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These days, it may not seem like Marvelous is investing in as many new IPs as it did just a few years ago. Whereas titles such as No More Heroes, Little King’s Story, and even Senran Kagura came out of the company in recent years, Marvelous now doesn’t appear to be taking as many risks.

Senran Kagura producer Kenichiro Takaki told Siliconera that producers at the company “get a lot of freedom” to make the games they desire. Back in the day, Marvelous was creating new IPs to find a hit title, which just so happened with Senran Kagura. Now that attention has been given to the series, Takaki is “thinking of new ideas and I would like to try some of those out.”

“It’s not that orders are coming down from above that we have to make franchise titles. I feel that the producers get a lot of freedom to do what they want to inside Marvelous. When we were experimenting with a lot of little titles, the goal was always to find that IP that hit and can be developed into a series. That happened with Senran Kagura, which is why I’ve been focused on that now. I am thinking of new ideas and I would like to try some of those out.”

“The Kagura series really comes from me trying to make a worldwide hit in the past. I wasn’t able to find success that way, so I decided to focus on what I know by a Japanese person for Japanese people. That was the starting concept for Senran Kagura. I don’t want to lose sight of that, but I do want to listen to feedback from Western users. It’s kind of a difficult situation, things like gameplay systems or how the game plays would be easier to adjust.”

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Tecmo Koei is changing its name ever-so-slightly in Europe. Starting on July 1, the company will be known as “Koei Tecmo”.

It’s unclear if Tecmo Koei will be making the same name change in the US. If that is the case, we’ll update this post.

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Prior to this year’s E3, we learned that Satoru Iwata would not be attending the expo due to health reasons. Now we know just what happened exactly.

Iwata explained in an official message today that he suffered from a bile duct growth. Fortunately, it was detected very early and was surgically removed last week.

Iwata is now recovering, though it’ll be a little whole longer before he returns to work. He will not be attending the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders this week.

You can find Iwata’s full message below.

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At E3 2014, GameSpot and NintendoWorldReport spoke with Yoshifumi Hashimoto, head of development over at Marvelous AQL, to discuss Story of Seasons. Hashimoto spoke about the game’s name, the separation between the title and Harvest Moon and plans to continue the series, same-sex relationships, and more.

You can find excerpts from the interview below. Head on over to this link for the full thing.

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Can you believe that the N64 has been around for 18th years? Yes, it’s true! The console originally came out on this very day in Japan, 18 years ago.

The N64 provided us all with some truly memorable experiences. Zelda and Mario both made their jump into 3D for the first time. Rare produced several standout titles like Banjo Kazooie and Conker’s Bad Fur Day. And let’s not forget Paper Mario, GoldenEye 007, Star Fox 64, Mario Kart 64, and Super Smash Bros. There were more fantastic games as well!

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Renegade Kid posted a mysterious tease to its Twitter account earlier today. Only an off-screen photo was shared, with studio co-founder Jools Watsham stating that it’s “something new in the works”.

Here’s the relevant tweet:

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Stolen Couch Games is coming out with the iOS project Castaway Paradise – an Animal Crossing-inspired life simulation game. You may have seen the title in the news last week, as people were understandably comparing it to Nintendo’s hit series.

However, despite the similarities between Animal Crossing and Castaway Paradise, Stolen Couch Games co-founder Eric Diepeveen tells Eurogamer that Nintendo is aware of the studio’s game and “everything is fine”. Additionally, a Wii U version is in consideration.

According to co-founder Eric Diepeveen told Eurogamer:

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Late last week, Philips announced that it had secured a patent win against Nintendo in the UK. Now Nintendo has followed up by responding to the situation with a lengthy statement. You can find it in full below.

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