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Finally was able to get a new version of this with the video and audio synced correctly. The quality took a slight hit, but it’s not too bad!



Atlus is teasing something, and that tease is almost certainly related to a new game announcement. Thus far, the company has divulged one clue. The mystery game’s title starts with the letter “G”.

An additional clue will be posted to Atlus’ Facebook soon.

Source: Atlus PR


Anyone happen to see this during the VGAs? It was awesome and funny at the same time!


The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword was the first game in the series that took full advantage of MotionPlus. Hopefully you’ve grown accustomed to those controls, as Eiji Aonuma can’t imagine going back to buttons.

Aonuma told the Official Nintendo Magazine:

“I honestly think we cannot go back to button controls now, so I think that these controls will be used in future Zelda titles, too.”

I personally love the controls in Skyward Sword, so I see nothing wrong with this. What do you guys think?

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As I’m sure a few of you may know, I’m a pretty big fan of electronic music producer Deadmau5- real name Joel-, so when I saw this picture I couldn’t help but share it with all of you. It’s an image taken when Mr. Mau5 spotted Miyamoto at the VGAs last night, got his armed signed by the man himself (and later tattooed that signature into permanence), and went on to take one of the coolest images I’ve ever seen of Miyamoto.

Good on ya, Joel. You have made many a game nerd smile.


Studio of the Year

Bethesda Game Studios
Naughty Dog
Rocksteady Studios
Valve

Best Xbox 360 Game

Batman: Arkham City
Forza Motorsport 4
Gears of War 3
Portal 2

Best PS3 Game

inFamous 2
Killzone 3
LittleBigPlanet 2
Uncharted 3

Best Wii Game

Epic Mickey
Kirby’s Return to Dream Land
Lost in Shadow
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword


If you missed this, you’ll definitely want to check out the video above. Zelda gets a standing ovation, and Miyamoto accepts the award for Nintendo.

By the way, I’m aware that the sound and video synchronization is a bit off. I’m working on fixing that!


Ni no Kuni hasn’t been Level-5’s most successful IP, but the studio has tentative plans to build it into a series. CEO Akihiro Hino said that they would consider including additional package game releases and will expand the current world rather than taking the IP in a completely different direction.

It could be awhile before we see anything new, however. Hino stated that there are many things that Level-5 must finalize before progress can be made.

Finally, Hino discussed why there were two different versions of Ni no Kuni. The “first” title, made for DS, was created so  as many people as possible could experience the Ni no Kuni universe. For the PlayStation 3 version, Level-5 hoped to bring movie-like quality to the game in terms of the animation and soundtrack.

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Okay, so by now we’ve all heard the news that Miyamoto is not retiring, changing roles, or pretty much anything that the Wired interview said he was doing. I don’t know what got lost in translation there, but frankly it doesn’t really matter at this point! He’s here to stay… at least for a few years. But, I have a question for all of you: Let’s say Miyamoto did retire/step down/whatever. What would you look for in that situation? Let me go over a few possibilities…

In the case that he steps down, maybe he’d stop work on games like Mario and Zelda in lieu of Pikmin, and other smaller Nintendo franchises. If he did this, I’d really like to see him finish Pikmin 3 firstly, and then go in and really work hard on a new Star Fox game. I mean, seriously, when are we finally going to see another great entry into that fantastic (err… sort of fantastic) franchise? I grew up with it, and by golly, I want to keep growing up with it!

But let’s say he stops working on established franchises altogether, and instead goes for making new IPs with a smaller team. I don’t know about you guys, but what I’d want to see is him delving into some really deep and trippy emotional stuff, like he dabbled in with The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask. That game was so dense and layered and fantastic that I got lost in it within half a second, but it took me years- quite literally- to realize the full depth to which that game went in dealing with the emotional and psychological properties of mortality. It was a great game in its own right, but realizing those subtleties makes Miyamoto’s projects that much better.

Lastly, what if he left Nintendo altogether and just stopped making games? This one is the hardest to predict, but I’d really like to hear your guys’ thoughts on this! You can probably come up with more interesting scenarios than I can anyway…


Yesterday, perhaps inadvertently, Club Nintendo members were able to get a quick look at some new rewards that are on the way. When will they become available? Soon, according to the site.

The following notice was added in today:

“New rewards and games available for Coins coming soon. Please stay tuned!”

The new rewards include downloadable games, a Zelda poster set, and notebooks.

Thanks to Jonathan C for the tip!



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