You know, if there were only two words in the world that were definately NSFW, one would require a credit card and a box of tissues. The other, obviously, would be Nintendo. Anyone else think Nintendo has very inconvenient timing for placing the conference at the beginning of the work day? Well, never fear, Slacker’s here! Here are the highlights of the press conference.
All times are according to CST
11:01am | Montage video plays of critical acclaim for the Wii. Nicely done!
11:04am | Raging Reggie walks out on stage and is… happy? He praises gaming in general for taking its place alongside tv, movies, and music.
11:07am | Reggie talks sales figures, getting in those little stabs only he’s good at. Reggie praises growth for gamers 25 and older, who account for 1 in 3 sales. He also claims that 1 in 3 women are buying Nintendo products.
11:14am | Reggie says that the Wii is not a fad, with the best selling handheld gaming system in history and consistently sold out sales of the Wii. An additional 100 games are in development are in the Wii. Third party sales account for half of all sales on the Wii.
11:17am | Another montage video plays showing alot of user-made videos.
11:18am | Reggie shows off the Wii Zapper, a housing for the nunchuk and the Wii remote. It looks like a submachine gun. Players at E3 will be able to experience it playing Resident Evil the Umbrella Chronicles and Ghost Squad.
11:21am | Reggie announces that the Wii Zapper will be packaged along with a game for $19.99.
11:22am | Reggie shows off Soul Calibur Legends, WWE Smackdown 2008, Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword, Dragon Quest, Mario & Sonic At the Olympic Games.
11:24am | Reggie talks Smash Bros. Brawl, saying the game will release on December 3rd.
11:25am | Another video, this one about some Wii gaming news editors praising Nintendo stuff.
11:26am | Said editors show off Zelda Phantom Hourglass and Metroid Prime 3 on stage. The footage of both is impressive and will no doubt be big sellers.
11:32am | Reggie walks back out and talks about Nintendo online. Another video plays talking about Nintendo wifi on the DS and the current abilities of the Wii as they pertain to online. 5.5 million users on the DS use wifi.
11:35am | Wii Virtual Console has sold 5.6 million downloads with 112 games. WiiWare will begin next year. Reggie announces the Check Mii Out Channel, which will allow people to share and grade their Miis.
11:36am | Reggie talks about Mario Strikers Charged, Pokemon Battle Revolution, Madden 08, and Fifa 08, all of which will be online games.
11:38am | Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock will be an online title as well.
11:39am | Mario Kart for the Wii will launch 1st quarter next year and will be an online title. Reggie shows of Nintendo’s own custom Wii Wheel, which will be packaged with Mario Kart.
11:41am | Another video (seeing a trend?) praising Wii and DS gamers.
11:42am | Satoru Iwata walks out on stage. He calms fears that Nintendo is not appealing to veteran gamers and jokes with the crowd. Iwata says they want to destroy the “barrier between veteran and beginning gamers.”
11:50am | Wow, ANOTHER video! Two gamers from Austin, TX who talk about Super Mario Galaxy, showing snippits of new gameplay footage, as well as Brain Age 2.
11:52am | Reggie reappears, announce that Brain Age 2 will be on shelves August 20th. He also talks about Super Mario Galaxy, saying its the first true successor to Super Mario 64. It will release November 12th.
11:54am | Reggie shows off Picross, a new puzzle game, as well as MySims from EA, which will use Miis, coming to the Wii and DS. Oh boy, High School Musical the game (/sarcasm). He also shows off Rayman Raving Rabbids 2.
11:56am | Flash Focus, the vision training game available now in Japan is coming our way. Ubisoft is bringing My Word Coach and My Life Coach.
11:57am | Another video focuses on Wii Sports.
12:00pm | Reggie introduces WiiFit, a excersize game that uses a touch and weight sensitive pad on the ground to excersize, play DDR like games, and more.
