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Nintendo registered a series of “Advance” trademarks in Japan last month. “Advance”, “Advance Series”, “Advance Touch”, and “Advance Push” were all filed for on April 4.

Trademarks can be a tricky case, as they’re not always used. It’ll be interesting to see if any of these names resurface in the future.

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Several months ago, The Pokemon Company International trademarked “Pokken Fighters” and “Pokken Tournament” in the US. These names have now been registered in Europe as well.

Pokken Fighters and Pokken Tournament were both filed for on May 1.

Below are some of the elements that both trademarks are associated with:

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Azure Striker Gunvolt isn’t the only independent title Inti Creates is working on. A second self-funded project is also planned, according to Inti Creates CEO Takuya Aizu.

Aizu told Siliconera:

“We are running five projects [at the moment], And there is one project, apart from Gunvolt, that uses self-funding. However, that may change in the future—whether we finance it entirely ourselves or not.”

“We also run projects in cooperation [with other companies]. If Gunvolt succeeds, we can increase our self-published projects. So please support Inti Creates!”

Aizu also said the following when asked about Inti Creates’ split in development staff between original development and games being developed and funded by other publishers:

“At first, we make a prototype with a small number of people, and then increase the staff assigned to it at the production stage. On the other hand, most games for publishers make use of a great number of people from the beginning. Thus, when making games for publishers, the staff ratio increases.”

“If Gunvolt or Mighty No. 9 is a hit, I think that we may increase the ratio of our staff assigned to original development to half. But at the same time, we won’t stop development for publishers.”

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Moon Chronicles is Renegade Kid’s debut shooter for the 3DS eShop. The studio could create additional titles in the genre for Nintendo’s handheld, though Moon’s performance may affect what happens in the future.

Renegade Kid co-founder Jools Watsham said on Twitter today:

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Steel Diver: Sub Wars director Takaya Imamura took to Miiverse late last month and shared details about the game’s upcoming 2.0 update.

Here’s the lowdown:

– Will now earn bonuses for consecutive victories in Matched Skill Battles (online)
– More arsenal of subs available as players level up in the Premium Version
– Will be able to purchase more subs in the Online Shop
– You will see a warning message on the screen when torpedoing allies
– Points will be deducted for every hit when hitting an ally
– New multiplayer stage
– Sub stats have been fine-tuned
– … and more

Head past the break for Imamura’s full Miiverse message, which covers the points above.

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We don’t have too much information on Plenty of Fishies, but it features “paced multiplayer action, as well as challenging single player modes”. The game’s trailer is posted above.

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Dakko Dakko has now officially confirmed a May 15 release date for Scram Kitty and his Buddy on Rails. The game will be available in both North America and Europe next Thursday.

Dakko Dakko shared today’s news on Twitter in the form of the following message:

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