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"I'd think a TV format would work better myself. In any event, our licensing teams are in constant discussions with movie studios and tv production houses all over the world about such topics but nothing for me to report on that front." - Capcom Vice President of Strategic Planning and Business Development, Christian Svensson

It seems like whenever a Mega Man cartoon comes out, it gets good ratings and then...Capcom kills it off. Not sure why that happens. I'd be worried about the same thing happening if Capcom green-lit another TV series.

We all know that the hardcore Smash community has had quite an issue with Meta Knight. They feel the character is just a tad too cheap and overpowered for usage in tournaments, but now they're actually doing something about it. Meta Knight is going to be banned from tournament usage come early January. If you're a Meta Knight player, you better find a new character to switch to! Thanks to Genkku for the heads up!

Just take a look at that image and let it sink in. If Capcom was thinking that Mega Man support was fading, they need to look again. Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge is sitting at the top of the 3DS eShop charts, as far as the VC goes. Seriously, how often do you see Mega Man top Zelda and Mario.

Mega Man fans are speaking, Capcom. Are you finally going to listen?

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"I’ve never actually finished it (Legend of Zelda). I almost feel like there’s still no game more difficult than it. Every time I try to play it I end up getting 'Game Over' a few too many times and giving up partway through. Certainly after playing the original Zelda for the first time, I didn’t ever think that I wanted to make a game like that." - Eiji Aonuma

Funny how the man that steers the Zelda series today has never actually beaten the first game. You would think that would be a prerequisite! Instead, it seems that Aonuma's love of the series comes from the SNES outing.

"That sense of exploration of the world itself (in ALttP) was really where I latched on to the series."

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You think Slippy is annoying now? Did you know that Nintendo considered having him say 'Ribbit' after every sentence?! Thankfully Miyamoto squashed that idea.



StarFox 64 coordinator Yusuke Amano: What made an impression on me with regard to the voices was how much Slippy talks.

StarFox scriptwriter Mitsuhiro Takano: He doesn't say "Ribbit!" (laughs) At first, though, he did say things like, "Do something, ribbit!" but Miyamoto-san said it wasn't cool, so I took it out.

- teaming up with the charity Dogs Trust to raise awareness in a campaign called 'A dog is not a toy'
- goal is to train children about dog ownership
- campaign is also backed by The Saturdays
- also includes a Junior Canine Carer competition that will give five kids the chance to win a Nintendo 3DS, nitnendogs + cats and a chance to go behind the scenes of a Dogs Trust Rehoming Centre and be a part of the charity’s Canine Carer team for a day.

"We’re really excited to be working with Dogs Trust on this initiative. Walking around Dogs Trust rehoming centres and seeing dogs that have been handed in because their owners couldn’t cope with their behaviour serves as a wake-up call. We believe that if nintendogs + cats can help just a handful of kids to stop and think about what is involved before buying a dog, this initiative will be a success." - Dawn Paine, Marketing Director at Nintendo

To test this theory researchers found 18 mothers who were nursing their children, 17 who were using formula, and 20 women who did not have kids. All of the participants were asked to play a video game against a research assistant who pretended to be overly aggressive and competitive player. when a participant won a round of the competition, she was allowed to press a button that delivered a "punitive sound burst" to their opponent.

When all was said and done, researchers found that the breast-feeding mothers inflicted the loudest and longest punitive sound bursts on the research assistant than the other two groups. Mothers who breast-fed their infants were almost twice as aggressive as formula-feeding women and non-mothers, according to researchers. Formula-using moms and non-mothers were equal in their levels of aggression - which wasn't all that high, apparently. Oddly enough, researchers also found that while breast-feeding moms were highly aggressive as they played and won their compeititos, their blood pressure remained normal.

This actually doesn't surprise me, considering how common this sort of thing is in nature, but I guess the juxtaposition of breast-feeding mothers and dishing out pain in video games is a bit unusual. I think the _____ing Mama series needs to get on this.

Source: GamePolitics

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This commentary is in response to a CNN article that claims that 90% of gamers don't finish the games they play.

I've pretty much given up on playing any long game (say, over 20 hours) that I'm not sure is completely awesome. I just quit L.A. Noire a good eight cases from the end, and I feel like I played it for too long. I mean, a game that takes 40 hours? A whole workweek? In this day and age? Who can do that? People don't leave games unfinished because they're weak or dumb or lazy or bad people. It's because, unless the game is really awesomesauce, playing it for 40 hours just isn't a worthwhile use of one's time." - Indie game developer Jeff Vogel

Check out Mr. Vogel's full comments here

"I am receiving and reading every piece of mail from you guys. Some of them are so beautiful that I wanted to share them with folks here. Shown below [above] are just what I've gotten in the past few days and there are others from a few weeks prior. Thanks very much for you passion and love of all things MM. I'm sorry Legends 3 didn't happen in the end but I am personally working to help please MM fans once again at some point. Please bear with us. It's going to take some time." - Christian 'Sven' Svensson

Just thinking about Mega Man right now makes me sad, and that never used to happen in the past. The only bright light I can see is that one day where Capcom shows Mega Man fans that they do care about the Blue Bomber by putting together another adventure. Let's hope that day isn't too far off.

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Well I know that my excitement meter just broke for Sonic Generations.  Seeing that they’ve decided to add Chemical Plant Zone made me jump with glee the moment I saw the first images, but then more surprises were waiting when I clicked the link.  A stage featuring none other than one of my favorite characters [...]