Nintendo Press Conference (discussion and live stream)
 

Alright the big event we've waited 2 years for is finally here. Nintendo will be unleashing the big guns and hopefully it'll deliver that revolution it promised with Wii. I do hope we'll all be saying "wow" and I do hope Reggie makes some comments on Sony's conference (in case he doesn't please click here). Don't forget we also have Zelda and the DS and any other surprises to look forward to.

So here's what's going to happen. 9:30 AM PST and 12:30 EST you can tune in for free to Gamespot's live feed which will undoubtedly be a little behind schedule but be ready to watch it then just in case it is on time.

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Again just like last time, be warned that if you fag this thread up like the former Revolution threads then you will be banned from this thread and perhaps for a week or two from Mario's Warp Room or all of the gaming forums. I will stomp out any childish behavior just like I did in the PS3 Press Conference thread. So basically behave in this thread or else.

This is the Nintendo Press Conference thread for discussion of all things related and/or occurring in said conference. The main focus will of course be Wii but discussion of any surprises or DS or Zelda or anything else covered are fair game in here too. I may close this thread and open a purely Nintendo Wii (or just Wii - I forget if it's officially just called Wii) thread a day or so after the conference is over. It too will have the same rules as this one. Anything unrelated either has a thread already (DS and Zelda) or will be created if it doesn't fall into either and has enough concrete details.

Link to prior Revolution/Wii thread for time piecing.

Enjoy the Nintendo Press Conference and what not and please, play nice.

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Who else is gonna be hear to watch the show live?

I am and I pumped & hopeful for this conference. Don't let us down Nintendo.

(judging from the Zelda: TP thread, I don't think they will...)

I'll be here.~ So close. SO CLOSE. If there's no Pilotwings game, I'll cry. A secret manly tear.
Can't wait to see all the Iwata photos this years conference will spawn!

Kid Icarus!!!

Actually, I've never played the game, but what better way to introduce him to me by giving the guy a "New" generation facelift!

I'll be watching it live, barely. I'll have to juggle work as I watch. Kinna wish it wasn't so early but I'm selfish and cranky. (lol @ getting up at 6am to be up for this ; ; )

I just hope Nintendo doesn't let people down. Things look good so far. Please dont screw it up.

I didn't even know this was going on today, but I figure if I'm home sick doing nothing I might as well. It's pretty much a defining moment for Nintendo, because a sloppy presentation right after the PS3's could, well.

As far as I know, the conference takes place at 9 PM where I'm living, so sure I'm watching it. (I saw it last year, and that made me laugh.)
Anyways, it'll be interesting to see what they can pull off. If oly they are hiding Reggie a bit like last year.

Nintendo has taken such a huge risk with Wii that they really can not mess up either today or when Wii is finally released.

If they do, then 5 years from now I'm really going to enjoy playing Mario games on the PS3 much like I enjoy playing Sega games on the Gamecube.

50 minutes left, as of now.

I'll be watching the live feed at EDIT: beaten by Acer

I'm surprised GameSpot's stream has already started. I mean, it's just a logo and some doof doof, but hey. HEY HEY. Navi confirmed for Wii.

Thanks for giving up almost the same link as in the first post.

I'll be watching this I guess. How long will it run?

edit: the stream has SUPAR KEWL musics.

I'm here too. Damn, I'm so eager to see what Nintendo has to offer. I want to see the Zelda for Wii game they are talking about (not Twilight Princess with Wii compatibility, but a brand new Zelda for Wii) and some DS titles. Also, I believe there is a "surprise" they have yet to reveal... so yeah, I'm expecting a pretty interesting conference. :)

I will cry also. In unison!

My first live-feed viewing. Awww....

Thank god I'm in Uni now. I have class at 1pm tomorrow!!! Gives me the perfect excuse to stay up to 3am ^_^.

Haha yay for testing signal and Nintendo logo smashed together accompanied by muzacks! ='D

I'm gonna go out and grab some quick lunch before this thing starts. Be back in a bit guyz.

ZOMG waited one year for this damn day.

Wiiva la Revolution!!!

Zelda TP, DS games, Wii info and some more name-taking and ass-kicking.

I can't wait! This may be Nintendo's chance to go back to the SNES glory days.

Seeing how underwhelming the Sony conference was, I think there's a chance I might convert to fanboyism!!!

Seriously, screw this being unbiased gamer thing. If Nintendo steal the show and then dominate the market by the end of next year then I'll go fanboy (like back in the SNES days).

WIIII!!!!

Meeting got out in good time for me to sit here and enjoy the revolution with you guys. FUCKING PUMPED!!

maybe it's that the nunchuck has tilt sensitivity.

ign seems pretty set that the nunchuck DOES have tilt but i don't know if that's the secret.

Does the Wiimote even NEED tilt?

I thought the gyroscopic technology dealt with that.

I'm here as well, and although I'm seriously pumped for this, Sony's craptastic showing has given me not only hope for Wii, but also a fear that they might fuck up just as badly. Either way, should be interesting.

- WraithTwo -

I'm anxiously anticipating the feed, as well.
Can't wait to see what peculiar surprises Nintendo is going to demonstrate today.

I bet they have quite a lot of winning cards up their sleeve.

Could be... but I'm expecting something more ZOOMGGG!!!!!-ish... like...

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Reckon Microsoft will have a good presentation? Yeh, they've got less elements of surprise now but you never know...

They were basically laughing manically after Sony's conference.

I hurried out of my final to come home....BAITED BREATH!

Double Post:
I seriously thought last night:

What does Reggie do to prep for this? Does he sit in his room and play SNES? Does he take cardboard cutouts of Master Chief and Snake and rip their groins out?

Maybe they have a Wii Rave Party!

LOL, I can see chaofan posting every second post for the next 4 pages.

Give me news on Mario 128!!! What ever happened to the hype for that game?

EDIT: Damn straight NovaX. First time watching live-feed :biggrin:

All I want to see is Reggie enter the stage on a motorcycle tugging a PS3 behind it.

I couldnt care less about the Wii if I saw that :D

Yeah, I'm now REALLY interested in how Microsoft reacts to the Sony conference.

Nintendo's reaction should be interesting, if not a little obvious as well.

- WraithTwo -

What I anticipate the most is some in-depth information concerning launch titles for the Wii. Though I expect Twilight Princess footage to dominate the speech, once again.

Because, really, this game aims to be simply awesome.

Reggie sneaks into the E3 supply room the day before to take all the name (tags), when everyone complains, he kicks them right into outta space. Then he goes and plays a few rounds of Smash Bros, as Donkey Kong. He wins simply with DK's taunt. Somehow. Nobody dares question his mystery winning ways.

Could someone please explain me Why do people keep saying Sony's conference was so bad? I think it's quite good. I actually liked everything except from a few games (I dislike Sport games, mostly), the controller thing and the price. Everything else was quite good in my opinion.

Still, Wii seems to be the most entertaining of them all...

Some of the things they announced weren't taken to well by many. Price, conservative approach to controller, (unnecessary?) tilt-function etc.

Plus there wasn't a fountain of games to drool over or have wet-dreams about. Or something like that ^_^.

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Soon... very soon. :)

Well... eight days seemed quite good to me.. also FFXIII and MGS4... with some other titles.. I don't know, it doesn't seem THAT bad.

Well, what other console stuff have they been working on for the last 2 years? They should have a lot saved up by now, it won't be hard for them to to have more at this E3 than the other companies have (especially since about the only major stuff they had on the console side at the last 2 E3s was Twilight Princess...which is now for the Wii, go figure).

Its just that the games looked even worse than most expected (I expected games worse than last years footage, but not to this extent). However, that's not even a huge deal. The biggest problem is that the controller, pricing and seperate package deal was just THAT. BAD.

Even if those were the "only" things wrong with the conference (and they basically were), that's more than enough.

- WraithTwo -

EDIT: As far as games, what's everyone looking forward to? Personally, MP3, Smash, and hopefully announced Metroid 5 and/or Smash for the DS.

:biggrin:

That made my day!

But yeah, if they could give a little of the old elbow at Sony, just for a second I'll be happy.

What I'm waiting for is the price, release dates, the secret (which will probably be speakers on the Wiimote), Pilotwings 64 and many others.

I just hope Miyamoto doesn't show up again with Link's sword and shield. God was that embarassing.

Honestly, Nintendo can probably do no wrong after the shitshow last night with Sony. It doesn't help that the conference itself sucked, but NOBODY was into it in the audience. There was a laugh and golf clap when Ken pulled out the Dual Shock 3, and a deafening silence follwed by murmurs after the price.

The press hated it just as much as everyone else did.

Hahaha, I'm expecting him to dress as Zelda (yes, not Link)... that'd be hilarous. :biggrin:

Hang in there guys!!! (actually, this applies to me more. Gotta stay calm!!!)

Nay for Miyamoto in Zelda dress!!! Dude noooooooo!!!

Sony's conference suffered from a serious lack of compelling innovations.

On the contrary, I hope Nintendo shows off its distinctive traits: good emphasis on the impact of the Wii system, concrete demonstrations of forthcoming games (like Nibris' Sadness, yet to be seen in any form), new surprises and relieving details on the price.

I like the fact that Nintendo didn't really released footage or pictures for the games. At least, not much and some of it looked like beefed up GameCube graphics which was what they predicted.

So they won't pull 'Fake Footage' stuff like Sony and deceive millions.

SSSHHH, that's the big new secret behind Zelda Twilight Princess ruined. :(

Testing screen is gone. No more posts for me until after *i promise*!!!

Ugh...I just remembered how terrible it is trying to watch a Nintendo conference. I saved that video of Twilight Princess being revealed just because it was funny seeing the croud's reaction. I hope we can hear Miyamoto in this one over the people screaming "WOOOOOO!" and "YOU DA MAN!".

