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The gold nunchuck is already sold out on Club Nintendo. If I’m remembering correctly, it went off the site much quicker than the first time the reward was made available. Hopefully those who were interested in the special nunchuck submitted their orders yesterday…

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Before you scroll past because you have no idea what that is, Kunio-kun is the Japanese name for the series that spawned River City Ransom, Super Dodgeball, and Nintendo World Cup. So what does it mean that a teaser page for the series has been put up by Arc System Works?

It’s hard to say, but the last game released in this conglomerate series was a remake of Renegade on 3DS last year. That game has yet to come out outside of Japan.

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Dark Horse has officially confirmed The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia Collector’s Edition (or limited edition – a couple of names are being thrown around) yesterday. It will be a truly limited item, as only 4,000 copies will be produced.

As we mentioned a couple of days ago, it includes a special faux-leather hardcover and gold gilded pages.

The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia Collector’s Edition will officially ship on February 12. Most retailers will be selling the art book for $69.99.

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Eligible Club Nintendo members should be on the lookout for their Platinum rewards. Nintendo finally started to ship out the items today. Presumably the Gold rewards should be on their way out as well.

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Amid talk that the Wii U may not be a next-generation console due to specs that are in many ways comparable to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime told CNET that it is Sony and Microsoft’s responsibility “to react to what we’re doing in the marketplace and figure out what their innovation will be.”

“In the end, our competitors need to react to what we’re doing in the marketplace and need to figure out what their innovation will be. It’s likely that faster processors and pretty pictures won’t be enough to motivate consumers. They need to react to what we’ve done and we need to continue innovating with the Wii U and we will.”

In the past – and especially as of late – some have said that the Wii U could become irrelevant or at the very least find itself in a position comparable to Wii if the machine’s capabilities aren’t up to par with the PS3 and Xbox 360 successors.

But for Reggie, he doesn’t believe releasing the Wii U is a way to catch up with current-gen consoles:

“We don’t believe so. For us, launching new systems is about bringing new consumer experiences to the marketplace and we’re doing that with Nintendo land and third-party publishers are doing it with games like ZombiU. For us, now is the right time to launch new hardware.”

Reggie wrapped up by saying that “consumer response [to the Wii U] has been very positive,” and the console’s performance thus far is “quite comparable” to the Wii. He also made sure to mention that he sees Wii U as “a living, breathing” product that will improve over the years.

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A new downloadable reward is available on Club Nintendo.

Art Style: Rotozoa has been swapped out for ThruSpace. The game is available for 150 coins.

You can order ThruSpace here. It’s available as a WiiWare download until December 9.

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The gold nunchuck is back in stock at Club Nintendo, folks! Grab it while you can – I can’t see this being on the site for too long.

You can view the order page here.

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Despite being a developer at heart, Shigeru Miyamoto doesn’t spent most of his time making games. He reads and writes a whole lot of emails and makes phone calls instead.

“Actually, most of my working time is occupied by reading email, making phone calls and returning comments by email… I’m always trying to remind myself that even though something can be done digitally, I need to have face-to-face contact with others.”

Going in a completely different direction, we have a few words from Miyamoto regarding third-party support. Here’s what he had to say about that topic:

“It’s a matter of how seriously they commit themselves. Our mission is to approach developers, and if they’re willing to commit to experiences only available on Nintendo hardware, we are more willing to help. Each developer has his or her own ideas and we really encourage the differences.”

And this post wouldn’t be complete without a bit of a strange story from Miyamoto’s trip to Spain.

Miyamoto ended up getting stuck in a bathroom following a door lock malfunction. He was about to meet two members of the royal family, so to guarantee his prompt arrival, the door was hacked down with a crowbar and he was escorted away by police.

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