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videogamenostalgia: Nintendo Power Shuts Down In December The independent company running Nintendo Power will be cancelling the magazine, with December being its last issue. Staff working on the magazine have already (mostly) been reassigned to other projects the company has been working on, but Nintendo still feels bad about the demise of the magazine. We can confirm that the December issue of Nintendo Power will be its last. To celebrate Nintendo Power’s long history, please share a memory or favorite story. For Nintendo Power subscription inquiries, please visit nintendopower.com/customerservice. Go on to Facebook and let Nintendo know what you’ll miss about America’s longest running gaming-related magazine. Over 27 years’ worth of writing is ending in a few months.

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Nintendo Power Shuts Down In December

The independent company running Nintendo Power will be cancelling the magazine, with December being its last issue. Staff working on the magazine have already (mostly) been reassigned to other projects the company has been working on, but Nintendo still feels bad about the demise of the magazine.

We can confirm that the December issue of Nintendo Power will be its last. To celebrate Nintendo Power’s long history, please share a memory or favorite story. For Nintendo Power subscription inquiries, please visit nintendopower.com/customerservice.

Go on to Facebook and let Nintendo know what you’ll miss about America’s longest running gaming-related magazine. Over 27 years’ worth of writing is ending in a few months.

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Sonic to Appear in Wreck-It Ralph

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From Sonic Retro:

“At the Comic-Con panel for Wreck-It Ralph the first 10 minutes of the film were shown, and in those 10 minutes a PSA was shown with Sonic explaining that if a game character dies in a game that’s not their own they die for good. Seemingly a reference to the Sonic Sez segments from Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog. There’s no confirmation on who will be voicing Sonic in the movie, we already know that Zangief (from the Street Fighter games) isn’t voiced by his normal voice actor in the movie so there’s some doubt on if Roger Craig Smith will be playing the role.

You can expect to see Wreck-It Ralph in theaters from November 2nd, 2012 in the US.”

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Cloudberry Kingdom- The Hardest Platformer Ever Needs Your Help

Pwnee Studios, the development team of Cloudberry Kingdom, claiming to be the hardest platformer ever, has come out and started a Kickstarter fund after years of hard work on their title. They are about $5,000 into their intended $20,000 goal, which they will use to hire a new animator and artist to the team to finish the job.

Three years ago we set out on a quest to design the platformer to end all platformers. We started off by constructing an artificial intelligence capable of designing levels on demand, suitable for any difficulty level and built to any specification. The construction was an arduous task. We had to teach the AI everything we knew about level design: flow, spacing, rhythm, player expectation. Then we had to guarantee that everything the AI constructed was possible to beat and suitable for the right skill level….

Unfortunately designing the AI was a long process, and now we are totally out of funds to make the game look pretty. Or to finish the cut-scenes for our campaign. Or to feed our programmer. 

But you can help! (Alright, you already knew that part, but seriously, you can help) With your help we can finish the most awesome platformer this world has ever seen. Alexander could stop crying, knowing that he would have an eternal challenge.

What will we do with the funds, exactly, to make this insanity become reality?

  • We’ll hire a full time artist to make the game shine in all its glory.
  • We’ll find an animator to help polish the game and make some awesome cinematics. We promise the cinematics will be less ridiculous than our kickstarter video.
  • If any money is left over we will probably upgrade our programmer’s diet regime from cat food to human food. Maybe.

If the project gets over funded then we will go really crazy. The AI gets more powerful the more obstacles we design for the game. Every time we add a new obstacle the AI quickly learns how to use it and then can immediately start designing levels with it, combining it with any of the other obstacles already in the game. The same is true for heroes. We can design new heroes, with totally new physics and controls, and the AI will figure out how to design levels specifically for that hero. This leads to an awesome combinatorial explosion of insane potential, and the more funding we get the more material we can give to the AI to make really unique levels and a truly awesome experience.

Be sure to help out the development team by making a pledge to their campaign. Any pledge will help. If you’re a fan of any platforming game that has come out since the 1980s, you’re sure to enjoy Cloudberry Kingdom. The game has no set release date, but is expected on the PC and Wii U.

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videogamenostalgia: Game Sales Weaken As Gamers Turn To Alternative Entertainment Gamasutra has posted a relatively controversial article citing an industry analyst firm that states April 2012’s sales continue a decline in overall video game sales, a trend that has been purported for the past few years. The study claims Mass Effect 3 was one of the top selling games of April 2012, followed by Prototype 2 and Xenoblade Chronicles. While these best sellers may sound like good news, the firm points out that sales compared to last April will likely be nowhere close to each other, with 2012’s being sharply smaller. The firm also predicts that besides Max Payne 3 coming out this month, May will be an even slower seller. PiperJaffray, the analyst firm predicting these trends, claims that more gamers are turning away from the nickel-and-diming process companies such as EA and Capcom have have been doing when already charging for “premium goods” and instead been turning to more social media with free-to-play services or games more easily played with a network of friends. The report also noted the longstanding sales of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 have been “disappointing” in comparison to 2010’s Black Ops. With NPD’s data for April due to be released on May 10, PiperJaffray’s Michael Olson and Andrew Connor also expect video game sales to be down in May year-over-year, due to “thinning sell-through tails,” although the decline will be offset by strong sales of Take-Two and Rockstar’s Max Payne 3. … The analysts estimate that during April, Activision saw a modest increase in U.S. retail sales sales year-over-year during April, thanks to the launch of Prototype 2. However, the month also saw “weak Modern Warfare 3 demand,” say the reports, indicating “a significant shortfall compared toBlack Ops in the same period last year.” Forecasting U.S. game retail for May, Olson and Connor believe that Take-Two and Rockstar’s Max Payne 3 will outsell Ubisoft’s Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future, Dragon’s Dogma and Sniper Elite V2combined. The analyst report focuses on console games, and did not include projections for Blizzard’s highly-anticipated May PC release, Diablo III. Perhaps this report is a sign that the industry needs a change from its current model? Zoom

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Game Sales Weaken As Gamers Turn To Alternative Entertainment

Gamasutra has posted a relatively controversial article citing an industry analyst firm that states April 2012’s sales continue a decline in overall video game sales, a trend that has been purported for the past few years.

The study claims Mass Effect 3 was one of the top selling games of April 2012, followed by Prototype 2 and Xenoblade Chronicles. While these best sellers may sound like good news, the firm points out that sales compared to last April will likely be nowhere close to each other, with 2012’s being sharply smaller. The firm also predicts that besides Max Payne 3 coming out this month, May will be an even slower seller.

PiperJaffray, the analyst firm predicting these trends, claims that more gamers are turning away from the nickel-and-diming process companies such as EA and Capcom have have been doing when already charging for “premium goods” and instead been turning to more social media with free-to-play services or games more easily played with a network of friends.

The report also noted the longstanding sales of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 have been “disappointing” in comparison to 2010’s Black Ops.

With NPD’s data for April due to be released on May 10, PiperJaffray’s Michael Olson and Andrew Connor also expect video game sales to be down in May year-over-year, due to “thinning sell-through tails,” although the decline will be offset by strong sales of Take-Two and Rockstar’s Max Payne 3.

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The analysts estimate that during April, Activision saw a modest increase in U.S. retail sales sales year-over-year during April, thanks to the launch of Prototype 2. However, the month also saw “weak Modern Warfare 3 demand,” say the reports, indicating “a significant shortfall compared toBlack Ops in the same period last year.”

Forecasting U.S. game retail for May, Olson and Connor believe that Take-Two and Rockstar’s Max Payne 3 will outsell Ubisoft’s Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future, Dragon’s Dogma and Sniper Elite V2combined. The analyst report focuses on console games, and did not include projections for Blizzard’s highly-anticipated May PC release, Diablo III.

Perhaps this report is a sign that the industry needs a change from its current model?

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Rayman Legends For Wii U Leaked

According to French website Gamkult, Ubisoft has since confirmed that the game will be coming out for Wii U, it’s still unknown if it will be coming to any other console. The trailer shows Wii U unique functions such as NFC (near field communication) and some gameplay functions using the touch screen.

Ubisoft has since said that the demo was intended for purely internal purposes and that the final product is still far from being released. Take this trailer at current face value, but the neat features sure do make the game look promising.

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Sonic 4: Episode 2 Beta Leaks, New Screens

A user over at Sonic Stadium noticed that a beta of Sonic 4: Episode 2 was available to download on Steam earlier. Of course, the leak has since been plugged up, but Sonic Stadium managed to get some new screens and a cutscene (huge spoiler alert, click at your own risk).

