Kmart’s full Black Friday 2013 gaming deals
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BFAds has posted up Kmart’s full Black Friday 2013 circular. You can find the full lineup of gaming items through the images above.
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Video: Zelda: A Link to the Past – overworld theme acapella
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Target’s full Black Friday 2013 gaming deals
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BFAds has posted up Target’s full Black Friday 2013 circular. In terms of gaming deals, things are a bit light. Still, you can get a look at what’s being offered above.
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Disney Interactive co-president resigns
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John Pleasants, co-president of Disney Interactive, has resigned from the company. His leave takes place on Monday, effective immediately. However, Pleasants intends to stay on as a consultant until at least January.
Pleasants said of his departure:
“It was a collaborative decision to do what’s right for the business at a time when we have clear momentum. It’s complicated to have co-presidents. It doesn’t seem to make sense as a long-term strategy.”
“I will tell you that it’s a bit of a mixed thing for me. I would have also been happy to stay on. I would be misleading you if I said I wanted to leave.”
Jimmy Pitaro, Disney Interactive’s other co-president, will now lead the entire division.
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Aonuma on fans’ new affection for Toon Link, thought cel-shading would be used in other games more commonly, no real budget constraints, more
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GameSpot has put up a new article/interview with Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma. Topics include Toon Link, cel-shading technology, budgets, and more. You can find the Q&A rundown after the break.
Nintendo shuts down fan-made Full Screen Mario project
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Last month, college student Josh Goldberg launched a new project which allowed gamers to play the full Super Mario Bros. game directly in their Internet browsers. “Full Screen Mario” also included randomly generated levels as well as a level editor.
Unfortunately, the website has since been shut down. Nintendo determined the page to be a violation of its IP.
A notice posted on the Full Screen Mario site reads:
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Norwegian Cruise Line and Nintendo Expand Partnership to Bring Wii U Gaming Fun to Ships
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Wii U Games Will be the Focus of On-Board Gaming and Competitions
REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Norwegian Cruise Line and Nintendo of America announced today that they are expanding their partnership to offer Wii U™ video game systems and Wii U games fleetwide. As part of the partnership expansion, the line will feature Nintendo’s newest video game console in all ships’ atriums and youth and teen centers. In addition, the new HD Wii U systems will be featured at various competitions and events on board each ship.
Norwegian first partnered with Nintendo in March 2007, when Wii™ systems were introduced fleetwide. Now, with the introduction of Wii U, the successor to Wii, the gaming experience is being elevated to new levels. The interactive Wii U gaming system complements Norwegian’s Freestyle Cruising® by offering gaming opportunities to guests of all ages. The new consoles give guests the chance to experience a variety of new action, adventure, party, racing, strategy, puzzle and sports games. Upcoming game rollouts will include The Legend of Zelda™: The Wind Waker HD, a high-definition re-release of one of the greatest Nintendo games of all time; Super Mario™ 3D World, the first multiplayer 3D Mario game for Wii U; New Super Luigi U™, starring Mario’s green-clad brother; Pikmin™ 3, which asks players to command an army of colorful creatures; and The Wonderful 101™, which puts players in control of a band of superheroes fighting off an alien invasion.
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Michel Ancel thinks of himself as an “apprentice”, Shigeru Miyamoto as a “master”
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Michel Ancel may be the creator of Rayman, but he doesn’t consider himself to be on the same level as Shigeru Miyamoto.
Ancel spoke briefly about how he views himself in comparison to Miyamoto while speaking with ONM recently. Ancel feels he’s more of an “apprentice” whereas “Miyamoto is a master” – or perhaps an “advanced apprentice”.
He said:
“It’s very kind of you to have me with such talented people, but I really consider myself to be an apprentice, where Miyamoto is a master. Well, maybe an advanced apprentice!”
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Infinity Ward won’t rule out a new Call of Duty set in space
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Infinity Ward is open to the idea of creating an entire Call of Duty game set in space.
Metro asked executive producer Mark Rubin about the possibility as part of a recent interview. Addressing the possibility, Rubin commented:
Yeah. It makes sense. I wouldn’t count it out. Everything’s on the table. When we start a new game every possibility’s on the table. If we think that it’d be cool to have a battle over Jupiter, sure. Why not?
Later in the interview, while discussing a potential space map as DLC, he said:
“We could do it, but I don’t know… will it be fun? And this is the party pooper version of the answer: you have to measure effort versus payout. Would it be worth that amount of work? Which involves rewriting all the scripts for all the Kill Streaks, potentially creating new art assets for all the Kill Streaks–which would take months–to make one level that’s in space.”
