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Originally Posted by wraggster

Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D deliberately preserves some of the N64 version's original bugs, its developer has said.

Grezzo, the outfit behind the game's 3DS port, informed Nintendo's president of the news in a new Iwata Asks interview.

"The staff members who had played the old game said the bugs were fun!" recalled Grezzo programmer, Shun Moriya. "We were like, 'What?!'"

Programmers debated whether to preserve the experience exactly

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Achievements earned in old Gears of War games unlock new things like skins in Gears of War 3, Epic has revealed.

For instance, if you had the gold Hammerburst or Lancer in Gears of War 2, you will have the same weapon skins in Gears of War 3.

And if you did anything in Gears of War 2 or Gears of War PC, you will get a chrome weapon skin in Gears of War 3.

What level you got to in Gears of War 2 multiplayer doesn't matter, explained Gears 3 executive producer

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Wii users disgruntled at Nintendo's reluctance to localise a number of its Japan-only titles have launched a spamming campaign in an effort to coax the platform holder into action.

According to Destructoid, gamers have rallied around a lengthy thread on IGN's forum and unleashed a unified letter-writing and email offensive on Nintendo of America.

Nintendo's Facebook page has taken both barrels too, with gamers hijacking threads and demanding news on the status of Mistwalker's

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Bit.Trip Saga and Bit.Trip Complete launch for 3DS and Wii respectively on 13th September in the US, publisher Aksys has announced.

However, when Eurogamer checked in to find out when the titles will arrive in the UK, we were told they're yet to secure a European publisher. Sigh.

For the uninitiated, both titles see all six entries in the love it/loathe it Gaijin-developed Bit.Trip download series stuffed onto a cart/disc and put on a store shelf for your convenience.

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Earlier this week Microsoft proudly showed off NUads - a new set of features that will allow marketers to place interactive Kinect-friendly advertising on the Xbox 360 dashboard.

Though arguably the announcement wasn't aimed at them, gamers didn't respond to the news with a great deal of enthusiasm, to put it mildly.

Duly, Eurogamer asked Xbox senior product manager David Dennis why Microsoft decided to go public with the initiative and risk the wrath of its core audience,

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