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Famitsu interviewed a number of Japanese creators about the games they have interest in making down the road. Some of the participants include Tecmo Koei’s Kenichi Ogasawara and Team Ninja’s Yosuke Hayashi.

There’s a lot of talk about making sequels and expanding on already-existing franchises. For a roundup of Ogasawara and Hayashi’s commentary, read on below. The full summary with news not specifically related to Nintendo can be found here.

Tecmo Koei’s Kenichi Ogasawara

– Ogasawara wants to make another Musou pillar to go along with Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors
– Interest in making an open world Musou

Team Ninja’s Yosuke Hayashi

– Variety of movements being made with the Ninja Gaiden series

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Nope, Mike Tyson never beat “Punch-Out!!”.

Tyson starred in the original NES game as the final boss. In future versions, he was replaced with Mr. Dream.

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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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