Anyway, enjoy!

PS: If you want to pre-purchase Sonic 4: Episode 2 on Steam, just click here.

(via: Kotaku)

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Here, Have Some Animal Crossing 3DS Screens

And to end off all the Nintendo stuff tonight, we have some new screens for Animal Crossing 3DS! The first image is your office (y’know, since you’re the mayor and all). And of course, the others are of you frolicking around town. Oh, and it looks like you will be able to buy new shoes as well.

Animal Crossing 3DS will be coming to 3DS (duh) this fall in Japan. No other release dates have been announced.

(via: Andriasang, Tiny Cartridge)

FINALLY, Something I’m happy about! Looking forward to more info on this one. :)

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videogamenostalgia: Nintendo Announces Kirby 20th Anniversary Wii Disc The pink superhero who can eat anything and everything will be turning 20 soon! To celebrate Kirby’s 20th Anniversary, Nintendo has announced a special 20th Anniversary Wii disc that will have “all of your favourite Kirby games”. NOOOOOOOOOO NINTENDOI SAID STOP RELEASING ROM(S) ON A DISCWHAT PART OF THIS DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND  (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻) Zoom

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Nintendo Announces Kirby 20th Anniversary Wii Disc

The pink superhero who can eat anything and everything will be turning 20 soon! To celebrate Kirby’s 20th Anniversary, Nintendo has announced a special 20th Anniversary Wii disc that will have “all of your favourite Kirby games”.

NOOOOOOOOOO NINTENDO
I SAID STOP RELEASING ROM(S) ON A DISC
WHAT PART OF THIS DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND

  (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻)

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videogamenostalgia: SEGA Faces $86.4 Million Losses, Layoffs And Cancelled Games To Be Expected SEGA’s parent company, Sega Sammy, has stated that they face a loss of $86.4 million dollars in the fiscal year ending March 2012, and that sales were not up to par. The company states that it will be undergoing a “massive restructuring”, which inevitably means cancelled games and laid off employees. Though the company still plans on releasing more Sonic, the upcoming Aliens: Colonial Marines, and future Total War games, there is expected to be more cuts to their portable gaming market and more to their home console software market as well. You might not be seeing SEGA willing to publish more obscure Japanese games like Resonance of Fate anymore, though SEGA has not specified exactly where and when these cuts will be made. SEGA outlined a plan to cut forecast numbers in half for the next fiscal year and also to streamline organization through a smaller company in the NA and PAL territories to better sustain profitability. Only the future can really tell what’s in store for SEGA… Zoom

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SEGA Faces $86.4 Million Losses, Layoffs And Cancelled Games To Be Expected

SEGA’s parent company, Sega Sammy, has stated that they face a loss of $86.4 million dollars in the fiscal year ending March 2012, and that sales were not up to par. The company states that it will be undergoing a “massive restructuring”, which inevitably means cancelled games and laid off employees.

Though the company still plans on releasing more Sonic, the upcoming Aliens: Colonial Marines, and future Total War games, there is expected to be more cuts to their portable gaming market and more to their home console software market as well. You might not be seeing SEGA willing to publish more obscure Japanese games like Resonance of Fate anymore, though SEGA has not specified exactly where and when these cuts will be made.

SEGA outlined a plan to cut forecast numbers in half for the next fiscal year and also to streamline organization through a smaller company in the NA and PAL territories to better sustain profitability. Only the future can really tell what’s in store for SEGA…

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videogamenostalgia: GameStop Ending Gamecube Trade-Ins April 2 Starting April 2, GameStop will cease any trade-ins involving Nintendo Gamecube content. So if you got any Gamecube games you want to get rid of, now’s your chance. (via: Joystiq, Geekologie) Wut.But I can still play those games on my Wii… which is still on the market. Gamestop… why u make no sense? D:  Zoom

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GameStop Ending Gamecube Trade-Ins April 2

Starting April 2, GameStop will cease any trade-ins involving Nintendo Gamecube content. So if you got any Gamecube games you want to get rid of, now’s your chance.

(via: Joystiq, Geekologie)

Wut.
But I can still play those games on my Wii… which is still on the market.

Gamestop… why u make no sense? D: 

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