Another Japanese New Super Mario Bros. 2 commercial
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EA Summer Showcase taking place on Thursday, live-stream planned
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EA’s annual Summer Showcase is just a couple of days away. The event will be held this Thursday at 1:00 PM PT / 4:00 PM ET.
As was the case last year, fans will be able to view the proceedings live. Visit this link at the designated date/time for a stream of the showcase.
EA is promising “presentations, announcements, and live demos” for its upcoming lineup. With any luck we’ll get a look at some of its games running on Wii U.
EA “keeping a very close eye” on Wii U, says you should “never underestimate Nintendo”
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Other than Mass Effect 3 and sports promises, EA doesn’t have too much in store for Wii U – well, as far as we know. But EA chief operating officer Peter Moore, speaking during the company’s first quarter earnings call today, said “We’re keeping a very close eye on the platform.”
Regarding the partially “lackluster response” coming out of E3, Moore stated that EA now understands to “never underestimate Nintendo, as proven by the last generation.”
Moore wasn’t ready to announce anything new for Wii U today. Having said that, he believes that EA has “great franchises poised to be on that platform. He added, “We’ll probably announce more in the future.”
Two new DSi colors coming to North America this week
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This sure came out of the blue.
On its Twitter account, Nintendo of America revealed that two new DSi color variations are coming to North America. Matte Red and Matte Blue will be available at retailers as early as this week.
These colors appear to be for the original DSi only. In other words, they don’t apply to the DSi XL.
Fantasy Life hits Japan in December
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Famitsu doesn’t have a final release date for Fantasy Life, but the magazine does have a release month in this week’s issue. Level-5 will publish Brownie Brown’s new 3DS game in December.
It’s unclear if Famitsu has any additional coverage of Fantasy Life this week. More tidbits may make their way out later today or tomorrow.
Capcom’s E.X. Troopers dated
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This week’s Famitsu has a release date for E.X. Troopers, Capcom’s new Lost Planet spinoff.
The game is due out in Japan on November 22. It’ll cost 5,990 yen on the 3DS and 6,990 yen on the PlayStation 3.
Capcom has yet to announce a western release for E.X. Troopers.
New Super Mario Bros. 2 totals coins across all save slots
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New Super Mario Bros. 2 offers three save files. But if you decide to share the game with someone else through one of these slots, keep in mind that it tracks the coin total across all saves.
So it’s like this: if you amass 500,000 coins in your slot and a family member nabs another 500,000, the overall coin total will come in at 1,000,000.
Some may see this is a bad thing since you can’t accomplish the one million coins goal on an individual save. On the other hand, gamers tend to keep/play handheld titles for themselves, so it won’t be much of an issue in most cases.
Take-Two release schedule
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Take-Two’s latest release schedule is as follows:
Max Payne 3: Local Justice Map Pack (PC) – August 9
Max Payne 3: Disorganized Crime Pack (PS3/360/PC) – August 2012
House Pest Starring Fiasco the Cat (Mobile) – Summer 2012
GridBlock (Mobile) – Summer 2012
Herd, Herd, Herd (Mobile) – Summer 2012
Carnival Games MiniGolf (Mobile) – Summer 2012
Borderlands 2 (PS3/360/PC) – September 18
Max Payne 3: Hostage Negotiation Map Pack (PC) – September 2012
NBA 2K13 (PS3/360/PC/Wii/PSP) – October 2
XCOM: Enemy Unknown (PS3/360/PC) – October 9
Max Payne 3: Painful Memories Map Pack (PS3/360/PC) – October 2012
Max Payne 3: Deathmatch Made In Heaven Mode Pack (PS3/360/PC) – October 2012
Nickelodean Dance 2 (TBA) – November 2012
Bubble Guppies (DS) – November 2012
Dora & Team Umizoomi’s Fantastic Flight (DS) – Holiday 2012
NBA 2K13 (Wii U) – Holiday 2013
BioShock Infinite (PS3/360/PC) – February 26, 2012
Grand Theft Auto V (TBA) – TBA
XCOM (PS3/360/PC) – Fiscal Year 2014
Source: Take-Two PR
Longtime programmer discusses N64, GameCube experiences
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Munkyfun’s Cory Bloyd knows his video game hardware. He’s a longtime programmer who has been involved with hardware introduced nearly two decades ago, up through consoles we’re playing today.
Some of Bloyd’s experience includes the N64 and GameCube, though he didn’t work with the latter system too much. In any case, you can take a look at his comments below, which include lots of technical talk – just as you’d expect!