Team Ninja is, in one way, no more. Parent company Tecmo Koei has announced a restructure for the studio today, essentially splitting it in two. Team Ninja will now be reorganized into two “Ichigaya Development” divisions.

Ichigaya Development Group 1 will be led by Yosuke Hayashi, who has been the boss of Team Ninja for the past several years. Managing director Keisuke Kikuchi will be put in charge of Ichigaya Development Group 2.

Team Ninja may not have been what it used to be as of late, but it has been around for close to two decades. The reorganization news is a bit saddening – even though the studio will still be around in some form.

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Fez creator clarifies 3DS/DS comments; some Nintendo design aspects are “inelegant”

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Fez creator Phil Fish seemed to throw a whole lot of negativity towards Nintendo on Twitter yesterday. Fish wrote that the company’s adoption of a dual screen design is a “gimmick”, as is the implementation of 3D. His tweets were highlighted by his desire to see Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate on the PlayStation Vita since it supports two joysticks.

Fish’s initial comments resulted in a significant amount of backlash, but since then, his comments have been clarified.

The 3DS itself isn’t a gimmick, according to Fish. Rather, he feels that “some aspects of their designs are inelegant.” Fish is a big fan of Nintendo, though, and he personally does “like the DS and 3DS just fine in many, many ways.”

No plans to release classic Disney-Capcom games on the Virtual Console

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Capcom will be publishing DuckTales Remastered this summer, which is pretty crazy when you think about it. Not many expected the company to touch the NES title at this point.

DuckTales Remastered’s announcement begs the question: could we see releases of classic Disney-Capcom games on the Virtual Console? The answer is no, unfortunately.

Capcom’s Christian Svensson explained why on the company’s official forums:

At the moment, sadly no. Our agreement with Disney is just for Duck Tales in its new form. It does not allow us to rerelease these other projects on new platforms.

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Video: Shigesato Itoi plays Mother 2 on the Wii U VC

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Capcom’s upcoming Mega Man merchandise plans

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If you’re a Mega Man fan, you should be on the lookout for a variety of merchandise. Numerous items are planned for release throughout 2013.

Here’s a rundown of what followers of the series can expect, as was shared during Capcom’s PAX East panel earlier today:

– New collectible figure for San Diego Comic-Con (limited)
– Capcom store exclusive: Mega Man and Mega Man X figure representing X’s anniversary
– Series of art books will be localized such as Mega Man R20+
– Mega Man R20+ coming in the second half of 2013
– April: Crossover with Archie’s Sonic the Hedgehog comics
– Starts with Mega Man #24, 12 parts
– Free primer on Free Comic Book Day (May 4)
– Soundtracks for classic Mega Man games will be available for purchase

One other merchandise note: the Mega Buster USB stick is one of the fastest-selling items on Capcom’s sotre.

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Diablo III’s console version not necessarily exclusive to PS3/PS4

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Diablo III is making its debut on consoles through the PlayStation 3 and PS4. That being said, Blizzard’s game may not necessarily be exclusive to Sony systems.

In an interview with the Penny Arcade Report, senior producer Julia Humphreys said the following about exclusivity:

“We don’t have any announcements to make at this time … But we’re not necessarily a Sony exclusive.”

Might a Wii U version be possible?

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Tales producer teases “a lot of surprise announcements”

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2013 isn’t just the Year of Luigi – it’s apparently the “Year of Tales”, too. Namco Bandai is “making this a Tales of filled year”, according to series producer Hideo Baba.

Baba also teased “a lot of surprise announcements”. He didn’t elaborate on when these are coming or what platforms they’ll be for, but you can bet that we’ll hear something at the Tales of Festival in June.

“We’re planning on making this a Tales of filled year. So we have a lot of surprise announcements lined up — stay tuned!”

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Mega Man 4 and 5 dated for the eShop, new Mega Man game in the works

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Update: Welp, disregard the new Mega Man game news. Capcom’s Brett Elston clarified on Twitter that “discussions are still going”, though the company “will not announce anything until it’s ready”.

Capcom announced 3DS eShop release dates for Mega Man 4 and Mega Man 5 at its “World of Capcom” panel at PAX East today.

Mega Man 4 will arrive on April 25. Mega Man 5 is due on May 16. Capcom also mentioned a June launch for Mega Man 6, but did not provide a release date.

Elsewhere during the panel, Capcom spoke briefly about the Mega Man series in general. Although the company did not have any information to present to fans today, it did tease that a new project is in development. News will hopefully be shared by year’s end.

Square Enix trademarks “Fantasy Village”

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Square Enix has trademarked “Fantasy Village” in Japan – not to be confused with Level-5’s Fantasy Life 3DS title. The name was filed in relation to video games.

So what might this be? Some kind of Final Fantasy sim title? Something else?

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