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We posted about this a few hours ago, but Nintendo has put out an official press release detailing the prizes and have shared some images of the rewards.

Club Nintendo™ is offering some cool new exclusive Rewards to members who like their correspondence to have a little Nintendo flair. New stationery items, including greeting cards, folders and bookmarks, have been designed exclusively as Rewards for Club Nintendo members. The new items include:

* Two sets of greeting cards. The sets each feature three different designs of beloved images from the Super Mario Bros.™ and Nintendogs™ series. Each set of 12 greeting cards is available for 300 Coins.
* Three different sets of folders featuring designs from the Super Mario Bros. series. The sets contain three different folders and include three matching bookmarks. Each set is available for 250 Coins.

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This is another part of Nintendo Power’s “250 reasons to love Nintendo” in their latest magazine. The list is in no particular order.

The Mushroom Kingdom (Mario series)
Hyrule (Zelda series)
Planet Zebes (Metroid series)
Your Town (Animal Crossing series)
Metro City (Final Fight series)

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“Yes, you may be absolutely right, although I can not remember exactly all the details. There really is a difference between the temples, which we wanted to integrate and those that exist in the final game. And that had something to do with magic. We thought of integrating some actions, some plot threads, and some puzzles that have something to do with magic abilities. We have come to the conclusion that other, already existing, just regular items to be a worthy replacement. So we had originally three temples, which would capture the young Link, three temples for the adult Link and three in which he was to learn each spell – but instead we have eliminated a temple of it. In the final game is now so 3 plus 3 plus 2, or 8 temples to find.” – Eiji Aonuma

Because this information comes from a machine translation, not all of Aonuma’s words are entirely clear. However, he seems to be saying that initially, there were plans to include additional dungeons/magic in Ocarina of Time. In the end, though, some of those ideas were scrapped.

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Nintendo Power has a massive article regarding their favorite characters, worlds, and more to celebrate their 250th issue. We’ll be sharing some of the results over the next few days, starting with their favorite bosses.

1. Ganon
2. Bowser
3. Kefka Palazzo
4. Dr. Wily
5. Fawful
6. Ridley
7. Dr. Robotnik
8. Donkey Kong
9. Albert Wesker
10. Dracula

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Monster Hunter 3 released for Wii in Japan a few months ago, but could another game be in development? A scan of the most recent issue of Famitsu has popped up and it’s rumored that the page confirms a new Monster Hunter title. Supposedly, voice actress Aya Hirono said she’s busy with a project in the series. She didn’t mention which one and some are starting to believe this could be a new brand new Monster Hunter game. I can’t confirm the validity of her comments, though, so you should consider this a rumor for now.

Thanks to Jake T for the news tip!

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The Spike TV Video Game Awards have received a lot of attention as of late. Geoff Keighley, the man in charge of the show, has been pumping up the event with teases over the past few days. The VGAs will be taking place later today, but Keighley has one final tease for fans before it all starts. On his official Twitter, he wrote that the biggest surprise in the history of the VGAs will be shared, and it’ll be revealed basically as soon as the show starts.

“Do not miss the first five minutes of the VGAs for our biggest surprise premiere in VGA history!”

I don’t really think this will be Nintendo-related necessarily, but it should be interesting if you’re a fan of gaming in general.

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Right now, we don’t know much about Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands. Ubisoft has said that the game will continue the Sands of Time storyline and that it “is scheduled to be released May 2010 for consoles and handhelds.” Unfortunately, the company has yet to specify which systems the title will land on. GameFly, however, has provided a clue as to where it’ll end up.

According to the retailer, Forgotten Sands will be releasing for the Wii, DS, PS3, Xbox 360, and PSP. I’m inclined to believe this information because GameFly has been spot on with things like this in the past. But seeing as how Forgotten Sands will be present at the Spike TV Video Game Awards tomorrow night, it’s more than possible that we’ll receive a confirmation about this information very soon.

Thanks to TJes for the news tip!

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committee and Koelnmesse prepare for the event in the coming year

Cologne – “Together with our partners we intend to pick up on the success of the gamescom premiere in the coming year and successively expand on the largest event and entertainment highlight for interactive games and entertainment.” With these words, Oliver P. Kuhrt, Managing Director of Koelnmesse GmbH, and Olaf Wolters, Managing Director of the German Federal Association of Interactive Entertainment Software (BIU), summed-up the first meeting of the gamescom advisory committee, which met last week in Cologne. Together with the BIU, the other advisory committee members including members from the city of Cologne and from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Koelnmesse analysed the gamescom premiere and derived the potential for the coming event scheduled for 18 – 22 August 2010.

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Over the past few weeks, GameTrailers has featured teaser trailers of new games that will be completely unveiled at the 2009 Spike TV Video Game Awards. Up to this point, ten games have been announced. When the first VGA news hit the internet, it seemed as though only around eleven games would be at the event. This is not true, however. Geoff Keighley has stated that there are “definitely more than 11 games to show,” which means that the VGAs will be filled to the brim with new titles.

On the Nintendo side of things, right now, it looks as though only one or two games may be for the Wii. And while I don’t expect any announcements from the Big N themselves, perhaps there will be a surprise or two from a third-party.

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Thanks to Ross M for the news tip!