Photos: Nintendo and Donkey Kong Visit the L.A. Zoo During Memorial Day Weekend
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Capcom’s Svensson on Phoenix Wright – Dual Destinies digital route, series’ future, more
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Capcom’s Christian Svensson addressed a bunch of different fan points about the Ace Attorney series in a new forum post. Svensson commented on concerns that going digital for Phoenix Wright – Dual Destiny will hurt the “aggressive” sales forecast originally set for the game in the west, the series’ future overseas, a bit about Ace Attorney Investigations 2, and more.
You can find his remarks below. For complete clarity, we’ve included the full comments from fans (bold) along with Svensson’s words.
Atari selling off assets including RollerCoaster Tycoon
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Atari filed for bankruptcy a few months ago. Having not been able to find a bidder, Atari will now sell numerous assets and IPs from its portfolio.
RollerCoaster Tycoon is up for grabs for $3.5 million. Test Drive is going for $1.5 million, and Total Annihilation can be purchased for a $250,000 minimum bid.
The auction process should kick off in July.
CastleStorm developer diary
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Video: Watch some guy in a Donkey Kong costume try to scare people
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Jaleco may have quietly closed its doors
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Jaleco could be no more. Kotaku attempted to contact the company’s Tokyo office today, but there was no answer. A recording noted that the service was “no longer in service.” The blog of Jaleco president Takayasu Katou is also nowhere to be found online.
Game Yarou acquired Jaleco in 2009, though it continued to work on games. No website updates have been posted since 2011.
Jaleco delivered the promising but ultra-disappointing Kizuna for Wii. The company has been around since the early days of gaming with titles such as Bases Loaded for the NES.
Nintendo holding Pokemon X/Y presentation at E3, is 1.5 hours long
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Update 2: Pokemon Company president and CEO Tsunekazu Ishihara and Game Freak director Junichi Masuda are attending.
Update: Kotaku editor Jason Schreier has a few more details. It’s a Pokemon X/Y presentation/Q&A. Time is set for 6 PM PT. Schreier also says that “Nintendo is doing a lot of different E3 events.”
Nintendo won’t be holding a typical press conference at this year’s E3, but the company has scheduled a number of different events for the show.
One happening appears to be a special Pokemon presentation. This will take place during the first night of E3 and will be 1.5 hours long, according to media reports.
Also during E3 are two different hands-on events: one for the media and one for analysts/other business folks. A Nintendo Direct broadcast will be live-streamed on June 11 as well.
New item on Club Nintendo Japan: Green Canvas Box
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A new item has arrived on the Japanese Club Nintendo website.
For 450 points, users can obtain a green-colored Canvas Box. Yoshi, the Piranha Plant, Goomba, and other Mario elements are featured in the design.
The box can be used to store games, accessories, and more.

Square Enix of America president departs
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Mike Fischer became Square Enix of America’s president and CEO in July 2010. He is now gone from the company.
A Polygon report confirms that Fischer has moved on to Amazon’s Japan division as the vice president of digital Music and Video.
Fischer told the site that he left on good terms, but did not provide further information. Square Enix has not commented on the situation at this time.
Capcom cancels Resident Evil “blood swimming pool” event in London
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A couple of weeks ago, Capcom announced plans to host a “blood swimming pool” event in London. The company hoped to promote the new release of Resident Evil: Revelations while hosting an enjoyable happening for fans.
This was set to take place over the weekend, but has since been cancelled due to the tragic events that took place in the UK yesterday.
Capcom said in a statement:
“In light of yesterday’s sad events we’re cancelling our Revelations pool event. Thank you for your understanding.”
This is probably for the best. It just wouldn’t have made sense to host this given what happened.