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Everyone’s favorite presenter from Konami will be returning to E3 this year. Tak Fujii has confirmed that he’ll be coming to the trade show, and he’s bringing along new titles.

Fujii immediately caught the attention of gamers last year following Konami’s E3 2010 presentation. Some of his quotes such as “one million troops”, and “…if you just continue to press the same button like X X X and Y Y Y, and X X X, Y Y Y again, you will be sucked” are very well-known amongst fans.

I don’t think there’s any way that Fuji can top his performance from last year, though it’ll be great to see him again nonetheless!

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EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – May 18th, 2011 – Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. today announced the venue picks for the company’s first-annual global Pre-E3 Show 2011. For the first time, KONAMI will bring fans, gaming enthusiasts and journalists together via an internationally coordinated online screening event. The live events taking place June 2nd will be set against a backdrop of an eclectic mix of legendary and trendy spots located in five cities across the globe including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Toronto, São Paulo and Mexico City. Register online for a chance to attend!

Offering a quintessentially Hollywood vibe, the brand new Commissary at Sony Pictures Studio will be the site for the Los Angeles viewing event. Housed inside a Zen-like compound and offering a taste of fusion flair, San Francisco’s Shrine Room at Temple Nightclub was selected for its unique space. The spot reserved in Toronto is the Real Sports Bar & Grill, known for its slew of big screen TV’s.

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This information comes from SEGA’s Osamu Ohashi…

“It might happen, if someone comes up with a brilliant idea that would make both Nintendo and SEGA happy. If there’s a good idea, that will work for both of us, then we might do that. But as far as we know, we haven’t heard of any concrete plan or project that’s going on.”

F-Zero GX was rather difficult, but it was incredibly fun. The title was made by SEGA’s Amusement Vision studio. The actual company no longer exists, though the talent remains in SEGA internally. If SEGA found the right team to make a new F-Zero project, I’d be pleased!

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Through the many interviews of Iwata Asks, we’ve found out some very interesting things about Mario. We’ve learned about plans for a rifle, beam gun, and rocket in the original Super Mario Bros., heard why Shigeru Miyamoto included coins in the game, and received a ton of other interesting tidbits.

The latest edition of Iwata Asks focuses on Steel Diver, but Satoru Iwata, Miyamoto, and other members of the development team couldn’t resist bringing up Mario in the conversation. Miyamoto happened to discuss why Mario has a plump shape. He said:

“The reason Mario is a plump shape is because gaming devices at that time could only read collisions between square boxes, not because I wanted to make him cute. His design turned out like that because I adjusted for the capabilities of the gaming device of the day. For example, resolution was low, so I made his face big. But today’s game consoles can handle collisions with round or irregular shapes.”

For the full interview, which actually does discuss Steel Diver, click here.

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In Dengeki Nintendo’s April issue, the magazine teased an announcement regarding a new Pokemon title. Now CoroCoro magazine is also promising a game reveal. The thing is that CoroCoro tends to feature Pokemon news first, so there’s a chance that Dengeki will be forced to delay their announcement until next month. Either way, we’ll find out in a few days if the magazine plans on revealing something, as the next issue is expected to hit store shelves soon.

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Namco Bandai will be holding a press conference in just a few hours. The company will show off previously announced titles, and new reveals are expected as well. Nintendo fans can look forward to possible Tales of the Abyss news, in addition to other 3DS/Wii information. We’ll be sure to bring you the latest updates from the conference here as well as on our sister site. For the listing of conference times, see the rundown below.

BST 6:30 am
CET 7:30 am
Dubai 9:30 am
EST 1:30 am
PST 10:30 pm (Tuesday 10th)

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Just like last year, you’ll be able to watch Nintendo’s E3 2011 media presentation live. It also appears that the full site will open following the conference. Nintendo did a pretty nice job with their “E3 Network” in 2010, so I expect that there will be a ton of content this year as well.

Check out (and bookmark) the site here

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Two 007 games were released last year, and we now know that another entry in the video game franchise is expected to ship in 2011. During a financial results conference call, Activision confirmed that the company plans on launching the project sometime this year. Unfortunately, no further information was provided.

GoldenEye 007, a reimagining of the class N64 release, was received well by critics and was one of the better-selling third-party releases of 2010. Might Activsion have called on Eurocom to develop a sequel for Wii and/or other platforms?

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Scott Moffitt to Drive Continued Growth for Nintendo Hardware and Software Brands

REDMOND, Wash., May 9, 2011 – Nintendo of America is pleased to announce the hiring of a new executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. Effective May 9, Scott Moffitt will assume responsibility for sales and marketing activities for Nintendo throughout North America. Moffitt will work from Nintendo’s office in Redwood City, Calif., and report to Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime.

Moffitt comes to Nintendo from Henkel Consumer Goods, where he oversaw North American operations for leading personal-care brands such as Dial, Right Guard, Tone and Pure & Natural. During his five years as senior vice president and general manager for the Personal Care division, he orchestrated an overhaul of the flagship Dial and Right Guard brands.

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