Edit: where is going to be a good place to get full resolution (640x480) direct feed footage of the games they'll show? Would Gametrailers.com have them? Streaming makes everything look like crap, after it's done I'll probably want to go through and grab videos of all the games that looked interesting.

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It looks nice... 3 or so minutes more!

No more color bars on the feed... Almost time!!

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Hands on Red Steel impressions.

Read. Now.

- WraithTwo -

im gonna watch! lookin at the nintendo logo, with the dance track goin

Exactly. Nothing concrete has been released so far from a graphical point of view (except some pretty vague Red Steel screens, if I recall well).

I have yet to perceive the actual visual capabilities of the system. Not that it's essential, but some proper assurement of its quality would do no harm.

It's 1 minute left, and I so need to take a shit right now.
G'damn. NOT NOW :(

Damn, the Nintendo conference is starting just as I have to leave for the rest of the day. ;__;

What is all the static in the background? >=O

Start damn it!!

Is that background noise (that constant "Blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaart") part of the song?

Nup, the background buzz has been going forever.

Yea, i think its part of the song

Quick Prediction.....

I was just washing dishes for a half hour and during this time I had a revelation. What game was one of the biggest of last year that we have not heard a whisper about?

Resident Evil.

Oh, and if you remember, there was no RE yesterday at the Sony conference. Which means only two choices remain. 1) Capcom is in bed with the Xbox 360, or 2) Capcom is in bed with Nintendo's Wii.....

Prediction = RE5 will be seen in the next hour

Good, someone else noticed the static.

Hm... Maybe it'll be fixed when the conference begins. I seriously hope so. You know that sound in your head after listening to THAT sound for one and a half hours?

Sony mentioned Resident Evil last night.

I keep getting "Buffering" and then "Ready" and then "Stopped". Auuugh, work!

It feels like the background noise is getting louder :(

At least the dance music choices are pretty good. It would be just AWFUL if you had to sit and wait with horrible music to boot.

You can try to close the window and re-open it through Gamespot's E3 Live site. That worked for me yesterday. :)

Thanks a LOT! No better way to kill time the last half hour than this!
Almost done downloading the trailer, getting ill, downloading, stress, anxiety.... x__x

EDIT: WIII TIME!!

It's 9:36 pst, why isn't this shit on yet? :( :( :(

The background buzzzz is louder than the music. :(

It started~~~~

IT'S STARTING!!!!

YEAAAH!

OMG n/m

I mean to say, bout time. Damn.

IT'S http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/5...ceblack4mq.gif

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NOW http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/3...uncered5xx.gif

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/3...ncegrey6nm.gif GUYS!! =D

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yay !! it's starting!

I've been doing this for 15 minutes, no dice :eyebrow:

Yay! Here we go!

Oh that looks pretty neat. Orchestra Hero anyone?

LOL, this is dumb.

One time is enough guys >=O I win ok?

THAT THING IS AWESOME STUFF!! I <3 Wiimote!

Controller to control a car <3

Acer didn't change his name...why can he see and not me?

Holy shit that sword wielding kicks ass.

They're wasting no time with the gameplay footage. Looks pretty damn good!

Nice, he's playing!

Holy shit, that racing game looked fucking fantastic. =o

That intro is the best ever.

REGGGGGGIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

Oh YES! REGGIE!!!!!!!!!!:biggrin: :biggrin:

Still can't connect, augh...

MARIO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The new Mario game looks cool enough.

OMG SPEAKER IN WIIMOTE HOW COOL

PILOTWINGS!!!! METROID!!!!!!!!!

JESUS CHRIST THE AWESOMENESS DOESNT STOP!

Graphics definitely aren't impressive though.

Mario with magnetic boots? I'll buy that for 60 bucks if I had to!

They said, they arent a power house machine.. so what? its the games

I didn't think the controller would be that great. I think this proved me wrong. Alot of that looks really fun. Especially the sword/racing parts.

The graphics are not great, sure.. but playing it looks enjoyable.

Ok, that presentation was fucking awesome. GO NINTENDO!

I want that new Mario.

NOW.

that was awesome. reggie talking is funny.. i like my left brain though.

Hope they answer all those questions.

Looks OK so far...to be honest I'm pretty disappointed that the racing demo showed the person using the controller sideways, I wonder if they fixed any of the kinks with it that I was worried about.

So lets see, I think we have a new Mario, Metroid Prime 3, Table Tennis and Tennis, some kind of conducting game...what else am I missing?

Edit: no date? That's disappointing, I hate vague statements like "Fourth quarter 2006".

Hmm, I wonder if you'd actually have to be great at tennis to play tennis at Wii...

When he says "we" I don't know if he's saying "we" or "wii"

bah date and price are still secrets

haha reggie thanked two members of this forum for being nice about "wii"

:)

Ooooooh no price!!

"both of you"

AWESOME.

Too bad there will be no price today though.

No price?

How unfortunate.

Holy shit, this is awesome, man. :'D

Any way to download this press conference afterwards? Sadly, I'm not able to watch those live streams. Seems like my version of the Windows Media Player isn't up to date and I can't download a newer version. Sup 98.

FIRE EMBLEM !!!

Why is the person in the MP3 demo still using lock-on? Shouldn't the controller make that a bit unneccissary?

Super Mario Galaxy... a logical step up from World I suppose!

THEY SHOWED PANGYA :D:D:D:D:D:D:D

ZELDA AT LAUNCH. GOOOD LORD!!!!

NO SUPER SMASH BROS?!

WHY GOD WHY.

Zelda on launch day of the Wii.

That's promising for the system.

WOOHOO ! I WANT IT NOW WITH ALL THAT BIG LINEUP

Zelda on Launch!!

Oh my god! Amazing!...oh wait...it was supposed to be out last year...

I.e. no surprise ;)

it still better be for the cube, or ill be very disappointed in Nintendo

Wow, game looks good!

controller DOES have a speaker. weird.

Lol, Rumble, SPeaker + Motion Detection! Crazy!

Double Post:
Bit of lag.

BYOB.

Except for Reggie. He has pure vodka coursing through his veins all the time.

thank god

also apparently two different versions for gc and wii? :(

edit: YESSSS METROID PRIME 3

Hm... Wii version and GC version?

Hmm... Not too impressed with that idea.

Yeah, kinda sucks I think...and that's really rubbing it in Gamecube owner's faces. "Availible THE SAME DAY AS THE WII! Now here's your stripped down version of the game for the same price". Actually, IS it going to be the same price?

Super mario galaxy. Better name than sunshine =p

Not everyone can afford a console at launch.. im glad i can get to play it on my cube.

sweet, new franchises. that third one looked cool (crisis or whatever)

Disaster sounds interesting...hope they show more of the game later on

Excite Truck looks AWESOME. I literally cannot wait to get my hands on this one.

I love how he's trying to make Sponge bob interesting:P

YES! Red Steel!!!!

Stupid french, I could have done the presentation myself :P

So far, Nintendo's been amazing. The games don't look THAT bad (FFCC looks awesome) and the gameplay is just excelent. I just want too see Smash to be completely happy. :)

maybe SSB will be the finale :D

So I'm guessing Zelda is coming out on the same day that the Wii is?

Both versions?

Red Steel looks fucking awesome. Gameplay wise and graphically it's real impressive.

Just to know, how long is the conference supposed to be exactly?

Red Steel demo > Zelda demo.

There were rummors that it'll last around 2 hours... @@

Sony's conference was 2 hours long I think

wow, the lighting through the area he shot was great

Double Post:
also, cool that you can block

Square NEEDS to revive Bushido Blade. That game would be absolutely incredible for the Wii.

Perhaps because Nintendo don't want to spoil much about Zelda... perhaps... hopefully. :(

WOO GEORGE HARRISON!

WOOOOOOOOO!

yeah they said that the zelda demo was a part of a toned-down dungeon with piss-easy enemies, so i'd say the actual game is better

Hmm, Red Steel looked kinda disappointing...the aiming and turning seemed really funky, like the person had a lot of trouble just rotating his character. And the sword combat looks really shallow, it doesn't look like the sword actually follows the controller: you just flick it a direction and it slashes from there. Blocking even looks the same as Oblivion's. I was hoping for a full sword duel where you use correct positioning and precision moves...in the demo the enemy acted like you hit his left side when you slashed at him from the right! I guess I'll have to play it myself and see how it works out.

It did however look pretty good (well, as good as it could on the low quality stream I'm watching, anyway).

I bought Brain Age yesterday!

:rock:

I didn't know there was going to be Diddy Kong Racing, StarFox, or Yoshi's Island DS Games.

=o

Yoshis Island 2? Yes please!

NICE! YOSHI'S ISLAND, STAR FOX, AND DIDDY KONG!! AMAZING!

FF3 looks GREAT!

gajh @HGTH

which one is it!? NES ff3 or SNES?!?!??!

YOSHI'S ISLAND 2.

This is TOO DAMN GOOD.

FF3 for the DS... I don't like the idea..

NES FF3! The only one not available in the US

CRAP! Stupid thing messed up and I had to reconnect. What did I miss that was related to Star Fox?

sweet

i mean, i've already beaten it, but still cool (ff3)

Star Fox DS... 3D game on top screen, and it says you control your flight path with the touch screen.

Yoshis Island 2 - 2-screened gameplay!

The DS part is making me sleepy. Also, Zelda looks cool.

Red Steel's shooting looks nice, but the swords are severely lacking.

Nintendo really is demonstrating that it's all about the games for the future of the company.

Lacking compared to WHAT?

Give it some time to develop!

The new DS titles look great!

I agree. It's the first game of its kind, and there's still some time to go before launch.

