The Mario creator reckons that availability of games is a factor big enough to determine the hardware’s success. As such, he criticized the competition; particularly Vita’s crave for more software.

“It’s obviously a very hi-spec machine and you can do lots of things with it, but I don’t really see the combination of software and hardware that really makes a very strong product,” he told EDGE. “But I can’t really say”

“I’m not looking at Vita as happy that it’s not selling well, or scared that it would sell well – I’m not looking at Vita that way,” he concluded.

Sadly enough, it’s an opinion many gamers approve of. The lack of strong line-up since launch certainly hurts the PlayStation Vita; but once again, the Nintendo 3DS has been in the very similar plight – that’s before Nintendo woke up and addressed the issue by slashing the handheld’s price in August while confirming a plethora of AAA titles. Overall, do you agree with Miyamoto?

The game was announced during the Nintendo Direct event, with Nintendo America tweeting out the announcement publicly.

Japanse blog Esuteru managed to take screencaps from the Ustream video of the event. They are posted below.

It is a website that has been spotted and accordingly, there will be another Call of Duty…oops, I mean Mario game. In fact, the registered domain points towards a numbered entry in the perpetually blossoming platforming legend, specifically a fourth installment, hence the site ‘SuperMario4.com’. Clicking the URL redirects to Nintendo’s official website and it looks Nintendo of America is the owner of the site.

Speculations and suggestions predict that Super Mario 4 relates to the new unnamed 2D Mario game Nintendo announced for the 3DS at its investor’s presentation earlier this year. Yet who knows, for all it could be a next-generation title prepped for the Wii U. Image by ojamajodoremidokkan.

If you are expecting it to be fighting game, then サー, you are wrong. The game is a strategy RPG.

Details about the game is scarce, except for the characters that will be involved:

Capcom

• Ryu & Ken (Street Fighter 0)
• X and Zero (Mega Man)
• Demitri and Dante (Darkstalkers and Devil May Cry)
• Chris and Jill (Resident Evil)

Sega

• Shinguji Sakura and Ogami Ichiro (Sakura Wars)
• Pai and Akira (Virtua Fighter)
• Kurt and Riela (Valkyria Chronicles)
• Ulala and Touma (Space Channel 5 and Shining Force EXA)

Namco Bandai

• Sanger Somvold (Super Robot Wars)
• Jin and Ling Xiaoyu (Tekken)
• Kos-Mos and T-elos (Xenosaga)
• Yurie and Estel (Tales of Vesperia)
• Kaito and Black Rose (.hack)

Japanese magazine Famitsu will have more details in their next issue.

The new Pokemon title was initially announced for release sometime in June, so the 23^rd day of the month doesn’t look much of a farfetched bet, especially if we’ve taken into concern that Pokemon games usually release on Saturdays in Japan, as Andriasang notes.

A western release of Pokemon Black & White 2 is likely to follow a few months later.

“I would like to bring something else to everyone’s attention. Shortly after the Street Fighter X Tekken promotion in Asia, Yoshinori Ono’s physical condition rapidly and heavily deteriorated, and he had to be taken to the hospital,” said Capcom on its Street Fighter blog.

“Because of his hospital tenure he will not be performing work-related affairs for a while. Ono’s well-being is very important to us and we wish for his steady recovery.”

Ono has reportedly been working hard over the past few months, wandering the globe in an effort to promote Capcom’s latest fighter – Street Fighter X Tekken.

His current condition is unknown. But whatever it may be, we wish Ono-san a speedy recovery.

The colorful platformer was originally due for release this month, now it won’t make it to stores until summer – specifically on June 8. The game, however, is still on track for its late March launch in the US although that could change at any moment, as the publisher did issue a comment regarding the delay, stating that the additional months will give them the proper time to polish the 3DS iteration and ensure it reaches the platform at its finest state.

“Sorry, we know many of you are eagerly waiting for it, but we really want you to love the game as much on 3DS as you did on Vita and on other consoles,” the developer added.

Konami disclosed the number shortly after the re-release of PS2 classic Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater, which was remade in 3D for the Nintendo 3DS. The 3D remake was released as part of Metal Gear’s 25^th anniversary.

The legendary franchise debuted with the original Metal Gear on the MSX2 back in 1987. Current project in the series is Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance – a title being developed by Platinum Games for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.