Nintendo is continuing to churn out downloadable content for Fire Emblem: Awakening.
Next week’s offering features Cellica from Fire Emblem Gaiden. This piece of DLC launches on June 21 for 350 yen.
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Square Enix released new screenshots of Kingdom Hearts 3D showing the world of Prankster’s Paradise. You can find the images in the gallery above.
Nintendo has provided a short statement about the US performance of its systems for the month of May.
Even though the company was nebulous with its sales data, we do have one significant stat. Over 285,000 units of portable/console hardware were sold last month. That piece of information should include all of Nintendo’s systems – the Wii, 3DS, and DS.
Nintendo’s entire response is as follows:
“In May, Nintendo sold more than 285,000 units of portable and console hardware. At the E3 Expo in Los Angeles last week, Nintendo revealed a massive slate of first- and third-party games on the way for Nintendo 3DS and the upcoming Wii U console. Further details about Nintendo’s E3 announcements can be found here: http://e3.nintendo.com. We’re looking forward to a strong second half of 2012.”
The Spike TV Video Game Awards are back once again this year, though it’ll be branded with a slightly different name in honor of an important milestone. This year, the VGAs will be known as “VGA TEN” as the event celebrates its tenth anniversary.
Spike has already announced when the show will be taking place. As usual, it’s set for a December showing. Video game fans will be able to watch the proceedings on December 7 at 9:00 PM EDT.
More world premiers are promised. Samuel L. Jackson will be returning as the show’s host following a lengthy hiatus.
For more details about VGA TEN, head past the break.
Yet another Nintendo-related interview has emerged. Believe it or not, it wasn’t conducted with Satoru Iwata or Reggie Fils-Aime, and the Wii U wasn’t brought up once!
Nintendo’s Hideki Konno has fielded all sorts of questions about Nintendo in general, including the possibility of seeing Super Mario Bros. 2’s Wart return and the chances of an Ice Hockey sequel with Mario characters.
You know what to do. Head past the break for Konno’s comments.
Hisashi Koinuma, the director behind Pokemon Conquest, would like to make a sequel. Nothing has been discussed just yet, but perhaps we’ll see a new game someday as a result of Koinuma’s interest.
Koinuma was actually asked if a sequel could happen on the 3DS. However, the portable wasn’t addressed specifically in his response.
Here’s Koinuma’s exact words about a Pokemon Conquest sequel:
“We really enjoyed making this title, having this collaboration. If there’s an opportunity we would like to do a sequel, but unfortunately there haven’t been any talks about that yet.”
Mad Dog McCree can be purchased on the North American eShop for $7.99.
Warren Spector is getting very serious about ultraviolence in games.
Spector is becoming increasingly aware of how the industry has been “fetishizing violence, and now in some cases actually combining it with an adolescent approach to sexuality.” This has become more noticeable in the past year.
He advises that those involved with games “have to stop loving it.”
Spector stated:
