I guess this would be a pretty good demographic to advertise the game to!

Epic Mickey 2 will launch in Europe right at the beginning of fall. Disney Interactive Studios has announced a September 26 release date for the game.

Epic Mickey 2 still has a general “Fall 2012” timetable for North America. However, based on the European date, it should be out toward the end of September.

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We’ll take any Wii U news we can get!

Global Agreement Will Yield Richer Games, with Faster Time-to-Market

SAN JOSE, CA — March 27, 2012 — DESIGN West/ESC 2012, Booth #1227 —Green Hills Software, the largest independent vendor of embedded software solutions, has entered into a global license agreement that will enable Nintendo Co., Ltd. to provide Green Hills Software’s MULTI® integrated development environment (IDE) to developers that are creating video game software for the upcoming Wii U platform, which is scheduled to be launched later this year.

“We selected the Green Hills Software solution because it generates highly optimized code, and Green Hills provides excellent global support,” commented Mr. Genyo Takeda, senior managing director of Integrated Research & Design at Nintendo Co., Ltd.

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Ubisoft has become a big player in the digital space. For instance, the company has looked to make virtual versions of their games available on platforms while also releasing retail copies.

When it comes to Wii U, Ubisoft’s digital boss Chris Early said the company will be looking to “take advantage of whatever the policies will let us do with the platform”. Their plans are vague because Nintendo hasn’t shared much information about the console’s digital capabilities, but Ubisoft will definitely be a big supporter in the future.

Early said:

“We’ll absolutely take advantage of whatever the policies will let us do with the platform from the standpoint of providing digital content.

“Nintendo has not announced a lot of their digital programs at this point of time. Our key is, as you see from us from a content perspective in supporting the platform, is we’re going to be there like we were with the Vita, and support the policy side of it as well. With the Vita all of our games are available digitally, and they’re even optimised from that standpoint because that was a policy in place we were able to design to.

“So from the same standpoint, I expect when the Wii U comes out and there are digital policies that are there, we will be in support of them as well.”

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Nintendo of Europe celebrated the 3DS’ one year anniversary over the weekend by sending out a special Satoru Iwata Mii. The system turned one year old in North America today, and NOA has followed up with a Reggie Fils-Aime avatar.

You can find Reggie’s Mii in the StreetPass Mii Plaza. Photos of the Nintendo of America boss have been added to the gallery above.

Namco Bandai’s mystery teaser site was updated earlier today.

This time, we’ve been given a small clue! The text on the site says “??? x Action Adventure.”

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Update: Despite the upload date on DailyMotion, it turns out that the interview is several years old. Having said that, there’s still a good amount of hope for Eternal Darkness 2…

No one knows what Silicon Knights is working on currently – other than the folks inside the studio of course.

Eternal Darkness is arguably the company’s most-successful title (at least in terms of its critical reception), so fans have been hoping that they may return to the IP one day. Nintendo renewed the Eternal Darkness trademark a couple years back, and Silicon Knights head Denis Dyack did recently say that a sequel isn’t too much to ask for.

So can we expect Eternal Darkness II then? Well, that’s still not clear, nor is the status of the IP’s ownership.

When asked about the ownership of the Eternal Darkness franchise (Nintendo or Silicon Knights), Dyack wouldn’t reveal the answer. He was also unwilling to talk about a sequel. Apparently some people have interpreted some of his previous quotes as a confirmation that Eternal Darkness 2 is in the works, but that was never the case.

Dyack did say something very interesting about Silicon Knights’ relationship with Nintendo, though. He stated, “Nintendo is still our silent partner – a lot of people don’t know that.”

“That’s a question we’ve never answered. And at the end of the day, it’s not time to even talk about those kind of things for various different reasons. Nintendo is still our silent partner – a lot of people don’t know that. We have a great relationship with those guys and it’s not time to talk about Eternal Darkness 2. I’ve had so many questions and it’s been interpreted a couple of times where I said, ‘Yes, we’re working on Eternal Darkness 2.’ We’ve never said that. So, sorry. That’s the best I can give you.”

Dyack was later pushed about the IP’s ownership again, but still wouldn’t provide an answer:

“It’s a complicated question with a complicated answer and we’re not answering the question.”

Thanks to unithack for the tip!

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