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Could Disney be up to something with Maniac Mansion? Lucasarts, under guidance of parent company Disney, registered four trademarks relating to the name on May 22. Each pertains to “video game software; computer programs and software”.

There hasn’t been much news on the Maniac Mansion front since the original title came out well over two decades ago. It’d be pretty neat to see a resurrection!

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Nintendo’s new NERD division, founded from the basis of Mobiclip, will act as more of a technology investigator. Whereas the teams at Nintendo’s headquarters need to be focus on creating software, NERD plans to look into aspects such as GPGPU powered cloud computing.

NERD CTO Alexandre Delattre said during the most-recent Nintendo Direct:

“The developers at Nintendo headquarters need to spend their time developing the actual platform, so I think we’d like to explore areas that they don’t have time for. For example the possibilities which are opened up by the combination of cloud technologies and new software paradigms like general purpose GPU programming.”

One interesting point: NERD has been hiring researchers in the field of cloud technology, heterogenous computing, and GPGPU development.

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Splinter Cell: Blacklist was on display at the MCM London Comic Con just a few days ago. Art director Scott Lee hosted a stage demo at the event and shared some information about the game.

Videos and details from the stage show can be found below:

This week’s European Nintendo Downloads are as follows:

Wii U VC

Ghosts’n Goblins – €4.99, €2.49 through June 6 if Super Ghouls’n Ghosts is already purchased

Wii U eShop sale

Toki Tori 2 – €11.24, down from €14.99 – ends June 6

Wii U eShop price drop

Chasing Aurora – €6.49, down from €11.99

3DS retail

Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games – €39.99

3DS VC

The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages – €4.99 – save €1 through June 20
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons – €4.99 – save €1 through June 20

3DS download

The Denpa Men 2: Beyond the Waves – €9.99
SpeedX 3D: Hyper Edition – €1.99

Wii VC

The King of Fighters ’98 – 900 points

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Nintendo’s North American Game & Wario site is now open. You can find it here. The site includes gameplay information, screenshots, and more.

Thanks to Mo for the tip.

KORG M01D is seeing a slight delay in Japan. Originally scheduled for launch this month, the title will now hit the 3DS eShop in June.

Detune did not provide any reasons for the release date change.

KORG M01D was originally scheduled to arrive on the overseas 3DS eShops this summer. Hopefully the Japanese delay won’t have any major affects on the game’s western release.