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NCL has announced a presentation by Satoru Iwata tomorrow, Jun. 22nd at noon in Japan, covering games coming to Nintendo platforms and news on Wii and 3DS. It will focus on 3DS details for Japan that weren't given at E3.
The presentation will last for 53 minutes, and will be followed by 11 minutes of trailers.
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n10/nintendo_direct/index.html
I will be providing live translations here in the OP and on my Twitter feed, @Cheesemeister3k.
11:57 The presentation is about to begin. I will be typing in Nintendo's UStream feed above, which will be posted to my Twitter account, which I will copy here every few minutes.
12:00 The presentation has begun. Iwata's head pops up in Brain Training style.
Dr. Kawashima's head also shown. Brain Training was developed in a short time.
Apparently rendering Iwata in polygon style required a lot of work from the dev team.
The last Nintendo Direct at E3 talked about Wii U, and 3DS would be discussed another time.
E3 is a trade show focused on the North American market, watched world wide.
Iwata apologized for the Japanese audio problems on the video feed at E3.
Super Smash Bros. is being developed with Bandai-Namco Games/Studios & Project Sora.
Sakurai of Sora and Kobayashi of Bandai-Namco will give a greeting here.
Fatal Frame Wii 6/28, 6800 yen.
12:05 Kirby 20th Anniversary collection introduced. 3 modes.
Kirby 6 games: Dreamland 1 & 2, Adventure, Super Deluxe, 3, 64. Challenge, history modes.
Kirby collection to include soundtrack CD. 7/19, 3800 yen.
Drawing for Kirby pink cushion with Club Nintendo registration of Wii Kirby games.
Game Center CX to play Kirby following the show. Dragon Quest X 8/2, 6980 yen.
12:10 DQX is a new type of DQ played with others online, first 20 days free. Kids' time for free: M-F 4-6, Sat Sun 1-3 pm.
11 DQX trailers will be available. Next: Pokemon Black & White 2.
Pokemon B/W 2 takes place 2 years after the last game. Your rival is the 1st gym leader.
More classic Pokemon will be available. Join Pokemon tourneys and fight old gym leaders.
Pokemon World Championships begin on 6/29. Game releases on 6/23 for 4800 yen.
Culdcept introduction now. Leaderboard site to be available on the web.
Culdcept All Japan Cepter's Cup 2012 tourney to be presented.
Card set promotion campaign for Culdcept buyers. Introduction videos. 6/28, 4800 yen.
Calciobit soccer sim leaderboard site to be available on the web. Your team site created automatically.
In Calciobit, search for other teams, challenge them in-game using team ID.
Calciobit exhibition matches to be broadcast soon. 7/12, 4800 yen.
12:20 Soul Hackers from Atlus. Over 300 types of demons will be in the game. Famous voice actors.
Soul Hackers StreetPass with your demon host, Nemecchi. 8/30, 6279 yen.
Lost Heroes has mascot heroes fight to regain their lost powers. Famicom edition D/L code incl. 9/6, 6280 yen.
Dynasty Warriors Chronicle 2nd w/ 3 new characters. 9/13, 6090 yen.
AKB48 + Mii coming to 3DS. Group members to appear as Mii characters and give in-game performances. Both verses of "Heavy Rotation" are shown in a trailer.
Capcom's EX Troopers: adventure w/ your classmates in manga style. Coming this year.
Bandai-Namco's Project X Zone: control your party unit in overworld, enter "cross-active battles." Project X-Zone controls: d-pad, A. Coming this year.
Bravely Default trailer now. Bravely Default 3rd demo covering battles to be available soon. Coming this year.
New Super Mario Bros. 2 E3 trailer now. Exchange your NSMB2 coin totals via StreetPass. Go for 1 million coins. Coin Rush mode, courses to be downloadable following release. Details later.
Demon Training title announced. It's really long, so just call it "Oni-tore." In Oni-tore, mathematics problems to be presented in rapid succession. Repeat previous answers. Matching games, pattern memory, other training modes. More details to follow. At retail & on eShop.
4.88" screen 3DS! Previously 3.53".
3DS bottom screen: 4.18" vs. previously 3.02". Battery life to 3.5-6.5 hours.
New 3DS AC adaptor to be sold seperately, can use existing one. Cradle to be sold sep.
Nintendo 3DS LL: 18,900 yen 7/28, same release date as NSMB2, Oni-tore.
12:45 New 3DS drawing game: sketch drawings from photos presented. Exchange drawings with SpotPass. 9/13, 3800 yen.
Animal Crossing trailer now. Players are the town mayor. What kind of town is up to you. New characters arrive via StreetPass. Item variations increased in number. Animal Crossing coming this fall.
Next: eShop titles. First: Line Toss Loop.
Line Toss Loop is a puzzle action game reminiscent of Zuma. Throw people at like-dressed folks. Coming this summer.
Nintendo 3DS eShop opening anniversary event coming, details here. Icarus AR card packs for 263 yen ea.
