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Many thanks must go to Ms. Honma for doing the interview and a MASSIVE thank you to the lovely Rachel at Bandai Namco Japan for helping me get it all arranged

So the exclusive Wii Tamagotchi is NOTHING to do with the Connexion Corner DS games...interesting. And it seems like it won't be deviating from Nintendo for the time being!

Good stuff Adam is the interview legend!

I can't keep up with them all at the moment!

C3: Were any of the team for this game involved in the original Tamagotchi project?

Ms. Honma: Yes. Basically, Nana On-Sha was the main developers for Tamagotchi Connexion: Corner Shop, but we added Dimps this time to the project of Corner Shop 2. Together with Nana On-Sha, we received a lot of new input.

That's Dimps, the folks that worked on Sonic Rush on DS, if people weren't aware.

In the first instalment, we included many shops that were geared towards a female audience, such as the Flower Shop and Accessory Shop. However, in Corner Shop 2, we went with a unisex approach and included shops such as the Gas Station and Sushi Bar in an attempt to target male users as well. However, looking at recent sales results, the male and female user ratio did not dramatically change at all. I think for the next time, we will just focus on creating the game with mainly the female audience in mind.

Confirmation of a third DS game? I THINK SO!

I guess it's official...Diamond is better than Pearl.

It's strange how they tried to skew the second game (coming to the US in Dec) towards males more, but in Japan it made no difference!

good intervew! i cant be bothered reading all of it now coz its too late and im tired... anyway how do you get these interviews with these people!!

Well, hopefully you do get chance to at least have another flick through, Smookin! And in answer to your question 'a lot of damn hard work!' That's how! But people also offer them to us from time-to-time as well...

Anyway, the fact that Tamagotchi is coming as a Wii launch game in Japan is definitely a positive thing, since it's a very hot property for Bandai Namco on Nintendo systems at the moment...

Just read the intervew! very nice indeed.. happy to know that they will kepp this on DS and they regards the DS as the better console but like he said this is more a girls game! but anyway it looks good!
well done

yes Adam you truely are the interview king.

Good to see a third DS game and a Wii launch game hopefully this will lead ro more Namco support for all Nintendo platforms

Thanks Mr. Ashcroft - cheque's in the post

Namco Bandai has just announced its drumming series for the Wii, which is a nice surprise after just getting bongo games (in the form of Donkey Konga) on the GC.