Namco recently picked up a number trademarks, as noted by My Game News Flash. “Unitia”, “Tactics Unitia”, “Tactics Union,” “Assault Union,” “Super Sentai Heroes” and “Attack the Legend” have all been registered by the company.

There is some talk about Unitia tying into a new Tales game, but that doesn’t seem to be in the cards. As far as the other trademarks go, they could be anything!

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The making of Shaun the Sheep for Nintendo Video

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Shaun Goes Old School

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As it turns out, this video is up on the European Nintendo Video service as well as the North American service. Viewing it in the application will allow you to see it in 3D.

Tales series producer on next game in the franchise

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This scan has been receiving attention in Japan as some of its art differs from last week’s scan

Tales series producer Hideo Baba recently chatted with Famitsu about the next game in the franchise.

Once again, Baba said it’ll be a mothership game. The title’s catchphrase, “Are you prepared to destroy the world for the girl?”, ties into both the story and gameplay systems.

The next Tales project is changing things up quite a bit. Unlike previous releases which featured “high fantasy” (swords, magic, and other related elements), the new game is dressed with a more modern theme and a world view with thick cultural elements.

Don’t be worried that Namco Bandai will be shaking things up too much – Baba feels that it will maintain the Tales play feel. At the same time, he noted how the development team is trying to take the new “Tales of” to the next level.

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Nomura not in a rush to remake Final Fantasy VII

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A Final Fantasy VII remake isn’t Square Enix’s number one priority at the moment. Tetsuya Nomura, speaking with Famitsu this week, noted that he’s aware of fan interest in a possible makeover. Currently though, Nomura is occupied with making new games. He hopes the quality of these new titles match – or surpass – Final Fantasy VII.

Nomura mentioned one additional Final Fantasy-related tidbit with Famitsu. He feels Yoshinori Kitase is the true successor to the series. Kitase has been involved with the Final Fantasy IP for over two decades, working on nearly every mainline entry since Final Fantasy V.

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Volition involved with next-gen consoles, three unannounced titles

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Saints Row developer Volition is officially working on new hardware. Studio Audio Director Ariel Gross listed “mysterious next generation of consoles” at platforms he’s involved with on his LinkedIn profile. It additionally states that three unannounced games are in the works, though it’s unknown if all three will be for new systems.

There is a decent shot of at least one of these games arriving on Wii U. Parent company THQ pledged support for the console early on with core games such as Darksiders II and Metro: Last Light. Maybe it’ll bring Saints Row 4 to the Wii U which also appears to be in development for current-gen systems.

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Next-gen console tidbits from THQ

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THQ shared a couple of tidbits about next-generation consoles during its Q4 2012 earnings conference call today. During the discussion, president and CEO Brian Farrell said that the company will bring games to new systems at or near launch. Additionally, the company believes it has “several franchises that we can continue to build from the current to the next-generation.”

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Konami preparing pre-E3 show once again, countdown begins

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Konami is ditching a live E3 2012 press conference for a second straight year. The company has instead opted to prepare a recorded pre-E3 show, as was the case in 2011.

A countdown is running on a newly opened site here. It seems it’ll expire around May 31 or June 1, which is a few days before the start of E3 2012. The expo officially begins on June 5.

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Mini Ninjas: Hiro’s Adventure rated by the OFLC

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A rating for Mini Ninjas: Hiro’s Adventure has popped up on Australia’s classification board. Hitman developer and maker of the original Mini Ninjas IO Interactive is listed as the “author”, meaning the studio is creating the title. Square Enix will be publishing.

This is the second time we’re hearing about Mini Ninjas: Hiro’s Adventure. A trademark and domain name were discovered in March.

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