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Retro Studios used to be located at 1835A Kramer Lane, Suite 100 in Austin, Texas.

Here’s a photo of the building:

At one point or another, Retro moved to 12345 North Lamar Boulevard, Austin, TX.

Below is a look at the area:

There’s no question that the move happened. Retro’s own Facebook page confirms the new location.

So why is this even remotely important? Well, it looks like the new building is bigger than the old one. Perhaps Retro Studios is/was looking to expand?

Thanks to Dragoon for the tip.

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Nintendo president Satoru Iwata is purportedly planning a number of changes inside the company that will begin to take effect over the next few months.

Perhaps biggest of all is that Shigeru Miyamoto will be stepping down as EAD General Manager in December. Takashi Tezuka, who has worked on Mario and Zelda games (among other titles) for the past thirty years, will take over the role.

Miyamoto won’t be leaving Nintendo. He’ll instead form a new team that will work on smaller projects – something that’s been talked about before.

There are other notable upcoming changes, including a shift in Kyoto development sources, the possibility of Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai joining EAD Tokyo (Super Mario Galaxy 1/2, Mario 3D Land), and more.

Here are the full list of changes in full (via Guardian UK, Nikkei, Wired):

2013 Expected Iwata Changes
+ Major shift in Kyoto development sources involving 3 R&D buildings
+ Shigeru Miyamoto stepping down as EAD General Manager
+ Takash Tezuka becoming new EAD General Manager
+ New Groups / New Producers announced for EAD Kyoto / SPD Kyoto
+ EAD Tokyo Expansion / Masahiro Sakurai Possibly Joining EAD Tokyo
+ New Division lead by Miyamoto with younger staff focused on smaller scale games
+ Miyamoto’s Departure Inspiring New IPs for the EAD Kyoto Division

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Blizzard’s Diablo series could have come to a Nintendo handheld.

According to author David Craddock, who is about to release a book about Blizzard North, reveals that a small team made a proposal for “Diablo Junior” following the release of Diablo II.

Junior would have been a prequel created for the Game Boy Color and/or Game Boy Advance as a single-player title. There were plans to release three cartridges, much like Pokemon. Each would feature a unique hero and items that could be traded across the different versions.

Craddock notes that the project was ultimately shelved “because of the steep production costs associated with developing handheld games.”

“Following Diablo 2’s release, Blizzard North split into two teams … kind of. One team immediately started in on D2’s expansion set, Lord of Destruction. The other team went into spitball mode, kicking around ideas for a new IP. But several other developers ventured into groups of two or three and put together proposals for smaller projects. One of those was given the working title Diablo Junior, a game tentatively planned for the Game Boy Color and/or the Game Boy Advance, depending on market share and other business-y factors. Diablo Junior was intended as a single-player-only prequel to the original game. Taking a page from Pokémon’s book, the team wanted to release three cartridges, each packing a different hero in the warrior-rogue-sorcerer vein as well as items that players would have to trade for in order to collect. Heroes started in a unique town before heading into dungeons and wilderness zones. Diablo Junior was ultimately put out to pasture (absent of cow levels, I’m sure) because of the steep production costs associated with developing handheld games.”

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Nintendo ended the Wii no Ma service earlier this year. While it would be natural to assume that the team behind the channel would be disbanded, this actually isn’t the case.

Wii no Ma’s staffers are now a part of a new “Nintendo Network Service” company. Starting on October 1, the new team became involved with network-related content.

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The Wii U version of Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien features a special homage to the Famicom.

Gaijin’s Mike Roush revealed to the Official Nintendo Magazine that players will be able to collect Famicom cartridges in the game. By doing so, they’ll unlock Retro Game Challenges.

According to Gaijin’s Mike Roush:

“You will be able to play the Retro Challenges on the Wii U Pad after collecting Famicom cartridges. We have a whole Famicom theme around the Wii Pad, and Disasterpeace made the most amazing music with FamiTracker so it’s sounds just like a Famicom game!”

One more piece of news: when you “boot up” the mini-games, they’ll play out as if Runner2 were a NES game.

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This week’s GameStop deals are as follows:

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Nintendo will be on hand for this year’s New York Comic Com 2012 expo with lots of content for its two main systems.

The Wii U will be playable, and there will be a bunch of games to try out. New Super Mario Bros. U, Nintendo Land, and ZombiU are just a few of the titles expected at the show.

On the 3DS, attendees can get their hands on software such as Paper Mario: Sticker Star, Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon, Adventure Time, and Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion. The upcoming eShop game Crashmo will also be playable.

Head past the break for Nintendo’s full lineup and information about activities.

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