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Bit.Trip Runner 2 was delayed to November earlier today, and Gaijin Games artist Mike Roush is once again reminding everyone that a Wii U version is possible. The console should be out for the holidays… wouldn’t Bit.Trip Runner 2 be a nice launch title for the Wii U’s store?

Regarding a Wii U version, Roush said:

“(A Wii U version is) definitely something we’re thinking about. My guess is we will always be with Nintendo. Everyone at Gaijin Games is a Nintendo fanboy, so we will most likely continue that relationship in the future. We’ll make one game and cross-platform it to the best of our ability. When we made these decisions we never knew about Wii U. So rather than us ‘leaving Nintendo’, it’s that these decisions were made a year ago. We would never leave Nintendo, we love them to death.”

That’s not the only news from Roush. He teased an idea Gaijin Games has for something called “BitTroid”. It would be “a mash-up of Bit.Trip and Metroid.”

He said:

“We’ve been joking around for years about making ‘BitTroid’ – a mash-up of Bit.Trip and Metroid. We’ve never thought about it seriously but we talk about it often. It would be something we’d love to do. We’d need to get a sub-team focused on that and do it in the old Bit.Trip style.”

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The Epic Mickey team consisted of a large number of staff. For that title, nearly 180 people were brought in.

Warren Spector’s new project – which everyone believes is Epic Mickey 2 at this point – is made up of an even greater amount of employees. Spector told GamesIndustry,  “we have over 700 people around the world working on our new game now.”

That’s roughly four times as much as the original Epic Mickey team!

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It’s the weekend, so let’s have some fun, shall we?

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Below are a couple of winners from the 2012 BAFTA Video Game Awards. You can find the full listing here.

Action: Batman: Arkham City
Artistic Acievement: Rayman Origins

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On this week’s episode: Nintendo at GDC, including Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir, Mario Tennis Open, Kid Icarus: Uprising, an interview with Resident Evil: Revelations producer Masachika Kawata, and eShop games.

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So this is a little bit awkward. Junction Point’s Warren Spector has opened up on improvements he would make to Epic Mickey, but we all know a sequel is on the way – and it should be announced next week. Spector says he would improve the game’s camera, would bring it to additional platforms, and would include co-op and full voice acting. Two of these points were mentioned in a newsletter distributed by Disney.

Spector also revealed that Epic Mickey “was the best-selling single-platform game the company has ever done” and once again expresses interest in making a new DuckTales game (as well as a Marvel title).

Head past the break for Spector’s commentary.

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The first Metal Gear game hit store shelves in 1987. Since then, the series has gone on to sell 31 million copies around the world, Konami has confirmed. This number accounts for every Metal Gear title sold up to December 31, 2011.

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We’re going to get Epic Mickey 2 news sooner rather than later, and it now seems as though the first information will be revealed in one week.

GameTrailers TV is teasing “a blowout of rather large proportions” for Warren Spector’s new project. The show will be debuting the first trailer and gameplay of the game which, based on previous clues, has to be some sort of sequel to Epic Mickey.

“A Blowout of Rather Large Proportions
GTTV will have the world exclusive reveal trailer and first gameplay anywhere of Warren Spector’s next yet-to-be-announced game. It’s going to be …notably significant.”

We should be getting followup reports at the end of the month. Nintendo Power’s next issue will likely focus on Epic Mickey 2, and Disney will be holding a conference to make an official announcement.

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Nintendo has started to ship the free Kid Icarus: Uprising AR cards from Club Nintendo. They can take anywhere between four to ten days to arrive.

You can still order the three pack of cards from Club Nintendo here. Remember, it’s a limited time offer!