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It’s a new month, which means a few new downloadable rewards have been added to Club Nintendo. March’s selection of games have been swapped out for You, Me, and the Cubes (WiiWare), Excitebike: World Rally (WiiWare), and Metal Torrent (eShop).

Both Wii Shop Channel titles cost 200 coins. You can pick up Metal Torrent for 150 points.

You have until April 30 to download the latest batch of rewards.

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Gotta admit… this is pretty darn neat. And yes, it does work! You can try it out on Google’s site here. I don’t think we’ll be seeing this on the NES, though…

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Namco Bandai has opened a teaser site for something relating to Taiko: Drum Master. And if I had to bet on the situation, I’d say this could turn out to be a new game.

Taiko: Drum Master found a home on the DS and Wii in recent years. The franchise has also appeared on arcades, the PlayStation 2, PSP, and iOS/Android devices.

We’ll find out what the teaser is about in a little less than two weeks. You can keep track of the site here.

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There’s lots of disappointing SEGA news going around today. Following the announcement about a restructuring of the company and cancellation of numerous titles, IGN has learned through a reliable source that the entire North American QA department has been shut down. Going forward, SEGA Europe will handle all QA responsibilities.

There have apparently been layoffs in marketing, design, social, and development as well.

According to the same IGN source, “any currently announced game” not related to Sonic, Football Manager, Total War, and Aliens will not be published by SEGA.

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Some Club Nintendo users had been experiencing issues with Kid Icarus: Uprising registration surveys. There were other games that were causing problems, too.

Nintendo has sent out an email about the situation and all it seems as though all problems have been corrected. Members who completed surveys but did not receive coins for their input should now see that their accounts have been updated with an accurate points total.

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Sega Sammy Holdings will be restructuring its SEGA consumer division in the wake of some disappointing financial results for the current fiscal year. The company hopes to rebound by implementing a couple of significant moves.

First, SEGA will be cutting down on the amount of niche IPs in favor of established franchises including Sonic the Hedgehog, Football Manager, Total War, and Aliens. It’s been confirmed that, sadly, some titles will be cancelled.

Andriasang also reports that there will be a “Streamlining of US and European organizations which will result in a smaller company positioned for sustained profitability.”

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After debuting on the Nintendo Channel over two years ago, Nintendo Week has finally come to an end.

In a rather surprising and immediate announcement, Gary announced his departure at the end of the latest episode. That was followed up with a string of text which states:

“Thanks for watching Nintendo Week! We’ve had a great time bringing you the latest news about Nintendo games and hardware, and we hope that you’ll keep playing Nintendo games!”

The Nintendo Show 3D will not be affected. It will continue to run on a biweekly basis on the eShop.

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On this week’s episode: Kid Icarus: Uprising, Xenoblade Chronicles and Crush3D.

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Nintendo has published the second (and possibly final) edition of the Iwata Asks: Kid Icarus: Uprising interview. Although it’s a bit shorter than most Iwata Asks, it does contain a few interesting tidbits.

For instance, did you know that Kid Icarus: Uprising was being developed on the PC and Wii? This was because Project Sora didn’t have access to 3DS development kits initially.

You can read about that – and more – in the detailed summary below. Before proceeding, be aware that there are a few small, nonspecific spoilers in the “After the Medusa Battle” section!

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Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono landed in the hospital not too long ago. Ono felt ill and fainted at the Asian launch event for Street Fighter X Tekken.

Ono is out of the hospital, but he says that he’ll be taking a break from his responsibilities.

Ono told fans on Twitter,

“I caused you so much worry for a while. I went back to work. [The Street Fighter] team are working wholeheartedly on patches for SF X TK. Please wait just a little longer.

“I apologise for that. And thanks for a lot of get-well messages! I’ll refrain from work [on my] current job for a while. Another person [is] in charge of the SF series for a while. Of course I’ll [give] constant support to it.

“I’ll be out of the limelight [of] fighting game series for a while. I’ll think about the new future of fighting games after this.”

The patch Ono is referring to will address a bug with online battles. While fighting others, some of the game’s sound effects simply do not play.

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