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Masato Masuda, known for his work on Fire Pro Wrestling, has died at the age of 48.

Suda51 passed along the sad news on Twitter today, writing:

The creator of Fire Pro-wrestling, Masato Masuda, has passed away. He was 48 years old, still young. I genuinely pray for his happiness in the next world. He was one of the greatest creators of video games and he was my direct teacher. Thank you for giving us our favorite Fire Pro-wrestling. You are the god of it.

In addition to Fire Pro Wrestling, Masuda worked prominently on a number of other titles and series, including F1 Triple Battle and Vasteel.

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Ripstone is due to make “a sneaky announcement” sometime within the next few days.

The company wrote on Twitter a short while ago:

Anyone have any guesses as to what Ripstone has in store? Hopefully it’s Nintendo-related!

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The Mario Kart series has yet to see the return of dual racers since Mario Kart: Double Dash. Yet even though this feature hasn’t been revisited, Nintendo is still open to the idea of featuring two racers per cart.

Mario Kart 8 producer Hideki Konno said during a GDC 2014 roundtable session:

“It wasn’t just a simple case of, ‘Hey, we’re not going to do that again.’ We really think the two racers together in one kart of Double Dash was really unique, and we thought it worked really well.”

“We’ve got that in our pocket, so if we come up with any new, cool ideas that utilize having two players racing together, we will definitely grab that and possibly bring it back out.”

“Having two players racing together, it does have a pretty high cost in terms of processing power, so that is an obstacle. That being said, if we could come up with some ways around that processing cost, we may have two players, maybe even three players, racing together. If we could come up with some cool ideas, we’ll definitely use them.”

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Miiverse has received another small update today. Two small changes have been first.

First, users will now be directed to the Communities screen when logging in to Miiverse on the web. Second, those without Nintendo Network IDs can now view all popular posts as well as comments on those posts.

Here’s the official update news from Miiverse’s Marty:

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I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not a big fan of April Fools. That’s one of the many reasons why we shy away from posting related content each year.

That said, one attempted April Fools’ joke did spiral a bit out of control earlier today, and developed into a more mainstream piece of news worth covering.

Essentially, a few tweets were posted on EA’s official Frostbite Engine Twitter account earlier today, which completed backfired. They are as follows:

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First 4 Figures will release a limited edition statue of Princess Zelda later this year, as she appears in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. It stands at 17 inches, at one-fourth scale and is “cast in high-quality polystone and painted by hand.”

Only 2,500 units of the Zelda statue will be produced. The figurine “comes in deluxe full-color packaging, hand-numbered base, and includes an authenticity card.”

You can place a pre-order here.

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Nintendo has picked up a pair of new trademarks in Japan: Aquari and Tomodachi Life (in English).

Aquari might be a sequel to Art Style: AQUIA – a DSiWare game released several years back. Meanwhile, Tomodachi Life could be the localized name for Tomodachi Collection.

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Square Enix has apparently opened a new teaser site for something tentatively going by the name “Team 043”. You can find it here.

The page doesn’t reveal much information, but Square Enix’s title seems to be a “ranobe-style RPG” or “light novel” RPG.

We’re assuming that this isn’t an April Fool’s joke on Square Enix’s part. There’s nothing on the teaser site indicating that it’s fake, but on a day like today, you never know!

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–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nintendo:

WHAT:

For the launch of the Disney Magical World game for Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo World in Rockefeller Plaza is transforming into a Disney paradise with a wide array of fun, free and family-friendly activities.

The Radio Disney Road Crew will entertain attendees, and actress G Hannelius, star of Disney Channel’s hit show Dog with a Blog, will be there to sign autographs** and help celebrate the launch of the game.

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