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After nearly thirteen years of not allowing companies to sell their game consoles in the country, China’s seven ministries that originally banned the sale of gaming devices (under the guise that they would harm the mental development of children) are reportedly considering ending the prohibition.

The news comes from the China Daily, which says that the country’s “Ministry of Culture” is holding discussions and would need to get all seven organizations to agree on the idea before it could be enacted into law. The most important thing about the news story, though, is that Chinese kids who perhaps had an N64 before the ban in 2000 would all of a sudden be rocketed up to the Wii U and have their minds completely blown, which is an experience of which we can all be jealous.

Bloomberg via Gamespot

Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Videos, Wii U eShop | 0 comments

The video below should give you a better idea as to what was happening in the latest GameCenter CX:

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Namco Bandai’s annual Tales of Festival has been dated. This year’s event will be taking place on June 1 and June 2 at the Yokohama Arena in Japan.

Traditionally, Namco Bandai makes big announcements about the Tales series at the yearly “festival”. Both Tales of Xillia games were officially revealed at the show, for instance.

Tales of Festival 2013 S seats will be priced at 8,800 yen. A seats will be priced at 6,800 yen. Premium seat prices will be announced early February.

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Tomm Hulett spend the past six years of his career working at Konami. He has now moved on to WayForward as a director with the studio.

Gamers may best know Hulett as the producer of Silent Hill’s most recent releases. Hulett also contributed to Rocket Knight and Contra 4.

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Posted on 11 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii | 0 comments

Vigil posted a couple of art pieces on Facebook that may look familiar to Zelda fans. Take a look below:

Now let’s look at Zelda: Skyward Sword’s boxart:

The art definitely shares a few similarities!

Of the art, Vigil said on Facebook:

During the launch of Darksiders II for Wii U, we crafted tribute art around the Darksiders franchise as a tip of the hat to one of our favorite games.

We felt the community and fans of both Vigil and Darksiders should get to see these awesome pieces of work.

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Two of Club Nintendo’s most-popular rewards are now missing on the site. Perhaps you’ve noticed that both the 3DS game card case and gold nunchuck are nowhere to be found. They’re not in the “Currently Unavailable” section, as they were in the past.

Are these two rewards gone for good? Let’s hope not!

Thanks to Osh for the tip.

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EA filed a new trademark for Battledrome with the USPTO.

Does that name sound familiar? Perhaps some of you have heard of Metaltech: Battledrome, an old PC game from the 90s.

EA’s trademark may or may not have any connection to the title. It’ll be interesting to see if the company puts the name to any use in the future.

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Arguably the biggest travesty to have resulted from THQ’s auction this week is the lack of interest in Darksiders-maker Vigil Games. Numerous assets and studios were purchased from THQ – but not Vigil.

In an interview with Game Informer, CEO Jason Rubin explained – at least somewhat – why others may have been hesitant to make a purchase:

“Having just finished a product, Vigil was farthest from release of their next game. We were not able to garner any interest from buyers, despite a herculean effort. Additionally, they were working on a new IP, which meant even more risk for a buyer.”

It’s been made clear that Vigil’s next project was a new IP under the codename “Crawler”. Rubin noted that the game “is a fantastic idea, and truly unique.”

“When the teams got together recently to show each other their titles, Crawler dropped the most jaws. It is a fantastic idea, and truly unique. The fact that nobody bid for the team and title is a travesty. It makes no sense to me.”

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Posted on 11 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in General Gaming, General Nintendo, News, Podcast Stories | 0 comments

At first glance something like this comes off as a little “odd”, but when you get passed the weird translation oddities and the stigma of being weirdly artistic in this industry, I think this sort of thing is super awesome to see from a developer. The following is a (long) piece written by Earthbound series creator Shigesato Itio where he tells you exactly what the games mean to him as a person. It’s a pleasant little read if you’ve got some time to kill!

You can find it all after the break actually, since it’s pretty long.

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Nintendo has published the Iwata Asks: Platinum Games discussion. Executive producer Atsushi Inaba and president Tatsuya Minami talk about their gaming origins, positions in the industry, and direction of their company. You can read the entire interview here.