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“When we created Super Mario Galaxy, we were trying to create the types of surprises and fresh experiences that you would have on a vacation. For Super Mario 3D Land, which is a portable game that people can play away from home, we added features like the ability to complete a stage in two to three minutes. The portable and console Mario games share the same core, namely, the fun of freely controlling and becoming Mario, and in that regard, there is no distinction between the two types of games.”

– Yoshiaki Koizumi, speaking to Kotaku about the newly-released Super Mario 3D Land.

Nintendo’s announced details of a new Wii hardware bundle in the US. The bundle will featured a black Wii, black Wiimote, black Nunchuk, New Super Mario Bros. Wii and a soundtrack for Super Mario Galaxy. it’ll go on sale in the US on October 23 for $149.99.

Thanks, Kotaku.

Nintendo has announced that they will be lowering the price of four of their all-time classic Wii games starting August 28th.
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As another week begins, I’ve got another set of discounted games for your consideration. You may have missed some of these the first time around, but at these low prices they must be worth a second look. For more updates on cut-price gaming, you can always rely on SavyGamer.co.uk, your lighthouse of value in the sea of RRP. Read on for this weeks deals.

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TorrentFreak’s reporting that Black Ops was pirated over 4 million times in 2010, based on data collected from “public BitTorrent trackers”.

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NPD has revealed that New Super Mario Bros. Wii’s lifetime-to-date numbers are more then Super Mario Galaxy’s.

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In an interview with MTV, Shigeru Miyamoto’s conceded that Twilight Princess wasn’t everything it should have been.

“What I’ve been saying to our development teams recently is that Twilight Princess was not a bad game, by any means,” he said.

“But, still, it felt like there was something missing.”

He didn’t go on to explain what the “something” was. He did, however, call Mario Galaxy “conservative”.

“While, personally, I feel like Super Mario Galaxy was able to do some things that were very new and were very unique, at the same time, from another perspective, certain elements of it do feel somewhat conservative in terms of how far we branched out with design,” he added.

“And so this is something I’ve been talking to both of those teams about.”

There aren’t, of course, any other details.

Good interview, that. Have a read.

Edge has awarded Halo 3 its award for Interactive Innovation at the Edinburgh Festival earlier today.

Bungie’s opus shooter staved off competition from the likes of Grand Theft Auto IV, Portal, Rock Band, Super Mario Galaxy and Wii Fit.

“We hand out this accolade to the title released in the last 12 months that does most to further the creative culture of gaming – in other words, to mark out new directions for the form,” says the piece.

Well done, Bungie.

By Mike Bowden