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1. [PSP] Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep: Final Mix
2. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 3rd
3. [Wii] Donkey Kong Country Returns
4. [DS] Kaijyu Busters Powered

5. [PSP] AKB1/48
6. [DS] Pokemon Black/White
7. [DS] Ni no Kuni
8. [Wii] Wii Party

9. [PSP] Another Century’s Episode Portable
10. [PSP] Venus & Braves


The latest Iwata Asks is different than what we’ve become accustomed to. Although it was posted on The Last Story website, RPGs in general are the focus of the latest column. Satoru Iwata, Xenoblade director Tetsuya Takahashi, and The Last Story director Hironobu Sakaguchi participated in the interview.

– Takahashi and Sakaguchi were both working at Square in the 90s
– Takahashi was a graphic designer on Final fantasy IV through VI
– Takahashi left in 1999, met up with Sakaguchi again three years later
– The Iwata Asks gathering is the first time Takahashi and Sakaguchi have met in 8 years
– Takahashi left Sakaguchi’s team to do new things (before leaving Square and after Final Fantasy VI)
– He was hoping to use 3D in different ways from VII, with fully 3D maps
– 90% of his team was unaware about using 3D at the time
– Sakaguchi’s team was similar when working on Final Fantasy VII
– Up to III, the Final Fantasy main programmer was foreign, couldn’t speak Japanese
– Sakaguchi and the programmer ate steak every night because it was the only thing the programmer could eat
– Iwata thinks one reason Japanese RPGs aren’t as successful outside of Japan is due to the excessive use of the same patterns and conventions
– Sakaguchi: “Because of this, RPGs need a change”
– Sakaguchi feels that Japanese-developed titles show feelings and detail well, thinks they can be accepted worldwide if creators value these areas
– Iwata, Sakaguchi, and Takahashi agree that there are things all people can find interesting in spite of cultural differences like foreign movies
– Sakaguchi thinks the answer to this is near and RPGs can succeed if they work towards this target
– Iwata: “This is one topic we game creators in Japan will have to clear going forward”
– There appear to be no hints of releasing Xenoblade/The Last Story overseas

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Activision and Treyarch are continuing to support the Wii version of Call of Duty: Black Ops. The following changes have been made to the game:

• Explosives are not visible through walls when using Hacker perk.
• Ninja perk is ineffective at times.
• Additional sound mix tuning for Ninja Pro users – increased ranges and volume of enemy footsteps, and removed player footstep sounds
on concrete material types.
• Increased headshot multipliers for sniper rifles. Sniper rifles with suppressors equipped will be ensured one-shot kill headshots.
• Added a negative influencer to all spawn points to decrease the chances of spawning near an enemy. This will further improve spawning
protection on top of previous updates.
• Previous Map Spamming – players are currently able to vote for the previously played map an unlimited number of times
• Incorrect Prestige Emblems appearing at certain levels
• Sending out text messages to massive groups can cause the game to freeze
• Demolition – getting a loss registered despite earning a win
• Some players experiencing crashes when viewing leaderboards with a high number of Allies
• Stuck in spawn spot in Cracked
• Voice Chat breaks up at times
• More reported cases of “unbound” controls
• Second Chance “invincible glitch”
• Several fixes that should improve performance/lag for host and client
• Shorter spawn-in (black screen) times in MP matches
• Zombie Legs – create-a-crawler

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The Last Story footage

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ESRB updates

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3D Twist & Match (DSi) – E
Asphalt 3DS (3DS) – E10+
Combat of Giants Dinosaurs 3D (3DS) – E10+
Gem Quest: 4 Elements (DS) – E
James Noir’s Hollywood Crimes (3DS) – T
The Mysterious Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (DS) – T
Johnny Test (DS) – E
DodoGo! Robo (DSi) – E
Go Series: Picdun (DSi) – E
HOP (DS) – E
Pinkalicious (DS) – E
Super Monkey Ball 3D (3DS) – E
Word Searcher Deluxe (Wii) – E
4 Travellers – Play Italian (DSi) – E
Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring (DSi) – T
Arctic Escape (DSi) – E
Go Series: Earth Saver (DSi) – E
Thor: God of Thunder (DS) – E10+
Wicked Monsters Blast! (Wii) – E10+
B Team – Episode 1: Dust & Steel (DSi) – E10+
Cozy Fire (Wii) – E
Magic Encyclopedia: Moonlight (DS) – E
Sesame Street: Ready, Set, Grover! (DS) – EC
Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition (3DS) – T
Ubongo (DSi) – E
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s World Championship 2011 Over the Nexus (DS) – E10+


This information comes from Game Informer…

“As far as a second Epic Mickey game goes, there’s no shortage of interesting challenges to tackle. I have some ideas about music gameplay that could be fun and there’s a world of stuff can do with paint and thinner that we couldn’t even have thought of the first time around. Or we could do some stuff completely different and not to any of the stuff I’ve mentioned here. Who knows? There’s no shortage of ideas.” – Warren Spector

“I’ve actually always envisioned Junction Point – well, once we became a part of Disney – as the studio that draws inspiration from the Archives. I’ve been pretty up front about my love of the Ducks. I’d love to do a Duck Tales game, and a Gremlins game would be amazing. Oswald would make a great leading man …er … rabbit.” – Warren Spector

You know, even though I was very much hyped for Epic Mickey, I still haven’t played the game. Some of the feedback I read about the game was off-putting. Austin seemed to like the game, though, so I might as well try it!

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Virtua Tennis 4 trailer

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Videos

Nintendo Week 1/24
Mario Sports Mix TV Spot
Jam City Rollergirls Info Video
Airport Mania: Non-Stop Flights Info Video
Rocks N’ Rockets Info Video
Digger Dan Info Video
Ante Up: Texas Hold ‘Em Info Video



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