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Sega Says "Older, Broader Audience" Possible for 3DS

Mature audiences have always had somewhat of and off and on relationship with Nintendo and their platforms. While the company, and its third party supporters, have released tons of games for the systems that fall beneath the M umbrella, gamers, parents and the media have always branded Nintendo as the more kiddy of the console manufacturers. There's some truth to that in the company's past. Older gamers may remember Aladdin without his sword on the SNES or the unbloodied version of Mortal Kombat...that gray sweat looked so real! More recently, Wii titles with an M rating have found significantly less success in terms of sales when compared to M titles on other consoles. Blame the style of the game, the audience on the console or the quality of the port, but the numbers are undeniable. MadWorld and Dead Space Extraction are two examples of M rated games that essentially flopped on the charts. But the 3DS? According to Sega West President Mike Hayes, the 3DS has the potential to rope in a broader and more mature audience. Judging from the games and demos showed off last week within Nintendo's booth, we tend to agree. Hit the break for more...

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A Look at A Boy and His Blob, Including Fact Sheet and Screens

When THQ recently boasted about their successful sales numbers on the Wii by stating "The people who buy Nintendo games, [we want to] get them to buy things like de Blob," the last thing they probably expected was for another company to seemingly take those words at face value, bringing another blob back into the Nintendo playspace. Granted, WayForward and Majesco have undoubtedly been working on their new Wii title, A Boy and His Blob, since before the CEO of THQ made his speech last month, but it's hard not to find the idea at least a little amusing as Blob-mania seems to be sweeping across numerous websites.

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Media: Prince of Persia: The Fallen King Trailer

When I first saw what they were doing with Prince of Persia on the DS, my initial reaction was that they were basically going the "Wind Waker" route with the designs and graphics. But upon watching this trailer, the whole thing really reminds me more of the old Disney's Aladdin game on the Genesis.