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Nomura Teases A “Surprise” During Kingdom Hearts 3D’s End Credits

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Kingdom Hearts series director, Tetsuya Nomura, has revealed in the latest edition of Nintendo Power that Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance will have a “surprise” at the end of the game. Nomura urges Nintendo 3DS gamers to refrain from turning off their consoles during the ending credits, otherwise they will miss the aforementioned surprise.

“For starters, there’s going to be some sort of a “surprise” during the end credits of the game. Nomura shares: “This is the first time we’re doing this, but there’s a surprise during the end credits. So even when the credits start to roll, don’t put down your N3DS, and don’t let your guard down!”

Watch The Sakaguchi Co-Directed The Last Story Trailer

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Hironobu Sakaguchi, the world-famous creator behind the Final Fantasy series and The Last Story, has joined forces with Nintendo to create a special directors cut trailer for the fantastic The Last Story. This special trailer celebrates the launch of The Last Story, which is available to purchase across Europe today.

Watch The First Two Hours Of The Last Story Online In High Quality

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Mesut from Nintendomination has uploaded the first two hours of the majestic The Last Story for Wii. The footage itself is extremely high quality, so if you can’t wait to purchase the game then feel free to waste away two hours watching the spectacular action unfold. The Last Story is available to purchase today is Europe, and is coming to North America sometime later this year.

Nintendo President Says The Old Franchise Revival On The 3DS Is Just Gossip

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Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has taken to Twitter to address the previous rumour that Nintendo is working with third-party developers to encourage them to revive old franchises for the Nintendo 3DS. Iwata said that the report from respected Japanese paper The Nikkei that was published earlier this week was just gossip, and there was no truth to the rumour.

Check Out These Awesome Mario And Luigi 3DS Hat Pouches On Club Nintendo

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Club Nintendo is now offering Mario and Luigi pouches for those of you that want somewhere special to keep your Nintendo 3DS. The Mario pouch was available a while ago on Club Nintendo, but they’ve now decided to add a Luigi pouch for good measure. The Mario and Luigi pouches are available from Club Nintendo for 250 points each.

Pachter Says Wii Owners Have Now Moved Onto Facebook Games

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Famed Wedbush Morgan video gaming analyst Michael Pachter is under the impression that Wii owners have now moved onto Facebook games, and no longer have an interest in the console. Pachter believes that the bubble surrounding the Wii has finally burst, and Social games, like the ones found on Facebook, are thriving.

“Nintendo Wii fans are now playing Farmville. The Wii was a bubble. The Wii bubble has burst. As for the social bubble, I don’t think it’s a bubble. I play Facebook games with my mother. This is not a bubble.”

Here’s The Official Fire Emblem Awakening Box-Art For Nintendo 3DS

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Nintendo of Japan has revealed the final box art for the forthcoming Fire Emblem Awakening. You’ll notice the Nintendo Network logo on the side of the box, which indicates that the game will be getting the DLC that Nintendo promised. Fire Emblem Awakening is due for release April 19th in Japan, and is due later this year in Europe.

Lucky Guy Wins Life-Sized Mario Kart Vehicle

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Nintendo of America has announced that Nate Stehley of Clarksville Tennessee has won a life-sized Mario Kart. Stehley won the special edition vehicle, developed by West Coast Customs, through the GameStop PowerUp Rewards program. The special kart comes complete with a decorative glider wing, as represented in the game. Who’s jealous?

escapeVektor Coming To Nintendo 3DS

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Games developer Nnooo has revealed via a press release that their award-winning game escapeVektor is coming to the Nintendo 3DS. escapeVektor is a retro styled arcade game in which the player controls Vektor, an entity trapped inside the console’s CPU. The new version of the game will have new enemies and obstacles, plenty of extra levels and online leaderboards. An early build of the Nintendo 3DS version of the game will be showcased at GDC and the game is expected to be released late 2012.

“We were delighted by the reception the WiiWare™ version of the game received. We originally planned to have four Chapters but have now decided to roll them all into one game and bring it out on these new consoles to reach a wider audience.”

“Playing the game in 3D on the Nintendo 3DS is really cool. With the background to each level pulsing in time to the cool chip-tune soundtrack you really get drawn into game’s environment.

- Nic Watt, Creative Director at Nnooo.

 

Epic Games Says GDC 2012 Unreal Engine Demos Shall Have You Gasping

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Epic Games has announced that it will be showcasing an array of stunning Unreal Engine demos at this years Games Developer Conference next month. Epic Games were the studio that developed the Japanese Garden Wii U demo which Nintendo used to show off the graphical capabilities of the Wii U at E3 last year.

Just reviewed all projects and GDC @UnrealEngine demos. I felt like a proud papa. Demo made people gasp, literally.

- Mike Capps, Twitter