Hmm, that sounds interesting, I'll have to check that one out after the show is done. I hope the flight path selection is made pretty versitile, it would be nice being able to totally control your route instead of just choosing left or right paths.

Compared to how it SHOULD be. I was hoping you'd be able to control the sword directly, instead it looks more like a repackaged Warrior of Middle Earth. But I still want to try it out when it's released.

I guess it's IWATA TIME.

Oh my God, Yoshi's Island 2. <3 <3 And Iwata made a confusing entrance, which is awesome, because he's Iwata and it's IWATA TIME.

haha i like how he paused with the wii controller to have pictures taken :)

eat ees confor-table.... *waits applause*.........................

OMG did I see an American version of what looked like Osu???

SOLD

LMAO I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed this!

ah, the power/home button... guessing here.

edit: so i guess when you push home, the system enters "standby" and when you push it again, you start where you left off.... excellent....

He didn't burst through the roof. It must be an imposter >=(

Ugh, ANOTHER console that goes into "standby mode". Don't these things have real power buttons anymore?!?

I like the standby mode idea. I'm sick of sitting through intro screens for all my systems. Nintendo is definitely on the right track with this.

Interesting 24 hour idea. I wonder how large is the hard drive for all this "new content"?

WiiSports sounds sweet. Simple titles will be a nice way to get adjusted to the system for newbies.

*CANNOT UNDERSTAND IWATA*

Guess I'll wait for transcript tomorrow

512MB of built in Flash memory.

He says "We" pretty well, at least...

standby mode = instant action where you left off?

Probably a stunt double that was too scared to do the IWATA TIME stunt. :(

I'm not a fan of devices using standby. When I want something off I want it fully off. Especially out here in cali with the high risks of brown/black outs and the surges that come along with it.

Electricity is so expensive too. I dont want things constantly sucking power. =/

Hahah! Cool contest!

Nobody understood that joke.

haha yeah he just stood there :)

That kid looks PISS SCARED. Miyamoto is a tiny bastard.

Can't say I don't envy that kid though. Playing on the Wii for the first time with the Nintendo gods? Good LORD.

Shit! Gamespot died on me;_;What is this madness?

That earlier "you can go fishing in Zelda, but bring your own beer" line earlier fell flat on it's face too. Can't remember who said that though.

Reggie is going to destroy the Kodak Theater if he loses.

That looks like so much fun though... It really looks like a good time.

same here

Hmm, the 100k stream seems to be having some problems, if anyone is having issues switch over to 300k if you can.

me too but I chose 300k and it works now.

God damnit. I was doing fine till the tennis presentation with Miyamoto, the feed just died on me and isn't connecting now. I'm not even going to try it anymore, so sick of that advert. I'll just download the whole show later and watch the rest.

thanks, 300k is working

That tennis game looks fucking awesomeeeeeeeee!!!

Damn I envy that guy. OMFG this show was great!

Err, the price? Did I miss something?

............... mine just died. Well it's over anyway.

NO SMASH BROTHERS?? RAARRRR!!

Other than that, I'm quite impressed!

Ah. yes. Brilliant:) What did I miss?

The end of the show;_;

That's it ???...... I was expecting more

So it's over... and I'm amazed. Nintendo's done it again. I <3 Wii. It trully seems like the most promising console for this next generation.

Brilliant, but could've said and done more.

That said, I'm going to sleep guys. Bloody 3.41am over here.

Doh! It's over! Haha.

Ahh well, I guess it wasn't bad, but didn't have nearly as much as I hoped for. In fact, the "surprises" were pretty lame to be honest...and I'm actually a bit worried about the controller now because it seems like it didn't work nearly as well as I thought it would. And they still didn't give a price or date...not a good sign.

Actually, I was more excited about the announcement of a Star Fox DS more than anything.

Did you guys see Fire Emblem???!!

Heck yes!

I'm sold. And it looks like I'll be buying a Wii to play Zelda this holiday season!

A couple more games would have been nice, but what was presented was pretty great.

I'm just worried that some games will simply get too complicated for even the expert gamer.

Did I miss anything in the 20 minutes after the Zelda demo began? I had to help someone with her internet connection.
What's the last big Wii secret?

Overall, a solid showing by Nintendo, nothing too fancy, but I think they got their point across.

I would've liked a price & availability date, and of course Smash Brothers, but I think they've learned from Sony's mistake yesterday. They didn't show everything, but just enough to keep people interested and that they're very much into competing against the big guns.

I'm actually more worried they might make games too easy so those who are not great or are new to gaming can play easily with the Wii.

Hmmm, no price or launch date mentioned. AND DID I SEE A GLIMPSE OF A PILOTWINGS GAME GUYS? I SAW SOMETHING. LIKE PILOTWINGS. Did I see Pilotwings? ;__;

Good freaking lord in all that is called heaven!
Sony is going down. Nintendo is ON THE TRACK!

Only things I wished to have seen were the Virtual Console and the price. Other than that, a great conference. No beating around the bush, no bullshit.

I expect that some kinks still need to be worked out of the controller, so, I would wait until we get hands-on impressions before we give judgement. It looks real solid though.

Well, they announced that the controller also has a speaker, and that the system will be have a stand by mode so it's on 24/7.

I second this.

I don't mind the date and price unknowns. It'll make Sony sweat.... :)

Yeah I was hoping for something a bit more surprising too. Speaker and WiFi Connect 24 were cool but not huge announcements.

Wiimote didn't work well?! Did you see that one guy pickup and start playing Tennis well in like 1 min?

You saw Pilotwings, Infernal. Believe it. :)

Infernal Monkey: They confirmed Starfox for DS, dunno about pilotwings though :O

Yes, you saw it.


Oh, and lawl no price or release date or Smash Brothers.

But ZOMG Yoshi's Island.

They definitely did a good presentation. They presented there ideas and concept and blew the doors off it.

No smash bros :(

No real online games :(

27 playable games tomorrow!!!! Good lord, I'm glad I'm not trying to preview all of these...

I want pics of Yoshi's Island 2. WHERE ARE THE PICS OF YOSHI'S ISLAND 2??? ;____;

Ditto. The games almost looked too forgiving, will you even need to AIM correctly on the Golf game with the Wii remote? It almost looks like your swing travels on a linear plane and the controller is just used to determine how hard to hit...

At being half the length of the Sony conference, this was ten times as interesting. But what about Smash Bros? And speaking of HAL, what happened to the new Kirby game that was supposed to be coming out for GameCube?

The price apparently, and it's still a secret :(

I lol'd :tpg:


Screw my savings for the PS3, I'm getting the all of the launch games on Wii release-day instead =o

Mother-fucking Mario Galaxy! AND EXCITE TRUCK!

I swear, best E3 ever!!

I wonder if Mario will be playable tomorrow... I'm interested to see how you control Mario this time around.

It's too bad they didn't unveil more about their online plans.
That WiiConnect 24 sounded kind of neat, but more or less gimmicky.
"Friends can send me a gift if my Wii is connected to teh intearnet? Uh, can't they just email it to me?"


Something I read over at Joystiq:
How true.
I wonder how the masses will react to their games not looking as realistic as they do on consoles 2-3 times the price?

Yep, you get what you pay for. Nintendo is clearly targeting a different, and mostly untapped market though, and much like the DS vs PSP, graphics don't necessarily translate to sales when money is involved.

I just watched the video over at IGN where Fran uses the controller to play Red Steel while giving input, and it sounds very good to me.

Red Steel at the conference seemed a bit "tight" in the movements, but he might have been a bit too cautious, or the sensitivity might have been tuned down, because it's pretty sensitive and maneuverable while Fran's using it.

Wii <3

Wow. Seriously, watching this and the various games (Wii Sports for exemple) made feel like a kid again!

I can't wait to get my hands on one! Plus, tell me that was freakin' PILOTWINGS!!

I absolutely loved how they had crappy players demoing the games, made it much more believable it was actual gameplay. I was laughing my ass off in delight when he kept shooting with the shotgun and missing.

Also, the second a downloadable video is available, I want links.

EDIT:

I thought I saw a renamed Ouendan amidst the DS game lineup, but someone in chat said no and I'm doubting they knew what they were talking about. Can anyone confirm this...........

I really wish they would have gotten pricing and release date info out of the way and I wish information on pricing and how the virtual console works was revealed and the lack of smash bros (which is fine if Sakurai needs more time b/c I'd rather have a masterpiece than a weak launch title) but other than that I was pretty much blown away. I like how the audience wasn't bored like the Sony conference. It was a fun conference and Nintendo came out of it looking really good unlike Sony and their dull gameplay/movies and massive wallet destroyer pricing announcement coupled with retarded dual console release. I hope we get a lot more information on specifics soon.

And holy shit, DS, why must you be so god damn awesome?! It's like I'm getting the snot beaten out of me with all the good punches they constantly pull with it. Yoshi's Island 2, Starfox DS, US version of Ouendan. DS alone is coming really freaking close to being the second golden age of gaming just on its own.

In all honesty: Was the last secret revealed? Is it the Wii Connect 24 service? Because that wouldn't be too groundbreaking.
Nintendo said the last secret affects the way you play the games. Didn't they reveal it because they are afraid of Sony copying their idea?

I saw a girl naked the other day and It wasn't as good as that conference.

That was the greatest E3 conference of all time. Miyamoto / Iwata / Reggie are AWESOME :D

Red Steel looked ABSOLUTELY STUNNING in the presentation. I didn't expect them to match the competitors grapihcs, but Nintendo has everything covered.

Super Mario Galaxy = My most anticipated game. Holy shit.

So many things to digest...

So where can I find some trailers of all this awesomeness. Gametrailers doesn't seem to have any wii-related movies.

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Yoshis Island 2 holy crap!

What I luved is that I might be able to play and enjoy games with people.

