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Comcept CEO Keiji Inafune will be joined by 8-4 executive director Mark MacDonald for a panel at this year’s Game Developers Conference.

The event, titled “Meanwhile, In Japan”, will cover lessons learned from crowdfunding Mighty No. 9 and other trends in the Japanese game industry. Inafune and MacDonald will also discuss the advantages/disadvantages of creating modern Japanese games aimed at a western audience, the response to new business models from a developer and player perspective, and the progress of the Japanese indie scene.

Here’s the full overview posted on Gamasutra:

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Circle Entertainment has pinned down a final release date for Quell Reflect. The game is expected out on February 20 in North America via the eShop.

Circle wrote on Twitter earlier today:

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The European Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney website is now open for business. Visitors can try a demo puzzle, read up on a new Iwata Asks, and check out gameplay information. You can find a link to the site below.

Image & Form doesn’t have any immediate plans to bring SteamWorld Dig to Wii U. The studio explained on Twitter that porting the game over from the 3DS or PC versions would be “quite tough”.

Image & Form wrote:

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Super Mario Bros. Deluxe is about as small as you’d expect. In order to download the Virtual Console title, just 54 blocks are needed.

3DS owners in Europe/Australia who participated in the Nintendo Network Promotion should be receiving their free codes for Super Mario Bros. Deluxe soon.

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Nintendo has launched a pair of newly-translated Iwata Asks discussions today. You can find one for Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney here and another for Nintendo Pocket Football Club here.