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New AlphaDream 3DS patent for puzzle-platformer idea

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A new patent from AlphaDream, the developer behind the Mario & Luigi games, has come to light. Nintendo’s Akira Otani and Toshiharu Izuno and AlphaDream’s Akiko Sugimoto are listed as the inventors.

The company filed for the patent in Japan on December 21, 2010 and October 27, 2011 in the US. However, it was just published a couple of weeks ago.

We’ve included a summary of the patent below. You can also view some images that help to illustrate what it’s about.

– Humanoid character on the touch screen
– Platformer level on the top screen
– Lower screen shows character aspects, which are related to features of the level on the top screen
– Ex: Tree may have branches with an arm-like quality; move the arm by dragging it with a stylus on the bottom screen controls a tree branch
– This allows the player to progress
– Similar aspects detailed in the patent where a face appears in a cloud
– Face corresponds to the ace of the character on the touch screen
– Includes: circling the nose of the character causes the cloud on the top screen to change and fill in a gap
– Can make this happen by having the cloud move from another location, fade into view, become more solid, or move forward in 3D space with the 3DS’s stereoscopic feature
– Allows the player to progress as well

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Media Create software sales (6/18 – 6/24) – Top 50

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01./00. [NDS] Pokemon Black 2 / White 2 (Pokemon Co.) {2012.06.23} (¥4.800) – 1.561.738 / NEW <80,17%>
02./02. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry’s Wonderland 3D # (Square Enix) {2012.05.31} (¥5.490) – 58.228 / 721.174 (-12%)
03./01. [PSV] Persona 4 Golden (Atlus) {2012.06.14} (¥7.329) – 29.293 / 166.369 (-79%)
04./00. [PSP] Kenka Bancho Bros: Tokyo Battle Royale (Spike) {2012.06.21} (¥5.229) – 21.797 / NEW
05./04. [PS3] Tokyo Jungle (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2012.06.07} (¥4.980) – 18.715 / 165.013 (-48%)
06./00. [PS3] K-On! After School Live!! HD Ver. (Sega) {2012.06.21} (¥5.229) – 13.581 / NEW
07./08. [WII] Mario Party 9 (Nintendo) {2012.04.26} (¥5.800) – 13.339 / 447.126 (-17%)
08./07. [3DS] Mario Tennis Open (Nintendo) {2012.05.24} (¥4.800) – 13.036 / 198.047 (-27%)
09./06. [PS3] Dragon’s Dogma (Capcom) {2012.05.24} (¥7.990) – 9.162 / 446.410 (-49%)
10./03. [PS3] Lollipop Chainsaw # (Kadokawa Games) {2012.06.14} (¥7.980) – 7.898 / 61.246 (-85%)
11./10. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land # (Nintendo) {2011.11.03} (¥4.800) – 7.609 / 1.631.358 (-18%)
12./12. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (¥4.800) – 5.091 / 1.746.836 (-24%)
13./05. [PSP] Akiba’s Trip Plus (Acquire) {2012.06.14} (¥3.990) – 5.034 / 34.539 (-83%)
14./00. [360] Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor # (Capcom) {2012.06.21} (¥7.990) – 4.889 / NEW
15./00. [PSP] Arcana Famiglia: Vascello Phantasma no Majutsushi # (Comfort) {2012.06.21} (¥6.090) – 4.854 / NEW
16./16. [WII] Wii Sports Resort with Wii Remote Plus # (Nintendo) {2010.11.11} (¥5.800) – 4.287 / 965.713 (+8%)
17./14. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3G # (Capcom) {2011.12.10} (¥5.800) – 4.269 / 1.481.643 (-23%)
18./13. [3DS] Fire Emblem: Awakening (Nintendo) {2012.04.19} (¥4.800) – 3.972 / 417.760 (-31%)
19./11. [PSV] Mobile Suit Gundam Seed: Battle Destiny (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.06.07} (¥5.980) – 3.668 / 52.790 (-58%)
20./17. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo) {2012.03.01} (¥4.800) – 2.965 / 186.789 (-17%)

Another video look at the 3DS XL

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New downloadable rewards added to Club Nintendo (7/1/12)

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A couple of new downloadable rewards have been added to Club Nintendo. But here’s the catch: they don’t expire at the end of the month.

Electroplankton Rec-Rec (3DS, 100 coins) and Mario Tennis (Wii, 150 coins) are available starting today. Electroplankton will leave the rewards site on July 15 while Mario Tennis is disappearing on July 22.

It seems as though downloadable rewards will be swapped out regularly. Rather than having to wait until the start of a new month, titles will be exchanged on more of weekly basis.

You can order the latest rewards here.