Time for another 3DS block size update! Dillon’s Rolling Western: The Last Ranger, the latest title from Nintendo, takes up 2,295 blocks.

You’ll be able to download Dillon’s Rolling Western: The Last Ranger this Thursday from the North American eShop. It’s unclear when the title will be hitting the European store at this time.

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Only one new video was added to the 3DS eShop this past week. You can watch a trailer for the VC release of Castlevania… and that’s all! Hopefully we’ll be seeing more content with Thursday’s update.

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These rumors have been floating around for a while now, but a couple of days ago everyone’s favorite Destructoid editor Jonathan Holmes tweeted that he’s heard that Nintendo is giving away Wii U dev kids, presumably to garner long-term support for the console:

Honestly, this is one of those things that more people should be doing with their companies. Taking a financial hit initially in order to get more people on board with your console or idea should keep them coming back in the future, ensuring that they don’t just make games in the short term and then abandon you altogether– which happened with the Wii!

Via Nintendo Life

Software

1. Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon
2. Super Mario 3D Land
3. Pokemon Dream Radar
4. HarmoKnight
5. Pokedex 3D Pro
6. 3D Classics: Kid Icarus
7. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity
8. Kersploosh!
9. Super Mario Bros.
10. Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask
11. Star Fox 64 3D
12. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX
13. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
14. Gunman Clive
15. Fire Emblem: Awakening
16. Castlevania
17. Mega Man 3
18. Colors! 3D
19. The Legend of Zelda
20. Cut The Rope

Videos

1. Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon Multiplayer Demo Video
2. Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon Trailer
3. Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon Launch Trailer
4. Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon Multiplayer Video
5. Nintendo Show 3D: March 28, 2013
6. Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon Commercial
7. Pokemon X and Pokemon Y Video
8. HarmoKnight Trailer
9. Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move Trailer
10. Wreck-It Ralph Video
11. Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
12. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity Video
13. HarmoKnight Gameplay Trailer
14. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Trailer
15. Mega Man 4 Trailer
16. Pokedex 3D Pro Trailer
17. Mario Kart 7 Video
18. Kersploosh! Trailer
19. The Croods: Prehistoric Party! Trailer
20. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity Intro

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Warren Specter’s latest game was Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two, and it wasn’t terribly successful either critically or commercially. The esteemed game designer has been very quiet recently, likely deciding what he wants to do with his future in the industry, but just yesterday he spoke out about various topics, the most interesting of which was his opinion on where the industry is going:

I think he hits on a really important point: Speculation is useless. Listening to folks five or ten years ago about talk about the gaming industry, they get more or less everything wrong, and yet we consider them “experts”. Take Michael Pachter for example: That guy said it doesn’t matter if he’s wrong, and he’s said he essentially makes stuff up when he’s predicting things. It’s a silly market niche without a doubt, and I’d argue that it’s more fun to speculate for imagination’s sake than for actually being taken seriously, since… well, you can’t take speculation too seriously!

Via Nintendo Life

Game & Wario may be released at a slightly cheaper price than Nintendo’s first round of Wii U titles. GameStop is listing a $39.99 price point, which may very well be its standard MSRP.

Fans are still waiting on overseas release dates for Game & Wario. It was originally supposed to arrive during the Wii U launch window, but I’d say we’re passed that point now.

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There’s one other piece from Rolling Stone’s Shigeru Miyamoto piece that we wanted to highlight on the main page.

Miyamoto revealed to the publication that players will be able to take on the role of three different captains/leaders in Pikmin 3 by switching off between them. Each will control a group of Pikmin and will likely offer their own advantages, as Miyamoto said that their inclusion “sort of allows you to approach the game from a much more strategic position.”

Speaking about Pikmin 3, Miyamoto said:

“With Pikmin 3, you’ll have the ability to have three different captains or leaders of Pikmin groups and you can switch between them. So it sort of allows you to approach the game from a much more strategic position. The volume of work that you can get done within the timeframe has increased dramatically. And so that in and of itself really enhances the depth of strategy that’s available to you in that game.”

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Over the past couple of years, there’s been a lot of talk about Shigeru Miyamoto’s retirement. Miyamoto himself has confirmed a few times before that he’s already transferred some of his duties to younger staff and has looked to prepare Nintendo for the day when he isn’t around.

When the topic of retirement came up once again while talking with Rolling Stone, Miyamoto delivered an interesting response. Miyamoto said that he’s still enjoying what he does and “this is something that I can still continue to do for a long time.” He added: “You know, possibly until I die.”

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