What bigger push for your next game than an appearance from one of gaming's greats?! Luigi stopped by at a recent event to post for a photo op with Hatsune Miku, all while she was promoting Project Mirai 2. I think it's time for a cameo in-game! Thanks to Mr_Raccoon for the heads up!

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Coming from a GamesIndustry interview...

"As with any new console, it takes some time to grow an established base. Ubisoft has a varied and high-quality line-up for Wii U, with more big titles on the way including Rayman Legends, Watch Dogs, Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag and Splinter Cell Blacklist. We're confident that this will help in continuing to attract gamers to the Wii U system and that Nintendo will take steps to ensure that the Wii U is successful in the market."

I'm finding it hard to be upset with Ubisoft like I was a few months ago. The Rayman situation still sucks, but having big support from Ubisoft on the Wii U is part of the bigger picture. Nice to see a company saying something like this after the EA situation.

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Coming from a Polygon interview...

"I wanted to do Pokemon Yellow, and the reason why was I knew I wanted my friends Emily and Gavin to be Red and Pikachu. I knew I wanted them in my piece, and Pikachu is sort of the iconic Pokemon everyone knows. You see him and you know you're looking at Pokemon, so I chose Yellow as the game to go for.

Unfortunately I didn't have enough people to make the manga or the anime storyline come to life. I wanted 36 people to do the video game version and I was only able to get 23, so there was alot of mixing and matching of genders between people. And after all was says and done, I just couldn't get any more guys." - Andrew Plotner

It sounds like Mr. Plotner isn't done with creating Nintendo-themed ballets. If given the chance, he would like to tackle The legend of Zelda next.

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Kevin (RMC) discusses the latest Nintendo Direct in this GameTrailers feature! He also tells you what he thinks about the Nintendo happenings in the last few weeks. Go forth and enjoy!

After today's Nintendo Direct, it seems like Sonic Labyrinth has made a return to the Coming Soon section on the NA Nintendo 3DS eShop. Hopefully it means that we will those Game Gear games fairly soon! Cheers to Connor for the heads-up.