Four Icarus AR card packs announced, 2nd pair to be on 7/10. New MonHun 3G quest.
Etrian Odyssey IV demo to be put up on the eShop. That's all, folks!
Dragon Quest X trailer now.
Countdown clock
NOA has announced a presentation by Reggie Fils-Aime tonight, 12 am Jun. 22nd EDT, 9 pm Jun. 21st PDT.
http://www.facebook.com/Nintendo/app_450592088292858
Nintendo 3DS XL MSRP: $199.99 on August 19th, same date as New Super Mario Bros. 2.
3DS 3rd-party games: Castlevania, Skylanders Giants, Adventure Time, Lego LOTR, Scribblenauts Unlimited, Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion, Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, Kingdom Hearts DDD on 7/31 and demo now.
Luigi's Mansion, Paper Mario this year. Professor Layton: Mask of Miracle in Nov. Drawing game coming to NA.
Kirby's Dream Collection Wii coming to NA.
Pikmin 2 now on Wii for $20.
New Super Mario Bros. 2 Coin Rush mode across 3 randomly-selected stages w/ only 1 life, scores to be exchanged via StreetPass. Stages developed after release to be sold as DLC.
3DS Fire Emblem trailer now, coming next year. DLC to also be available for this game.
DS Pokemon Black & White 2 arriving in NA this fall.
Game over!
Countdown clock
NOE has announced a presentation by Satoru Shibata tomorrow, Jun. 22nd at 5 am BST, 6 am CET.
http://www.nintendo.co.uk/NOE/en_GB/news/nintendo_direct_47764.html
Countdown clock
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Nintendo Direct 2011.12.27
Nintendo Direct 2011.10.21
The presentation will last for 53 minutes, and will be followed by 11 minutes of trailers.
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n10/nintendo_direct/index.html
I will be providing live translations here in the OP and on my Twitter feed, @Cheesemeister3k.
11:57 The presentation is about to begin. I will be typing in Nintendo's UStream feed above, which will be posted to my Twitter account, which I will copy here every few minutes.
12:00 The presentation has begun. Iwata's head pops up in Brain Training style.
Dr. Kawashima's head also shown. Brain Training was developed in a short time.
Apparently rendering Iwata in polygon style required a lot of work from the dev team.
The last Nintendo Direct at E3 talked about Wii U, and 3DS would be discussed another time.
E3 is a trade show focused on the North American market, watched world wide.
Iwata apologized for the Japanese audio problems on the video feed at E3.
Super Smash Bros. is being developed with Bandai-Namco Games/Studios & Project Sora.
Sakurai of Sora and Kobayashi of Bandai-Namco will give a greeting here.
Fatal Frame Wii 6/28, 6800 yen.
12:05 Kirby 20th Anniversary collection introduced. 3 modes.
Kirby 6 games: Dreamland 1 & 2, Adventure, Super Deluxe, 3, 64. Challenge, history modes.
Kirby collection to include soundtrack CD. 7/19, 3800 yen.
Drawing for Kirby pink cushion with Club Nintendo registration of Wii Kirby games.
Game Center CX to play Kirby following the show. Dragon Quest X 8/2, 6980 yen.
12:10 DQX is a new type of DQ played with others online, first 20 days free. Kids' time for free: M-F 4-6, Sat Sun 1-3 pm.
11 DQX trailers will be available. Next: Pokemon Black & White 2.
Pokemon B/W 2 takes place 2 years after the last game. Your rival is the 1st gym leader.
More classic Pokemon will be available. Join Pokemon tourneys and fight old gym leaders.
Pokemon World Championships begin on 6/29. Game releases on 6/23 for 4800 yen.
Culdcept introduction now. Leaderboard site to be available on the web.
Culdcept All Japan Cepter's Cup 2012 tourney to be presented.
Card set promotion campaign for Culdcept buyers. Introduction videos. 6/28, 4800 yen.
Calciobit soccer sim leaderboard site to be available on the web. Your team site created automatically.
In Calciobit, search for other teams, challenge them in-game using team ID.
Calciobit exhibition matches to be broadcast soon. 7/12, 4800 yen.
12:20 Soul Hackers from Atlus. Over 300 types of demons will be in the game. Famous voice actors.
Soul Hackers StreetPass with your demon host, Nemecchi. 8/30, 6279 yen.
Lost Heroes has mascot heroes fight to regain their lost powers. Famicom edition D/L code incl. 9/6, 6280 yen.
Dynasty Warriors Chronicle 2nd w/ 3 new characters. 9/13, 6090 yen.
AKB48 + Mii coming to 3DS. Group members to appear as Mii characters and give in-game performances. Both verses of "Heavy Rotation" are shown in a trailer.
Capcom's EX Troopers: adventure w/ your classmates in manga style. Coming this year.
Bandai-Namco's Project X Zone: control your party unit in overworld, enter "cross-active battles." Project X-Zone controls: d-pad, A. Coming this year.