Like real people that aren't uber-dorks. Like my parents or just people I know. I mean obviously ANYBODY can play that tennis game. I mean you can topspin or back spin by twisting the controller?! How f-ng sweat is that!!!!!

And yes some of the graphics were so-so. But did you see Fire Emblem!?!?! Holy crap! And FF:CC was beautiful too.

So much to be excited about.

I thought it was the mic/speaker in the wiimote? I could be wrong, but I thought that was what they said during the Zelda thing..

I'd really like to know about this too because the game was looking really awesome.

Ah, thanks. :) Then I just missed that statement while I was away.

They said the speaker and Connect 24 were some of the secrets of the console.

Personally, with all of that and the Virtual console with NES, SNES, N64, GENESIS and TURBO GRAPH-X games, I'm a happy camper.

Try this for starters: http://revolution.ign.com/articles/705/705854p1.html

Gametrailers.com is down here, maybe they're updating?


Starfox DS. The arwing looked a lot like in StarFox 64.
They better get it right this time :eyebrow:

I hope they're making it (Kirby) for Wii, because I'm sure as hell am gonna buy one. (You know, along side PS3)
I'd buy Wii for Mario alone. All those multiplayer games (like WiiSports) didn't appeal much to me.

But I sure wish they had announced a price and an exact launch date.

Yoshi's Island 2 brings so many awesome memories that I have to buy a DS for that...

Overall the conference was a lot more interesting than Sony's. I rather felt a little bored of sony's conference.

Thanks for the screens Grubdog.
I can only hope the music is as good as the visuals are.

TOP VIDEO, SURPRISE. New Paper Mario game for GameCube OUT OF NOWHERE.

I didn't even finish Paper Mario 2. :(

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?

Wow. I thought it was going to be another RPG, but that looks awesome.

I need money ;_;

Doesn't look very RPGish. But immediate props go to the use of SMB1 sprites. That old Peach sprite still makes me laugh.

Super Paper Mario!!!

Brand new Mario platformer for Nintendo GameCube with Paper Mario style graphics.

EDIT: man this thread isf ast

5 posts ago, dude.

Looks freaking awesome! I don't understand why this wasn't shown at the conference.

Whoa, whoa, New Super Mario Bros has barely been released... so much info... stuff... hard to take it all in =o

OMFG NEW PAPER MARIO TOO?!?!

This is the best E3 I've seen in a while. Super Paper Mario... good lord, this is a great day.

Looks like it went to DS. LINK

Looks good! Nintendo's really showcasing a ton of games this E3!

Starfox ahoooy.

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Oh MAN. Keep it Arwing missions, Arwing mission. Land Master is fine too, but no on-foot sections. It's too easy to make awesome, MAKE IT SO.

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/2...xdsss011lu.png

I almost read this as something else. :tpg:

Looks nice, aside from the portraits. Couldn't they go with the GC makeovers? Maybe it's a prequel.

Looks awful.

Can I get Star Fox 2.

Ugh, what did they do to poor Fox.

I'd like to know how the controls on the bottom screen work though. What could those shiny buttons do...

Looks like touch screen buttons for looping and u-turns, and a meter for the brake. Meh, hopefully it works.

This can only work if there's no stylus control involved whatsoever.

I hate it when non-important events like "life" interfere with what really matters with this world.

Where can I get the whole conference.

Righty here: http://www.gamespot.com/e3/e3live.html



I hope there's possibility for using buttons only in StarFox DS, but I reckon with a Lite you can easily reach the screen with your thumbs?

http://i3.tinypic.com/xm5ok6.jpg

I found this on the interweb... I wonder if it's real or if it's 'shopped.

Btw, Wii classic controller revealed:

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n10/e3_200...to_classic.jpg

Looks like the SNES made love to the Dual Shock. :savepoint:

Double Post:
High-res image and thumbnail from nintendo.co.jp says real~

Confirmation:
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n10/e3_200...ontroller.html

The controller itself looks a bit iffy, but the dpad and face button placement looks wonderful.

Playing the Virtual Console just got so much more appealing.

Fucking awesome. Looks like a souped up SNES controller. I give it the thumbs up.

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n10/e3_200...ontroller3.jpghttp://www.nintendo.co.jp/n10/e3_200...ontroller4.jpg

This could be taken the wrong way...

Super Paper Mario caught me totally off guard. the reception to the sidescrolling scenes in PM2 must have been REALLY well recieved for them to have done this.

The remote's speaker is troubling me a little. I see the potential, yes I do. Imagine a 3D adventure/thriller title, and a character leans close to you to whisper something, and you hear it from the remote, so you need to physically lean closer to it. Or a game where you carry a watch with a video system and you get messages through it and physically have to listen in on your wrist.

But me, I play using headphones. My TV's speakers are pretty shitty and using headphones lets me cut out all the rest of the noise in my house, not to mention play at night without waking everyone.

I just really, really hope there is an option in the games themselves to switch off the speaker usage (instead of a simple off switch on the controller), that would route all remote speaker sounds to regular speakers (headphones).

That's great and all and I love traditional Kirby but I was really looking forward to the cube game. I hope it wasn't scrapped. I don't care if it's moved to Wii but the game looked great.

Lots of cube games coming out of nowhere. I was really hoping Kirby was still there.


Oh and I really wish they had done a six face button Sega Genesis setup so you could use C buttons correctly for N64 games. Believe it or not some N64 games did use those buttons as buttons and not just camera controls. Also that setup would make playing Genesis games a breeze. I hope it isn't final. Also how is that connected to the Wii? Is it an attachment still or does it connect to the cube ports?

That's an intriguing question. If it works on the cube ports, would that mean it works on the cube as well? *tummy going pitter-patter*

AT LAST, it's about time Nintendo puts out a standard looking controller. I always disliked the childish N64 and GC ones.

For those of us that missed the conference (grrr History class), does anyone know of a site that had text-updates or highlights of the show? Picking up bits and pieces by looking back at this thread is helpful and all but a little bit chaotic.

http://revolution.ign.com/articles/706/706158p1.html

It's all there in text. Hopefully someone will have the video up in high quality sometime. I want it.

Thanks Acer.

A few things are unclear:

1) They didn't anounce an actual release date and price?:eyebrow:

2) So is the wiimote's speaker suppose to be "the last big secret"?

3) Nothing of Super Smash Brothers Wii was shown?

I was also hoping that they would comment on PS3's controler's last-second, motion-sensing inclusion. O well. It seems like the conference still didn't answer my main questions, but I'm still hyped.

To clarify, it doesn't detect motion, it detects tilt. Think of it as using a GBA with Wario Ware Twisted as a controller.

Somehow I can't believe this. Nintendo created such a big hype about the last secret, I just don't think it's just the speaker. Then again, I didn't watch the portion with the speaker announcement, I'm watching the whole conference again right now.

But the speaker feature was known a week before the conference (Gamefront.de). If that was the big secret why would Nintendo let it leak so early? Remember the time before the TGS when the controller was unveiled? No concrete rumours about the controller functionality existed, it was all just speculation.

Technophile:

1) They haven't announced a release date or a price but you can be sure it will be Fall 2006 and cheaper than Microsoft and Sony's offerings. Most speculate anywhere from $150 to $300. I'm hoping for that $200 sweet spot they always do.

2) I don't know if it's the last secret or not. There still might be a microphone and of course there are other attachments that might surface. And of course all the concrete details of the system interface and the virtual console's system and pricing. There's still a lot to know.

3) No Smash Bros yet. Sakurai was only informed of the game last E3 when it was first announced. He then had a private meeting with Iwata and then after agreeing to head up the game was given his own new studio so he probably just didn't have it ready. You'll see it eventually. You don't rush Sakurai. The man is a perfectionist. I don't expect it at launch and since the launch window is looking like the strongest console launch of any console ever I don't really care. I'd rather have a perfect Sakurai game that comes a couple months after launch like Melee than a rush job launch title.

Something I realized with that, too, is that the new PS3 playmote has the same functionality as the Wii-chuck. How quaint!

Yeah I just read numerous articles that state how it's baiscaly the same ol' playstation remote but with the vibration feature nixed out in favor of very, very dumbed down wiimote-like functionality. (sensing tilt while remaining oblivious to actual 3D movement). I still think it was very pethatic of Sony to do this. It's like the feature is half-assed and it's not even what they're geniunly exploring in the first place. As if they merely, & quickly, threw the half-baked idea in there just to take a shot at Nintendo.

Anyway..., did they show any pictures or a video of that Wii sports title that has tennis, baseball and golf in one? I'm curious if it's gonna be more like a sports sim or take on a lighter tone.

Oh and Acer, it's odd that they haven't actualy anounced the specific release date and price yet, but I suppose there's still time. And yes, the launch line-up is indeed looking great with or without SSB:Wii.

Does anyone know if Super Mario Galaxy will be a launch title or not?

While we're on the subject, does anyone know for certain what games are launch titles?

I believe Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz is. If this is as good as the first two Monkey Ball games, then that's all I need for months on end. :)

-EDIT-

During E3, do they usualy reveal answers to big questions (ones listed in previous posts) that haven't been answered during the conference, in the remaining days of the Expo? Or do these tidbits remain unanswered untill TGS?

Meh, this sucks. I've just seen the video of the Wii games and I am not interested in any of the titles shown. It's very likely just me, but I don't like the idea of doing motions with my arms to play a game. Give me plain ol' buttons and crap any day. Things are looking better on the other consoles, however.

Although I love Star Fox, I think Fox's design has been steadily getting worse in every new game. The way he looks in SF DS is just 'ugh.' However, it looks like it's going back to its shooting roots, so that's something I'm definitely on the look out for.

Super Paper Mario looks frickin' sweet, especially after drooling over the New SMB. Mario was always best in 2D land, and I'm very pleased Nintendo is actually making 2D games on a console. I am seriously stoked that you can PLAY AS BOWSER. That alone is worth a purchase.

