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In total, over 100 million LEGO games have been sold, Warner Bros. has confirmed. The series joins other notable franchises such as Mario, Pokemon, and Final Fantasy to accomplish the same feat.

The latest LEGO game – LEGO Batman 3 – will launch this fall.

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Update: Here’s a few more weird/confusing tweets!

Under normal circumstances, the tweet above would seem harmless. But we’ve all heard about how Nintendo plans to show off the next Zelda game for Wii U at E3 next month.

Could Zelda Williams be tied into that somehow? Obviously speculation on my part, but we all know how important the Zelda franchise is to Zelda Williams. Her name comes from the series, after all!

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Earlier today, Nintendo announced on its Japanese Twitter account that the company will eventually offer fans an affiliate program on YouTube. Nintendo of America has now followed up with official comments of its own.

A statement from the company reads:

Nintendo has been permitting the use of Nintendo copyrighted material in videos on YouTube under appropriate circumstances. Advertisements may accompany those videos, and in keeping with previous policy that revenue is shared between YouTube and Nintendo. In addition, for those who wish to use the material more proactively, we are preparing an affiliate program in which a portion of the advertising profit is given to the creator. Details about this affiliate program will be announced in the future.

You can find our original post regarding Nintendo’s YouTube affiliate program here.

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In a new tweet published by Nintendo’s Japanese Twitter account, the company has confirmed plans to create a YouTube affiliate program. Nintendo intends to split advertising proceeds with video creators sometime in the future. We don’t have many details at this time, though we’ll be sure to keep you updated on additional developments.

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During IGN’s latest Nintendo Voice Chat podcast, former GameSpy Technology general manager Todd Northcutt was brought in to discuss some of the behind the scenes details about the service and the company’s relationship with Nintendo. For those unaware, GameSpy provided the back-end infrastructure for Wii/DS games.

We brought you just a few of these details on Friday. Now you can find a more comprehensive summary below.

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Last month, Nintendo picked up a trademark for something called “Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. Strike Team Eliminating the Alien Menace”. This was a US filing. Now the same name has been registered in Japan. I wonder if we’ll hear something about this trademark at E3 in a couple of weeks

Thanks to Jake for the tip.

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In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, NASCAR driver Matt Kenseth prepares to hit the Charlotte Motor Speedway racetrack in his GameStop car branded with Mario Kart 8 graphics for the History 300 in Charlotte, NC on May 24, 2014. Mario Kart 8, the newest installment in the fan-favorite video game series from Nintendo, launches exclusively for Wii U on May 30, 2014. (Photo by Nigel Kinrade)

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In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, Mario and Luigi conduct one last inspection of the GameStop-sponsored Mario Kart 8 racing car driven by NASCAR driver Matt Kenseth at the History 300 race in Charlotte, NC on May 24, 2014. Launching exclusively for Wii U on May 30, 2014, Mario Kart 8 introduces anti-gravity driving and new power-ups like the Super Horn and Boomerang Flower. (Photo by Nigel Kinrade)

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In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, fans gets hands-on time with Mario Kart 8 during an event during the History 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Charlotte, NC on May 24, 2014. Mario Kart 8, the newest installment in the fan-favorite video game series from Nintendo, launches exclusively for Wii U on May 30, 2014. (Photo by Nigel Kinrade)

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In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, fans wait in line to play Mario Kart 8 at a Nintendo and GameStop event at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Charlotte, NC on May 24, 2014. Mario Kart 8, the newest installment in the fan-favorite video game series from Nintendo, launches exclusively for Wii U on May 30, 2014. (Photo by Nigel Kinrade)

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During the latest episode of IGN’s Nintendo Voice Chat podcast, former GameSpy Technology general manager Todd Northcutt revealed some interesting behind the scenes tidbits about the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. As many of you know, the big N partnered with GameSpy back in the day for Wii and DS titles incorporating online play.

Here’s a summary of what was shared:

– Not getting a copy of Monster Hunter from Capcom and having the game go live in Japan and kill server capacity while not having anyone that spoke Japanese on staff

– Not being able to patch games so Smash on Wii was broken and Gamespy had to fix it all server side

– Meeting with 2 separate Nintendo teams at once and having them go off for 10 mins arguing against each other cause one side wanted one friend code per user/system and messaging and invites and such and the other didn’t all in Japanese while Gamespy Tech sat there seeing it unfold

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The Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association has unveiled Tokyo Game Show 2014’s main visual. Ippei Gyoubu, who has been involved with the expo since 2010, created the illustration.

The main visual is said to encompass the keywords “change” and “transformation” of TGS 2014’s theme: Changing Games: “The Transformation of Fun”.

Gyoubu said of the image:

“I created this year’s main visual by visualizing the “emergence” based on the keyword “change/transformation” in the theme. A caterpillar becomes a chrysalis, breaks down its body and
reconstructs itself to be born as a completely different creature. In a gaming world, technological
innovation has evolved in the last 10 years and now that we’ve passed through the revolutions such
as internet, social media and smartphone, I feel that we’ve come close to the time of the birth of a
completely new world with all those revolutions blending well. I created this visual based on that
feeling. This main visual expresses the ambiguity of whether the visual is a reflection of the metal or not, it’s a flat graphic or not, it’s stereoscopic or planar, and she’s a human or a robot.”

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