Some backstory first: CEDEC, the Computer Entertainment Developers Conference, is a yearly conference to be held on August 20th that has cool people talk about cool things to less-cool people who wanna learn about cool things.

Sort of. I may be misinterpreting a bit.

Anyway, this year’s CEDEC will be ‘headlined’ by Smash Bros., Kid Icarus, and Kirby developer Masahiro Sakurai, who’s going to be doing a good chunk of the talking alongside Yuichiro Anzai, chairman of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, and Yuusei Uesugi, senior artist at Industrial Light & Magic. Good times to be had by all!

Via Andriasang

Media Create software sales (6/18 – 6/24)

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01./00. [NDS] Pokemon Black 2/White 2 (Pokemon Co.) – 1,561,738 / NEW
02./02. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry no Wonderland 3D (Square Enix) – 58,228 / 721,174 (-12%)
03./01. [PSV] Persona 4: The Golden (Atlus Co.) – 29,293 / 166,369 (-79%)
04./00. [PSP] Kenka Banchou Bros. Tokyo Battle Royale (Spike) – 21,797 / NEW
05./04. [PS3] Tokyo Jungle (SCEI) – 18,715 / 165,013 (-48%)
06./00. [PS3] K-On! Houkago Live!! (Afterschool Live!) HD Version (SEGA) – 13,581 / NEW
07./08. [WII] Mario Party 9 (Nintendo) – 13,339 / 447,126 (-17%)
08./07. [3DS] Mario Tennis Open (Nintendo) – 13,036 / 198,047 (-27%)
09./06. [PS3] Dragon’s Dogma (Capcom) – 9,162 / 446,410 (-49%)
10./03. [PS3] Lollipop Chainsaw (Kadokawa Shoten) – 7,898 / 61,246 (-85%)
11./10. [3DS] Super Mario Land 3D (Nintendo) – 7,609 / 1,631,358 (-18%)
12./12. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) – 5,091 / 1,746,836 (-24%)
13./05. [PSP] Akiba’s Trip Plus (Acquire) – 5,034 / 34,539 (-83%)
14./00. [360] Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor (Capcom) – 4,889 / NEW
15./00. [PSP] Arcana Famiglia: Vascello Phantasma no Majutsushi (Comfort) – 4,854 / NEW
16./16. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (w/ Wii Remote+) (Nintendo) – 4,287 / 965,713 (+8%)
17./14. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3 G (Capcom) – 4,269 / 1,481,643 (-23%)
18./13. [3DS] Fire Emblem: Awakening (Nintendo) – 3,972 / 417,760 (-31%)
19./11. [PSV] Kidou Senshi Gundam Seed: Battle Destiny (Namco Bandai) – 3,668 / 52,790 (-58%)
20./17. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo) – 2,965 / 186,789 (-17%)

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MercurySteam- Castlevania: LoS developer- wants to work on Contra

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“Like I said, I know there’s going to be pressure on us to do another Castlevania game, but I don’t want to rise to that pressure. I want to do something else. I love Contra. I’d love to do Contra. At Mercury Steam we’ve got an original idea that I think is really awesome. We’d love to bring that idea to market and I’m hoping that the success of Lords of Shadow 2 will allow us to do that.” – Dave Cox, MercurySteam Entertainment

I honestly really appreciate when artists- musicians, game developers, whatever- do this. To turn down financial profit in favor of making games you love and not trapping yourself in a creative box is really respectable, and it shows that they’ll probably do a great job with Contra, should they ever have the chance to work on it.

Via VG247

Full E3 demo for Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon (off-screen)

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Full E3 demo for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate with audio

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New Art Academy screenshots

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First details on Go! Go! Kokopolo sequel

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In case you haven’t heard, Tanukii Studios has just started development on a sequel to Go! Go! Kokopolo. CIRCLE Entertainment is the game’s publisher as was the case with the original DSiWare title.

“Go! Go! Kokopolo 3D – Space Recipe for Disaster” begins as Kokopolo, Tatsumo and Jinbe, each stumble upon a piece of a magical stone tablet from space. The characters decided to search for the remaining piece in hopes of attaining immortality.

The game will offer 80 new stages, 10 new boss fights, and more. Players will be able to take on the role of multiple characters with unique routes. Deserts, castles, factories, scrap yards, and space are among Kokopolo 3D’s environments.

Whenever it’s finished, Go! Go! Kokopolo 3D – Space Recipe for Disaster will be available on the eShop.

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Kuju Entertainment makes new appointments

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Kuju Entertainment has appointed Dominic Wheatley as the company’s new CEO and Gary Bracey as the new Commercial Director.

This news is significant for one important reason. Headstrong Games, one of Kuju’s subsidiaries, has created titles such as Battalion Wars, The House of the Dead: Overkill, and Art Academy.

The official announcement has been posted below.

Media Create hardware sales (6/18 – 6/24)

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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

3DS – 68,056
PS3 – 15,680
Vita – 13,589
PSP – 8,954
Wii – 6,127
Xbox 360 – 1,073
PS2 – 1,065
DSi = 900
DSi LL – 704

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

3DS – 61,793
Vita – 34,459
PS3 – 14,673
PSP – 9,740
Wii – 5,963
PS2 – 1,237
Xbox 360 – 1,084
DSi LL – 689
DSi – 380