Red Steel, Zelda and WiiSports are confirmed.

It serves its purpose though, most Sony apologists are already telling themselves the Sony controller one-ups Nintendo, and considering how many people are still insisting on staying oblivious to how the Wii controller actually works, that might be enough. =/

Yeah, they do reveal a few tidbits or hints in Q&A sessions. And they've revealed things that weren't in the conference related to Wii already so I think they'll be a bit more open than at least E3 '05.

I'm not sure what games will be launch titles but Super Mario Galaxy seems like it should be. Miyamoto and co. have to have been working on this for a long ass time. Hey, it's okay if it's not at launch but I expect the game to be out in the launch window or at the latest early '07.

I've heard there will be around 27 launch titles and a third of them will be from Nintendo if that gives you an idea of how great this is going to be.

And yeah, I do enjoy how the PS3 controller is just plain ol' Dual Shock 2 but wireless and for tilt control they axed rumble while the Wii controller has 3d space motion sensing, titling, rumble, and sound all while being wireless.

I'm wondering if the Wii controller will be rechargable/dockable, or if it'll run on store-bought batteries...

I like how Sonic Wildfire was totally ignored by IGN.

Not that it's a good game compared to Sonic the Hedgehog.

And I'm hoping we at least see a trailer of Smash at this point.

http://cube.ign.com/articles/706/706378p1.html

A NEW BONGO GAME!! DK Bongo Blast!

AND IT'S A RACING GAME!

For real? Did dropped rumble in favor of tilt control? What a morons then...

And a battery life of 2 hours :D
No dude, I don't belive a controller or any device for that matter can do all that and have a long battery life. They are hiding something, what they are saying is just plain impossible... unless they start selling a Official Nintendo ColdFusion™ Battery

And...this is exciting because.....

It's exciting if you've ever played DK Jungle Beat, which I assume you haven't.

The bongos are an extremely fun way to play games, believe it or not. I can see them working seamlessly in a racing game.

Pretty sweet stuff.

I'm a bit worried. I always thought the best part of Starfox games was the rail-type levels and not the all range levels. From what I've seen, it looks to be only the latter, though I could easily be wrong. Can anyone confirm rail-type stages in Starfox DS?

Yoshi's Island 2. Wow, didn't see this coming at ALL. Is it possible to get drunk off hype? Fantastic.

DIDDY KONG RACING. OMFG. That game was my favorite N64 game bar none.

Has anyone said how will te built in speaker work? Will it have a built in ROM with a set of predefined sound effects that the game will call or will the game stream an entire sound file into the pad?

I bet on the first because... you guessed! Battery life :P

I'm pretty sure they said something about the game streaming audio directly to it.

HOLY CRAP.

http://i.i.com.com/cnet.g2/images/20..._screen001.jpg

Looks like a SNES/PS2 hybrid :( I HATE the position of the D-pad in relation to the analog sticks in that controller...

Is the controller going to be wireless??? It looks like it has a cord :(

The dpad looks off center a little, that might be a bit awkward =/
It's understandable since they want the twin sticks in there too, but the whole thing looks cramped. They could have simple made a SNES pad replica and I'd be perfectly happy.

The dpad itself and the face button placement are still so dreamy. I can't wait to try that.

O M G !


WTF is that shit? Is that what I think it is? F**king hell, take it away! TAKE IT AWAY!

OMFG it looks like Dual Shock gone bad! Way bad, DShock is already bad enough even using winged design but that.... OMG!


Quoting you again, yes that was the reason I've been bashing the Dualshock all these years and now Nintendo picks a bad design and makes it worse by taking away the only good thing the DS had, it's winged design...

Are we going to get any new info on the Wiimulator? That's the one feature I've been hoping to get details on. If they implement the features I listed in my journal, THEN I'll have reason to get all Nintendo-hyped.

Yeah? Then reduce these 2 hours battery life to 1.5 hours :D


BTW I hope they come to sense and do a black/gray version of the console since my experience tells me that pristine white devices that are so 'manipulated' like a gamepad gain countless stain in a blink.

I'm not entirely crazy about the placement of the ZL and ZR buttons. The glory of L1/L2 R1/R2 is that you can use them with seperate fingers. I guess they're avoiding that design for something simpler.

I dunno, I really like that controller. It looks like it's going to be as comfortable as the SNES controller was, and that one was fucking prime.

Please don't call it the Wiimulator, SOLDIER. It's got a name and it's Virtual Console. And no I don't think they're going to let you make your own levels and stuff like you've been hoping. I think they may retool some of the old games for online play or somehow add an additional play control using the Wii controller.

If it's anything like a Megadrive pad (and I know it is ;)) the yes, it's damn confortable................

I can't believe how little was shown of Sonic wii.

I barely have enough info on it to past judgement on how the game will turn out. :(

Oh well, I guess I'll do it anyways....

Hey, that Sonic Wii game doesn't look that impressive. Get in the game Sega!

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I'm sure Acer came up with the colors all by himself, and it's not like Nintendo ever provides their consoles in different colors.

Is that what the next mario gen game will be called! Super Mario Galaxy ?

This seems like the best place to put this. Ooh, Wii is such an odd name.

http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ft/2006/ft060509.gif

You never know... they've just picked the 2nd lamest gamepad ever (saturns 1st model pad was the crappiest) and made it worse, so don't be so sure.

There were 5 colors shown by Nintendo. I did all of them except white because grey and white looked the same when I was making the gifs and it interfered with the shine I was trying to achieve. Plus I doubt they'd do more than 4 colors anyway. I expect only black and white at launch. I'm banking on getting a black Wii (oh god...).

No, you see, they've already showed the color range, last year, and every console (besides Virtual Boy) they've released since the Game Boy Pocket has been available in multiple colors.

Racing?? Holy crow, I'm getting this one.
I thought this would be another beat-the-bongos-to-a-song game (it isn't but this new game still uses the bongos, for a completely different manner).

I like it, actually. It already reminds me of the Super NES days, and having the two analog sticks is a very nice addition. I can't wait for this console already.

Wow.

Nintendo (and Microsoft) win E3. That is all.

From digg ~

http://press.nintendo.com/e32k6/index.html name: golin pass: harris You can find videos, screenshots, art work, fact sheets and much more on the Nintendo Wii here. In case this goes down, I tarred up all of the Wii related files, you can get it here: http://63.245.200.139/wii-press-all.tgz

There shouldn't be any complaints over the standard controller. It's based off the SNES controller which is still in my opinion the best stand controller and is what every controller after it was based on.

My only complaint is that they keep treating the N64's c buttons like they were just a camera stick. There were games that did infact use the c buttons as buttons and those games will suffere as a result from going from a digital button to an analog stick. There's that grey area, diagonal directions, that will screw up what made sense with a digital button.

Take Starfox 64. C button left and C button down did speed up and slow down and with down on the analog stick it would do a loop or u-turn. Those would be screwed up with an analog stick for c buttons. Now they could recode it so you use x and y for those functions but they absolutely need a solid N64 layout. Perhaps those tiny fingertip z buttons by the shoulder buttons could solve some of that but I still think it's an oddball solution. It would have been better if they just did a genesis six button setup. That would have covered the N64 c button issue. Oh and there is still the B and A button issue where the location of Y is where B was for the N64 and where the location of B is where A was for the N64. But I'm glad they took the SNES layout. Best case scenario, they just let us map out the buttons the way we want and have controller profiles.

I'm not quite sure why no one has mentioned it.. but...

Natsume (developed by Marvelous)
-Harvest Moon

GOD DAMN IT!! I NEED HM NOW!! It's just one of those games who bring memories so sweet it makes everything around me look bigger.

Pom - NICE find! How did you dig this up?

Wow thanks! LOL, how'd you score this? I don't think this Golin Harris will be too happy about this. :biggrin:

I just woke up, so I missed the conference. I'm getting ready to watch it now. Did the intetnet explode or something as a result?

To those asking how i got the press stuff, it was posted on digg.com, as is where that little paragraph is from. I thought you people might like ~

Does anyone think the reason the end of the conference was anti-climatic was because Sony has already decided to "copy" Nintendo in a way? I have a feeling they decided at the last minute to not reveal the super-secret thing about the system because Sony would have until November to copy it. Thoughts?

I thought the super secret thing was the speakers in the controllers?

I think they felt a bigger secret was the Wii Connect 24 thing. I'll just unplug it for the night anyway, but it's a nice concept.


Also:

http://myy.helia.fi/~a0400729/Pics/Yot06.jpg

Sorry, Sony and Microsoft are done, why lie.

Anyone else think Red Steel looked like shit?

They aren't done unless Nintendo can actually attract the Mainstream crowd with all of this. Last time I checked, Nintendo still isn't considered 'cool' by the masses.

Videogames in general are not considered cool by the masses, no matter what EGM or TV adverts try to tell you.
It was a joke, for pete's sake. As if even a ridiculously overpriced and money-losing console would even dent Sony, much less Microsoft.

How was I suppose to know that was a joke? I don't know who pete is. ;_;

I'm only halfway through the presentation. Outside of the lame-ass trailer video, I'm really impressed by Nintendo so far. It seems that the graphics really are GC level. Haven't heard the price yet, though.

And you won't, they didn't reveal it.

I thought the glaring Megalith speak was a less than subtle hint, but I guess not :(

Wow, reading through the first few pages of this topic without having seen the video is hilarious.

I'm downloading it from IGN now...8%. :(

Damn... At least it won't be $600.

Go here and click on "Lo-Res Event Stream" in the Nintendo table on the right. That way you don't have to download the video before watching it. If it doesn't work properly close all other windows. The stuttering should be gone then. :)

Did anyone see that DS Browser stuff in the Press link Pom posted?

