Level-5 published a new teaser site today. But whereas you may be expecting it to be Japanese-related, the page actually comes from the company’s North American branch. That likely means some kind of localization announcement is on the way.

The website currently houses a door. Click it, and you’ll be shown that another door hidden inside. Click several more times and you should see a magnifying glass appear. If you click once more on the doorknob, you’ll come across the image above.

I’m inclined to think that Level-5 is teasing Layton Brothers: Mystery Room – an iOS game – but we won’t know for sure until an official announcement is made.

E3 2013 attended by nearly 50,000 people

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Nearly 50,000 people with video game-ties showed up at E3 2013 this past week. The ESA has announced that 48,200 video game industry professionals, investor analysts, journalists, and retailers from 102 countries were at the expo.

28,000 total hotel room nights were generated from E3 visits and Los Angeles profited from close to $40 million in revenue. Roughly 230 exhibitors displayed content.

Not a bad E3 for the ESA!

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Atlus would be wary of female lead in numbered Shin Megami Tensei game due to traditionalists

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Numbered Shin Megami Tensei games have never featured female leads. Could Atlus be open to making a change in the future?

Shin Megami Tensei IV character designer Masayuki Doi is personally a fan of highlighting a female lead in a mainline Shin Megami Tensei title. Doi did explain, however, that some longtime players could be opposed to that kind of move.

“I like female protagonists. It would be cool to have a female protagonist in the next SMT game.”
“However, there are traditionalists that see the series from the past to present and all of the protagonists have been male. To keep that tradition, there is feedback I’ve been hearing saying that if there is a new SMT title we should keep the tradition of having a male lead.”

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Video: “Koichi Hayashida Super Mario 3D World Thank You”

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Japanese Year of Luigi site open

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Just as it did in Europe, Nintendo launched a Japanese website for the Year of Luigi today. Find it here. The page has the same items as the European one, but with a different design. Japanese fans can also get a look at the special Luigi 3DS XL that will launch with Mario & Luigi: Dream Team.

Aonuma on Zelda getting her own game, top-down for handheld Zeldas, Majora’s Mask 3DS remake, visual style, storytelling, putting Zelda in a new era

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Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma weighed in on a number of new topics in yet another interview. This time, Aonuma commented on the possibility of Zelda getting her own game, why the handheld Zeldas usually see a top-down perspective, his thoughts on remaking Zelda: Majora’s Mask for the 3DS, putting Zelda in a different era, and more.

Miyamoto also checked out Titanfall, Madden, The Division at E3

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Tearaway wasn’t the only game Shigeru Miyamoto checked out at this year’s E3. He also got a look at Titanfall, the next-gen Madden, and The Division.

IGN’s Rich George managed to see Miyamoto getting a look at these three titles at the convention:

Packing up to head out of Los Angeles, but thought I would share this cool bit…
— Rich (@RichIGN) June 14, 2013

Mr. Miyamoto always checks out a couple non-Nintendo games at E3. This year included TitanFall, next-gen Madden and Division. Pretty cool!
— Rich (@RichIGN) June 14, 2013

Reggie once again says Nintendo may have future E3 conferences, Nintendo Direct “very powerful”, actively talking with third-parties

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Nintendo of America Reggie Fils-Aime has once again said that the company could choose to hold conferences at future E3 events. For 2013, Nintendo felt that using a Nintendo Direct was the best approach based on the content they had.

“Next year and what we do at E3 next year is going to be an ongoing conversation, based on what the right thing to do is for the content we have. What we are not saying as a result of this year is that the Nintendo press conference is dead.”
“This year, we have a parade of content that once you get your hands on it, you say to yourself I gotta get this game and I mean think about it. We have all of these playable games on our floor and most of them are coming out this holiday season, three are coming in 2014. “

European Year of Luigi hub open

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Nintendo of Europe has launched a hub for the Year of Luigi. Access it here. You can get the lowdown on the three titles celebrating the Year of Luigi, and there’s a tease of “other activities” that will be taking place throughout the year.