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Now, isn’t this a surprise, according to an Official Nintendo Magazine interview with Yoshiaki Koizumi, it appears that the very premise for The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask came to Mr. Koizumi in a daydream. Specifically, Koizumi-san recalls that “[he] would look up at the moon and think about what would happen if the moon [...]

It should be noted, of course, that this is entirely the opinion of IGN writer Scott Clarke. He argues that while gaming has evolved heavily over the years, the one constant that still dominates games are Boss fights... and most of the time they are so forgettable it breaks down to mashing one button on an obvious weak spot and calling it a day. To be fair, that's exactly what Zelda is like most of the time, so it hits home. It hits home even more than that though, considering how "big of a deal" boss fights are in our favorite gaming franchise, let alone how staple they are in our other Nintendo favorites like Metroid and Mario. He has a very good point in boss fights being pointless most of the time. Even after all of these years little has changed. We all know the drill: after hours of play, refining and developing skills, our hero (or villain) comes to the end of their quest. The arena door slams shut, locking in the protagonist. The lights go down, the music swells and they are confronted by their nemesis. Some poorly-scripted banter usually ensues and then the fight begins. In...

We've heard nothing but praise from Ubisoft whenever the software company so much as mentions the Wii U. Now it seems that Nintendo is downright spoiling the company with it's next-generation hardware because of Ubisoft's continued and voiced frustrations with the the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. &nbsp Throughout the course of the year, company officials have mentioned that the long cycles of the Playstation 3 and the Xbox 360 are hurting industry creativity and that Ubisoft wanted new consoles sooner rather than later. &nbsp Full quotes and thoughts inside......

Electronic Entertainment Design and Research Vice President and analyst Jesse Divinch gives us his intake of the new Wii U. For those of you who don't like long names, it's shortened to EEDAR. EEDAR is a market research organization founded in 2006. These guys help provide information to the game industry, sales forecasts, and other useful services. We were all very excited for Nintendo's Project Café. Every rumor, leak, and tidbit of information was analyzed and brought forward for your speculation. With the Wii U announcement at E3, many people are both excited and cautious of what Nintendo will do with this console. With Operation Rainfall and other disappointments, it's understandable that many fans feel cheated. That aside, the question asked of Jesse was this. What will it take for the Wii U to become a commercial success at this stage of the console generation lifecycle? To find out, you will have to click the jump and read on!...

Hey guys, here’s the new mailbag. This time around only about half of the questions are about about Skyward Sword, and we’re probably going to be moving back to doing mailbags about a variety of games (unless of course I only get too many Skyward Sword questions). I also intentionally avoided a few Skyward Sword [...]

The video game industry is huge, and with every year gone by it only increases in size. As of today, a report was released that revealed the games industry will reel in an estimated $74 billion dollars this year alone. This number is projected to increase to $115 billion a year by 2015. &nbsp More inside......

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