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Let’s face it: Nintendo’s early 2013 lineup is bleak. Nintendo only has one major, core game releasing in January and February: Fire Emblem: Awakening.

Things will begin to turn around in March, according to president Satoru Iwata. Through the rest of the year and into 2014, “Nintendo will release a cavalcade of strong, fan-favorite software titles for both Wii U and Nintendo 3DS.”

Iwata wrote in an investor’s statement:

“Beginning in March and continuing through the rest of the calendar year and into 2014, Nintendo will release a cavalcade of strong, fan-favorite software titles for both Wii U and Nintendo 3DS. New entries in the Mario Kart, Super Mario, Legend of Zelda, LEGO City, Wii Fit and Pikmin franchises will help Nintendo regain momentum for Wii U. Additionally, highly anticipated Nintendo 3DS games such as Luigi’s Mansion 2 and Animal Crossing: New Leaf have the potential to be hardware drivers and bring new audiences to the platform.”

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Update:

Looks like this is the real deal. GameStop has pre-orders running online here. Amazon also has a product page running and includes a May 21 release date, which makes much more sense. Both retailers list a $49.99 price point.

Sniper Elite V2 has long been rumored for Wii U, but publisher 505 Games has never made any official announcements. But now it appears that the nearly year-old shooter will be coming to the console in just a few months.

GameStop casually lists the Wii U version of Sniper Elite V2 in its weekly ad – boxart and all. Consumers can begin pre-ordering the title, which apparently releases on May 24. The only red flag I see is that May 24 is a Friday. In North America, games typically launch earlier in the week.

Perhaps we’ll be hearing something official from 505 Games soon?

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Nintendo published its latest financial results earlier today. While Big N did return to profitability, it was forced to negatively revise forecasts.

Read on below for a summary of Nintendo’s latest financials. Note that each figure below accounts for sales received between April to December of last year.

– Net income of 14,545 million (around $159m)
– Net sales estimates for the full year revised down by 17.3%
– Wii U has sold 3.06 million units worldwide as of December 2012
– 1.32 million consoles sold in North America
– Another 900,000 units sold in Europe
– 830,000 systems sold in Japan
– Wii sold 3.53 million units from April to December
– Nintendo has previously stated that it aims to sell 5.5 million Wii Us before the end of March, but it has now revised this target to 4 million
– New estimate for game sales: 16 million as opposed to the original 24 million
– 11.69 million games have been sold thus far
– Best-selling Wii U launch game was Nintendo Land
– Nintendo Land sold 2.33 million units
– 3DS sales saw a big increase
– Software sales up 41% year-on-year
– Hardware sales up 11%

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Superannuation has uncovered what appears to be a brand new IP from Ubisoft. Ubisoft Montreal, the maker of Assassin’s Creed, is apparently hard at work on “Osiris” – a new game set in Egypt. A “rough cut demo” trailer can be found here.

Does any of this look or sound familiar? It should. Just before E3 2012, trailer images from an unannounced Ubisoft title leaked out. Osiris and last year’s mysterious leak seem to be related.

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It’s a wrap on Junction Point. Moreover, head honcho Warren Spector is done with his time at Disney.

Junction Point’s closure is, without a doubt, an emotional time for Spector. While he’s sad about Disney’s decision to shut down the company, Spector is also “excited for the future.”

Spector spilled all of his thoughts about Junction Point and more in a message posted on his Facebook page. You can find his full thoughts below.

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It appears that 3D Space Harrier will be localized for overseas territories. A rating for the game popped up on the OFLC, likely meaning that an Australian release is on the way. One would assume that 3D Space Harrier will be making its way to the North American and European 3DS eShops as well.

Interestingly, Nintendo is listed as 3D Space Harrier’s publisher. Has Nintendo decided to publish the title for SEGA in the west?

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With today’s Junction Point closure news, the Epic Mickey IP was left in limbo. Junction Point was the main maker of the two Epic Mickey games, but now the team is no more.

Disney has since confirmed that it has retained rights to the franchise. For now, however, the company has no plans the series’ future. This one will likely remain dormant for a very long time, if not forever.

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Jaleco made and published Ninja JaJaMaru-Kun way back in 1985. One cancelled DS game later, the series is now being revived on the 3DS.

This week’s Famitsu reveals a new Ninja JaJaMaru-Kun, subtitled “Princess Sakura and the Secret Dragon”. Hamster will distribute the title in Japan on April 25 for 4,980 yen.

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This week’s Famitsu review scores are as follows:

Sangokushi 12 (PSV) – 8/8/7/7
Heroes Vs (PSP) – 8/8/7/7
Heavy Fire: Shattered Spear (PS3/360) – 6/7/6/7
PachiPara 3D: Deluxe Umi Monogataru ~PachiPro Fuuunroku Hana Kotou Shoubushitachi~ (3DS) – 6/6/6/6