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Earlier today, Kotaku published a massive article covering The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Shigeru Miyamoto was brought in to discuss the game’s development, and touched on subjects such as initially wanting to make it first-person, the turning points of introducing Epona and young/adult Link, and more.

We’ve picked out a few select quotes below. You can find Kotaku’s full feature here.

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Remember how it was initially thought that Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies wouldn’t be available on the 3DS eShop in Japan? As it turns out, this isn’t so. Capcom announced today that Dual Destinies will launch digitally on July 25 for 5,990 yen – the same day and price as the retail version.

Nicalis confirmed on Twitter just a short while ago that 1001 Spikes will include multiplayer. The company hasn’t dished out any specifics, but it sounds like up to four players will be able to participate together.

Nicalis’ tweet is as follows:

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During the January Nintendo Direct, it was announced that two major updates were planned for Wii U. The first arrived on schedule, having launched in April. The second – scheduled for summer – may see a slight delay.

A note on Nintendo’s Wii U update page confirms that the next major update will be available between the end of September and beginning of October. It will bring about “further additions to system functionality”. Among the changes should be even faster load times.

There you have it. We can definitely rule out an imminent arrival for the big firmware update. With summer ending on September 21, it’s also possible that Nintendo could miss its originally intended release window.

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Update 2: Official notes from Nintendo confirm the following:

The standby functions will now regularly connect to the Internet when the Wii U is powered down to check for available SpotPass data or software and system updates

Further improvements to overall system stability and software compatibility

Update: The update is actually out now! Keep in mind that you will be unable to access the eShop until you update your console.

Nintendo is gearing up to release a small system update for Wii U. The news comes from the ever-reliable Emily Rogers, who writes on Twitter that the new firmware “fixes some small bugs here and there.”

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You may remember that Nintendo is also working on a second major update for Wii U. According to Rogers, it won’t be out this month.

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WayForward’s Matt Bozon has just confirmed the North American release date for Shantae’s 3DS VC release. It will launch on July 18, Bozon confirmed on Twitter.

Shantae was originally slated for launch on June 20. However, it was pushed back for unspecified reasons.

Two Tribes was presented with an incredible opportunity prior to the release of Toki Tori 2. The studio could have put an Angry Bird in Toki Tori. Likewise, Toki Tori would have been in Angry Birds. In the end, however, Two Tribes decided against the idea.

Angry Birds soon went on to become a smashing success. Of course, Two Tribes had no way of anticipating that the game would have taken off like it did. But looking back on the situation, Two Tribes director Martijn Reuvers calls it his “worst decision ever”.

Reuvers said:

“Finding the next Angry Birds or Temple Run or whatever is of course the holy grail. But we haven’t found it either. In fact, I think a lot of those successes are based on luck as well. To give you an example: when Angry Birds released back in 2009, its initial success was quite limited. In fact its publisher, Chillingo, contacted me to see if there were possibilities to put an Angry Bird in Toki Tori to raise awareness of their game. Back then Toki Tori was a success for Chillingo, whereas Angry Birds (which was released on their B-label: Clickgamer), was not (yet).

The idea was to put an Angry Bird in Toki Tori and they would then put Toki Tori in Angry Birds. But when I played the game, I strongly felt that it wasn’t a right fit to put in Toki Tori. And I declined. A couple of months later, the sales suddenly picked up massively. The rest is history. In retrospect, it has been my worst decision ever”

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