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Both of Nintendo’s latest systems are region-locked. The Wii U and 3DS are not capable of playing games outside of the country that the original hardware was purchased in. Want to play a Japanese-exclusive game on your US 3DS? Sorry, but you’re out of luck.

Nintendo’s region-locking policy has been in the news as of late, culminating with official comments from CEO Satoru Iwata. Iwata most-recently hinted that the company’s restriction isn’t going anywhere any time soon.

Now, how do developers feel about the situation? NotEnoughShaders caught up with thirteen different teams – including Renegade Kid, Shin’en, and Broken Rules – to find out what they think. You can find a few excerpts below, and even more right here.

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Nintendo is accepting all kinds of indie developers to bring games to Wii U. There is one big exception, however.

A questionnaire coming from GDC flat out states that Nintendo is not accepting submissions from Japanese-based developers. GDC did take place several months ago, but it’s very possible that Nintendo’s policy is still in place.

There are a number of developers in Japan (not to mention Japanese gamers as well) who are understandably upset by Nintendo’s non-acceptance of Japanese indies. Why the policy is in place is currently unclear. Hopefully we’ll get an official comment out of Nintendo soon.

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Nintendo stock experienced its highest level in close to two years, according to a Bloomberg report. The publication writes that Nintendo rose 4 percent to 14,050, the company’s highest figure since July 2011.

Bloomberg cited increased revenue and strong sales of 3DS games overseas – including Animal Crossing: New Leaf – as possible reasons for Nintendo’s boost. Additionally, rumors of China potentially removing its ban on consoles are said to be contributing in the rise of shares.

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Ubisoft is working on a new Assassin’s Creed graphic novel titled “Assassin’s Creed: Brahman”. Fortunately, it won’t be a random, superfluous part of the series’ universe. Writer Brenden Fletcher has said that the new comic will contain “extremely strong hints” about the mainline series’ future.

Fletcher told GameSpot:

“The story that’s in the present is really significant and is filled with hints for what you’ll see in the future. I can’t say much more than that about the hints, of course, but if you’re really excited about Assassin’s Creed games and you want to know where everything’s going past Black Flag and into the future, there are extremely strong hints in Brahman.”

Assassin’s Creed: Brahman – set in Indie with the new assassin Arbaaz Mir – will be available this fall.

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An official description for “The World of Capcom Games” Comic-Con panel teased Mega Man 25th anniversary news. Yet for some strange reason, the franchise barely had a presence at the event. Other than a brief mention of a comic-related initiative that we had heard about previously, Mega Man’s name wasn’t even brought up.

So what on earth happened? As it turns out, the big news was the announcement of new Mega Man Game Boy games for the 3DS Virtual Console. Capcom community manager Brett Elston recently clarified the situation and explained why the news wasn’t shared during the actual panel:

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Numerous toys based on the Scribblenauts Unmasked game are on the way.

A photo shared on an official Twitter account shows some of the toys, along with a tease that states how they’re “coming soon”.

It’s currently unclear as to when consumers will be able to get their hands on any of the upcoming Scribblenauts Unmasked toys.

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A new Ace Attorney game could very well be in the cards. Motohide Eshiro, producer of the sub-series’ two games, is very interested in making a third.

Eshiro told Siliconera that he “would love to do another one”. Scenario writer Tsuyoshi Yamazaki would also likely be interested in contributing. Making Ace Attorney Investigations 3 is simply “a matter of securing the appropriate personnel within Capcom and getting everything planned”. While he can’t promise anything, he’s going to try and look into that in the future.

“As far as a continuation of the Investigations series goes, I would love to do another one, personally, and I know [scenario director] Mr. Yamazaki would also be interested in getting something like that spun up. It would be a matter of securing the appropriate personnel within Capcom and getting everything planned, so I intend to try to do something with that in the future, but I can’t make any promises.”

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Even though Super Smash Bros. has been around since the N64 era, Nintendo is just now bringing the franchise to a portable. In addition to Wii U, a unique version of the series’ next entry will be released for the 3DS.

But has creator Masahiro Sakurai considered making Smash Bros. for a Nintendo handheld in the past? As it turns out, the answer is yes.

Sakurai told GamesTM this month that he “thought about it”, but “we purely didn’t have the opportunity, it just never came up.” He also explained that it may not have been possible to realize Smash Bros. on any Nintendo handheld before the GBA.

“It’s not that I haven’t wanted to – I thought about it, I did. To be honest, we purely didn’t have the opportunity, it just never came up. And also, to speak freely, if you look at a handheld device preceding anything before the GBA, I don’t know that it would have the capabilities to fully realize Smash Bros.”

Thanks to joclo for sending this information our way.