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The following blurb pertains to Reika Morishita, the woman behind the Rockman DASH theme songs. She's going to be reprising her role on the tracks, but it seems that the sales of this 'album' could mean big things for Mega Man Legends 3.

"To support our community, she is going to release her Mega Man Legends soundtrack reprisals at the end of May or early July, tentatively. During the meeting yesterday, she said that if her new soundtrack makes over 20,000 sales, Capcom Japan is likely to release the Mega Man Legends 3 Prototype Version on the e-shop. Although there are no guarantees, keep in mind she is a well-networked individual."

It's not a gaurantee by any means, but it's the most positive thing we've heard about Mega Man Legends 3 in a long time. Having that prototype hit the eShop would be great, and of course, it gives me hope for the future of the Legends series in general!

I can't believe it's finally happening. While we heard Miyamoto talk about Pikmin Wii U earlier today, another Nintendo rep has confirmed its presence at this year's show.

"In a recent interview, Mr. Miyamoto confirmed that a new Pikmin game will be shown at the E3 Expo in June. He believes that anyone who has played Pikmin games in the past will enjoy playing."

No more guessing, no more rumors. Pikmin Wii U will finally be on display! Thanks to all that sent this in.

- earnings and profits for the year ending March 31 will slump
- this is due to underperforming games
- plans to cancel games and streamline its operations
- expecting net sales revenue to be ¥46,000 lower than previously predicted
- net income will be ¥20 billion (£153m)
- loss specifically attributed to "the challenging economic climate and significant changes in the home videogame software market environment in the US and Europe. It is essential to streamline organisations in the field of home videogame software in the US and European markets while shifting to a structure that corresponds to [this] change in environment, including strengthening development in the field of digital content."
- job losses on the way, making for "a smaller company positioned for sustained profitability."
- more focus on reliable, long-running IPs including Sonic The Hedgehog, Football Manager, Total War and Aliens
- predicting "extraordinary" losses of ¥7.1 billion (£54.3m), of which ¥4.9 billion (£37.5m) will be costs associated with its restructure

Hiroshi Yamauchi owns the Seattle Mariners...but he's never seen them play. That might change later this year, when the Mariners are set to open the MLB season in Tokyo. This takes place March 28 and 29 in Tokyo. Is this Yamauchi's first shot at actually seeing what his team can do on a first-hand basis?

Coming from the official website...

Playing With Friends

This option lets you play with any of the friends you have registered on your Nintendo 3DS system. You can also choose to allow your friends' friends to play with you as well. Your friends can also choose to join you when you're playing a game by using the Friend List on the Nintendo 3DS's HOME menu. Note that they can not immediately join in a game that's in progress. Instead they will be taken to the lobby to wait for the next game to begin.

Looks like we've got another one like Mario Kart 7 on our hands. Thanks to Greg for the heads up!

An in-game hat, that is! This Dranky hat will be given out to all beta testers for use in the final game.

Coming from an Aksys team member, via messageboard...

Unfortunately we don't have any plans, but I hope some nice publisher picks it up >.

Really surprised to hear that Aksys hasn't secured this one yet. I'm sure the game will come stateside at some point, but it appears that Aksys may not be the ones involved. Thanks to Rockman for the heads up!

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- normal, hard, super hard, ultra hard and hyper hard difficulty settings
- change the difficulty setting midway through the game
- clear history will show the lowest difficulty that you used at any point during the game
- press B to fast-forward through event scenes
- you'll meet the main girl from the game early on, and you'll meet in an unexpected way
- use photoshop for costume customization
- use the internet to trade your clothes with others
- change the color of the girls' panties
- HP recovers at save points
- there are special points on the game field that will restore HP as well
- move points that determine how much you can move are carried over to the next battle
- party members talk with you during battle
- these conversations are saved in a log
- beating the game will take about forty hours

Here's a bit of a blast from the past. After some much smarter people went diving through game data, we've come to find out that Metroid Prime was actually running on a heavily modified version of the Unreal Engine 2. The things you don't learn until years later! Thanks to KingBroly for the heads up!

Same chart, but this time it's a bit easier to follow. It definitely looks nicer too!

This is what Nintendo fans put up with. It's going to be like this until Nintendo disappears...and as this list shows, that's probably not going to happen.

This just in from an exclusive Wired interview, it seems Miyamoto is ready to step down from his current position in favor of some smaller duties. Good for him.

“Inside our office, I’ve been recently declaring, ‘I’m going to retire, I’m going to retire,’” Miyamoto said through his interpreter. “I’m not saying that I’m going to retire from game development altogether. What I mean by retiring is, retiring from my current position.”

Be sure to check out the rest of their interview at the source link.

Source: Wired

We've known for awhile now that Adventure Island was heading to the North American 3DS Virtual Console, but we still don't have a date. At least we have some indication of the impending release, as the eShop itself now lists the title as 'coming soon'. Let's hope that 'soon' is next week!

If you want to see what Skyward Sword plays like, I suggest you check out Josh Thomas' controls demo below. This was the absolute perfect way to combat what GameSpot says.

This comes from the credit sequence, which was posted on the YouTube account that we linked earlier today. The blocked-out aspects of the image are related to content that some might consider spoilers.



I wonder just how involved Brownie Brown was in the project. Interesting to see the two pairing up for a traditional Mario game. Has that ever happened before? Thanks to NintenDaan for the heads up!

Under those blackened boxes waits two more characters for Mario Kart 7. To my knowledge, neither has been playable before. You'll have to hit the jump to see the uncensored image!

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A portion of a Dtoid review...

This is the kind of game you could once find in abundance on the SNES and Sega Genesis, now refined to a distilled and ultimately superior form. Videogames simply do not get any more pure than Kirby's Return to Dream Land.

Full review here