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Animal Crossing: New Leaf director Aya Kyogoku and producer Katsuya Eguchi just wrapped up a postmortem for the game at GDC 2014 a short while ago. You can find photos from the event above, and some information shared during the session below.

– Ms Ayogoku was the first female game designer at Nintendo EAD when she started just a few years ago
– She emphasizes that we need more female developers in the industry
– Nearly 50% of the Animal Crossing: New Leaf team was female – co-director Aya Kyogoku
– Big success on New Leaf – it saw shortages in Japan
– Suggests development was “smooth sailing” but it wasn’t without challenges
– After the Wii version, New Leaf had to address series fatigue
– Therefore the team remembered its core: “Animal Crossing is a communication tool”
– Like the Zelda team, Animal Crossing: New Leaf rethought the series’ conventions
– Communication was the common thread. It’s its core
– New Leaf didn’t have 11th hour stress at the end of development due to subdued pace
– In-game events helped team mood
– Aya Kyogoku recommends New Leaf to other developers if working on their games becomes too stressful
– The team communicated and celebrated with each other during development using themes from the game
– No matter your role, #ACNL team members were free to contribute new ideas for characters, furniture, etc
– 7.38 million units sold worldwide to date

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Note: this is a demo Nintendo is featuring at its GDC booth to showcase the abilities of the Nintendo Web Framework. It’s not confirmed to be a full game.

A demo may be in store for Mario Golf: World Tour. On Nintendo Europe’s site, a notice states, “Nintendo Network ID registration required to download demos from Nintendo eShop.” Another page on the site, which lists all available demos, includes Mario Golf: World Tour. That’s not a confirmation, but it could be a sign of things to come.

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Volleyball appears to be this week’s Virtual Console release on the North American Wii U Virtual Console. Nintendo’s website has the game listed for launch tomorrow. For $5, Volleyball can be yours.

Teyon has confirmed Skater Cat’s launch on the 3DS eShop. The title will be available in both North America and Europe on March 19 for $4.99 / €4.99.

Here’s an official overview of Skater Cat:

Skater Cat is a side-scrolling action game where players jump on board a skateboard with Ollie the coolest cat in town. Players will travel through 3 worlds in over 25 levels collecting treats and rounding up stray cats to win a total of 90 medals! Best times and ghost runs can be exchanged with other players and the games’ developers via SpotPass and StreetPass, once enabled on the Nintendo 3DS system.

The Wii U eShop was recently updated with a small but extremely helpful feature. Going forward, users can now see file sizes when viewing information about a piece of software. This is shown at the top of every title description.

Thanks to Jake for the tip.

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Nintendo has provided a new look at yet another track in Mario Kart 8. Below, you’ll find a couple of new images featuring Sunshine Airport.

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