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Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, Videos | 0 comments

Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

What does Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto think about Sony’s PlayStation Vita? Miyamoto was asked for this thoughts about the system recently, but only offered a succinct comment.

Nonetheless, Miyamoto did praise the hardware behind the Vita. Although he called it “a very hi-spec machine”, he believes it could use more quality games.

In an interview with EDGE, Miyamoto told the magazine:

“It’s obviously a very hi-spec machine, and you can do lots of things with it. But I don’t really see the combination of software and hardware that really makes a very strong product.”

Miyamoto later drew parallels to the launch of the 3DS, which lacked must-have software at launch:

“When we launched the 3DS hardware we didn’t have Super Mario 3D Land, we didn’t have Mario Kart 7, we didn’t have Kid Icarus: Uprising. We were striving to have all of these ready for the launch, but we weren’t able to deliver them at that time.

“We were kind of hoping that people would, nevertheless, buy into the product, find 3DS hardware promising, but looking back we have to say we realise the key software was missing when we launched the hardware.”

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More Rabbids action could be in our future. The Australian Clarification system has rated Rabbids Rumble, which could be a new game starring the odd creatures. Whatever the title turns out to be, some “very mild crude humour” will be included. It was given a “G” rating by the OFLC.

A number of Rabbids games have appeared on Nintendo platforms. The series has shown up on the Wii, DS, and 3DS. The latest entry was a Kinect exclusive called Rabbids: Alive & Kicking.

Ubisoft’s response to the rating was “no comment”, as expected.

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The latest EDGE review scores are as follows:

Dragons Dogma – 7
Fez – 9
Awesomenauts – 8
Tribes: Ascend – 9
Prototype 2 – 8
Fable Heroes – 6
Skullgirls – 7
Botanicula – 7
The Splatters – 8
Fibble – Flick ‘n’ Roll – 5
Mario Tennis Open – 7

Thanks to joclo for the tip.

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Next week’s NPD report could bring along encouraging first month results for Xenoblade Chronicles. Analyst firm PiperJaffray has made some forecasts about the upcoming data, including a prediction that the epic RPG was the third best-selling game in the U.S. last month. If this turns out to be true, I’m sure Nintendo would be more than happy with Xenoblade’s performance in North America thus far.

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THQ has confirmed that they won’t have a booth at this year’s E3.

However, the company will initiate a number of E3-related activities. THQ will show a variety of titles to the E3 judges, will have a press/business center at the expo for meetings, and will be involved with first-party activities.

THQ’s decision to not pursue a booth can be attributed to its poor financial state.

“We’re not producing a booth, but we will be participating in E3. We will be showing games to the E3 judges at their event coming up, and we’ll be hosting a press and business center at the show for meetings (as well as participating with first party activities).”

“When we needed to make the decision on the booth (many months ago) we were in a MUCH different place than today. But, we will be there to support our portfolio and the show itself.”

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Super Hang-On was just a taste of the Virtual Console Arcade goodness coming our way.

Next week, SEGA’s Wonder Boy in Monster Land and Monster World IV will be hitting the Wii Shop Channel. Each title will be available for 900 points.

This is the first time Monster World IV will be released outside of Japan.

So yes, two Virtual Console Wii games in the same week. When was the last time that happened?!

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Kirby’s Pinball Land has been rated by the OFLC. The new listing is a sign that we’ll be seeing the classic Game Boy title on the 3DS Virtual Console sometime in the future. When, specifically? That’s anybody’s guess!

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