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Just how successful has the Pokemon franchise been? Since Pokemon Red/Blue’s release in 1996, 172,000,000 units have been sold around the world, according to the Pokemon Company. Quite an impressive figure!

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DuckTales Remastered just launched, but fans remain curious about the possibility of additional “Remastered” games. Capcom could opt to remake another entry in the DuckTales series or something else entirely.

That being said, such potential projects depend on the success of DuckTales Remastered. If that game flops, don’t count on similar releases.

Capcom’s “JimmyRey” recently said, “The better DT does, the more likely we’ll do another.”

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Note that it has since been confirmed that this is a special rather than a regular series.

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Typically, we shy away from posting news about the Pokemon anime and movies since they don’t have much to do with gaming. In this case, however, there is a direct relation.

Pokemon: The Origin is based directly on the video games. Red and Green will star in the anime, which airs in Japan on October 2. Whether this is simply a special or a series of its own remains to be seen.

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As is the case for development on most games, AlphaDream cut a number of ideas while working on Mario & Luigi: Dream Team. One such idea was a volcano Luigi attack – tons of little Luigis would take on a volcanic form, erupt, and attack enemies.

The idea may have “looked cool”, as Hiroyuki Kubota explained to Kotaku, “but it wasn’t going to control very well”.

“It was something that once we came up with the prototype for, played around a little bit. We realized it looked cool, but it wasn’t going to control very well, so that was something we had to strike out.”

To say that Mario & Luigi: Dream Team went through a difficult and length development cycle would be an understatement. The game was made between two platforms and went through seven versions over a four year process, right after Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story was completed.

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According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, Disney cancelled an unannounced Iron Man game earlier this year. The axed game was allegedly due out in 2013. The Wall Street Journal doesn’t provide any details about the project, so unless a leak occurs, we likely won’t know anything about the mystery Iron Man title.

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Nintendo has issued a response to the latest NPD report. The company confirmed that the 3DS was the best-selling system in the US for the month of July – the third consecutive month that the handheld accomplished such a feat.

3DS hardware sales are up 14 percent year-over-year. Software sales have also increased by 45 percent year-over-year.

You can find Nintendo’s full response below.

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A glasses-free 3D patent patent lawsuit between Nintendo and inventor Seijiro Tomita was finally settled earlier this year. The jury ultimately ruled that Nintendo would pay $30.2 million in damages.

However, the award amount has since been cut in half after a US judge determined this week that the original figure was “‘intrinsically excessive’ and unsupported by the evidence presented at trial.” Tomita will have until August 23 to decide whether to accept $15.1 million in damages or proceed to a new damages trial. If he opts for the latter, there’s a possibility that Tomita will receive nothing at all.

Nintendo said in a statement:

“Nintendo respects the intellectual property rights of other companies and is confident that none of its products infringes the asserted patent. Nintendo will appeal the jury’s verdict and reduced damages award to the court of appeals.”

Thanks to Thomas N for the tip.

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