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The “Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary Poster Set” is once again available on Club Nintendo. Members can purchase the reward for the standard price of 400 coins.

You can pickup the reward here.

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IGN continued to post snippets from their Eiji Aonuma interview today. Earlier this week, the site posted a response from the Zelda producer about partnerships, while the latest article focuses on complexity, training, and story.

First up, here’s what Aonuma had to say about adding more complexity to the series:

“I’m not really opposed to adding more complexity to Zelda. However, I don’t think Zelda needs complicated elements that have to be mastered before a player can enjoy the core of the game’s appeal. I think Zelda should be a game that is simple but that also has enough depth and variety to enable players to continue to make new discoveries.”

Next, Aonuma discussed the tutorial process in Skyward Sword:

“The tutorial process in [Skyward Sword] wasn’t designed with the specific goal of educating new players. The process was designed to let the player become familiar with the world of Skyloft and to communicate with its residents. After the tutorial process, Zelda disappears and Link has to descend by himself to the unexplored surface world. The intent of the tutorial is to give players a strong connection to Skyloft, which is Link’s home, and to Zelda.”

Finally, Aonuma took a moment to comment about the story elements in Zelda:

“We’re always trying to incorporate story elements into Zelda games in a balanced manner. If you’re saying that the story stood out more than anything else, then I feel like we need to work harder to achieve the right balance in the next Zelda game.”

Hmm… I’m not sure if I like the sound of that last comment. I thought that the story was handled beautifully in Skyward Sword, personally…

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Three new downloadable rewards have been added to Club Nintendo.

Members can choose from Art Style: CUBELLO, Mario’s Picross, and Radar Mission. All three games cost 100 coins.

You can purchase each of the rewards here.

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Pac-Man will be making his return to television after a twenty year hiatus. Pac-Man: The Adventure Begins will begin airing on Disney XD next fall.

Avi Arad, who has worked on the Spider-Man, Iron Man, and Hulk films, will be involved with the new show.

Arad said:

“What took you so long, Avi Arad? We’ve been waiting the executive producer of the Spider-Man and Iron Man films to get this project going for two years now. Originally slated for 2012, Pac-Man: The Adventure Begins follows the adventures of a high school-aged Pac-Man and pals as they, I dunno, go on wacky adventures?”

You can find the official press release after the break.

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You may remember a statement made by Shigeru Miyamoto last year about the possibility of Retro Studios working on Zelda. Miyamoto had said that the series “might be a possible franchise for that collaboration.”

Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma recently offered his own thoughts about partnerships.

Aonuma told IGN:

“Nintendo’s developers will continue to work on a number of different titles, and I think that we will have to rely on outside companies for graphics and other elements that require massive resources. I’m satisfied when the cooperation between Nintendo and other companies becomes something meaningful for both parties.”

Aonuma also told the site that there have been a number of partnerships for the Zelda series over the past decade. Capcom worked on Oracle of Seasons, Oracle of Ages, The Minish Cap, and Four Swords while Grezzo brought the enhanced Ocarina of Time 3D port to the 3DS. Nintendo even collaborated with Xenoblade developer Monolith Soft on Skyward’s Sword’s graphics.

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Today is the last day of February, meaning you have less than 24 hours left to purchase the current downloadable rewards over at Club Nintendo with your coins. Members can choose from Art Academy: First Semester (150 coins) and Mario Party 2 (150 coins). We’ll find out about the new downloadable rewards by this time tomorrow.

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Mistwalker’s last game was, as many of you know, The Last Story. Development on the Wii RPG was completed in early 2011.

It’s been a year since then, so surely the studio has a new title in the works, right? Well… yes. Mistwalker told Siliconera that they are “working on several projects.”

A representative said:

“We are working on several projects. We appreciate your interest.”

Final Fantasy creator and Mistwalker founder Hironobu Sakaguchi did recently say that he’s making three iOS games. Aside from those, though, could the company be developing a new console or gaming handheld title as well?

The same representative said:

“At this moment, the only thing I can say is that we are working on several projects.”

How about a game for Wii U, Sakaguchi?!

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A couple of weeks ago, Nintendo of Canada added a terse entry to their official website about an upcoming “Spring Break Surprise”. The post simply reads, “Come back March 1st to see what it is!!”

It sounds this could be specific to Canada, as the news was not included in Nintendo of America’s “What’s New” section. I’m not expecting the tease to be about a major new title announcement, but this could be interesting!

Thanks to 3DSponesiPod for the tip!