses are dry, wells are empty, baby turtles’ armbands are useless…don’t let this tragedy happen! Team up with the lucha amigos to chase away the spiny vilains.

Lucha Amigos features a colorful atmosphere, a top-notch Mexican music inspired soundtrack and so far 100 levels and 7 turtles with unique abilities.

Lucha Amigos will be hitting iOS soon. Hopefully a 3DS version will follow soon after!

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KickBeat Special Edition seems to be heading to the European Wii U eShop next month. According to a listing on the digital store, the game is slated for September 16. KickBeat Special Edition will cost €9.99 at launch.

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Last year, Digimon fans created a petition in hopes of convincing Bandai Namco to localize Digimon World Re:Digitize Decode for 3DS. It was updated after reaching 30,000 signatures to also include any Digimon games on all consoles.

ShonenGameZ caught up with Bandai Namco PR during a recent press event – in which the new Digimon game Digimon All-Star Rumble was announced – and asked the company for its thoughts on the petition. The site was told that Bandai Namco is indeed aware of the petition, and were amazed that so many supporters pledged their interest. How this will affect the publisher’s future plans is unknown.

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Dan Adelman assisted indies during his time at Nintendo. Now, he’s going indie himself.

Adelman, the founder of Nintendo of America’s digital distribution business, intends to continue his success with the company “in a direct role on the ground across independent studios.”

An official announcement sent out by Adelman states:

During his time at Nintendo, Dan oversaw the launch of hundreds of games and advised indie developers on game design, marketing campaigns, and general business strategy. He is best known for identifying and bringing great indie games like World of Goo, Cave Story and the BIT.TRIP series to major consoles before competing platforms took notice of indie developers.

Many indie teams recognize that the business-side is crucial to success but don’t have the resources to hire a full-time business or marketing expert. In his new endeavor, Adelman will take indie developers to the next level of success by working with them as a virtual team member to help them make informed business decisions and stand out from the rising tide of indies.

Prior to joining Nintendo in 2005, Adelman was a part of the launch team for the original Xbox, handling multi-million dollar third-party publisher business development deals as well as strategy planning for Xbox Live, which included launching XBLA. He graduated with honors from Oberlin College, and has an M.A. from Nagoya University and an MBA from Columbia University.

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Dan Adelman, one of the men in charge of leading Nintendo’s indie efforts, has left the company after nine years. Kotaku reports that Friday was his last day with the Big N.

Adelman has gone independent, and Nintendo is said to be supportive of the move.

Head past the break for some comments from Adelman on his decision to leave Nintendo and much more.

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