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HOLYCRAPZOMGWOOOOAAAAH!

Red Steel looks pretty crappy; Mario Galaxy looks a lot like Sonic Heroes. Nintendo's ideas has me excited, but I didn't see that many exciting games.

The DS's new wave of games alone beats out Sony's conference for me. Hell, I already imported "Dragon Quest - Rocket Booster" last month and it's enough fun to buy again in English. I honestly wasn't holding out much hope for Nintendo's E3 showing considering their recent history, but between the DS and the Wii this is looking to be an excellent year.

I did not know what to expect when nintendo announced the Rev way back when. After watching the Press Conference, however, I am now very excited for Wii. It really seams like it will be something special.

http://myy.helia.fi/~a0400729/Pics/Yot06.jpg

The remote's a little small, isn't it? Yotsuba's a little 6 year old girl, so I don't think the remote should fit so comfortably in her hand.

(I reserved vol. 1 in my library)

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"Mario Galaxy looks a lot like Sonic Heroes."

Take that back right this instant.

I wasn't concerned at all about price, VC, or any of that jazz. That'll come in time, right now I just wanted to see footage, and as far as I'm concerned it looks fine.
I dunno if it'll improve significantly. That'd be nice. But I haven't seen anything on the PS3 or Xbox360 that's particularly amazing, either.
The graphical gap between Wii and the PS3 is so small as to be inconsequential. I know you can see the difference, but when you play it, if you're capable of having fun, that doesn't matter.

Wow, thanks to the guys who dug up those names/pass for that nintendo press kit thing. Awesome stuff.

Anyone else kinda bummed they didn't show any Super Smash Brothers details? I don't think they even mentioned it.

Yggdrasil, if you had bothered to read the thread then yes you'd learn we are a tad dissappointed that Smash Bros wasn't shown.

Oh and I played around in photoshop a bit to create what I think is a better standard controller by adding two buttons. It now is perfect for N64 and Genesis games. I'm not sure what you'd call the two additional buttons, maybe 'w' or 'i'. 'z' and 'c' wouldn't make sense because of the SNES button layout. Anyway here it is:

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/4...rwithsixfa.jpg

That's snazzy, Acer. Tell Reggie before he leaves Los Angeles via jetpack!

Uhh, the gap looks to be anything BUT small. Graphics are definitely not Nintendo's strong point this generation, which is the reason they want you to focus on the controller. But I don't see how people on a forum about game music can use the argument that aesthetic aspects don't matter to games...

That design definitely is better IMO. The Genesis controls are obvious, but then, the Y button could be used as the N64's B button, the B button as the N64's A button, and the other 4 buttons as the C buttons. Pretty slick.

you could probably call the blank buttons 1 and 2 or something unoriginal and boring

Nothing can be worse than the "black" and "white" buttons on the Xbox controller though. I've always hated those things with a passion.

What do you mean?! Those buttons were great for 2D fighters!

My favorite part was that they were completely neutral to having a titled assignment. They were just colors.

Acer's controller is pretty cool. I'm sure that it would pass as a rumour on a "alternative controller for Wii" later on.

Holy shit, major props to ZeroSlash for noticing Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney 2 on the upcoming DS game list! It's on the site Pom posted, but you have to click the upcoming games list in the upper right corner of the DS section.

If you scroll down a tad bit, you'll see numerous screenshots of the upcoming DS, Cube and Wii games shown. http://gonintendo.com/

I hope at the least that there will be adapters for the snes, n64, genesis controllers to plug into the cube slots. I'm sure there will be on the net, but I don't like buying stuff off the internet because it requires me to convince my parents...

Hell yeah, Acer!
Why not just make perfection from the start? They should definitely just make it happen, no question about it.

<3 pShop

Thanks guys. =)

I got bored and decided to e-mail Matt at IGN to see if he might have anything to say about it during his next mailbag. It's a bit of a doozy.

Speaking of Matt IGN, he just revealed that Duck Hunt Wii is going to be revealed and playable tomorrow. Super Mario Galaxy will also be playable!

Capcom has also officially announced Resident Evil for Wii, but no details yet, hopefully it shows up in the next few days.

MMM, Path of Radiance sequel (Fire Emblem) for the Wii starring Sothe. Somehow I had a feeling he would wind up being important. Pretty much clenches my purchase of the system.

This?

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/2597/pilot2hl.th.jpg

Does anyone know what this in fact is?

Look at the character in the plane. It looks like the same character used for all those simple sports games. I'm sure this is one of those small simple games as well. Looks nice but I doubt it's a full fledged Pilot Wings game.

I'm loving all these vids from the Wii, I can't wait to get my hands on one. Something that struck me like a bolt of lightning though wasn't something from Reggie or Miyamoto but something my dad said. I just showed him one of those promo videos that I thought was great and said something like, 'maybe you could get into games too' and started telling him abouts all the cool innovations that the Wii has. He said to me 'yeh ok, is there a formula one game?'. I checked it out and it doesn't have one announced yet but ofcourse the PS3 does. That got me to thinking that although gamers like me who have grown up with every nintendo system think these innovations are great for games they still might not appeal to those new gamers that nintendo wants to pull in. I guess it's like how although ipods and other mp3 players are pretty cool, some people might just like sitting back and listening to a vinyl (not quite the same but it will do)

One last thing. Did anyone in Sydney see Ten news at 5 today because they showed the 'must have' Christmas toy this year, the PS3. It had some guy on there saying that play with joysticks was old school, and motion sensing was all new and awesome. I think that Nintendo will need some pretty leet marketting to combat with this free press that Sony's getting.

Well it's not the same since it's more arcadish but he might be interested in Excite Truck.

Oh god I don't know why but that name always cracks me up. ='D
Truck is just a funny word to me for some odd reason.

BIG DAMN TRUCK



Also, anyone interested, there's a 400x300 video of the whole Nintendo conference for download at
http://www.vgpro.com/file/15549_e320..._800k.wmv.html

There's direct downloads, but I used the torrent with 114 seeds, so dunno how the speeds are for those. The torrent came fast.
Although I have no idea why the page says it's 385.4 MB (404121190 bytes) when the file in the torrent is 260MB.

w00!!! Although the conference was a bit shallow (expected the MOA Shows), the vids, screenshots and info on the games from tomorrow onwards will own us all.

See you tomorrow :biggrin:

DUCK HUNT WII? O.O

Maybe the game will let you shoot other things, the neighbour's cat.

Shoot the neighbour's cat?

Even better, that annoying dog. I'd buy a Wii for that alone.

The dog had the right to laugh at you, not only because you can't hit the broad side of the barn, and the fact it is not right to shoot animals for sport, even if they're nothing but pixels and polygons.

Oh, and the only exception is the neighbour's cat.

Better start saving then. The Australian IT section has the PS3 priced at $892 and $999. HDTV penetration is alreay low, and I can't anticipate that people will suddenly want a cheap Blu Ray player given the lack of movies and questions about what will be the defining new standard. If the Wii comes in priced at less than the core 360, I think we'll see a resurgence for Nintendo.

Much hope for Super Smash Bros. on the E3 floor today.

Square Enix and Sonic have pissed me off. Make my day better, Nintendo! You did yesterday!

Wait, there's more news being announced today? I thought it all happened yesterday. Oh well, I don't know how E3 schedules and events run.

I hope the RE Wii isn't some lackluster Dead Aim port or something. A full-fledged RE5 with Wii aiming would be fucking amazing.

It won't be RE5. I'm betting for a Survivor-type game. Which could be nice with the controller.

Can I say again that Wii is probably, right now, the best fuckin' thing I've seen out of all the E3s in the past years.

An RE4-type game with Wii aiming would be fantastic.

I'd still like a real RE at some point though :tpg:

Still no sign of the hi-res press conference video? Come on you IGN insiders, upload, upload :(

IGN Insider max rez for the Nintendo conference is 320x240....

Wishing now that i wasn't. :(

It's on Neikon's FTP.

http://blogs.ign.com/AlloyNES/2006/05/10/17169/

First pics of light gun and sensor bar.
Notice the extra long cord for the sensor bar.
Also note the analog stick attached to the top of the light gun, perfect for one handed fps with gun in hand.

EDIT:

PS.... The Wii owns

A Light Gun and an original controller to play the old titles!!!???

I NEED A Wii!!!!!!!!!!

The light gun looks NASTY.

I only wish that instead of simply plugging in the wiimote you could attatch it like a clip. That would be kick ass.

They designed so it'll be confortable to use. You even got a jostick on the air trigger.

No trigger in the bottom=lame.

Yes it has one. It's just not big, rather large.

Wow, that gun looks awful. I hope they're not seriously going to go with that, so awkward. Anyone who's ever used a gun will be weirded out with having the "barrel" so low =x

So, Red Steel will be crap. It won't have blood or gore. Graphics don't look that great.

Why even lie.

I'll stick to Zelda.

LOL. So your definition of "great" seems to be uber-grafix and blood/gore? LAME

Don't get me wrong, I like Gears Of War's demo reel, but I'm not so close minded to negate a game like Red Steel based on such superficial elements as "uber-grafix" and "gore".

Spoken like a true gamer. /sarcasm

It's great how you can use that as an excuse for bad graphics.

I actually skipped out on playing any video games up until PS2 came out because I didn't like the stupid two-dimentional graphics. I thought the NES and SNES were stupid because they had bad graphics.

Anyway

IGN gives us some hands-on details on Zelda Wii. Looks like we can put our fears to rest - http://revolution.ign.com/articles/707/707152p1.html

Ya know what? Before we saw gameplay, the one thing that kept ringing in my mind was this statement.
"PLEASE look like Gamecube, PLEASE look like Gamecube"

Honestly, they are going to get more interested customers buying their system with cool looking games and a cheap price tag then they would trying to match Sony and Microsoft in graphics, and end up being a more expensive system. This is something new, it is going to be a risk for many people to spend money on something this new. People will be more willing to give it a shot knowing that they don't have a lot invested in it.

