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The full listing of Japan Game Awards 2012 winners were announced during the Tokyo Game Show over the weekend. For the entire list, read on below.

Grand Award

Gravity Rush

Game Designers Award

Journey

Award for Excellence

Gravity Rush
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Kid Icarus: Uprising
Super Mario 3D Land
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Dark Souls
Final Fantasy XIII-2
Mario Kart 7
Monster Hunter Tri G
One Piece: Pirate Warriors

Special Award

Touch Detective: Nameko Saibai Kit

Best Sales Award

Mario Kart 7

Global Award Japanese Product

Pokemon Black/White

Global Award Foreig Division

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award

Nintendo 3DS Development Team

Future Division Winners

Ace Attorney 5
God Eater 2
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle
Soul Sacrifice
Tales of Xillia 2
Resident Evil 6
Fantasy Life
Bravely Default: Flying Fairy
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Monster Hunter 4
Yakuza 5

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Tokyo Game Show 2012 wrapped up in Japan today. To say the least, it was a big success.

The CESA recorded a number of 223,753 attendees during the show, setting a new record. That’s up over last year’s event in which 222,668 people visited the expo.

As TGS 2012 draws to a close, TGS 2013 has already been dated. It’ll take place between September 19 and September 22 – at the Makuhari Messe as usual.

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Remember that Bridgestone Wii commercial featuring Kevin Butler? It seems that he’s since been removed from the advert. Either that, or the video posted above is an alternate version.


For a very long time, the main Monster Hunter games were only made for Sony platforms. That all changed with Monster Hunter Tri.

Tri was originally scheduled for the PlayStation 3, but development soon switched to Wii. Since then, Tri G/Ultimate 3 and Monster Hunter 4 have also been created for Nintendo systems.

Monster Hunter series creator and producer Ryozo Tsujimoto commented on the platform switches in an interview with IGN.

He said the following:

“Other than what we’ve already announced, we don’t have anything that we’re planning. The way that we work with Monster Hunter games is that we see them as single entities, so we don’t develop for one platform and then think about porting it to another platform. The situation with the 3DS and the Wii U is that we wanted people to play this game a lot, so that’s why we have taken this [multi-platform] approach with Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate. But it doesn’t mean we’ll do that with new entries.

“The series did start out on Sony platforms, but it’s just realistic to think that it can’t continue on one platform forever. With Monster Hunter 4, it actually just came down to timing – we were developing a new Monster Hunter and the 3DS hardware had just come out, so we figured it was probably the best platform for us to develop it on. You have two screens, with action on top and menus on the bottom, and there’s the 3D view as well. It just made sense to put it onto 3DS.”


Mario Fan Gabrielle Douglas Teams Up with Nintendo to Compete for a Different Kind of Gold in New Super Mario Bros. 2

–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Nintendo:

WHAT:
As part of her first major product endorsement since the 2012 Olympic Games, Gabrielle Douglas will make a public appearance with iconic video game character Mario at New York’s Nintendo World store on Sept. 25. Fans who arrive early enough will have a chance to meet Douglas and get an autograph.

As a Mario fan, Douglas leaped at the opportunity to work with Nintendo for its new Nintendo 3DS “Play As You Are” campaign, which is designed to show women and girls that you don’t need to be gamer to enjoy Nintendo 3DS. Nintendo offers games and features suited for a wide range of interests and personalities. Gabrielle will appear in broadcast advertising and compete for a different kind of gold in New Super Mario Bros. 2, a new hand-held adventure that challenges players to collect mountains of gold coins. More information about the game is available at http://newsupermariobros2.nintendo.com.


I wouldn’t worry too much about this, but Level-5– when asked by Kotaku– said that none of their games have been confirmed for western releases. Professor Layton specifically has always managed to make its way stateside/Canadaside/Europeside, so I wouldn’t put too much thought into the idea that no one will publish their games.

Via Kotaku



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