IGN’s Matt Casamassina spoke with a developer, who he did not name, at GDC about working with Natal. According to Matt’s source, his development team, along with Lionhead Studios and Rare, are struggling to get Natal working properly.

According to the developer the camera isn’t working as promised. In short he says “It’s sh*t.”

The developer said that Lionhead studios and Rare are still trying to get their software ready for launch, but it might not be in its prime condition. “They’re just going to try to make launch and then they’re going to patch everything later.”

Natal is set to launch this fall. If these faults are currently present, hopefully the developers will be able to work something out before launch.

Matt Casamasina of IGN got a tip while attending GDC this year about Nintendo’s next console. According to a developer he spoke to, Nintendo said that Wii 2 will be launching some time in 2012.

As Matt points out, almost anyone probably would have guessed 2012, but he feels the source is somewhat reliable.

Even if it is true, it will be awhile till we hear anything else most likely.

(Source: IGN)

Yesterday there were reports that Nintendo Power would be announcing a new Wii title, but no one really had a clue at what exactly.

Upon closer inspection, readers found that the Mario image used on the teaser page uses the art of Mario from Mario party 8’s box art.

On the flip side though, being a Nintendo Magazine, it doesn’t seem unlikely for them to just use a Mario asset to fill in space.

All of this is just speculation by Nintendo Power readers, but it does seem fishy enough to be taken as a clue. What do you think? Do you want another Mario Party title on Wii?

You can check out the comparisons after the jump.

(Source: GoNintendo)

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Apparently some retailers are receiving new Wii’s SKUs that include more then just WiiSports in North America.

The “Special Value Edition” bundle, seen in the picture, includes WiiSports and WiiSports Resort along with the Wiimotion +. The Special Value Edition still retails for $199.99, so no extra money needs to be shelled out if you plan on purchasing one.

According to some retail employees the bundles are scheduled to be released this weekend, but there have already been some sightings of the new bundles on store shelves.

You can check out the full image after the jump.

(Image Source: VGchartz)
(Rumor Source: GoNintendo)

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Something is up over at Infinity Ward according to G4. An inside source has told them that security has been kicked up a notch at the developer. A “bunch of bouncer-types” showed up at the office and would not disclose their purpose with the employees when questioned.

Heads of Infinity Ward Vince Zampella and Jason West reportedly went to talk with Activision, but had yet to be heard from again as of the time the inside source spoke with G4. The source did mention that recently relationships between Infinity Ward and Activision have been tense though.

Nothing else was said about the issue itself, but the insider said that the staff is “freaked out” and “confused.”

I can’t even begin to guess what is going on over there, and chances are we will never know either.

Update: What could possibly be Jason West’s Face Book was updated with this:

Whether or not this is really from his Face Book account is unknown at the moment, but reports also say that his Linkedln account lists that as of March 2010 he is no longer working with Infinity Ward.

(Source: Kotaku)

Thanks Cosmoid!

Oddly enough Metroid: Other M didn’t grab a solid European release date, but they did get a Q3 2010 release window. According to an inside source, who spoke with Wii-DS, the date is actually set for July 16th.

Wii-DS said that their inside source has a good track record with information in the past, but we will just have to wait and see if NoE spills the beans any time soon.

(Via: GoNintendo)

These screens come from a forum member. The screens, while of bad quality, are of some of the CG cut scenes present in the of Metroid: Other M demo. Overall they look pretty solid.

Nintendo is showing off Metroid: Other M behind closed doors at Nintendo Media Summit, so only a certain amount of people actually got to play the title.

Screens after the jump.

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Over the weekend a handful of rumors jumped around from a Star Wars: Rogue Squadron Wii title. These listings come from a variety of sources, but whether or not it is a new title or New Play Control is unknown.

European retailer Game.co.uk  listed Star Wars: Rogue Squadron for the Wii on on their website. The publisher listed is Activsion Blizzard, who publishes Star Wars titles in Europe.

The second pop up about the title came from IGN where they created their own listing as well.  Whether or not this is based off any new possible info about another upcoming title is uncertain, but the developer is listed as White Harvest which contains many members from Factor 5 who developed the original Rogue Squadron titles.

And lastly, a supposed employee from GameStation tipped GoNintendo that the title, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron for the Wii, was added to their computer systems along side a listing for Project H.A.M.M.E.R.

None of these are actually confirmed, but it seems like quite a few listings to just completely ignore it. There is a good chance we might find out tomorrow at Nintendo’s Media Summit so keep your eyes peeled.

(All sources via: GoNintendo)