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Capcom has announced a couple of changes to its Japanese headquarters management structure.

Nariyuki Nobuyama, Head of Consumer Games R&D Human Resources Division and General Manager of R&D Promotion Department, is now also a Corporate Officer as well.

Another corporate officer is Monster Hunter 4 series producer Ryozo Tsujimoto. Tsujimoto also fulfills the role of Head of Consumer Games Development Division 3 and General Manager of Department 3.

Last but not least, Internal Audit and IT head Hirokazu Nakabachi is Capcom’s new exeuctive corporate officer.

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The latest Wii U/3DS-specific UK software sales are as follows:

Wii U

1. Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo
2. Super Mario 3D World – Nintendo
3. Sports Connection – Ubisoft
4. Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze – Nintendo
5. New Super Mario Bros. U – Nintendo
6. New Super Luigi U – Nintendo
7. Rayman Legends – Ubisoft
8. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD – Nintendo
9. Wii Party U – Nintendo
10. FIFA 13 – EA

3DS

1. Tomodachi Life – Nintendo
2. Pokemon Y – Nintendo
3. Pokemon X – Nintendo
4. Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo
5. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Nintendo
6. Mario Golf: World Tour – Nintendo
7. Kirby Triple Deluxe – Nintendo
8. The LEGO Movie Videogame – Warner Bros. Interactive
9. New Super Mario Bros. 2 -Nintendo
10. Yoshi’s New Island – Nintendo

Source: Chart-Track

In the latest issue of GamesTM, the magazine caught up with four developers such as Image & Form and Dakko Dakko to discuss the Wii U’s initial struggles and how the console has moved forward. Look for their comments below.

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Virtual Console news was noticeably absent from E3 last week. Aside from new title confirmations from Capcom and Natsume, there just wasn’t much there.

As part of an E3 interview with Kotaku, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime reaffirmed that Nintendo’s commitment to the service “is exceptionally strong.” He also explained, “there is significant work to take a game that was launched on a previous platform and make it compatible on the current platform”.

You can find all of Reggie’s comments about the Virtual Console below.

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We heard last week that the upcoming Mutant Mudds update for 3DS has been approved by Nintendo of America. Now the patch has received the same approval in Europe.

Renegade Kid co-founder Jools Watsham shared on Twitter:

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The Mario Happy Meal toys at McDonalds appear to be a hot commodity in South Korea. With the second wave of toys out today, photos have been snapped of huge lines forming – some of which even stretched outside or up to the second floor.

As for why people are so interested in the toys, people are apparently trying to make money by selling them online. This has led some Korean websites to ban members for thirty days should they attempt to resell the Mario Happy Meal toys.

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In 2010, Triton Tech filed a lawsuit against Nintendo, claiming that the Wii Remote controller infringed one of the company’s patents. But on Friday, a federal appeals court asserted that the suit was invalid.

Judge Richard A. Jones of the Seattle district court dismissed the lawsuit once before after finding that the patent did not adequately describe a complete invention, making it invalid. The June 13 federal appeals court ruling upheld that previous dismissal.

Richard Medway, Nintendo of America’s deputy general counsel, said in a statement:

“We are very pleased with this result. Nintendo has a long tradition of developing unique and innovative products, while respecting the intellectual property rights of others. Nintendo continues to aggressively defend itself against patent trolls. After many years of litigation, the decision today reflects an appropriate resolution of this case.”

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Shooting paint in Splatoon is “sort of like vandalism”, producer Hisashi Nogami told Polygon.

He said:

“Just talking about shooting paint, it’s sort of like vandalism. If we were all in this room and someone came in and said OK guys make this room as messy as you want, you’d probably get really happy and like, destroy things! I think people still have that child-like feeling of wanting to make a mess, wanting to get dirty. I think they would be able to enjoy this game. And I think people have that no matter how old they get.”

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