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Tomorrow’s Pokemon Direct, which will feature a big announcement of some sort, will be ten minutes of long. That should be plenty of time for an announcement and video from Nintendo president Satoru Iwata.

Any final guesses, guys? New generation Pokemon title? Anyone hoping this will be a Wii U title?

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There could have been a Streets of Rage 4. Series composer Yuzo Koshiro told Destructoid at MAGFest 11 this weekend that he was contacted about the project about ten years ago. The team made a prototype soon after, but SEGA rejected the title.

Even though fans haven’t seen a new Streets of Rage title in many, many years, there have been a few attempts to revive the series. Most recently, a behind-the-scenes prototype remake from Ruffian Games was outed.

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A couple of months ago, one Metro: Last Light developer made a remark stating that the Wii U has a “horrible, slow” CPU. But Team Ninja boss Yosuke Hayashi, responding to the claim, says this is not so. Hayashi feels the comment “was just 4A trying to find a scapegoat for a simple business decision on their part.”

“The Wii U is an infant that’s just been born. It’s a little unfair to compare it to mature platforms that people have been working on for over five years. I’m sure people will find ways to bring out even more power as the platform matures. To be completely blunt and honest, there’s no way that the Wii U processor is ‘horrible and slow’ compared to other platforms. I think that comment was just 4A trying to find a scapegoat for a simple business decision on their part.”

Hayashi does acknowledge that the Wii U may not be a next-gen console from the standpoint of its processor speed. However, he believes its next-gen nature stems from innovation and “Wii U being a new idea that challenges existing platforms”.

“If you’re basing this simply on processor speed, then it’s not next generation. If you’re basing this on Wii U being a new idea that challenges existing platforms, then it definitely is next generation. It is a console videogame platform that is now independent of the TV. Nobody has done that before. It’s no mistake to say that we have entered a period where it’s difficult to provide an obvious difference to many players based on processor speed alone. Players want new innovation that includes the environment in which you play and services you use, rather than just raw processor spec. Nintendo is at the forefront of that innovation. I’m looking forward to seeing what the other platforms come up with in the future.”

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Fractured Soul is currently available on the North American 3DS eShop for $11.99. When the game launches in PAL regions later this week, consumers will find a lower-than-expected price.

Developer Endgame Studios wrote in a blog post that the PAL price was decided on because of the high game prices in Australia. Endgame said when a title is purchased, “we’re asked to pay anywhere from 50% to 100% more than our American friends.” By setting Fractured Soul at a cheaper price, the studio is looking to take a stand against high game costs in Australia.

Fractured Soul will cost AUD $9.99 / €7.99. Look for the game on Thursday.

Check out Endgame’s full blog post regarding Australian game prices here.

The latest UK software sales are as follows:

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6 7 JUST DANCE 4 UBISOFT (FRANCE) UBISOFT UBISOFT
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9 9 LEGO THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRAVELLER’S TALES WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
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8 11 ASSASSIN’S CREED III UBISOFT (MONTREAL) UBISOFT UBISOFT
16 12 SONIC & ALL STARS RACING TRANSFORMED SUMO DIGITAL SEGA SEGA
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14 15 DISHONORED ARKANE STUDIOS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
15 16 MEDAL OF HONOR: WARFIGHTER DANGER CLOSE EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
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24 27 DEAD ISLAND GOTY EDITION TECHLAND DEEP SILVER KOCH MEDIA
22 28 NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. 2 NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
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– 40 SAINTS ROW: THE THIRD – THE FULL PACKAGE VOLITION THQ THQ

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CEO and founder of Crytek Cevat Yerli has once and for all confirmed that Crysis 3 won’t be heading to Wii U. Some may be surprised to hear, however, that the reasons are business-related rather than technical.

Yerli said that Nintendo, EA, and Crytek have been in talks, “but the bottom line is that there is that there’s not enough business drive in it.” While Yerli would personally love to see Crysis 3 on Wii U, “what I love to see and what gets done at the end of the day are two different things.”

Yerli said:

“There has been discussions between Nintendo and EA and Crytek, but the bottom line is that there is that there’s not enough business drive in it. It’s a purely business decision. I’d love to see it on Wii U, but what I love to see and what gets done at the end of the day are two different things. Even so, I could initiate it but someone has to sell it, right? It’s a business decision between EA and Nintendo. If that business decision doesn’t make sense, or seems to not make sense for them, it’s… not possible for us to make it. We can’t publish ourselves, and that’s the bottom line.”

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So, that new Pokemon announcement? It looks like a brand new game will indeed be revealed.

Nintendo of America and Nintendo UK just tweeted that Nintnedo president Satoru Iwata will host a short Pokemon Nintendo Direct tomorrow. The event is set for 6 AM EST / 3 AM PST / 12 PM CET.

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Satoru Iwata gave an update about the Wii U’s sales performance while speaking with Reuters. The Nintendo president said that the console wasn’t quite as popular as Wii was initially, though “sales are not bad, and I feel it’s selling steadily.”

“At the end of the Christmas season, it wasn’t as though stores in the U.S. had no Wii U left in stock, as it was when Wii was first sold in that popular boom. But sales are not bad, and I feel it’s selling steadily.”

Wii U sold 638,339 units in Japan for the system’s December’s launch, Enterbrain data reveals. Sales were obtained between December 8 and December 30.

Iwata noted that there have been challenges in selling two different Wii U models. Nintendo doesn’t have experience in this area, as the company has never before offered two different models of a console simultaneously. Additionally, the Deluxe/Premium Set has been selling much better than the Basic model, so inventory levels were unbalanced and “many people wanted that version and couldn’t find it.”

“It was the first time Nintendo released two models of the game console at the same time … and I believe there was a challenge with balancing this. Specifically, inventory levels for the premium, deluxe package was unbalanced as many people wanted that version and couldn’t find it.”

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Team Ninja, through publisher Tecmo Koei, released Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge – its first game for the Wii U. The studio could choose to support the console further going forward.

In an interview with ONM, Team Ninja head Yosuke Hayashi said: “We are working on an action game, and we are looking into other titles for Wii U.” Hayashi didn’t specify which “action game” the team is working on.

We all know Team Ninja and Nintendo share a close relationship, so expect to see more Wii U titles from the company in the future.

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