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Earlier today, Nintendo posted a transcript of the company’s financial results Q&A from its investor’s meeting. It isn’t available in English just yet, but a few sections have been unofficially translated online.

One topic concerns new games for Wii U. An investor asked Nintendo about the timeframe of new software the company has presented as of late, and also requested information regarding the development structure.

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said that his company is “not thinking about a long timeframe.” Some of the newly revealed titles will be released from mid-2013 up through the end of the year. Iwata added that there is additional software coming towards the end of the year that has not yet been announced.

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Activision seems to be making preparations for a new Skylanders announcement.

On Wednesday, the publisher registered the domains SkylandersKaosAlliance.com, SkylandersNanoForce.com, SkylandersSuperForce.com and SkylandersSwapForce.com.

The Skylanders IP has resulted in annual releases for Activision. Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure launched in 2011, followed by Skylanders Giants last year. You may remember that Activision announced Giants nearly a year ago today. It was officially revealed on February 7, 2012. Could an announcement for a third Skylanders be just a few days away?

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When Nintendo published Iwata Asks: Fire Emblem: Awakening in Japanese last year, a few interesting tidbits were translated from the discussion. For instance, we heard that an idea for a new Fire Emblem set in a modern world was thrown around, as was one concept for a title set on Mars.

Now that the Iwata Asks is available in English, we have the full English translation and relevant portion from the discussion. Read on below for the excerpt.

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There were a surprising amount of Resident Evil games released in 2012. Capcom published Revelations in late January, Operation Raccoon City in May, and closed out the year with Resident Evil 6 in October. Don’t forget: The Mercenaries also launched in June of 2011.

The amount of titles released during the past couple of years may have been a bit too much, according to Resident Evil: Revelations producer Masachika Kawata:

“I think certainly looking at the last year or two, there probably were a few too many. I think we learned last year that putting on a lot of titles would not necessarily win over gamers. At the same time, I don’t think we should just stagger them out artificially because that’s the solution to the problem we have. We should always start by asking how do we make the games better. And if the solution to making the games better is to have a more staggered release than we’ve had recently then that’s something we’ll do. But we’ll do it for that reason and not just for flipping what we’ve done already.”

Resident Evil fans can look forward to one more entry this year, though it’s updated version of the 3DS title Revelations.

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Warner Bros. and NetherRealm Studios will be “announcing something special” for Injustice: Gods Among Us next week. Fans can look forward to a “first glimpse at a new character’s game play footage” on Monday.

The official Injustice Facebook page teases:

“We’re announcing something special on Monday. Rumor has it you’ll get your first glimpse at a new character’s game play footage. Tell your friends.”

Look forward to the update in just a few day’s time.

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Read all about the development of Fire Emblem: Awakening and more in the latest entry in the Iwata Asks series. Satoru Iwata conducted a chat with staffers from Intelligent Systems and Nintendo employees who worked on the game. The discussion can be accessed here.

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Update 2: Bumped to the front page. Deals are now working once again!

Update: Best Buy appears to be experiencing issues with its website. Some consumers have also reported success at their local stores while others have not. We’ll update this post again if there’s anything new to share about the situation.

Best Buy is holding a two day sale on over 20 video game products, a few of which are Nintendo-related. Through Saturday, consumers can save on titles such as the Call of Duty: Black Ops II and Kingdom Hearts 3D.

Below is a listing of all available Nintendo deals.

Wii U

Call of Duty: Black Ops II – Nintendo Wii U – $29.99

3DS

3DS blue/black – $169.99
3DS XL red/black – $169.99
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance – $19.99

Visit this link for all video game deals from this Best Buy sale.

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Ubisoft will be patching ZombiU. That’s according to an in-game message detected by players. The note doesn’t say what the update will address or when it will be made available, but more details will be shared soon.

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