Bravely Default trailer now. Bravely Default 3rd demo covering battles to be available soon. Coming this year.
New Super Mario Bros. 2 E3 trailer now. Exchange your NSMB2 coin totals via StreetPass. Go for 1 million coins. Coin Rush mode, courses to be downloadable following release. Details later.
Demon Training title announced. It's really long, so just call it "Oni-tore." In Oni-tore, mathematics problems to be presented in rapid succession. Repeat previous answers. Matching games, pattern memory, other training modes. More details to follow. At retail & on eShop.
4.88" screen 3DS! Previously 3.53".
3DS bottom screen: 4.18" vs. previously 3.02". Battery life to 3.5-6.5 hours.
New 3DS AC adaptor to be sold seperately, can use existing one. Cradle to be sold sep.
Nintendo 3DS LL: 18,900 yen 7/28, same release date as NSMB2, Oni-tore.
12:45 New 3DS drawing game: sketch drawings from photos presented. Exchange drawings with SpotPass. 9/13, 3800 yen.
Animal Crossing trailer now. Players are the town mayor. What kind of town is up to you. New characters arrive via StreetPass. Item variations increased in number. Animal Crossing coming this fall.
Next: eShop titles. First: Line Toss Loop.
Line Toss Loop is a puzzle action game reminiscent of Zuma. Throw people at like-dressed folks. Coming this summer.
Nintendo 3DS eShop opening anniversary event coming, details here. Icarus AR card packs for 263 yen ea.
Four Icarus AR card packs announced, 2nd pair to be on 7/10. New MonHun 3G quest.
Etrian Odyssey IV demo to be put up on the eShop. That's all, folks!
Dragon Quest X trailer now.
Countdown clock
NOA has announced a presentation by Reggie Fils-Aime tonight, 12 am Jun. 22nd EDT, 9 pm Jun. 21st PDT.
http://www.facebook.com/Nintendo/app_450592088292858
Nintendo 3DS XL MSRP: $199.99 on August 19th, same date as New Super Mario Bros. 2.
3DS 3rd-party games: Castlevania, Skylanders Giants, Adventure Time, Lego LOTR, Scribblenauts Unlimited, Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion, Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, Kingdom Hearts DDD on 7/31 and demo now.
Luigi's Mansion, Paper Mario this year. Professor Layton: Mask of Miracle in Nov. Drawing game coming to NA.
Kirby's Dream Collection Wii coming to NA.
Pikmin 2 now on Wii for $20.
New Super Mario Bros. 2 Coin Rush mode across 3 randomly-selected stages w/ only 1 life, scores to be exchanged via StreetPass. Stages developed after release to be sold as DLC.
3DS Fire Emblem trailer now, coming next year. DLC to also be available for this game.
DS Pokemon Black & White 2 arriving in NA this fall.
Game over!
Countdown clock
NOE has announced a presentation by Satoru Shibata tomorrow, Jun. 22nd at 5 am BST, 6 am CET.
http://www.nintendo.co.uk/NOE/en_GB/news/nintendo_direct_47764.html
NOE's ND summary;
-3DS XL launches on 28.7., doesn't include cradle or charger. You can use the one from DSi and later models. Blue, Red and Silver colours.
-KH 3D; 20.7, demo available
-Thethrythm demo
-New Art Academy; 28.7. new lessons, materials, share your work and lessons locally or via SpotPass, display your work in a virtual gallery, new downloadable lessons after lunch (they mantion a Goomba lessons)
-Freaky Forms Deluxe; 28.7 a retail version of Freaky Forms, includes an RPG mode where you visit dungeons, unlock new abilities via chests and defeating bosses, create a Formee that's fit for the dungeon, the battle system looks turn based
-New Super Mario Bros. 2; 17.8
-Mario and Sonic 3DS Virtual Card Album; collect more than 70 cards, many in 3D; you start with 5 and gain more via Spot and Street Pass or via coins, depending on the card type
-eShop sale
22-26.6; Pullblox (=Pushmo), Zen Pinball 3D, Let's Golf 3D, TLoZ; Link's Awakening DX, Super Mario Land
28.6-5.7: Dillon's Rolling Western, Freakyforms, Fun! Fun! Minigolf TOUCH!, Mighty Switch Force, Super Mario Land 2
-Europe's geting Inazuma Eleven Wii on September 28th.
-Black and White 2 along with Pokemon Dream Radar and Pokedex 3D Pro this Autumn.
-Learn with Pokemon typing adventure on DS; Launches this September, includes a bluetooth keyboard. IN English, German, French, Spanish and Italian
-37 cool things in Heroes of Ruin that will make you want buy the game, including a talking fish and 3D trees.
-Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask (3DS);2012
-Animal Crossing; 1st half of 2013
-Fire Emblem; 1st half of 2013
-New Yoshi QR codes for Mario Tennis Open will be released in the following weeks.
Metal Mario's QR code.
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