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The recently-launched Pure Chess is causing online issues for some players. Publisher Ripstone acknowledged the problems on Twitter, while also noting that users should email them so that they can be investigated. Ripstone will be looking into the situation next week.

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The folks over at Nintendo-Online recently decided to research the history of Intelligent Systems and were kind enough to send over some of their findings in English. There are some interesting tidbits about the company’s origins, among other things. Check out the full summary below.

– Intelligent Systems was founded in December 1986 as the successor studio to a company known as Iwasaki Giken.
– The cooperation between Nintendo and Iwasaki Giken started with the development of Donkey Kong jr. in 1982
– Contrary to common believe, Intelligent Systems is not a Nintendo subsidiary. It’s independent, but because of its strong connections to Nintendo, it can be refered to as a Nintendo studio. The case is comparable to other well known studios like HAL Laboratory or Next Level Games.
– In its early years, Intelligent Systems existed to help programming Nintendo games. Its first games were cooperations with Nintendo R&D1.
– Famicom Wars was not solely created by Intelligent Systems. Instead, it was designed by R&D1 and programmed by Intelligent Systems. After that, the team split up and R&D1 developed Super Mario Land, while Intelligent Systems started working on Fire Emblem. It was the first project where Intelligent Systems was deeply involved in designing the game.
– In the next years, Intelligent Systems developed many new games while continuing assisting on R&D1 games. The studio’s output decreased for a few years during the N64 and Virtual Boy era.
– Intelligent Systems is best known as a game development studio, but it is more of an engineering company. It had developed many dev kits and dev tools for Nintendo. In fact, Intelligent Systems is Nintendo’s most important source of dev kits.

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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:

01./00. [PS3] Dark Souls II (From Software) {2014.03.13} (¥7.800) – 255.197 / NEW <90,19%>
02./02. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch (Level 5) {2013.07.11} (¥4.800) – 37.247 / 569.720 (+3%)
03./03. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru to Ruka no Fushigi na Fushigi na Kagi # (Square Enix) {2014.02.06} (¥5.490) – 18.728 / 737.593 (-40%)
04./01. [PSV] Soul Sacrifice ? (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2014.03.06} (¥4.980) – 17.357 / 66.143 (-64%)
05./04. [3DS] Harvest Moon: Linking The New World (Marvelous AQL) {2014.02.27} (¥5.040) – 15.883 / 176.180 (-46%)
06./06. [3DS] Fossil Fighters: Infinite Gear (Nintendo) {2014.02.27} (¥4.800) – 13.362 / 93.900 (-40%)
07./09. [3DS] Kirby Triple Deluxe (Nintendo) {2014.01.11} (¥4.800) – 12.225 / 501.835 (-13%)
08./10. [3DS] Pokemon X / Y # (Pokemon Co.) {2013.10.12} (¥4.800) – 10.106 / 3.994.938 (-6%)
09./07. [PS3] Yakuza: Ishin! (Sega) {2014.02.22} (¥8.600) – 10.034 / 222.147 (-49%)
10./14. [PS3] Grand Theft Auto V (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2013.10.10} (¥7.770) – 7.910 / 736.810 (+8%)
11./11. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons Z (GungHo Online Entertainment) {2013.12.12} (¥4.400) – 7.755 / 1.407.075 (-26%)
12./12. [PS4] Battlefield 4 (Electronic Arts) {2014.02.22} (¥7.665) – 7.539 / 55.286 (-23%)
13./05. [PS3] Ar Nosurge: Umareizuru Hoshi e Inoru Uta # (Gust) {2014.03.06} (¥7.140) – 6.751 / 33.787 (-75%)
14./00. [360] Dark Souls II (From Software) {2014.03.13} (¥7.800) – 5.950 / NEW
15./13. [PS4] Yakuza: Ishin! (Sega) {2014.02.22} (¥8.600) – 5.451 / 119.722 (-41%)
16./21. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 # (Capcom) {2013.09.14} (¥5.990) – 5.132 / 3.239.571
17./15. [WIU] Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo) {2014.02.13} (¥5.985) – 5.117 / 72.401 (-29%)
18./23. [3DS] Doraemon: Shin Nobita no Daimakyou – Peko to 5-nin no Tankentai (FuRyu) {2014.03.06} (¥5.229) – 4.813 / 9.665 (-1%)
19./22. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf # (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} (¥4.800) – 4.759 / 3.692.937
20./17. [PS3] Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. Full Boost # (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.01.30} (¥7.980) – 4.395 / 338.323 (-25%)

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High Voltage Software, makers of the Conduit games, are working on the 3DS version of The Amazing Spider-Man 2. That’s according to a page on Nintendo’s website, which lists the studio as the game’s developer.

This is a bit of a change compared to how Spider-Man entries on the 3DS have been handled in the past. Previously, Beenox created Spider-Man: Edge of Time and the first Amazing Spider-Man for Nintendo’s portable. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 will be the first 3DS title not developed by Beenox.

Thanks to Jake for the tip.

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