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With the 3DS celebrating its third birthday in Japan yesterday, Renegade Kid co-founder Jools Watsham shared several tweets about the studio’s history with the portable earlier today.

One of the more notable tidbits of information concerns Renegade Kid’s engine. For some of the company’s earlier games – Face Racers: Photo Finish and ATV Wild Ride 3D – the company rewrote the tech. Renegade Kid is now doing the same thing for Moon Chronicles to ensure that it runs at 60 FPS with 3D enabled.


In other news, Watsham reconfirmed that the 2D version of Mutant Mudds (the game we know of today) was originally planned for Xbox Live. The studio’s “focus quickly shifted to the Nintendo eShop” after the 3DS was announced.


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Last night, Nintendo announced that it will soon be closing the Nintendo Video service in Japan. The same news has now been confirmed for Europe as well. On March 31, Nintendo Video will no longer be supported. We’re still waiting to hear if this also applies to North America.

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Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy is the Final Chapter in the Series’ Second Trilogy

REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Puzzles can appear in the most unlikely of places – take this press release, for example. Yes, it is announcing the upcoming launch of Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy for Nintendo 3DS in stores and on the Nintendo eShop on Feb. 28, but it is also contains two puzzles that are ready for solving. Can you break the code and reveal the hidden messages?

Discovering secrets and solving mind – bending puzzles is wHat Professor Layton does best. In the Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy game, Professor Layton and his faithful assistants Luke and Emmy board the airship Bostonius and journey to locations all over the world as they solve the grEatest puzzle mankind has ever faced. Their globe – spanning quest to uncover the mystery surrounding the ancient Azran civilization takes them to such exotic and mysterious locations as the snow – covered town of Froenborg and the lush jungles of Phong Gi .

We have one more notable piece of news from coming out of Japan tonight. On March 31, the Nintendo Video app for 3DS will no longer be supported.

It’ll be interesting to see how Nintendo Video is handled in North America and Europe. In the US, the Big N previously pushed it pretty heavily, partnering with the likes of CollegeHumor for BearShark and Dinosaur Office.

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A new system update is now available for the 3DS. Just like the upgraded Wii U firmware released earlier this week, version 7.1.0-16 improves the handheld’s stability. Other minor adjustments have been made as well.

Head past the break for Nintendo’s official patch notes.


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