Nintendo president Satoru Iwata opened up about Animal Crossing: New Leaf’s success – from sales to the popularity of the game’s screenshot tool – in an interview with Japanese publication Nikkei. There are other Animal Crossing topics addressed as well, such as the disappointment of Wii’s City Folk and how the team approached the 3DS game from there.

Aside from Animal Crossing, Iwata talked quite a bit about smart phones, shared thoughts on free-to-play, and more.

Read up on Iwata’s comments below.

Wii U’s 2013 lineup looks a bit barren thus far

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Let’s take a look at the Wii U’s Japanese lineup for 2013. Only three games have confirmed dates – Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage 2, Tank! Tank! Tank! (already released on the eShop), and Need for Speed: Most Wanted.

Aside from these titles, it doesn’t seem like there’s a whole lot to look forward to in 2013 if you have a Japanese Wii U. Pikmin 3, Dragon Quest X (updated Wii port), Game & Wario, and Wii Fit U are basically the only other titles officially set to be released in the first half of the year.

140 minutes of Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney footage

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Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage 2 screenshots show DLC characters

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Amiba, Han, and Nameless Asura are among the first pieces of downloadable content for Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage 2. More information about that here.

A few Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic screenshots and details

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Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic’s launch is just around the corner. Namco Bandai is publishing it in Japan on February 24.

A few screenshots along with details can be found below. You’ll learn about the game’s Rukh element and more.

– Adventure part of the game has story elements
– Dungeon part lets you play as Aladdin or Alibaba
– Earn different colored Rukh
– Use Rukh to level up your character
– White Rukh: HP
– Teal: MP
– Blue: Attack power
– Purple: Defense power
– Ten types of Rukh in total

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Hiro Mashima working on Monster Hunter 4 equipment designs

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Hiro Mashima may best be known for his work on Fairy Tail and the Monster Hunter Orage manga. He’ll be lending his talents to Monster Hunter 4. Fans can expect to see Mashima’s work on equipment designs in the game.

Fire Emblem: Awakening will be available on the 3DS eShop at launch

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Nintendo has been on a roll with retail releases on the 3DS eShop, so it wouldn’t make sense for that to stop now. But just in case you had any sort of doubt, it has now been completely confirmed that Fire Emblem: Awakening will be available on the digital store when the game launches next month.

Did you know Awakening is currently unavailable on the Japanese eShop? I suppose that’s because Nintendo started getting involved with digital retail releases after the game shipped.

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Way too much Animal Crossing: New Leaf footage

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Are you an Animal Crossing fan? Have 9.5 hours to spare? Then be sure to check out the video above. It contains almost ten hours of footage from Animal Crossing: New Leaf.