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EDGE has published its full interview with Eiji Aonuma, the producer of the Zelda series. A lot of interview snippets already found their way online over the past few weeks, but there are still some interesting things to read up on. Head past the break for Aonuma’s comments on Zelda: A Link Between Worlds.

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The Wii got off to an incredible start around the world when it launched back in 2006 – including in the UK. It maintained momentum for quite some time, but dropped off significantly over the past few years.

Wii’s downturn in sales has paved the way for Microsoft’s system, the Xbox 360, to become the best-selling current-generation home console in the UK. GfK Chart-Track says that it’s only a matter of days before the Xbox 360 lands in the top spot.

Microsoft has sold 8.4 million systems across the UK.

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This week’s North American Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U VC

Vegas Stakes – $7.99
Club Nintendo Bonus Coin Promotion — This Weekend Only: Earn 20 Coins – Purchase any Virtual Console game from the Nintendo eShop on the Wii U console between 12 a.m. PT Friday, June 28, and 11:59 p.m. PT Sunday, June 30, and earn 20 bonus Club Nintendo Coins.

3DS download

Urban Trial Freestyle – $5.59 until 9 a.m. PT on July 4
Kokuga – $14.99
Gabrielle’s Ghostly Groove Mini – $3.99

3DS VC

Sonic The Hedgehog 2 – $4.99
Spelunker – $4.99
Crystal Warriors – $3.99
Sonic Labyrinth – $4.99

3DS retail

Crash City Mayhem – $19.99 (available 7/2)

3DS demo

Project X Zone: Ghost demo (available on July 2)

Source: Nintendo PR

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PlayStation 4 lead architect Mark Cerny held a presentation in Spain today, where he expressed a desire for Sony to match Nintendo’s legacy.

Cerny’s comments were made at Gamelab in Barcelona. During his presentation, Cerny mentioned how – in the future – he hopes that Sony’s “amazing” nucleus personnel will lead some to compare Sony’s impact in the industry.

Cerny referenced Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Andrew House and Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida in his speech. Much like himself, House and Yoshida were appointed to senior positions at Sony in a similar manner.

“I have a great friend who lives in Kyoto in the eastern part of Japan. He runs a developer there and he’s worked with both Sony Computer Entertainment and Nintendo over the years, and he says that what he respects the most about Nintendo is the incredible continuity they have in the form of a core group of individuals that has now worked together for over 30 years.”

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Time is running out to become a Gold or Platinum member on Club Nintendo.

The Club Nintendo year ends on June 30. That leaves you with just a few days to register products and complete surveys in order to reach an elite status.

Club Nintendo’s next year will begin on July 1.

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When the Wii U launched, Miiverse users could only write messages up to 100 characters in length. That limit has been increased with a new update to the social network today. Going forward, all Miiverse members can create notes that are up to 200 characters long.

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Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai revealed an interesting nugget about the Animal Crossing Villager in his Famitsu column posted this week.

According to Sakurai, the character was previously considered for Brawl. However, he was removed “in the planning stages because he wasn’t suited for battle.”

“A lot of people understood Mega Man, but they kept asking me ‘Why did you go for the villager and the Wii Fit trainer?’, Neither of them are fighting characters, certainly. In fact, we had previously removed the villager from Super Smash Bros. Brawl in the planning stages because he wasn’t suited for battle.”

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Puissance Nintendo posted its interview with Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai, which was conducted at E3 2013. Sakurai talked about how the Wii U and 3DS versions came to be, DLC, patching, why the Villager and Wii Fit Trainer made it in, and more. Sakurai’s comments can be found below.

Sakurai on how the new Smash Bros. came to be and differences between the two versions…

While the development of Kid Icarus: Uprising was at its end, Satoru Iwata came me propose to develop the new Smash Bros game, and asked me if he should be on 3DS or Wii U. We were arrived at a point where the series could not evolve too, and we wondered if the passage on handheld console was the solution. In the past, we have increased the number of characters and arenas, but this was not enough.

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This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

3DS download

Dillon’s Rolling Western: The Last Ranger – €6.99 / £6.29 through July 4; €9.99 / £8.99 after
Mighty Switch Force! 2 – €5.00 / £5.00
Aqua Moto Racing 3D – €9.99 / £8.99
Urban Trial Freestyle – €5.99 / £4.99 through July 4, €6.99 / £6.29 after

3DS demo

Project X Zone: Dark Hours Demo

3DS retail

3D MahJongg – €9.99 / £9.79
Mon Haras 3D – Au gallop vers l’aventure – €39.99

3DS VC

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Game Gear) – €4.99 / £4.49
Crystal Warriors (Game Gear) – €3.99 / £3.59

Wii U retail

Game & Wario – €39.99/£34.99
F1 Race Stars: Powered Up Edition – €49.99 / £39.99

Wii U VC

Balloon Fight (NES) – €4.99 / £3.49 – updated European version, optimized to run at speed of US version and with corrected aspect ratio
Vegas Stakes (SNES) – €7.99 / £5.49

Source: Nintendo PR

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You’ve seen Reggie’s Animal Crossing: New Leaf house in video form. But how would you like to actually visit it?

Reggie’s house will soon be distributed through SpotPass. It will be located at the Happy Home Showcase – that’s between the post office and the Nook store on Main Street.

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