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Nintendo’s new NERD division, founded from the basis of Mobiclip, will act as more of a technology investigator. Whereas the teams at Nintendo’s headquarters need to be focus on creating software, NERD plans to look into aspects such as GPGPU powered cloud computing.

NERD CTO Alexandre Delattre said during the most-recent Nintendo Direct:

“The developers at Nintendo headquarters need to spend their time developing the actual platform, so I think we’d like to explore areas that they don’t have time for. For example the possibilities which are opened up by the combination of cloud technologies and new software paradigms like general purpose GPU programming.”

One interesting point: NERD has been hiring researchers in the field of cloud technology, heterogenous computing, and GPGPU development.

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Following in the footsteps of the Big Bad Toy Store, GameStop is now taking pre-orders for Max Factory’s Link and Samus Figmas.

You can pre-order the Link figurine here, Samus figurine here, and Zero Suit Samus one here. The first two are priced at $49.99 while the latter is set at $99.99.

All three products will only be sold online. A tentative October 30 release date is listed.

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John Leguizamo played Luigi in the Super Mario Bros. movie, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary. The video below was shown to those who attended the new screening at the Nuart Theatre in Los Angeles this past Friday.

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Max Factory’s Link and Samus Figmas are heading stateside. The store “Big Bad Toy Store” has listed the two games for release later this year.

A message on the store’s website reads:

“Great News! We have just confirmed that the licensing issue that previously caused this item not to be released in the USA has been worked out. A new production run will be made and release is confirmed for the 4th Quarter 2013!”

The two figurines are set at $49.99 – pre-order the Link one here and Samus one here. There’s also the PVC statue of Samus in her Zero Suit for $100, located here.

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Capcom’s Christian Svensson addressed a bunch of different fan points about the Ace Attorney series in a new forum post. Svensson commented on concerns that going digital for Phoenix Wright – Dual Destiny will hurt the “aggressive” sales forecast originally set for the game in the west, the series’ future overseas, a bit about Ace Attorney Investigations 2, and more.

You can find his remarks below. For complete clarity, we’ve included the full comments from fans (bold) along with Svensson’s words.

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Atari filed for bankruptcy a few months ago. Having not been able to find a bidder, Atari will now sell numerous assets and IPs from its portfolio.

RollerCoaster Tycoon is up for grabs for $3.5 million. Test Drive is going for $1.5 million, and Total Annihilation can be purchased for a $250,000 minimum bid.

The auction process should kick off in July.

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Jaleco could be no more. Kotaku attempted to contact the company’s Tokyo office today, but there was no answer. A recording noted that the service was “no longer in service.” The blog of Jaleco president Takayasu Katou is also nowhere to be found online.

Game Yarou acquired Jaleco in 2009, though it continued to work on games. No website updates have been posted since 2011.

Jaleco delivered the promising but ultra-disappointing Kizuna for Wii. The company has been around since the early days of gaming with titles such as Bases Loaded for the NES.

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