12:02pm | Shigeru Miyamato talks WiiFit, talking about how it will be a center point for the family with a focus on health. Three fitness trainers demonstrate on stage some of the activities. Each of the games detect your balance. The game will have 4 genres of activities and will be available to demo at E3.
12:07pm | Miyamoto talks about the Wii Balance Board, which can monitor your weight. Reggie walks out to demonstrate measurement, with some laughs about his height versus Miyamoto’s. A great show and demonstration.
12:15pm | Reggie talks about the leadership of Nintendo in the market, saying that Nintendo has ambitions to lead the market to become the pre-iminent form of leisure entertainment. Tha end!
We have a ton.. and I do mean TON of pics straight from the show room floor. Damn near revery angle of the show is covered.
So… stop readin’ and start lookin’!
The Nintendo Press Conference should be stating shortly, keep your browsers pointed to this post we’ll be doing live updates!
Nintendo E306 Updates [EST]
12:15pm - Show will kick off in 15 mins.
12:36pm - The Conference has started.
12:38pm - Miyamoto conducts a Wii Orchestra
12:43pm - Super awesome demo reel showing new Mario, Zelda Metroid and others
12:51pm - Reggie goes over the Name Wii and the idea’s behind it
12:54pm - Video Reel showing off Metroid Prime 3, Fire Emblem, Super Mario Galaxy, Red Steel, Rayman, Super Swing Golf, Sonic Wild Fire, Project Hammer, One Piece, Madden, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, Zelda.
12:55pm - World Premier Of Zelda Twilight Princes on Wii.
- Wii version will have Navi and will be used as your pointer.
- Pointer can be used to access all your menu screens.
- Your basic swords swing are handled with the b button on the Wii remote.
- The bow will use the Wii remote. No more inverted shooting, just point and shoot.
- The Wii remote has depth of sound. You can hear the bow string being stretched and you - will hear the bow release.
- Controller has built in rumble. Boomerang also uses the “Pointer”
- Zelda secret chime will play through the remote.
- You can toss boxes with the nunchaku
- Link metal boots are now magnetic.
1:03pm - Super Mario Galaxy and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption has full pointer control.
1:04pm - Excite Truck - Truck version of excite bike with full wii control
1:05pm - New Nintendo title Disaster looks amazing.!!!!
1:07pm - New shows exclusive Wii titles like Sonic, FF:CC, Madden Wii, Tony Hawk and Rayman.
1:08pm - Ubisoft shows off Red Steel
- Looks great in motion, definitely higher quality then GC.
- Sports real time physics and destructible environments.
- Block with left and slice with your right.
1:14pm - George Harrison takes to stage to discuss the DS
- George is going over boring Nintendo DS stats.
- Yoshi DS, Starfox DS and Diddy Kong
- Final Fantasy III DS
- New Tony Hawk title will feature VOIP
- Zelda Phantom Hourglass, will use the stylus for sailing and the boomerang.
1:20pm - Nintendo shows Demo reel of Zelda, Starfox, Yoshi’s Island 2, Diddy Kong Racing, Phantom Hourglass, Big Brian Academy, Mario Vs. DK 2 for the DS
1:23pm - Iwata hit’s the stage.
1:28pm - The Wii will power up and off apps and virtual console games in seconds.
1:29pm -Wii Connect 24, the console will always be on and will use the power of a mini light bulb. leaving it always connected to the net. Letting devs push features to games at any time. In games like animal crossing, while in stand by people can still visit your town.
1:31pm - Wii Sports.. Tennis, Golf and Baseball in one package availible at launch.
1:32pm - Miyamoto hit’s the stage to announce the winner of the “First person to play Wii contest”. He’s actually talking English… Miyamoto is running around like a mad man playing Tennis.
1:36pm - Iwata, Reggie and Miyamoto play Wii Sports Tennis with the contest winner
1:38pm - Team Miyamoto beats team Reggie and Iwata…
1:40pm - Reggie goes over what’s Hot or Not.
1:42pm - Show’s over.
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