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Zen Studios VP of marketing & public relations Mel Kirk is high on the company’s experience in making Zen Pinball 2 for the Wii U eShop.

Kirk praised Nintendo for its support, noting “we really could not have asked for more support from them.” On the whole, the entire experience has been “extremely positive”, and Kirk believes “the doors are wide open for other small studios to bring games to the Wii U.”

Kirk’s comments in full:

“We have experienced the same challenges that are presented on any new platform or device. Nintendo’s support has been excellent, we really could not have asked for more support from them. Overall, it has been an extremely positive experience and I think the doors are wide open for other small studios to bring games to the Wii U. This is an amazing development for Nintendo; huge, positive changes have been made since the days of WiiWare.”

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Update: More quotes added.

About a week ago, Japanese publication Nikkei published an interview with Satoru Iwata. The Nintendo president had lots to say about Animal Crossing: New Leaf and other titles in the series.

Nikkei is back with another round of quotes from Iwata. Below you’ll find translated comments regarding Wii U sales, the GamePad’s origins, his desire to continue expanding the gaming population, and tons more that couldn’t possibly fit within this post’s title.

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Yup, it’s gone… again! The gold nunchuck could always return – considering it’s been restocked a couple of times now – but hopefully those who were interested in the reward placed an order.

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Is that a ghost in the picture? The image definitely has a horror-type of feel…

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Warner Bros. now has a bunch of new Batman domain names in its possession. On January 10, numerous “Arkham”-related domains were registered.

The list in full:

arkhamuniverse.com (Arkham Universe)
batmanarkahmuniverse.com (Batman Arkham Universe)
batmanarkhamarises.com (Batman Arkham Arises)
batmanarkhambegins.com (Batman Arkham Begins)
batmanarkhamdarkknight.com (Batman Arkham Dark Knight)
batmanarkhamknight.com (Batman Arkham Knight)
batmanarkhamlegend.com (Batman Arkham Legend)
batmanarkhamlegends.com (Batman Arkham Legends)
batmanarkhamnight.com (Batman Arkham Night)
batmanarkhamorigins.com (Batman Arkham Origins)
batmanarkhamstories.com (Batman Arkham Stories)
darkknightarkham.com (Dark Knight Arkham)
dcarkhamuniverse.com (DC Arkham Universe)
dcarkhamverse.com (DC Arkhamverse)
thearkhamuniverse.com (The Arkham Universe)

There are two likely possibilities here: either these domains tie-in to a new Arkham video game, or a movie of some sort. Then again, it’s also possible that the sites were registered for protective reasons.

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ONM’s latest issue has started to reach subscribers, but it’s the magazine’s next edition that is receiving greater attention.

For its February issue, ONM teases:

“Are you scared? You should be… World Exclusive! The first look at a stunning new game.”

The teaser page additionally contains art depicting pipework and engineering. Some are now speculating that Resident Evil is on the way to Wii U.

Convieniently enough, achievements leaked out last night for a title called Resident Evil Revelations Unveiled Edition. Perhaps Capcom will be bringing this new version to Wii U.

Thanks to Nom for the tip.

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THQ will be auctioning off its assets in just a few days. When the time comes, Double Fine could join in on the bidding.

Distressed Debt Investing wrote on Twitter that “Double Fine has requested the bankruptcy filings in the THQ case”. Now, Double Fine probably won’t be going after IPs such as Darksiders, but perhaps the company could be interested in smaller franchises such as Costume Quest. Double Fine teamed up with THQ for the title back in 2010.

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Aliens: Colonial Marines developer Gearbox Software received an offer to make a Call of Duty title. The studio decided against going through with it, however.

Pitchford said that making a Call of Duty “wouldn’t move us forward”, nor would there be a “significant challenge that would be gratifying to overcome.”

A translated portion of Pitchford’s German KGN interview reads:

“I don’t think there’s anything to accomplish there. I think if I was only in it for the money I would’ve done that.[…] I think to do ‘Call of Duty’ right you need to do what needs to be done and there are a lot of people who can do that. For us it wouldn’t add to our credibility, it wouldn’t move us forward. There would be no significant challenge that would be gratifying to overcome.”

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In Europe, Ubisoft trademarked “Chubby Kings”. What the name means is anybody’s guess. Speaking of which, does anyone care to speculate?

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