For whatever reason, when we switched servers right before E3, forum integration with the main site almost destroyed everything entirely. To say the least, that wasn’t fun! We had to disable the integration to ensure that NE could be accessed during E3, but I now have restored everything… almost. There are just a few more things that I have to work on, but some issues are causing a tremendous amount of trouble.

Specifically, on your end, you may find that you keep getting logged out after you visit a few pages on the main site. For now it looks like you will stay logged in if you only visit forum pages. That isn’t exactly an ideal situation, though. I’ll keep working until I (hopefully) get everything back in working order.

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It’s finally done. After months of speculation, Nintendo has unveiled their brand new home console. A good amount of the rumors were surprisingly spot on. The controller does indeed have a 6.2 inch screen, which is a touch sensitive, and it includes a camera as well.

Since a few days have passed since Nintendo’s E3 2011 conference, perhaps it’d be a good time to reflect on the Wii U’s showing. I’ll share my thoughts below and hopefully you guys will as well in the comments area!

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This information comes from Yoshikazu Matsuhana (Google translated)…

“We would also like to see Metal Gear Solid 2 on 3DS. If the return fan is quite important, we believe. It is also the case for other franchises from Konami headlights. Maybe Castlevania.”

Hmm… Castlevania 3DS certainly interests me! I was really hoping Konami would announce something at this year’s E3. We saw three Castlevania DS games, so I’m hoping the 3DS will get some love as well.

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Reggie Fils-Aime on the reaction to Wii U…

“Reaction has been very positive, not only to the journalist side. We have spent time with the analysts, the publishers. I make it a point whenever I have a break just to walk the floor and the reaction is extremely strong [among the show attendees]. People are excited, people are waiting to get their hands on it, people are getting into line twice and that’s true whether it’s for Wii U or for Nintendo 3DS as we have had lines back up. So the reaction has been very strong.”

Reggie on how the design thinking evolved/what Nintendo wanted to do with the next console…

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01. / 00. [3DS] Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D (Capcom) {2011.06.02} – 58.792 / NEW
02. / 01. [3DS] One Piece: Unlimited Cruise SP (Bandai Namco) {2011.05.26} – 16.753 / 97.241 (-79%)
03. / 12. [NDS] Battle & Get! Pokemon Typing DS (Pokemon Co.) {2011.04.21} – 11.014 / 119.391 (+71%)
04. / 07. [NDS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 – Professional (Square Enix) {2011.03.31} – 10.729 / 519.496 (-23%)
05. / 02. [PS3] Warriors: Legends of Troy (Koei Tecmo) {2011.05.26} – 10.306 / 41.734 (-67%)
06. / 00. [360] Phantom Breaker # (5pb.) {2011.06.02} – 9.960 / NEW
07. / 04. [PSP] Akiba’s Trip (Acquire) {2011.05.19} – 9.222 / 83.954 (-44%)
08. / 03. [WII] Pandora’s Tower: Until I Return to Your Side (Nintendo) {2011.05.26} – 8.436 / 29.881 (-61%)
09. / 08. [PSP] Patapon 3 (SCE) {2011.04.28} – 7.018 / 111.493 (-23%)
10. / 05. [PS3] Nobunaga’s Ambition: Way of Heaven with Power-Up Kit (Koei Tecmo) {2011.05.26} – 6.390 / 21.846 (-59%)
11. / 10. [PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2011 (Konami) {2011.04.14} – 6.305 / 174.765 (-25%)
12. / 06. [NDS] Treasure Report: Kikai Jikake no Isan (Bandai Namco) {2011.05.26} – 6.158 / 20.461 (-57%)
13. / 11. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) {2010.07.08} – 5.703 / 1.904.952 (-28%)
14. / 16. [NDS] Pokemon Black / White (Pokemon Co.) {2010.09.18} – 5.513 / 5.192.693 (+6%)
15. / 21. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (Capcom) {2010.12.01} – 4.051 / 4.483.072 (-6%)
16. / 19. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) {2008.04.10} – 3.991 / 3.236.908 (-12%)
17. / 25. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) {2009.10.01} – 3.365 / 2.320.606
18. / 24. [3DS] Nintendogs + Cats: French Bulldog / Shiba / Toy Poodle & New Friends (Nintendo) {2011.02.26} – 3.349 / 228.803 (-11%)
19. / 27. [PSP] Dai-2-Ji Super Robot Wars Z: Hakai-hen (Bandai Namco) {2011.04.14} – 3.235 / 409.847 (-9%)
20. / 20. [PSP] Gungnir: Mayari no Gunshin to Eiyuu Sensou (Atlus Co.) {2011.05.19} – 3.228 / 24.098 (-29%)

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This information comes from Masahiro Sakurai…

“I can’t say that it’s entirely out of the realm of possibility that some Capcom character could appear in the next Smash Bros. The big problem, though, comes from the idea of trying to get characters from a completely different universe to fit with the style that has been dictated by Nintendo’s characters in a fighting game. In fact, I actually think it’s a miracle that we got Smash Bros. and all the Nintendo characters to work together in the first place. Especially when you bring Pokemon into the mix and a lot of the complications that are caused by that being an almost completely different entity on its own, it’s really something. So this is something that obviously will come up more as we get started on the new Smash Bros. development, but keeping those things in mind I think is important.”

It’ll be very interesting to see how many third-party characters show up in the next Smash Bros. games. Right now, we don’t even know if Snake and Sonic will be returning!

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So, here’s something incredibly odd. THQ’s Danny Bilson says that work on Saints Row 3DS never actually started. A Saints Row title was announced by Satoru Iwata, along with a slew of other titles, at E3 2010.

Bilson says that the company moved on from Saints Row and is instead creating “a couple of other things” heading to the platform instead.

“No, we talked about doing a Saints Row 3DS game, but we never started it. We have a couple of other things in development on the 3DS, but we wound up not starting that and starting a couple of other brands instead. There was no drama in any of that, honestly.”

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This batch of new screenshots looks particularly nice. It’s nice knowing that gamers all over the world will finally have a chance to play this in just one more week!

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