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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Runner2 pays tribute to the Famicom on Wii U

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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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GameStop deals (10/10 – 10/16)

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This week’s GameStop deals are as follows:

Nintendo’s NYCC 2012 lineup

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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.

Reggie talks a bunch about Nintendo TVii and a few other things

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The Seattle Times recently sat down with Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime for a lengthy chat.

For this particular interview, the main point of discussion centered around Nintendo TVii. Reggie fielded questions regarding the possibility of bringing the service to the 3DS, monetization, working with other companies, and more.

Read the full Q&A below.

Nintendo bomb threat stemmed from a computer virus

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Back in early September, an online message appeared from an anonymous source that simply stated “This week, I’m going to blow up Nintendo headquarters.”. I hadn’t heard anything about it until today (not sure why it wasn’t reported!), but it appears that Japanese police swiftly apprehended the person who made the comment, but ended up releasing him a week later. Why? The message may have been caused by a computer virus that allowed a third party to control the computer and do with it what they will. I guess they decided it would be a good idea to get a guy in trouble for claiming to want to blow up Nintendo HQ?

This isn’t the only case of the virus though: An animator who worked on series’ like Yu-Gi-Oh and Tiger & Bunny was a victim of a similar crime, which ended with him being arrested for a short while and released after authorities discovered that the root cause was this same virus.

Of course, Nintendo HQ is still here so whoever made the threats didn’t follow-through, but you do have to wonder why he or she would do something like this!

Via Kotaku

Frozenbyte on Nintendo’s support, Trine 2 Magic Mayhem mode coming later, Miiverse, patching, hints of Wii U achievement system, more

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Head past the break for a bunch of news from Frozenbyte’s sales and marketing manager Mikael Haveri. Haveri comments on how supportive Nintendo has been with Trine 2: Director’s Cut thus far, shares more information on the Magic Mayhem mode (which won’t be ready for launch, it seems), discusses Miiverse, patching, and briefly mentions achievements on Wii U – of which he is “almost 100% sure that there will be some type of system.”

Bridgestone responds to Sony’s Kevin Butler lawsuit

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Sony is suing Bridgestone and Wildcat Creek. Why? Because the company feels that Jerry Lambert, an actor who has played the role of Kevin Butler, was represented in a recent “Game On” commercial in which the Wii was promoted.

Wildcat did have a contract with Sony, but it expired. Bridgestone’s commercial started to appear three days after it ended – September 3.

Here’s what Bridgestone had to say about the situation:

“Mr. Lambert is one of the actors who appeared in the commercial as a Bridgestone engineer. Bridgestone denies that ‘Kevin Butler’ appears in the Bridgestone commercial discussed herein and thus denies that he speaks or does anything whatsoever in the commercial.”

According to Hollywood Reporter, “Bridgestone indicates that it intends to fight the lawsuit by showing that Sony has failed to register any mark on ‘Kevin Butler,’ that the character has not acquired secondary meaning and that there is no likelihood of confusion among consumers.”

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3D Classics: Urban Champion available on Club Nintendo as downloadable reward

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A new downloadable reward (which is actually an old downloadable reward) is available on Club Nintendo.

Bird & Beans has been swapped out for 3D Classics: Urban Champion. The game is available for 150 coins.

You can order 3D Classics: Urban Champion here. It’s available as a 3DS download until October 21.