What does Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto think about Sony’s PlayStation Vita? Miyamoto was asked for this thoughts about the system recently, but only offered a succinct comment.

Nonetheless, Miyamoto did praise the hardware behind the Vita. Although he called it “a very hi-spec machine”, he believes it could use more quality games.

In an interview with EDGE, Miyamoto told the magazine:

“It’s obviously a very hi-spec machine, and you can do lots of things with it. But I don’t really see the combination of software and hardware that really makes a very strong product.”

Miyamoto later drew parallels to the launch of the 3DS, which lacked must-have software at launch:

“When we launched the 3DS hardware we didn’t have Super Mario 3D Land, we didn’t have Mario Kart 7, we didn’t have Kid Icarus: Uprising. We were striving to have all of these ready for the launch, but we weren’t able to deliver them at that time.

“We were kind of hoping that people would, nevertheless, buy into the product, find 3DS hardware promising, but looking back we have to say we realise the key software was missing when we launched the hardware.”

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EDGE review scores – June 2012

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The latest EDGE review scores are as follows:

Dragons Dogma – 7
Fez – 9
Awesomenauts – 8
Tribes: Ascend – 9
Prototype 2 – 8
Fable Heroes – 6
Skullgirls – 7
Botanicula – 7
The Splatters – 8
Fibble – Flick ‘n’ Roll – 5
Mario Tennis Open – 7

Thanks to joclo for the tip.

Mario Tennis Open screenshots

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Kirby’s Pinball Land rated by the OFLC

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Kirby’s Pinball Land has been rated by the OFLC. The new listing is a sign that we’ll be seeing the classic Game Boy title on the 3DS Virtual Console sometime in the future. When, specifically? That’s anybody’s guess!

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Kid Icarus anime short trailer

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Nintendo reminds you that the Kid Icarus anime shorts are returning to Nintendo Video:

Nintendo Power’s most wanted games – May 2012

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3DS

1. Paper Mario
2. Luigi’s Mansion 2
3. Animal Crossing
4. Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
5. Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle

Wii

1. The Last Story
2. Skylanders: Giants
3. LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
4. Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
5. The Amazing Spider-Man

Wii U

1. Batman: Arkham City
2. Assassin’s Creed III
3. LEGO City Stories
4. Tekken
5. Darksiders II

Screenshots of this week’s Nintendo Downloads (5/3/12)

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Footage of this week’s European Nintendo Downloads (5/3/12)

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Monster Hunter Tri G localization up to Capcom, not Nintendo

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Perhaps this shouldn’t come as a surprise, but Monster Hunter Tri G’s fate outside of Japan lies in the hands of Capcom entirely.

David Gibson at Macquarie Capital Securities (Japan) Limited attended Nintendo’s financial results briefing last week. It seems as though, at one point, Gibson asked the company about the overseas status of Monster Hunter Tri G. Nintendo responded by saying that what happens with the game is up to Capcom.

Capcom strong hinted at a localization announcement last month. If there is news about the title pertaining to an overseas release, we’ll probably have to wait until E3 2012 before anything is made official.

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