Nintendo's press conference at this year's E3 Media & Business Summit just wrapped up. I've thrown together some quick notes in case you missed it. Some very interesting stuff was revealed...especially for DS lovers. ;)
Shaun White Snowboarding Live Demo (Wii) - VIDEO courtesy of GameTrailers.
- Balance board snowboarding
- Should be out by "year-end".
Animal Crossing: City Folk (Wii) - VIDEO courtesy of GameTrailers.
- Explore a City
- Visit an auction house and put items up for sale.
- Happy Room Academy to find out what others are doing
- Visit Fashion Designer Shop or Beauty Salon...change hair style ect
- Write letters to other players and attach pictures.
- Wii Speak (optional). Lets you speak with other players.
- Visit other people's town
- Should be out by the end of 2008.
Star Wars The Clone Wars (Wii)
- New trailer shown. (VIDEO)
- Lightsaber dueling with Wiimote
- Holiday 2008
Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party (Wii)
- New trailer shown. (VIDEO)
- Wiiboard surfing and a ton of other mini-games.
- Fall 2008
Call of Duty: World at War (Wii)
- Short trailer shown. (VIDEO)
- Co-op support highlighted.
- "Coming Soon"
Guitar Hero: On Tour Decades (DS)
- Short trailer shown. (VIDEO)
- Song sharing between different versions of game.
Spore Creatures (DS) - VIDEO courtesy of GameTrailers.
- Focus on Creatures
- Creature Creator
- Share Creations
Pokemon Rangers Shadows of Almia (DS)
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (DS)
- Custom engine, new characters and same free-ranging gameplay.
- Hits DS this Winter.
Wii MotionPlus
- A small box you attach to the bottom of your Wiimote.
- Makes your Wiimote "more precise, more responsive and more intense". Picks up slight movements of your wrist ect.
Wii Sports Resort (Wii) - VIDEO courtesy of GameTrailers.
- MotionPlus packed in with it. Along with extended jacket.
- 'Disc Dog' mini-game. Toss frisbee...dog runs to catch it.
- Seadoo racing mini-game.
- Sword dueling mini-game. They start off chopping at a giant pencil then move into a 2play duel, wacking away at each other.
Wii Music (Wii) - VIDEO courtesy of GameTrailers.
- No rhythm guide needed to play songs. Just hold Wiimote like you would while playing a real instrument and press some buttons.
- Over 50 different instruments including piano, violin, guitar, drums and much, much more.
- You can use the balance board as a foot pedal while playing drums
- There's a mode where you can learn how to play.
- Orchestra, handbell choir and note matching modes mentioned.
- Record videos of your performances and create music videos.
- Play with up to 4 players simultaneously.
- F-zero and Mario songs were shown being played.
- Coming this Holiday.
I'll add on a few more notes and some videos shortly. Stay tuned!
