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Welcome to the Official Nintendo Press Conference Thread! Layout is temporary for now, will get hella better as time goes by! (Cosmo is at work T_T)
If GAF goes down make and you want to chat about the conference and don't know about ________.
#gafnintendo @ QuakeNet
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WHERE?
Santa Monica Civic Center
WHEN?
Today, July 11th 2007!
United States:
PDT @ 9:00 AM
EST @ 12:00 PM
Australia:
Perth: Thursday 12th @ 00:00am
Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisabane, Hobart: Thursday 12th @ 02:00am
Adelaide, Darwin: Thursday 12th @ 01:30am
Europe:
UK @ 5:00pm
Western Europe @ 6:00pm
Japan Time:
Thursday 12th @ 1:00am
PRESS SITES & LIVE STREAMS
PRESS SITES
Nintendo of Europe's Media Briefing Page for the Press Conference.
Nintendo of America's Press Site
Username: guest
Password : nintendo
(Thanks to Javy007)
LIVE STREAMS AT:
1UP
IGN (Need to be an Insider)
GAMESPOT
G4TV
GAMETRAILERS
KOTAKU
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Wii ZAPPER
A tommy gun style shell that holds the Wiimote & Nunchuk.
-- Supported in games like Medal of Honour Wii, Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles & Ghost Squad
-- The shell w. game will retail for $19.99 (other territories unconfirmed)
-- Will ship with a game, just as Wii remotes shipped with Wii Play.
Wii WHEEL
A shell for the Wiimote for use in driving games.
-- It appears very similar to existing wheel shells, but there may be differences not immediately obvious
-- Will ship with Mario Kart Wii.
Wii BALANCE BOARD
An accessory that comes packaged with Wii Fit.
-- Used by that software to determine various details about the user
-- Used in conjunction with the Wiimote in various Wii Fit minigames.
Release date:
TBA / 2008 in Europe (includes Wii Balance Board)
A new title in the "Wii..." range of software, developed by Shigeru Miyamoto and his team. Players use the Wiimote and Balance Board in various minigames and exercises.
-- Using the Wii Balance Board, lean to block soccer balls, swivel hips to power hoop twirls or balance to hold the perfect yoga pose.
-- Wii Fit also uses the Wii Balance Board for daily tests. These evaluate two key measures that a household can track via progress charts - Body Mass Index and Wii Fit Age.
-- More than 40 types of training activities in four categories: Aerobic Exercise, Muscle Conditioning, Yoga Poses and Balance Games. Stretch, hold poses, exercise vigorously then relax by ski jumping or heading balls
-- Check your progress on a new Channel on the Wii menu.
Release date:
Q1 2008 (includes Wii Wheel)
A Wii iteration of the long-running Mario Kart series.
-- Online play.
-- More players than normal (so, in excess of 4?).
-- Appears to incorporate cars and tracks from Mario Kart DS.
A new Wii Channel that allows users to exhibit their Mii for other Wii owners to vote on.
-- Includes an area where users can post Miis they have created to let others vote on their artistic abilities.
-- Also features a "contest" area where users compete to create the most accurate likeness of a person or theme suggested by Nintendo.
Release date:
November 12 2007 (US) / Q4 2007 (EU)
The ultimate Nintendo hero is taking the ultimate step... into space.
Become Mario as he traverses a galaxy of gravities, traveling in and out of gravitational fields by blasting from planet to planet. Players experience dizzying perspective shifts as they run upside down through wild alien worlds that need to be seen to be believed.
-- New trailer shown.
-- Bee costume shown that allows Mario to buzz around environments.
-- Two player mode lets the second player deflect projectiles and ward off enemies while player one controls Mario.
Release date:
August 27 2007 (US) / 26 October 2007 (EU)
The trilogy ends... with a bang! Six months have passed since the events on the planet Aether. The Galactic Federations network computers, Aurora Units, are suddenly and completely corrupted with something like a virus, and only quick action saves the entire network from going down.
The Federation believes Space Pirates may be behind the problem and, beginning with Samus, starts to contact bounty hunters. As it explains the situation to the assembled hunters, the Federation is attacked by the pirates. Samus and the other hunters leap to the defense of the Federation capital, only to find that the enemy the hunters face is the presumed-dead Dark Samus.
Dark Samus defeats Samus and the other bounty hunters, corrupting them with Phazon in the process. They are all subsequently outfitted by the Galactic Federation with Phazon Enhancement Devices (PEDs) that can harness their corruption to enhance their powers. After learning to use this enhancement, called Hypermode, Samus sets off after Dark Samus, who has begun to seed other planets with Phazon by launching enormous Phazon seeds called Leviathans into them. As the Phazon begins to slowly corrupt Samus, the final saga in the Metroid Prime trilogy begins...
-- New trailer shown
-- Enter Hypermode using your PED and gain incredible power boosts
-- Lock-on Free Aiming using the Z-trigger - lock-on to a target, then target anywhere on screen.
-- New Hunters, Ghor, Rundas and Danhaydra.
-- Manipulate switches, enemies, items and puzzles using the remote.
-- Travel to multiple planets.
Release date:
December 3 2007 (US) / 2008 (EU)
-- New trailer shown.
OTHER FIRST-PARTY TITLES
Wii:
Endless Ocean (Forever Blue)
Battalion Wars II
Donkey Kong Barrel Blast
Fire Emblem
Mario Strikers Charged
DS:
Advance Wars DS 2
Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day
Chibi-Robo: Park Patrol
DK Jungle Climber
Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day (Eyesight Training / "Medicara")
The Legend of Zelda®: Phantom Hourglass
Mario Party DS
Nintendo Crossword (tentative name)
Nintendo Magic (tentative name)
Picross DS
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
NOTABLE THIRD-PARTY TITLES
Wii:
Boogie (EA)
Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party (Konami)
Dewy's Adventure (Konami)
EA Playground (EA)
Geometry Wars: Galaxies (Sierra)
Harvest Moon Wii (Natsume)
Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles (Capcom)
Rygar: The Battle of Argus (Tecmo)
Super Swing Golf Season 2 (Tecmo)
Trauma Centre: New Blood (Atlus)
DS:
Contra 4 (tentative name) (Konami)
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker (Square Enix)
Drawn to Life (THQ)
EA Playground (EA)
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wing (Square Enix)
Front Mission (Square Enix)
Geometry Wars: Galaxies (Sierra)
Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness (Natsume)
Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword (Tecmo)
River King: Mystic Valley (Natsume)
Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon (Natsume)
Ultimate Mortal Kombat (Midway)
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