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A big trade went down in baseball today. 10-time All-Star Ichiro Suzuki was traded to the New York Yankees after spending his entire MLB career with the Seattle Mariners.

In a press conference following the trade, Suzuki expressed appreciation for three past and present Nintendo executives. He thanked former CEO Hiroshi Yamauchi, current CEO Satoru Iwata, and ex-Nintendo of America CEO Tatsumi Kimishima.

Suzuki and Nintendo have fairly strong ties to each other. Some of you may be aware that Nintendo is the majority owner in the Seattle Mariners. In 2005, Yamauchi apparently gifted Suzuki with 5,000 shares of Nintendo stock.

For those wondering, Suzuki is batting eighth for the Yankees tonight.

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Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has offered his opinion on a few important topics. He recently discussed on Nintendo’s lack of interest surrounding the next-gen console race, its plans to return to profitability, and the need to make Wii U’s pricing right. Iwata even took a few moments to comment on those who tend to have doubts about Nintendo’s products.

Read on below to check out his remarks.

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This is a big year for Kingdom Hearts. The series is celebrating its 10th anniversary, and one could argue that Kingdom Hearts 3D is the first “true” follow-up to KHII.

Given the amount of convoluted plots and storylines that have been made over the past decade, it could be intimidating for new players to step inside the Kingdom Hearts universe. Square Enix’s Tai Yasue commented on this and more in a new interview.

Head past the break to read up on what Yasue had to say.

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SEGA has reevaluated its decision to not attend Gamescom 2012.

After announcing that the company would be skipping the show in May, SEGA has now decided to make an appearance after all. Two titles will be showcased at the expo, one of which is likely Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed.

The only question is whether or not SEGA plans on making any of its titles available to the public. Invitations sent out to the press have been for behind-closed doors events.

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RedLynx is currently hiring programmers for an “unannounced console game project”. The news comes from an official job posting, which unfortunately doesn’t

You may know RedLynx as the developer behind Trials HD and Trials Evolution. It was an independent studio before being acquired by Ubisoft in November 2011.

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Earthworm Jim has been dormant for ages. However, original designer David Perry thinks we’ll see the series return one day.

The main issue right now is getting a team together. Perry spoke about this before eventually stating, “I’m sure it’s going to happen, I just can’t tell you exactly when.”

Perry told Eurogamer:

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Famitsu has provided a ranking of the Japanese companies with the highest software revenue shares for the month of June. The list is based on data collected between May 28 and June 24.

01. Pokemon: 34.5% (first time at top since September 2010)
02. Square Enix: 19.1% (boosted by Dragon Quest Monsters Terry’s Wonderland 3D)
03. Nintendo: 8.7%
04. Capcom: 7.3%
05. Atlus: 5.7% (was at #12 the previous month)
06. Namco Bandai
07. Sony Computer Entertainment (was at #8 the previous month)
08. Kadokawa Games (was at #26 the previous month)
09. Sega
10. Konami

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Shelly Pearce has become Nintendo’s new UK marketing director. Pearce took over the role for Dawn Paine, who left the company earlier this year to join Universal Pictures as marketing vice president.

Pearce said the following about her new position:

“This is an exciting time to be joining the UK team with two major hardware launches on the horizon, Nintendo 3DS XL on 28th July and Wii U later this year.

“I started my Nintendo career as part of the UK team and it’s great to return as we start this new chapter in our company’s history.”

Pearce has been with Nintendo since 1998. She’s been the head of European PR since 2002. Senior managers James Honeywell, Ben Taylor and Jo Bartlett will report directly to her, according to Marketing Magazine.

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Since its inception, NetherRealm Studios has only made fighting games. That started with Mortal Kombat in 2011 and will continue through 2013 with Injustice: Gods Among Us.

While there’s no doubt that fighting titles are NetherRealm’s specialty, Ed Boon hopes to branch out into other genres in the future.

Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon told the PlayStation Blog the following when asked about making a non-fighting project:

“We feel like Injustice is kind of our first step towards that. If it does well, we would like to see our next step be a non-fighting game, maybe something unique in its own right. This is our first step in that direction.”

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