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Despite a previous straight-out denial about Diablo 3 being on consoles, semi-contradictory reports have been leaking out in the press stating otherwise. A couple of days ago Blizzard COO Paul Sams told the Guardian he "do(esn't) know yet."

Mirror.co.uk writes: "Ever wondered who would win in a fight between Mario and Luigi? Could Pikachu pack a punch to knock out the Legend Of Zelda's mighty Link? With Super Smash Bros Brawl, you'll find out as 35 of your favourite Nintendo all-stars go head-to-head. Up to four players can battle it out across stages familiar from the Nintendo universe, each attempting to knock their opponent off the edge of the arena to earn a victory. While fans of the likes of Tekken may initially find Super Smash Bros Brawl a little simplistic, the game's kooky style belies surprising depth."

See a LIVE countdown to Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, and E3's press conferences on IGN.com.

Bangai-O, Naruto, and Puzzle Quest all on display.

One of the reasons health clubs stay in business is by signing up people to yearly contracts. What they know and the general public doesn't know is that a great majority of people who do sign up only attend about 57 days out of the full year while some drop out completely, thus affording more space in the gym for more people to sign up and fail to show. It seems that Wii Fit, at least in Japan, is taking on similar characteristics in consumer behavior. According to ITMeida of Japan, a poll was taken by a group of 1000 gamers that showed a staggering amount of people not using the Wii Fit game shortly after purchase.

From the article: "Critics of the nintendo wii suggest that the remote control is just a gimmick, the novelty of which may soon wear off in the face of high performance consoles such as the playstation 3. The controller also presents problems for 3rd party software vendors, because of its unique design, and Nintendo has tended to highlight its own games and been weak in its support of 3rd party titles. The playstation 3, on the other hand, relies on superior technology - a powerful, multicore, Cell processor, an RSX ("Reality Synthesiser") graphics chip from NVIDIA, and a maximum resolution of 1080p (in the 60GB version) - as its unique selling point."

One Namco Bandai fighter shines, another flops.

timesonline writes "Nintendo's bestselling Wii may soon have a rival. Speculation is rife about a new motion-sensitive controller for the Microsoft xbox 360. Like the Wii, this would enable gamers to control on-screen characters by moving their body rather than pressing buttons. More than 24m Wiis have been sold worldwide since its launch in 2006. So popular have games such as Wii tennis and boxing become that there has been a surge in injuries caused by overexertion or by players accidentally striking bystanders. An announcement about the Xbox is expected on www.e3expo.com - the website of E3, the Los Angeles gaming trade show. You heard it here first."

Need a good reason to stay out of the sun this summer? We've got a dozen.

Highlights this week include Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice (PC) Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution (Xbox 360/PS3/Nintendo DS), Unreal Tournament III (Xbox 360), and final fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon (Nintendo Wii). Check out the full list of new video game releases (USA) for the week of July 6, 2008 on xbox 360, playstation 3, nintendo wii, Sony PS2, PSP, nintendo ds, and PC!