Shigeru Miyamoto continues to receives praise for his work in the video game world. After two days of deliberation, a decision was reached to honor Miyamoto with Spain’s Prince of Asturias Award of Communication and Humanities.
Magnum photo agency and philosopher Edgar Morin were the other two finalists.
Speaking about the award, Miyamoto said:
“I feel very proud to know that I’ve been chosen to receive the Prince of Asturias Award of Communication and Humanities.
“This distinguished award represents not only my work, but the entire work of my friends and partners which whom I’ ve worked in my career.
“In the future, I’ll keep continue working hard to make possible that the videogames keep offering happiness and joy to all the people from all generations and to the whole word.”
Time Travelers is rated CERO C in Japan (ages 15 and up), so it gets the lovely black boxart.
Update: Annnd the big answer to all of this is that it’s not happening, which is probably what made this slightly confusing in the first place. Ubisoft Montpellier is making a Wii U game (Rayman Legends, surely), but a new studio hasn’t been formed. The end.
It appears that Ubisoft has opened a new studio dedicated to making Wii U projects. According to the LinkedIn profile of director Hervé Masseron, more information could be divulged at E3 2012.
A blurb on his CV roughly translates to the following:
“I work on the new game studio dedicated to Montpellier’s new console NINTENDO WII the U. … Meet at E3 for more info”
Masseron has been with the new studio since January 2012.
Another LinkedIn profile, which comes from concept artist Aymeric Kevin, mentions that Michel Ancel and Jean Christophe Alessandri are supervising Rayman Legends.
These findings have led to some speculation that Rayman Legends could be a Wii U exclusive, probably due to the fact that it’s being made by Ubisoft Montpellier. And one of the LinkedIn profiles above does mention that a Montpellier team is “dedicated” to the Wii U. Still, any exclusivity has not been confirmed.
The overall scope of Ubisoft’s new studio is a bit unclear. Is this a brand new division inside Montpellier? Has the Montpellier studio simply been divided? Or is this just a temporary shift in staff?
Thanks to 4Him for the tip.
This week’s Japanese eShop update is as follows:
3DS Downloadable Software
Nikoli no Puzzle Shikaku ni Kire – 500 yen
Virtual Console
Kirby no Kirakira Kizzu (Kirby’s Star Stacker, Game Boy) – 400 yen
Video Content
Guild 01 commercial
01./00. [PSP] My Little Sister Can’t Be This Cute Portable Can’t Be Continuing #
02./01. [WII] Mario Party 9
03./00. [PSP] Persona 2: Eternal Punishment
04./02. [3DS] Fire Emblem: Awakening
05./00. [PSP] Brothers Conflict: Passion Pink #
06./05. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land #
07./07. [3DS] Mario Kart 7
08./06. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3G #
09./03. [PS3] Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
10./08. [3DS] Kid Icarus: Uprising
11./00. [3DS] PachiPara 3D: Ooumi Monogatari 2 – Pachi Pro Fuuunroku Hana – Kibou to Uragiri no Gakuen Seikatsu
12./09. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games
13./04. [PS3] Starhawk
14./11. [WII] Wii Sports Resort with Wii Remote Plus #
15./13. [WII] Wii Party #
16./12. [PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2012
17./17. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (PSP the Best)
18./18. [3DS] Harvest Moon: The Land of Origin
19./00. [PSP] Bunmei Kaika: Aoiza Ibunroku Saien
20./25. [NDS] Pokemon Black / White #
