Good news: everything is a-ok with Katsuhiro Harada.

There was initially some concern that the Tekken producer had gone missing due to a message posted on his Twitter account. The Tekken Project support team stated that Harada “has been missing from office” and he was being searched for.

Harada himself has now clarified on Twitter that he was sick and stayed home for a few days to recover (and do other things like riding Yoshinori Ono’s new car). Harada was also ignoring office calls since he “was busy.”

“I just finished up the master version, and I had a cold and a fever so I was home drinking tequila and getting some work done. Ono got a new car late last month so I took it for a test drive, and cleared some games I had piled up (Crysis 3, Bioshock, Metro) so I ignored calls from the office. I was busy. Then Grid 2 came out while work was piling up, people were treating me like I was missing or something. I’m fine, and back to work and I’ll be at E3, so don’t worry.”

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Spin the Bottle doesn’t have a set price yet, but it will be “cheap-ish”. KnapNok’s creative director Lau Korsgaard recently said that the game’s cost will rise as more content is added.

Two updates are coming in 2013. With the release of each, Spin the Bottle’s price will rise “a bit.”

We are planning to use something different than other eShop games. We will release cheap-ish but increase the price of the game as we develop more content. If you buy early you will get all future updates for free. Our plan is to release two more updates in 2013 – each time raising the price a bit.

We want reward the early adopters of the Wii U while still being able to earn money on the long run.

When will Spin the Bottle be available, you ask? Early July is currently targeted.

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The Wii U is “struggling mightily,” Cowen & Company analyst Doug Creutz has said.

Creutz’s E3 investors note mentions that the Wii U could see a “badly needed” price cut at E3 to increase momentum and boost sales. New games could provide a spark as well.

Creutz’s comments in full:

“After seven months on the market, Nintendo’s Wii U is struggling mightily. We note that the company has essentially abandoned the field to Microsoft and Sony at this year’s E3 as Nintendo will not be holding a press conference.”

“However, we do think there is a decent chance that Nintendo could announce a price cut for the Wii U at E3 in an effort to bring attention to the console and boost sales. We note that the console will have a series of key new games coming out through the late summer and fall, beginning with Pikmin 3 in August. Nintendo’s window for igniting interest in its console is closing with Microsoft and Sony’s competing machines soon to come to market.”

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Mighty Switch Force! 2 will cost $5.99. That’s according to an official listing on Nintendo’s website.

WayForward plans to release Mighty Switch Force! 2 next Thursday on the North American 3DS eShop. Europe will be receiving the game on June 27.

In its latest issue, Game Informer ranked the top 25 DS games of all time.

New Super Mario Bros. took the top spot. Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, Advance Wars: Dual Strike, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, and Pokemon Black/White rounded out the top five.

Here’s the full list:

1. New Super Mario Bros.
2. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
3. Advance Wars: Dual Strike
4. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
5. Pokemon Black & White
6. Professor Layton and the Curious Village
7. Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
8. Contra 4
9. Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift
10. Animal Crossing: Wild World
11. Radiant Historia
12. Kirby Canvas Curse
13. The World Ends with You
14. Super Scribblenauts
15. Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story
16. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Trials & Tribulations
17. Metroid Prime Pinball
18. Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime
19. Tetris DS
20. Trauma Center: Under the Knife
21. Okamiden
22. Picross 3D
23. Mario Kart DS
24. Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
25. Korg DS-10 Synthesizer

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There is a distinct lack of racing simulators on the Wii U – or any racers for that matter. Aside from Need for Speed: Most Wanted U and Fast & Furious: Showdown, there isn’t much to choose from.

And Project Cars creative director Andy Tudor, while curious about whether the team can “cut into that audience”, believes “there’s a space to fill”.

Tudor told EDGE this month:

“You see the passion people have for Forza and Gran Turismo, and if you’re a publisher you wonder, ‘Are we really gonna cut into that audience?’ But we believe we can, especially on Wii U and PC, where there’s a space to fill.”

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