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In a recent interview with Japanese publication CG World the development team at Monolith Soft revealed that the Kyoto team helped out with some of the graphics in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, and more recently in Animal Crossing: New Leaf. The interview sheds some light on the company’s new studio in Kyoto, which was created so that the team could work closer with Nintendo. It genuinely sounds a great place to work.

Picross e2 for the Nintendo 3DS eShop appears to coming to North America, but price and date have yet to be announced. The game is the sequel to Picross e with a navigation feature to make gameplay even smoother. Like the previous game, this game has 150 new puzzles, plus an all new gameplay element known as Micross. Picross is a Picture Crossword Puzzle Game in which you use numbers as hints to complete illustrations. The rules are simple and easy to understand. Anyone can do it.

Platinum Game designer Hideki Kamiya has said on Twitter that he hopes that the forthcoming The Wonderful 101 for Wii U will eventually get a sequel. Kamiya was asked by Twitter user ahmadchannel2 whether there’s a chance that The Wonderful 101 will receive a sequel, to which he replied, “I hope so”. Kamiya was featured on the site yesterday as he was concerned that The Wonderful 101′s marketing isn’t enough right now to drive sales.

Thanks, Ahmad.

Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino hinted during Nintendo of France’s Japan Expo that Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney could be coming to both Europe and America. Hino told attendees that something is in the works, but he can’t talk about it today. Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney was released in Japan during November of last year. Hopefully we won’t have to wait too long before we get a firm release date here in the west.

Thanks, Entryhazard

Mario Kart series producer Hideki Konno has revealed that he hopes there will be a new F-Zero game. When asked why Nintendo decided to make Mario Kart 8 instead of a new F-Zero entry, Konno replied by saying the company wants to draw consumers’ attention toward its latest console. “We always have a Mario Kart per console, so we wanted to make a new entry to interest more people further in the new console,” explained Konno. “But I hope that there will be a new F-Zero.”

Mario Kart 8 launches exclusively for Wii U in 2014. While they hope for an announcement of a new F-Zero game for Wii U, fans can get their F-Zero fix by downloading the original F-Zero from the Nintendo eShop. Or they can play Captain Falcon’s Twister Race – a mini-game included in Nintendo Land that’s based on F-Zero.