A Twitter user who ran the Professor Layton Twitter accounts held a poll recently regarding what character fans wanted to see in the coming game. Skull Kid won the poll, and the results were tweeted to Mr. Sakurai on behalf of the North American and European voters. Now people have begun to retweet the poll in hopes of supporting Skull Kid as a playable character.

@sora_sakuraiスタルキッドが勝ったことを示す投票結果を見てください。bit.ly/PDHgOS #SmashPoll2012

— Roger DiLuigi III (@RogersBase) August 8, 2012

So what do you think? Do You want Skull Kid as a character in the next SSB? Tell us in the comments!

Source: Twitter

Love him or hate him, Pachter knows what he’s talking about, even when he’s merely speaking conjecture, but when asked if developers should publish $40 Single-Player or Multiplayer only games, what does Pachter answer? Let’s just say that Pachter’s logic is sound and it would definitely not benefit publishers and developers of titles such as Call of Duty. Hop inside to hear what he has to say. Please note that the first question is old news.

Whether or not you’re a fan of the Rabbids, you don’t have to love them to understand their quirky and humorous characters to understand to parody of the Olympics that Ubisoft has created. Whether or no the Olympics should be held inside one’s own kitchen however, well, you’ll just have to tune in and find out for yourself!

This time around we have a series of either unused are entirely scrapped variations of character designs. Some will make you question why they weren’t included while others will just make you smile with glee so hop on in and check them out!

As GlitterBerri’s slaves continue to painfully translate the next portion of HH, be sure to check out GlitterBerri’s website for more translations and details from Hyrule Historia!

While the release date is unconfirmed, Ubisoft has come out and stated that the third main installment of Assassin’s Creed will be launched with the Wii U. Hopefully, this will silence the hard core crowd who claims that the Wii U will retain the Wii’s casual gameplay. While the Wii U has come across as the “Wii 2″ rather than it’s own system, the addition of a major, mature franchise will certainly help to attract other, more mature gamers. Personally, I am extremely excited for the newest Assassin’s Creed, but I feel like most people are just going to buy it for their Xbox 360 or Playstation 3 rather than go out and purchase a new console just for slightly better graphics. While it may not be a selling point for the Wii U, it certainly does help its image.

“We’re having a more difficult time than we had anticipated in terms of getting support from third-party publishers, but that’s our job,  We will continue to talk to development communities and publishing partners and tell them why Vita can provide a great experience for the IPs they have and I hope the Assassin’s Creed game will prove that.”

Sony has relied heavily on third party developers on past systems, so it seems strange that the Vita should be going unnoticed by them right now, but with the 3DS’ surging success in Japan with the XL and New Super Mario Bros. 2, Sony is going to need to step it up in the handheld market this holiday season.

If you’ve ever had anything to do with the original Legend of Zelda, you’ll immediately recognize the familiar “get item” jingle that sounds when you send a Tweet from the app. Pretty neat, eh? Additionally, if you jump three times in succession, on the third jump Harry does a flip, which is very similar to three jump flip pioneered in Super Mario 64. It is starting to seem the developers are fans of Nintendo, too.

Do you know other games that borrow from the Nintendo classics? Tell us in the comments!

Their conversation traversed many topics of game design, and reveals tons of goodies from the minds of MIyamoto and Horii and how they went about designing their games.

Horii: “Adjusting the difficulty of the game is tough as well. Whenever I draw out a dungeon on paper, it always ends up being really hard. I test play it thinking it’s going to be easy, only to find it’s outrageously difficult.”

Miyamoto: “We always endeavor to reduce the difficulty of the dungeons by 20% once we finish making the game.”

Horii: “You decide that in advance?”

Miyamoto: “That’s right. I’m exaggerating a little when I say we always plan to reduce it by 20%, though. Our criteria isn’t that concrete. *laughing* When we’re doing an action game, we make the second level first. We begin making level 1 once everything else is completed.”

For more fascinating quotes from this conversation, hit the jump.

The colors and expressions that are used in this piece really help it to come alive. The light from the fire helps to give off a serious tone as well as sheds light on the feelings of the two people. The old man possess a sombre look upon his face. The reason for this sombre look may be because of his knowledge that Hyrule is a former shadow of itself and is overrun by monsters. One can also see the small spark of hope shining in his eyes in that he sees that there is someone who is willing to fight against these monsters and try to help restore Hyrule’s glory. Link possesses a look of awe on his face. Perhaps it’s from him realizing just how important this mission is to the old man as well as to the rest of Hyrule’s people.

This certainly isn’t a mission that one needs to take lightly.

I feel that this is an excellent representation of this iconic scene. I have yet to find another depiction of this scene that makes it come to life as good as this one does.

Please go check out the artist’s gallery for other Zelda fanart related material. Be forewarned though, some of them are on the mature side.

Also please let us know what you thought of this epic fanart by leaving your thoughts in the comments section below. Stay tuned for the next Zelda Fanart Spotlight! Until then!

Although merely a rumor at this point, there are apparently some form of manufacturing problems occurring that are forcing Nintendo to delay the Wii U’s release in Europe to December.

Some of those living in Europe have already voiced their dissatisfaction stating that should their Wii U launch be delayed, so should Japan and North America’s release of the console. Although unfair, it’s not uncommon to see consoles launch in separate months or years. Let’s just hope that if the rumor is true, its delay will only cause a release early in December as opposed to later in the month.