- WraithTwo -

It makes since but I don't know if it will work out that way. The same way the mainstream crowd buys $100+ priced shoes could be the same way they treat consoles.

I don't really know. I do know that a lot of people will flock to a system that has GTA though.

Yes, I understand that, but I think the one thing that puts this strategy into its own is the Virtual Console. People will be interested in the controller, but buy it for a cheap way to play the older games, then be pulled into the newer titles.

Without a lower price tag, I doubt the system would be bought just for "old school" games.

- WraithTwo -

So having graphics like, say, Resident Evil 4, they need to be qualified as bad?!

My father just saw some parts of the Nintendo Press Conference and told me, that most of the games look like childish turd. Oh, and he also added that Iwata's way of talking sucks. ::explodes::

Your father's a great man. His vision and way of life will propel the human beings of the planet Earth into the futur.

I watched the portion with the speaker announcement only a moment ago. The guy says:

"And this is where we can start finally to unveil some of the secrets that still remain about the controller."

Sounds like there's really more to it. Well, in Q4 we'll know everything.

I thought the conference went alright. The tennis match was pretty cool. I just hope Nintendo announces more stuff about the Wii and DS. I hate the fact that Nintendo has to keep secrets from us, >_>

Yeah, I noticed that too on my second viewing.

Can't wait.

- WraithTwo -

If he'd actually play those games, he'd have some great fun, I'm sure about that. Well, however, I can't see my father playing a Wario Ware game anywhere in the future. He loves series like Resident Evil, Pilotwings and Ace Combat ( =O ) and actually has some gaming experience, but most likely the combination of some Japanese people doing "strange" stuff with the Wii controller and the fabulous Iwata were too much for him.

I guess we'll see the real goods at TGS. Remember last year? All they did at E3 was show the shell of the cosnole. It wasn't till TGS that they showed they wiimote. (And their awsome idea still got stolen!). I expect to know pretty much everything by this year's TGS.

Uh-oh, I just realized; the "new" RE game might be just a port of RE4, using the remote to control it. If they'll do it for Zelda, why not RE4?

I hope this won't become a trend, creating Wii versions of existing games. A different control scheme is not worth purchasing the same game again.

SOLDIER, probably because it's been over a year since RE4 has been out and that would be a very stupid idea considering everyone has already played it when it came out on cube if they were smart or on PS2 a year later if they wanted more Ada missions, costumes, and PS2 graphics. But whatever I think they'll be making a completely new RE game. It just probably won't be RE5.

I certainly won't be RE5. Nintendo's console might easily end up a dumping ground for spinoffs and "sidestories" like the GC did (besides Capcom's input of course). I doubt any of the major thirdparty franchises will be moving to Wii anytime soon, but if the spinoffs are good, who's to complain.

That said, I haven't read the E3 reports, but from what I've followed, I've yet to see a single Konami title. Has Konami announced anything actually noteworthy for the Wii yet?

It's a hit already :)

http://revolution.ign.com/articles/707/707362p1.html

Do check out some of the pics linked at the bottom. Or this link.

http://media.revolution.ign.com/arti...62/imgs_1.html

BTW: Pilotwings = Wii Sports: Airplane

http://media.revolution.ign.com/arti...g_3593256.html

http://revolutionmedia.ign.com/revol...0041404885.jpg

Waaait wait wait, don't tell me the classic controller plugs into the wiimote and requires batteries, god no :(

EDIT:
Oh dear lord it does
http://users.skynet.be/fa036594/wiimote.jpg

Rats. So these things work on regular batteries instead of coming with a rechargable one?

Do we really know this? I mean, its really very speculative. They named RE for gamecube before the system was released right? So what is different about this? This could easily be RE5 and all the better for it because the wiimote is pretty much perfect for it. I hope to God that it is RE5.

Sure SqEnix is using sideprojects, but that doesn't mean everybody will. Sonic, Madden, Red Steel, Call of Duty 3. With how well this show is going for Nintendo, I think alot of developers and publishers will want to take the jump to Wii.

Double Post:
The Wiimote powers the nunchka doesn't it? That means the Wiimote should power this too (i think).

On a good note, by pluging in the classic controller, that should bring the cost down. A dummy plugin controller is ALOT cheaper than a stand alone wireless one. This brings the pack-in idea w/ the classic more probable.

I wouldn't worry about it. From what I understand they are rechargeable, with a very very long lasting battery 50-100 hours per charge.

There are other reaons to jump on the Wii bandwagon - cost. Check out this small piece from http://www.nintendojo.com/infocus/vi...php?1147230320

I dunno, sounds logical to me.

I dunno, lower development costs and more approachable development didn't exactly help the GC, despite what everyone thought.

If a developer feels a console won't reach their intended audience, they just won't bother, sadly. The business being as shallow as it is (as exemplified by the multiple naysayers in this thread as well), Nintendo may still risk being branded "for children" and this will sadly scare the living daylights out of most publishers.

If that's true (or even close to accurate), that's pretty comforting to know. So any news on someone uploading the hd video of the conference or my question?

Oh. =x
I do hope there's still a Pilotwings game in super secret development. I guess I have to get Wii Sports when I get a Wii now. HAVE TO. Flying a plane into a mountain is an extreme sport!

Also some Virtual Console in action shooots are appearing on the internet!

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/650/grimage4pk.jpg

http://www.engadget.com/media/2006/05/IMG_8047.jpg

http://www.engadget.com/media/2006/05/IMG_8040.jpg

http://www.engadget.com/media/2006/05/IMG_8045.jpg

Dare I say that Mario 64 has some spruced up color and texture?

He doesn't look too polygonal ... I wanna see what Sonic the Hedgehog looks like ! :rolleyes:

Elebits is your answer!

http://www.gamespot.com/e3/e3story.h...930&pid=933005

He asked about "noteworthy" games though. :rolleyes:

http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/1192/wiigun7ai.th.jpg

You wouldn't want to play an RE game with That?!

I like it.

I'd play it with a dwarf.

I guess since it's an unknown title, it's not worthy.


No.

When will the rumored Star Wars Lightsaber game be announced?!! When?!!

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http://revolution.ign.com/articles/707/707504p1.html
Smash Bros. Brawl
Playable Characters unveiled!
by IGN Staff

May 10, 2006 - Nintendo just pulled a fast one on us. At an after-hours press briefing a mere minute ago, the company pulled another ace out of its sleeve: Smash Bros. Brawl -- the next installment in Nintendo's popular Super Smash Bros. series.

Details are just now rolling in, but we have confirmed the following playable characters:

# Pit (Kid Icarus)
# Solid Snake (Metal Gear Solid)
# Zero Suit Samus (Metroid)
# Meta-Knight (Kirby)

More as it breaks.
__________________________________________________ ________

Can wii say, hell yeah!!!!

BULLSHIT!

I refuse to believe that. :O

Wow. That news is hitting everywhere.

Money goes we see a trailer on Friday.

There's a thread about the announcement. And yes, Snake is in there.

No way. Oh wait, let me join in the bold bullshit.

BULL-MUTHAFUCKIN'-SHIT!

Let's see Fox even try to blaster that Snake.

http://revolution.ign.com/articles/707/707486p1.html

Metroid will also be a launch title.

Ho
Ly
SHIT

Can you say, best launch ever?

Solid Snake? That confuses me but whatever. I'm guessing it'll use the traditional controller that is used for the virtual console.

I must reiterate it once again, because NINTENDO IS THE CHAMPION AND I APPROVE.

NINTENDO WINS E3.

That is all.

It's no Dreamcast yet. And I thought some source said SSBB wasn't going to be a launch title?

It won't be a launch title but Metroid Prime 3 will be.

So right now, you've got Mario Galaxy, Zelda, Red Steel and Metroid Prime 3 confirmed for launch. That's pretty cool in my book.

I can wait for Smash in 2007. I just needed to know it's in production and it will be awesome. That is all.

Wii = $249?

http://www.4colorrebellion.com/archi...s-new-details/

I hope it's true!

I was hoping it'd be cheaper. And $10 for N64 game downloads is crap. You can buy the actual games for maybe less than that.

I predicted $249 but was hoping for $200.

Still, $249 is still $150 less than the cheapest competition. You can't argue with that price!

Smash Bros. Want list-

Megaman / Protoman
Megaman X / Zero
Simon Belmont
Bionic Commando Guy (does he have a name?)
Vectorman
Locke (imagine him stealing items from opponents!)

I can't think of any more off the top of my head.

Wow, seriously, at 249$ (roughly 300$CAN), that'd be freaking sweet and believable!

It won't be 249... that's still too much. Don't get me wrong, I will buy a $250 Wii. I will buy it on LAUNCH day. But, for what Nintendo is aiming at here, they desperately need to be charging 200 or less for this system.

$249 is actually the price that EGM speculates it will launch at, same with the virtual console games prices. Whether or not they have hidden info that backs up this speculation, is unknown.

There was something cited in the Smash Bros. thread about being able to plug in your Cube controller and play with the same control scheme as Melee actually. That works for me, since Melee had a pretty intuitive setup.

Wait, wait, wait, WHERE was it confirmed that Mario Galaxy's a launch title? If this really is true, then Wii will probebly have the best launch line up ever.

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/4642/220729ys.jpg

It seems the version on display at E3 has only one small should button instead of two that were shown in the press picture. It is still being decided if it will be packed in like the nunchuck attachment. You can tell that the big button on top is to be pressed to release something that is clipped onto the bottom of the controller. Most likely that'll be the wii controller it's already connected into that'll clip on for extra wii controller functions. That'll be sweet.

