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Retirement is a topic that often comes up during interviews with Shigeru Miyamoto these days. One day, Miyamoto is going to have to step away from Nintendo.

That day hasn’t arrived just yet. While Miyamoto is prepping Nintendo for the day that he does retire, the “volume” of his work hasn’t changed one bit.

Below are Miyamoto’s thoughts about retirement in full:

“This year I’m past 60; I’m going to be turning 61 this year. So for me to not be thinking about retirement would be strange. But in fact, the number of projects I’m involved in–and the volume of my work–hasn’t changed at all.”

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There are a few, notable Nintendo deals running on Amazon at the moment. A roundup of sales can be found below.

• No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle – $13.49 (only a few left, other sellers offering the game at similar prices)
• Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two (Wii) – $16.99
• The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia – $19.24
• Batman Arkham City: Armored Edition – $35.24

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A rating for the classic Game Gear title, Tails Adventure, has popped up on the OFLC. The entry could be hinting at a re-release. One possibility: a new version for the 3DS Virtual Console.

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Renegade Kid will be bringing three games to PAX East later this month: ATV Wild Ride 3D, Mutant Mudds Deluxe, and a new shooter for the 3DS. The latter two titles will be making their playable debuts.

Notice that Treasurenauts isn’t included in Renegade Kid’s PAX lineup. According to Renegade Kid co-founder Jools Watsham, the studio will have news about the project after the expo. Watsham said that the game is “not too far away”.

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Ubisoft France boss Xavier Poix answered a whole bunch of questions in a new IGN interview. Topics include Ubisoft’s strategy when it comes to Rayman, Wii U NFC, and Beyond Good & Evil 2.

We’ve rounded up Poix’s comments below.

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The App Store is ripe with Nintendo rip-offs. Here’s a look at a new one, which takes “inspiration” from Donkey Kong:

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The Assassin’s Creed franchise has featured a female lead before, but not when it comes to the mainline series. Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag will be maintaining the tradition with Edward Kenway as the game’s star.

Ashraf Ismail, Black Flag’s creative director, was recently asked about the decision to highlight men in the Assassin’s Creed series thus far:

“It’s a bit of a tough question. Really early on, we decided to tell the story of the Kenways. So we already had in place the idea to tell Edward, Haytham, and Connor. This was actually years ago, we had this. …we actually never thought, ‘could this be a woman?’ …from the pirate perspective, there were a few famous women pirates. But it wasn’t common. So we didn’t want that element to be a detail people got stuck on.”

Regarding the possibility of releasing a mainline Assassin’s Creed with a female protagonist, Ismail said:

“I would say it wouldn’t be surprising to see a female assassin coming up in a mainline Assassin’s Creed. But for us, for AC4, it was always Edward.”

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Numerous employees have been laid off from TimeGate Studios today. The company is perhaps best known – notoriously so – for its work on Aliens: Colonial Marines.

TimeGate president Adel Chaveleh said in a statement:

“Today, we had to make the difficult decision to let go of some great game developers. This is never easy, and we’re doing all we can to assist those developers affected. TimeGate is preparing, as is the entire industry, for the transition to next-generation consoles and new business models. As part of this reinvention, all projects and strategic initiatives continue to move forward at the studio.”

Officially, TimeGate did not confirm how many employees have been affected by the developer’s new path. However, sources allegedly say that close to 25 staffers will now need to look for new jobs after a publishing deal did not materialize.

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Nano Assault EX will be released in Europe (and hopefully North America) later this week. In addition to this, Shin’en is teasing “something for our longtime fans”.

The studio wrote on Twitter earlier today:

No idea what this is about… but it should be interesting!

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