Adding to today’s collection of news coming out of Sega VP Alan Pritchard’s mouth comes a re-confirmation that a new Super Monkey Ball title will launch alongside the Nintendo 3DS handheld at the end of winter. On top of that, it seems Sega may be working on up to nine different games for the 3DS, according to the following quote:

“We have announced Super Monkey Ball for 3DS, which will be a launch title. We have a number of 3DS titles in our line-up for next financial and calendar year. There’s four or five existing franchises, one or two from the old Sega IP locker, and we’re looking at one or two new IPs as well.”

E3 2010 brought out the confirmation that one of those games is a Sonic game, but the rest of those titles are wildcards. What do you think they could be? What do you want them to be? I’d love a new Phantasy Star in 3D… or how about Jet Set Radio? Shenmue?

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Other Ocean Interactive has announced one of the first titles to launch exclusively for the iPad.

Super Monkey Ball 2: Sakura Edition will offer players 10 different levels, with support for up to four players, using the same iPad device.

Four new mini-games, Monkey Base, Monkey Bowling, Monkey Target and Monkey Golf are also included.

“We are very excited to be part of the iPad launch with this great franchise.” said Andrew Ayre, Other Ocean CEO. “And are very proud to be one of the first developers to have shipped an iPad exclusive title.”

The title is available now, for $12.99.

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Riding high off the impressive success of Super Monkey Ball during the App Store’s 2008 debut (and the hype surrounding its sequel, Super Monkey Ball 2), SEGA’s Ethan Einhorn recently discussed their success with the iPhone platform, which he attributes to the ” gaming trojan horse” aspect of introducing their products to the Apple crowd. In an interview with IGN, Einhorn recently said:

“It’s reached out to a huge cross section of the community that is not buying a device just for games. So when you have something that’s this powerful — that’s easily competitive with the other handsets that are on the market — and you can put games on it that have full 3D graphics, you’re able to satisfy the gamer audience that we know is there but also reach out to a totally new audience.”

He adds:

“There are some really, really neat things coming down the pipe. SEGA is very seriously committed to making great iPhone games. And also looking at what we can do building great games from the ground up. That’s something that’s really important to us on our premium top-tier games. Building for this device specifically and making sure that the experience is great and ties well to the control scheme.”

And speaking of Super Monkey Ball, SEGA has announced that Super Monkey Ball 2 will be rollin’ in time for the holiday season. The smash follow up adds some improvements to the original, including local Wi-Fi access, new minigames, new levels, and improved controls and graphics. No price has been announced, but it’ll likely be the same as its ground breaking predecessor, at $9.99.

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I’m not sure if you’ve heard of a thing called “Twitter” but apparently it’s kind of a big deal.  Right now on Twitter, there is an amusing Tweeting session going on between gamers and developer Rare Ltd. with the topic, “what happens to video game titles when you change one letter?”  Here are some of the best suggestions, including some reimagined Nintendo favorites:

• “Spread pestilence throughout the galaxy in Star Pox Adventures“
• “Lead Jennifer Lopez in a crusade against shitty pop music in Jalo 3!”
• “Lunch Out – a one player battle game matching you against fast food opponents.”
• “I’ll pitch Perfect Lark to management if you’ll consider the episodic zoo-based police soap Super Monkey Bill”

To read more, visit the Tweet thread on Twitter. Make sure to friend TheTanooki on Twitter too!

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