Nintendo has published an incredibly intriguing Iwata Asks interview regarding Swapnote. We learn that the project started out for the DSi and hear about Nikki’s origins – including her name. Yu Kitai, Daji Imai, Motomasa Kondo, Satoshi Takenouchi, and Satoru Iwata participated in the discussion.

Head past the break for details from the latest Iwata Asks.

Screenshots of this week’s Nintendo Downloads

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Nintendo Download (2/2/12, North America)

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Looks like there’s no demo this week…

This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:
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Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword™ – Travel a world rife with beauty and danger to rescue the legendary Princess Cherry Blossom. Her kidnapper has placed dozens of blade-wielding henchmen in your path. (For Nintendo 3DS™)
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GO Series: Undead Storm – Six months after a mysterious meteorite strike, the undead have awoken and are taking over the city. What lies behind this zombie epidemic? Only you can uncover the truth. (For Nintendo 3DS / Nintendo DSi™)

Atlus might be hinting at Radiant Historia reprint

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Radiant Historia has become a rare commodity and it’s tough to find the game at most retailers. That’s because the game went through just one round of printing.

Interestingly, Atlus is asking fans if they’d purchase Radiant Historia assuming the company reprinted the title.

Atlus posted on Twitter and Facebook today:

“So… assuming a #RadiantHistoria reprint COULD happen, there’d be folks willing to buy it, right?”

Would any of you guys pick up Radiant Historia if you already haven’t?

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Media Create software sales (1/23 – 1/29)

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01./00. [PS3] Armored Core V (From Software) {2012.01.26} (¥7.800) – 163.906 / NEW
02./00. [3DS] Resident Evil: Revelations (Capcom) {2012.01.26} (¥5.990) – 146.559 / NEW
03./00. [PSV] Tales of Innocence R (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.01.26} (¥5.980) – 54.853 / NEW
04./01. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (¥4.800) – 29.230 / 1.433.958 (-17%)
05./03. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3G # (Capcom) {2011.12.10} (¥5.800) – 27.032 / 1.186.898 (-14%)
06./00. [360] Armored Core V (From Software) {2012.01.26} (¥7.800) – 24.719 / NEW
07./04. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo) {2011.11.03} (¥4.800) – 23.003 / 1.288.495 (-12%)
08./00. [PS3] The Idolmaster: Gravure For You! Vol. 4 (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.01.26} (¥9.980) – 18.179 / NEW
09./02. [3DS] Rhythm Thief & the Emperor’s Treasure (Sega) {2012.01.19} (¥6.090) – 14.928 / 46.526 (-53%)
10./07. [3DS] Inazuma Eleven Go: Shine / Dark (Level 5) {2011.12.15} (¥5.800) – 10.479 / 370.804 (-26%)
11./00. [PSP] Mobile Suit Gundam: Mokuba no Kiseki (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.01.26} (¥6.280) – 9.121 / NEW
12./12. [WII] Just Dance Wii (Nintendo) {2011.10.13} (¥5.800) – 7.837 / 519.199 (-6%)
13./10. [PS3] Warriors Orochi 3 # (Koei Tecmo) {2011.12.22} (¥7.800) – 7.419 / 355.033 (-31%)
14./13. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (PSP the Best) (Capcom) {2011.09.22} (¥2.990) – 7.072 / 178.978 (-13%)
15./11. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIII-2 # (Square Enix) {2011.12.15} (¥7.980) – 6.405 / 769.079 (-26%)
16./14. [WII] Wii Party # (Nintendo) {2010.07.08} (¥4.800) – 6.280 / 2.279.598 (-12%)
17./15. [WII] Wii Sports Resort with Remote Plus # (Nintendo) {2010.11.11} (¥5.800) – 6.056 / 856.483 (-8%)
18./19. [3DS] Nintendogs + Cats: French Bulldog / Shiba / Toy Poodle & New Friends (Nintendo) {2011.02.26} (¥4.800) – 5.397 / 487.201 (-9%)
19./17. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) {2008.04.10} (¥5.800) – 5.326 / 3.495.100 (-13%)
20./16. [WII] Kirby’s Return to Dream Land (Nintendo) {2011.10.27} (¥5.800) – 4.873 / 590.133 (-21%)

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Media Create hardware sales (1/23 – 1/29)

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3DS – 84,789
PS3 – 22,924
Vita – 18,942
PSP – 16,008
Wii – 10,396
Xbox 360 – 1,235
DSi LL – 1,180
DSi – 738
PS2 – 713

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

3DS – 80,960
PS3 – 21,155
PSP – 17,181
Vita – 15,219
Wii – 10,173
Xbox 360 – 1,588
DSi LL – 1,200
PS2 – 903
DSi – 822

Hyrule Historia showcase: Spirit Tracks

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We’re continuing our look at the lovely Hyrule Historia artbook. Today we take a look at the Zelda: Spirit Tracks art section. As always, there’s a bunch of great art to look at… including some a concept design for the Tingle train.

Nintendo won’t port Touch Generations titles to 3DS, casual games still coming

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A portion of the DS’ success can be attributed to casual titles such as Brain Age and Nintendogs. However, Nintendo has yet to introduce the same software to the 3DS.

Nintendo won’t be porting any of the Touch Generations games to the 3DS, but they are working on a number of casual titles for the system.

President Satoru Iwata said:

“As for the ‘Touch-Generations’ titles for the Nintendo DS, as many of you recognize that these titles were able to gain popularity among different consumers and to expand the total number of consumers for the hardware, we often receive such questions as ‘Why don’t you do the same for the Nintendo 3DS?’ If the company was to simply port these ‘Touch-Generations’ titles to the Nintendo 3DS, there would be nothing fresh. Although we have not included the software in the lineup that we have announced so far for this year, we are, of course, preparing several titles with which we will be able to aim to expand the entire gaming population. By releasing these titles in the market, and by linking them with other network activities of the company, by taking advantage of such communications among friends as ‘Swapnote’ or interactions in public enabled by ‘StreetPass’ communication, if we can beef up the joy of the software, and if we can communicate to consumers the brand-new experiences such software can deliver, I believe we will certainly make a change. For example, in comparison to the Nintendo DS and the Wii, fewer senior consumers are using the Nintendo 3DS today. It must be inevitable as there are few titles among the Nintendo 3DS software so far developed with this age demographic in mind. The situation must change after applicable software is introduced. However, for the Nintendo 3DS, we have to first maintain the situation in which the current owners of the Nintendo 3DS will be satisfied. We cannot put too much priority on expanding the entire user demographic at present. It is important to maintain a good sense of balance here.”

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