Kid Icarus: Uprising - The Final Showdown

This Saturday saw the grand final of the Kid Icarus: Uprising Battle Events take place in Central London. For the past eight weeks, the series of competitive Nintendo 3DS events have been touring the length and breadth of Great Britain, giving the general public the chance to take on pro-gamer Russki in a tournament to win a trip to IPL 5 in Las Vegas this November.

On Saturday, 24 finalists descended on the Century Club in Soho, (some coming in from Scotland) to duke it out in front of an audience of Nintendo fans. While only one person was going to be walking away with the main prize of the trip to Vegas, five runners up also managed to get their hands on a full deck of Kid Icarus: Uprising AR cards (400 of them!).

A victorious James Rushton

Fighting off fierce competition, James Rushton was the overall winner of the tournament, and he'll be jetting off to Vegas later this year courtesy of IGN and Nintendo. We'd like to thank everyone who took part across the country and those who came down to cheer on the competitors this weekend. Check out the snaps of the event below – a massive thank you to Ace Ashun for supplying!

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Jimmy Fallon in Talks to Host the Oscars

Jimmy Fallon is now in negotiations to host the 85th Annual Academy Awards, with Saturday Night Live's Lorne Michaels -- who's also an executive producer on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon -- producing.

According to the Los Angeles Times, who broke the story, ABC has already raised objections to having the late-night talk show host from rival NBC play emcee on its Oscar broadcast. However, according to insiders close to the discussions, the Disney-owned network has no power to veto the decision, should a deal go through with the Academy. Meanwhile, an academy spokeswoman denied that any talks with Fallon and Michaels were even taking place.

Nevertheless, despite ABC's reluctance to showcase Fallon in their awards show, the Late Night comedian has plenty of hosting experience on his resume. Fallon also fronted the 2010 Emmys, which was very positively received.

But what are your thoughts on Fallon hosting the Oscars? Let us know what you think in the comments below.

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