I'm dissappointed with seeing one of the small shoulder buttons being removed. They can't do N64 games right if they don't at least have those two extra shoulder buttons on reserve. The second analog control stick as N64 C buttons is a retarded idea and anyone who supports that idea is an idiot. Plus, the Sega games need six face buttons. This isn't hard, Nintendo. This really isn't. Just have six face buttons like the Genesis.

Oh and they better as hell pack this thing with the system and every controller bundle set. Developers might actually come up with creative ideas that might need it and the strapped wii controller in the future. Nintendo, would be alienating developers if every Wii user didn't have one of these for every Wii controller they buy.

I kind of think it'll backfire if they pack this in with the console. It might encourage developers to create games "the old way" as opposed to utilizing the core Wiimote. If it's sold seperately, it'll pretty much be certain that this'll only be used for the Virtual Console while the new Wii games definately strive to keep using creative control schemes with the wiimote. I think having that assurance is worth sacrificing new control schemes that use both the shell and the core wiimote. But meh, we'll see.

Hmmm this is odd.

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/795...10304229of.jpg

It seems they also have a version of the virtual console controller that appears to be wired from the top and has the two small shoulder buttons. I'm confused.

I think it would be better if it were packed in at least with the console so people can use the Virtual Console right away if they wanted. I think a developer is going to have to think very hard if they want to do a straight boring port. Nintendo consumers are very judgemental and don't like sloppy seconds. Ports didn't do very well when developers gave us crappy multiplatform port jobs so I think that they've learned from GameCube that that strategy won't worky. I still want it packed in with the Wii controller.

Double Post:
Also...

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/7...10312426ky.jpg

It seems like they're going to be going with the DSlite colors.

Yeah I see where you're coming from Acer. We'll see. One thing's for certain: Things for Wii are looking A LOT better than they have ever looked for GC developer support wise so far. So I'm not really super, super worried either way regarding the shell.

As for the two different picks...uh, maybe the first one was made way earlier but they still chose to use it? Judging from the background of the two pics, it seems like the first one's merely present for use with the Virtual Cosnole demonstration while the shell in the second pick seems to be the main subject of the display. Thus, suggesting that the second one's probebly what it'll really be like.

-EDIT-

Seems like Mario Galaxy probebly won't be a launch title :( (The face. Click it.)

I don't really mind. I don't want them to bust out all their big, super-giant franchises right away at launch and then have us wait for a long, long time for more sequels. We're already getting freaking Metroid and Zelda. That's enough.

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OMG, that blue wiimote is slick! I can only image a Wii in that creamy-blue color!

God, Im sickened by myself this past generation. I've neglected Nintendo, playing mostly PS2. No more! Nintendo is getting all my money next gen. Wii is so going to bring Nintendo back on top, where they belong! Seriously, Nintendo with out a doubt steals the show at E3. Fuck Sony and their shitty console (that I will still probably buy) made just for graphics. This is why I love Nintendo, their systems are serious fan-service. I am so happy with Nintendo's presence at the show, and all the amazing games coming out.

You know what, I love you so much for what you've done BigN that Im gonna splurge next month and buy a DS Lite. I just bought my original DS a few months ago, but I don't care, to show you my appreciation, Im gonna re buy it.

Me too! Dang I love that game!

WTF are you talking about?! XBox 360 costs 299€, 299€! The core pack costs that and it's the pack you should buy, since the Pro pack is filled with useless crap (harddrive is crap until more XBox games are supported). Also both are missing the only important cable, the VGA cable that you should use even if you connect to a HDTV instead of a monitor, provided that the TV supports it. And the pro pack dispite having a wireless pad it doen't include the play'n'charge kit, i.e. a rip off.

With a 249€ price tag that's pretty much suicide.


Argh this pad is really the worst ever. If everyone uses the winged design for their pads there most be a good reason no?
It's been proved that this design creates less stress on the hands and wrists and it's more confortable on the long game session (YET it can still cause musculoskeletal disorders like carpic tunnel so watch out!).

But who cares about facts, let us hype! Hype I say!
And the worst thing is that everyone seems to appluad for no good reason :aargh: Are you all nuts? Or have you just lost common sense?

EDIT:
There won't be any best lauch ever unless Shenmue 3 lands, have said!

EDIT 2: WTF? Take a good look at the above pic... Nintendo is using those stupid triangular screws again!! ARGH! The console is MINE, the pad is MINE! I open it as many times I want and do what da f*ck I want with it, damn it! Maybe they are hidding lame pad internals like Gamecube's? At least the wire 'lock' seems to be using the same cheap trick GC did :rolleyes:

EDIT 3: BTW their efforts to keep me away are pathetic, I've shaped a regular screw driver into a 'nintendo screw driver' with my bare hand (and some tools ;)) so more luck next time!

250 US dollars is about 200€ if I know my currency, it's not 250€. I also have no idea what you are rambling on about here either.

Well, actually they don't really care about converting the price from $ to € in Europe. $399/$499 for the Xbox 360 just became 399€/499€ over here and this should apply to nearly every console which was released during the last years.

Exactly!! It's the biggest rip off ever... well amost but still. INFACT when they say a price in US dolars most of the times the price over here it's higher!!!

For example:
Tomb Raider Legend for XBox 360

USA: $59
Europe: 69€

... WTF is all I can say :(

I think a 249$ pricetag is decent in comparison with the others, however, with the system specs being considerably lower than the competition, the price should be 150$ or 200$ at the very most.
On another note, some of the WEEEEE games look really good but others look like cheap ass GC ports. WHY THE F$ck. I hate crap like that, its what makes public opinion about systems power falsely speculated. All because a lame ass company wants to make a cheap quick buck on a crappy last gen conversion. Examples: Pixars Cars, Excite Truck, Tony Hawk Downhill, DragonBall Z and the other disney games. Crap like that will ruin the Wii making the non-tech savy folk who don't understand the industry think that it is just a Cube with a new controller.
Games that actually look good: SSMB, Mario Galaxy, Madden 07, Red Steel, Metroid 3, and Sonic.

ExciteTruck does not belong in the same sentence as Dragonball Z. The BIG DAMN TRUCK racer is shaping up to be the best over-the-top arcade racer since San Francisco Rush.

Yes, DBZ and Cars did look like complete rubbish. They're ported clown meat filler for the launch, every console has them. 'Sup GUN for Xbox 360, Ridge Racer for DS, other example here, RC Revenge for PS2.

yea, well maybe the vids at IGN are just making excite truck look bad, but visually it just doesn't look like any better than what a GC can do. All systems have these crappy first gen games but for Nintendo, it is absolutly crucial that they show that 3rd partys can pump some decent visuals out of the system in order for them to compete with sony and microsoft's technical colossi. Because like it or not, visual upgrade in a next gen system along with innovation, is a very very important factor. Horsepower is not the only factor, but it IS an important factor.

A preview of the Virtual Console
 

potato bins

According to the press.nintendo.com website, the media:E32006 user/pass will be available until May 30. I downloaded the entire site (around 700 Mb.) and can upload it somewhere if needed. If the videos aren't needed I can strip a good 200 mb.+ out of it, so, tell me what do you need.

Idiots.

The analogue stick placement is similar to the Dual Shock. The button layout is identical to the SNES controller's setup, which the Dual Shock then copied.
Last I checked, an analogue stick is not a set of buttons and it utterly confounds me why they'd acknowledge the shape of the pad, but fail to acknowledge who made the layout in the first place.

Goddamn misinformed "information". It's crap like this and the guy on the news talking excitedly what a revolutionary concept the Dual Shock 3's movement sensor is that pisses me off. IT'S NOT EVEN A MOVEMENT SENSOR, IT DOES NOT DETECT MOVEMENT YOU ASSMONKEYS.

Uhh, I'm a little worried about what they say regarding "upconverting". They say that Mario 64 was "upconverted" to 480p, but shouldn't it be playing 480p natively? It wouldn't make sense to render the game in 320x240 and then upconvert it to 640x480 when they could just run it at 640x480 to begin with. I hope they just didn't know quite what they were talking about.

I just had this underfull idea and I'm asking you guys if you know anything about it and what do you think too.

The Wii has Gamecube ports isn't it? That means you use the Gamecube controllers with it? That would kill half the pain of the Wii (sorry all but the classic Wii pad just found it's way to the 1st place of my most hated pads ever)

Also the Wii has USB ports too... does that mean I can use USB pads with it like... say... a XBox 360 USB pad or a Sidewinder? That would be utterly sweet (but unlikely)!!

Anyway, since the Wii can (probably) use GC pads wouldn't it be awsome if the game devs had an option to use the standard controler or the Wiimote? Like we have today button configuration (free button assignment), screen configuration (4:3/16:9) and sound configuration (mono/stereo/surround) wouldn't it be great if the had controler type configuration (classical/remote)?

That would definitely put me in the Wii bandwagon not only because Sonic Wildfire looks better than the 360 Sonic but also because it would show that Nintendo respects our choices regardless of their stand, a truly democratic console I say!!
And if you think about it...why not? Afterall isn't choice a good thing? The freedom to use whatever pad best fits you and your kind of game. At least that's what OpenSource™ dudes are always saying.


So what do you have to say to the guy (and gals if any)?

I figure this is the best place to put this.

Over at Joystiq (I know, I should just stop reading that site :( ) they've started to write off Nintendo's Wii, citing overheard conversations.

I don't know about you guys, but I agree with some of the comments posted inside the article. Like most of them are saying, people were skeptical about the DS and figured the PSP would trump it because it had better graphics.
Yet here we are today, with the DS leading the handheld market and flooded with great games, while the PSP has a handful of original stuff and the rest all ports of PS2 games gone awry.