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– Cave Story inspired by Super Metroid, La-Mulana inspired by Maze of Galious, Night Sky by Marble Madness
– Cave Story will be out in Europe soon, needs a PEGI rating
– European version of Cave Story will have some bug fixes
– La-Mulana about 95% complete, will most likely arrive sometime between September and October
– Night Sky will be released in December or early 2011
– Night Sky could have tilt controls
– Nicalis wants to work with Pixel on a DSi title
– Nicalis has interest in the 3DS, mentioned “racing games where you use the gyroscope to look around inside the car”
– Nicalis has contacted Nintendo about receiving a 3DS dev kit, still waiting for it

Thanks to Robert for the tip!

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Reggie on the strategy behind revealing a ton of content at E3…

“Well, a couple of things. First, even with all that we revealed, we describe only the surface of product that’s coming out over the next, call it, nine months. So there is a lot of content coming on our systems, which is great. In terms of our strategy for this show, because we’re in such a fortunate position of having so much great content, and 99% of which is coming very quickly, we were in a very enviable position to be able to share it all, which is great.”

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– Traditional 11 vs. 11 match
– New street football mode: 5-a-side street mode: Each player has a unique style of play/abilities, can use the wall to jump past defenders, rebound passes to team mates
– Can use power meter to build up and blast shots, ignite a speed burst, send out shockwaves to opponents in the street football mode,
– Brazil, London, France, indoors locations
– Match types: First to score, Tug of War, Timed games
– Different goals: Elevated nets for lofted shots, wall goals, mini nets (tests accuracy)
– New attacker vs. defender trick system (head-to-head battles as you move up the pitch with the forward, do tricks to throw the defender off balance)
– Button-based shooting instead of waggle
– 30 licensed leagues
– 500 teams
– 15,000 players to choose from

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On-Disc Set List Expands with 22 Rockin’ New Tracks

SANTA MONICA, Calif., July 27, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ — The must-have, quintessential rock music collection keeps getting better as Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announces two exclusive re-records and a host of new shreddable tracks for Guitar Hero(R): Warriors of Rock. Singers, songwriters and rock legends Alice Cooper and The Runaways went back into the studio to re-record “No More Mr. Nice Guy” and “Cherry Bomb,” respectively, for fans to rock out to when the game releases this September.

“I AM a Warrior of Rock! Younger fans getting exposed to true classic rock songs is one of my personal crusades,” said Alice Cooper. “The new audience listening to the classic songs of today, like ‘No More Mr. Nice Guy,’ will hopefully be inspired to write the classic songs of tomorrow.”

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Thanks to VySe for the tip!

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Comic-Con

– Metroid: Other M and Dragon Quest IX were at Comic-Con
– Nintendo’s booth was underwhelming
– Big Pokemon booth
– Nintendo/Pokemon had separate booths

NBA Jam

– 2 modes shown at EA’s event
– A lot of secret characters in the game
– One mode has you bringing down the other person’s backboard, dunks are what really break it
– No score in the backboard mode
– Another mode has battles inspired by Punch-Out!! – With Magic Johnson
– Camera is rotated because it’s one-on-one
– Magic Johnson can teleport
– 7-8 boss battles

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WiiWare

Heavy Fire: Special Operations – 301 blocks
Dive: The Medes Islands Secret – 282 blocks

VC

Aero the Acrobat – 21 blocks

DSiWare

Petz Hamsterz Family – 85 blocks
Puffins: Let’s Race! – 80 blocks
Face Pilot: Fly With Your Nintendo DSi Camera! – 71 blocks
Crystal Monsters – 71 blocks
Absolute Brickbuster – 39 blocks

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Videos

Nintendo Week 7/26
Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies Special Interview with Yuji Horii
Heavy Fire: Special Operations trailer
NHL 2K11 Info Video
Crystal Monsters Info
Dive: The Medes Islands Introduction Video

Demos

Demos

Dragon Ball: Origins 2
Picross 3D
Rooms DS
Battle of Giants: Mutant Insects
Deca Sports DS Cheerleading Demo
Deca Sports DS Ping Pong Demo
Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth
Bakugan Battle Brawlers
James Patterson’s Women’s Murder Club: Games of Passion

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– Made by Grezzo (Secret of Mana director Koichi Ishii founded the studio)
– 40 story levels
– Dinosaur-like figure, robot leaders
– Classic Controller support
– GameCube controller support

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