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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.

– Astro Boy: Omega Factor (GBA)
– Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg (GCN)
– Shantae (GBC)
– Rocket: Robot on Wheels (N64)
– Metal Arms: Glitch in the System (GCN)
– Drill Dozer (GBA)
– Skies of Arcadia: Legends (GCN)
– Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber (N64)
– Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros’ Treasure (Wii)
– Beyond Good & Evil (GCN)

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Last week, Capcom stated that three of their titles would be delayed to the next fiscal year. However, the company may be prepared to shift the release dates of other titles as well. Capcom has put up their most recent investor Q&A and said that they may not be able to ship all of their titles scheduled for the next fiscal year. Basically, there will be a backup as a result of delaying the launches of Monster Hunter 3 (overseas release), Lost Planet 2, and Super Street Fighter IV.

“The main reason is our outlook for a sales recovery in the home video games business. However, due to the delay in the launch of titles originally scheduled for this fiscal year, we may not introduce all of the titles that are planned for the next fiscal year. Consequently, we will have to reexamine the title lineup in the next fiscal year and afterward from the standpoint of achieving sustained growth. In addition, we believe that the online game business will be another major source of growth in sales and earnings.”

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This is another quote from Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune, albeit through a translator. Inafune had this to say during regarding 3D Mega Man titles at the Mega Man birthday celebration last week…

“His initial thoughts on 3D would be, especially in this day in age, that 3D allows for possibilities you couldn’t do with 2D. So there’s so much stuff we can do with Mega Man that sure we can make a fun game with it. The problem is there’s a lot of stuff we designed in a 2D game that’s just speciifc to that type of world. So we would want to make sure we’d translate perfectly what makes the Mega Man 2D games fun into a 3D game. But it’s hard to fine tune that because 3D plays differently. And people who grew up on 3D games have different expectations. And the people who played the 2D games, they may not like playing Mega Man as a 3D game. Dash worked on its own for what it was because it was a unique type of game, but if we were to make a new 3D game, we’d want to move away from that.”

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Writer Hiroshige Goto has contributed numerous articles to Japanese website Impress Watch. But most recently, he discussed the situation with Nintendo. Goto noted in his newest piece that Intel has been trying to persuade Nintendo to make use of the company’s Larrabee processor. The processor was originally going to launch next year, but suffered through a delay earlier this month and currently does not have a release date.

Intel hopes that the technology will be included in Nintendo’s next console rather than a system like Wii HD. It’s unknown just how far any negotiations between Nintendo and Intel have gone. We’ll have to wait and see how things progress over the next few months.

Thanks to Finn for the news tip!

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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.

– “Do a barrel roll!” – Peppy Hare, Star Fox 64
– “Fight, Mega Man! For everlasting peace!” – Mega Man
– “Uh-oh! The truck have started to move.” – Snake, Metal Gear
– “Join the Nintendo Fun Club today! Mac.” – Doc Louis, Punch-Out!!
– “A winner is you.” – Pro Wrestling
– “I feel asleep!!” – Guard, Metal Gear
– “What a horrible night to have a curse.” – Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest
– “I am error.” – Error, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
– “Thank you Mario! But our Princess is in another castle!” – Toad, Super Mario Bros.
– “Congraturation this story is happy end.” – Ghosts ‘N Goblins
– “Good morning, Crono!” – Crono’s Mom, Chrono Trigger
– “It’s a secret to everybody.” – Moblin, The Legend of Zelda
– “Bard!” – Random Thug, River City Ransom
– “Are you a bad enough dude to rescue the president?” – Bad Dudes
– “It’s time for revenge.” – Bill Rizer, Contra III: The Alien Wars
– “Let’s attack aggressively!” – Lance Bean, Contra III: The Alien Wars
– “A slime draws near!” – Dragon Warrior
– “It’s dangerous to go alone! Take this.” – Old Man, The Legend of Zelda
– “Dodongo dislikes smoke.” – Old Man, The Legend of Zelda
– “I have fury!” – Fawful, Mario & Luigi series
– “Finish him!” – Mortal Kombat series
– “Take a key for coming in!” – Super Ghosts ‘N Ghosts
– “Just a girl. Get out of here!” – Ryu Hayabusa, Ninja Gaiden
– “You and your friends are dead. Game over.” – Friday the 13th
– “Welcome to warp zone!” – Super Mario Bros.
– “You spoony bard!” – Tellah, Final Fantasy IV

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An interesting event has been taking place on Facebook over the last few days. More than 271,000 users have changed their pictures to their favorite Pokemon in support of Donte Larry, who started the idea. Craig Fischer created his own group and went as far as to say that December is National “Make Your Profile Picture a Pokemon” Month. While there are only a few days left in December, you can join in on the fun by checking out the Facebook group here as well as the Facebook event here.

Thanks to Jason L for the news tip!

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This quote comes from the latest edition of Japanese gaming magazine Nintendo Dream…

“I’ll freely admit that I don’t create the sort of games I actually play. Maybe I don’t push my own interests in my games, but I do see a need to make an effort to fulfill the needs of beginners and broaden horizons. It’s not a matter of one approach being better than the other; doing it either way is fine. Some people push their own visions in other art forms, besides.” – Masahiro Sakurai, Super Smash Bros. Brawl director

I have to admit that I’m surprised by Sakurai’s words. Pretty much all of the games he’s worked are titles that core gamers generally enjoy.

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This image popped up in the latest edition of Famitsu this week. It apparently shows that Atlus has a new project in development. It seems to be a general teaser of sorts, as it only really seems to indicate that it’s not a Shin Megami Tensei, Persona, or Etrian Odyssey title.

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Tetsuya Nomura has worked on a number of projects for Square Enix. He’s acted as the director of numerous Kingdom Hearts titles, participated in the development of a few Final Fantasy projects, and even produced battle graphics for Chrono Trigger. Most recently, Nomura has been busy wrapping up Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, which will be released in Japan next month.

However, in this week’s Famitsu, Nomura revealed that he has two other games in the works. Regarding the first game, he noted that development is going well and that they are beginning to record voices. Nomura was a bit more cryptic with the other game and was only willing to say that it’s not an entirely new project. Unfortunately, Nomura wouldn’t share any other details about the title, but he hopes fans look forward to an announcement in the future.

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The 2009 Video Game Awards clearly are very important to Spike TV. The show was not only broadcasted in the United States, but also in other countries such as the UK and Singapore. But how do the ratings compare to last year? Well, according to Geoff Keighley, there was a “significant increase” in viewership.

“We were really happy with our ratings actually this year. Across our three airings, it goes back to back to back. On Sunday night we saw significant increases in viewership over last year.”

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