Kotaku to Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime on Tuesday: You guys did make a joke about Star Fox in the [Nintendo digital event] and then Miyamoto showed up with a Star Fox game...
Fils-Aime: Don't go there!
Kotaku: So...
Fils-Aime: Don't go there!
Kotaku: You did make a joke about it. [laughs]
Fils-Aime: Where are my glasses? My beam-blocking glasses. Because I'm going to go into beam mode here.
End of exchange. We moved on to a new topic. So, there you have it, Kotaku readers. Or don't, as it were.
You know, I'd long given up asking if this cherished 2006 Japanese Game Boy Advance role-playing game was ever going to make it to the States, but Nintendo did basically bring it up. Barring a late-show surprise, it seems they may still be in nothing-to-announce mode.
Nintendo does have a roundtable scheduled at the end of E3 today for an unannounced 3DS game. It seems unlikely it's be for Mother 3. Some of us on staff are speculating Metroid, but, you know, try not to get your hopes up. Set your expectations low.
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