LucasArts should totally develop a monster-battle chess game, like the holoboard game in the Millennium Falcon's lounge in Star Wars, for the Nintendo 3DS. Then we could play online against Wookies...and let them win.
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Nintendo announces the 3DS, the next entry in its popular handheld-console line. The company claims that their new system can execute 3D effects without requiring players to wear special glasses. Nintendo says they'll provide more details at this year's E3. Good job announcing this before the launch of the DSi XL, Nintendo, since now I'm just going wait for the new DS. No, I can't lie -- I want to buy both of them now.
Even though Microsoft's Natal isn't even out yet, the company's already researching the motion-control system's successor. Speaking with The Sydney Morning Herald, Hsiao-Wuen Hon, the managing director of Microsoft's Asia research division, said that they "already have a researcher thinking about the second version [of Natal] down the road, so we certainly hope we will continue to be holding that technology." Of course, we naturally assume that video-game companies are always working on the successors of their latest tech, but did you really have to jump the gun so early, Microsoft? [1UP]
Joystiq reports that Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada said in a recent interview that they're "going to explore the possibility" of a Final Fantasy 7 remake. The company has previously stated various reasons for why they wouldn't remake the game, but Wada said that they're considering the project because of the volume of fan requests. Instead of remaking FF7, I think they should just put out a copy of the original the game where Aerith doesn't really die.
Folkert Langeveld, the brand marketing manager at Sony Computer Entertainment Benelux, recently referenced something about LittleBigPlanet 2. Langeveld claims that the title would have PlayStation Move support, though Sony has yet to officially announce anything. It looks like the heads of developer Media Molecule might have forgotten to add the guys at Sony Benelux to the nondisclosure-agreement e-mail. [Tweakers.net via Destructoid]
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