An official Kirby’s Return to Dream Land soundtrack will be available fom the Japanese Club Nintendo website. Titled “Kirby Wii Music Selection”, the reward offers a total of 45 tracks from the game.

Club Nintendo members can order the soundtrack for 400 points. It seems as though the item can be received for 250 points when Kirby’s Return to Dream Land/Kirby’s Dream Collection Special Edition are registered with the site.

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Numerous developers have made Need for Speed projects over the years, including Criterion Games. But after taking a two year break from the series, the studio says “it’s definitely a Criterion gig now.”

Vice president Alex Ward provided the following explanation as to how Need for Speed will be handled from here on out:

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Okay, posting the logo by itself might be a bit pointless. But this is the perfect opportunity to remind the Professor Layton fans out there that Miracle Mask will be releasing in Europe in October and North America in November. It’s the first game in the franchise for the 3DS.

EA sees some similarities between the Wii U GamePad and Microsoft’s SmartGlass. Cam Weber, the label’s general manager of American football, said that from a conceptual standpoint, look at the two technologies “in the same kind of way.”

According to Weber:

“Conceptually we look at it in the same kind of way. I think our designers are trying to solve problems around, ‘How do you take advantage of the smart glass, on either device, and what kind of functionality does that unlock? And I think it’ll benefit both.”

“To be more specific, we have Wii U in development now [for Madden], we’ll learn from it and it’ll take us further in terms of delivering on the SmartGlass.”

Remember how some of EA’s sports titles on Wii used a visual cartoony style? Well, you won’t be seeing anything like that on Wii U. Weber promised that Madden for Nintendo’s new console “will be the real deal.”

Weber said:

“I can’t really talk about it much, but I think what we’re doing is really cool. Maybe we’re not hearing a lot about [Wii U] today or in this week, but I certainly believe it’s going to be a product we’re going to be proud of.

“Here’s what I will say, and she (EA PR person) may not want to hear me say this, but it’s the truth: Whatever we release on the Wii U will not be a cartoony, dumbed-down, arcade football experience. It will be the real deal, HD simulation football.”

Another topic brought up in the same interview is the possibility of NCAA Football on the system. However, Weber wasn’t able to confirm the franchise for Wii U.

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LEGO Batman 2 looks very similar to the 3DS/Vita versions. I guess all three are the same game.