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Final Fantasy VII devs initially disliked One Winged Angel, series composer reveals why
Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu revealed that final boss battle theme One Winged Angel wasn’t well received by his colleagues at first.
Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto receives lifetime achievement award
Shigeru Miyamoto accepted a lifetime achievement award at Japan’s 29th AMD awards ceremony, reflecting on his long career at Nintendo.
Someone ran Grand Theft Auto on a wi-fi router
Two modders have successfully booted Grand Theft Auto: Vice City one a household wi-fi router.
Super Mario Maker players rush to complete the world’s most fiendish Mario stages before server shutdown
Nintendo’s Wii U servers will shutdown in April, making Super Mario Maker unplayable. Team 0% aims to clear all 41,113 user-made stages by then, but time’s running out.
Vanillaware ran out of money for Unicorn Overlord’s development (as they did for 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim)
Vanillaware’s CEO reveals that the company ran out of funds for Unicorn Overlord’s development “this time too.”
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Non-gaming news
New Gundam co-produced by Evangelion’s studio Khara rakes in 598 million yen in three days, taking top spot at box office
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- sees explosive popularity in its opening weekend, taking the No. 1 spot at the Japanese box office.
Indie games
Learn Japanese by taking photos in this cozy new game (Updated)
Shashingo: Learn Japanese with Photography is a fun new language learning game that helps you learn everyday Japanese by taking photos.
nintendo
Nintendo’s attorney weighs in on what makes emulators illegal
Koji Nishiura, patent attorney and deputy general manager of Nintendo’s intellectual property department, talks about legal problems surrounding emulation.
