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A new downloadable reward is available on Club Nintendo.

Art Academy: First Semester has been swapped out for Bird & Beans. The game is available for 100 coins.

You can order Bird & Beans here. It’s available as a DSiWare download until October 7.

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My Navi asked a number of folks about their favorite Nintendo franchises. Male and female gamers participated in the survey.

Here’s how the results panned out:

Men:

1. Super Mario
2. Legend of Zelda
3. Pokemon
4. Kirby
5. Donkey Kong
6. Smash Bros.
7. Mother (Earthbound)
8. Fire Emblem
9. Metroid
10. F-ZERO

Women:

1. Super Mario
2. Pokemon
3. Kirby
4. Donkey Kong
5. Animal Forest
6. Legend of Zelda
7. Rhythm Heaven
8. Smash Bros.
9. Pikmin
10. Fire Emblem

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Want to try out Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask ahead of its launch next month? Then visit the official European site for a couple of short demos. You’ll be able to experience two of the puzzles in the game.

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Below the break is another Q&A with Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime.

Reggie tackled lots of Wii U topics, including attracting hardcore gamers, third-party games, the supply chain, and more. He also addressed other areas such as the possibility of returning to Nintendo Power in the future.

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Ecco the Dolphin has been dormant for many, many years. More than a decade later, it looks like there’s a chance that it could be making a return.

Ed Annunziata, the creator of the series, has expressed interest in returning to the IP.

Annunziata posted the following on Twitter a few days ago:

Ecco fans, I need you to follow & tweethank @scottfoe, he convinced SEGA to meet with me now chances of a new Ecco the Dolphin x100!

— ed annunziata (@edannunziata) September 19, 2012

For those wondering, Scott Foe was with SEGA when the Dreamcast was out on the market. As shown in the tweet above, it was Foe who apparently encouraged SEGA to meet with Annunziata about a revival.

If SEGA does approve a return to Ecco the Dolphin, composer Spencer Nilsen could be involved. Annunziata wrote on Twitter that Nilsen “is on board”, but it isn’t entirely clear if SEGA has officially given the go-ahead just yet.

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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.

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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.”