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January 6^th, 2010

Capcom Growing Less Keen on Wii?

11:55 at nintendolife.com

Company focusing on HD consoles in future

Capcom have developed some of the greatest games on Wii - Resident Evil 4, Zack and Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure, Okami and more - but they haven't always been greeted by the sales they deserve. Sadly it seems Capcom may be growing tired of underwhelming returns on their products, if a recent interview is to be believed.

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Nintendo Life Game of the Year Results

11:00 at nintendolife.com

Ten awards, hundreds of votes - the results are right here!

In this month's podcast we revealed the Nintendo Life Game of the Year Awards winners, showcasing the very best games that 2009 bestowed upon us. If you didn't get chance to listen to the show yet, be sure to check it out, but here for posterity are all the categories and winners from a bumper year.

Staff awards

Best Visuals

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Monster Hunter Tri Eats Your Spare Time in April

10:15 at nintendolife.com

Game licks lips, straightens napkin

We recently reported that Monster Hunter Tri's stomping beasts had been repelled until later in the year, but a recent press release from Capcom has shone a little light on the matter, putting the game down for an April release.

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DS Follow-Up to Feature Motion Sensor?

10:00 at nintendolife.com

Wii design ethos to influence future handheld

Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun recently carried an interview with Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, discussing the company's hopes for the year ahead, and he discussed a few very brief titbits about the possible DS successor and its features.

It will have highly detailed graphics, and it will be necessary to have a sensor with the ability to read the movements of people playing.

You may remember the DS receiving a motion sensor plug-in to play Tony Hawk's Motion, so this is hardly uncharted territory for Nintendo, but Mr Iwata reveals little of the possible motions that could be detected, though presumably it would involve iPhone-style accelerometers. The use of the phrase "it will be necessary" is certainly interesting, perhaps indicating titles are already in development for the console, though this could be the accuracy of the translation.

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January 5^th, 2010

Dark Void Zero Landing This Month

09:42 at nintendolife.com

Capcom continues 8-bit resurrection

While HD console owners can expect to play Capcom's Dark Void on the big screen soon, the company hasn't forgotten about DSi fans, with a portable version available to download to DSi in the coming weeks.

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January 4^th, 2010