Another year runs full circle to arrive at the much anticipated Game Developer Conference 2009. This year Nintendo’s head honcho, Satoru Iwata, will be presenting a keynote March 25th from 9am -10am PST entitled “Discovering New Development Opportunities” which is intended to once again analyze the global success of the Wii and DS markets, how the company plans to bring creative tools to developers, and introduce creative game ideas to eager designers. As with previous years Nintendo is sure to let slip an announcement…or two. Here’s what we’ve predicted from rumors thus far…
-Portable Virtual Console shop for the DSi. Download your favorite Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advanced, and even Sega Game Gear titles with Nintendo points and store/play them from a SD card.
-Wii Sports Resort and Wii Motion Plus release date.
-First info/media of Pikmin 3.
-Video rental service for the Wii. Possibly a Netflix movie streaming service.
-Wii direct SD card storage firmware release date.
-Crazy unbelievable megaton that will blow your mind!?!?!
Though today’s keynote may not yield fruitful news, what do you think will be said? Be sure to keep checking back with Infendo throughout the day for up-to-date news, previews, images, trailers, and more of GDC 2009
We’re overdue for a new Zelda announcement, but I suppose they’ll save that for E3. I think the best bet for something like GDC would be the SD card thing.
I can’t seem to predict Nintendo this generation. They’re probably going to announce something we were never expecting.
It’s like I keep guessing over and over again. It’s gotta be something like a Virtual Console for DSi and their DSi Shop. I mean, nothing else explains it.
1: No GBA Slot this time.
2: There is a DSi Shop like the Wii Shop Channel.
3: They put a DSiWare in the DSi Shop just like how WiiWare is in the Wii Shop Channel.
4: With the way how DS games are made now-a-days, seeing as how they look like an SD Card, it’s only possible to wonder and assume greatly that the DSi CAN handle such games from Nintendo’s past portables dating back from the ORIGINAL Game Boy to Game Boy Color & Game Boy Advance. Even SEGA Game Gear, and even WonderSwan Color & the old Atari Lynx, if anyone even remembers that little portable of Atari’s, can make an appearance on the DSi themselves. I mean, look what happened with the Genesis, TurboGrafx 16, NEO GEO, SEGA Master System & then just recently now, the Commodore 64 being on the Wii Shop Channel.
Among anything else besides a possible DSi Virtual Console happened or being released. I hope Iwata announces a new Zelda game for Wii or possibly, new and better games to come soon to the Wii VC.
Super Mario Kart HD available to download on Virtual Console. Well, one can dream!
Sidescrolling 2.5D Metroid for Wii and/or DSi ….. please?
I guess I’m one-and-a-half for 2 on this one.