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Sitting down, some excited peeps in here. Rumored Nov 2 launch.[Sent from a wireless Blackberry]

Talking on PictoChat right now. They’re playing some hip trance music. I’m actually in Hyrul now, front row! Way better![Sent from a wireless Blackberry]

Still waiting. Be sure to open up either Nintendo.com or gamespot.com for FREE live feeds of the briefing. More to come.[Sent from a wireless Blackberry]

Nothing like playing the old opaque-white Game Boy Advance on top of your violin case while waiting for the Shinkansen. This photo was taken at Kyoto Station.

Straying a bit from today’s Wii mania, I wanted to do a quick report on this “Super Mario Mysterious KoroKoro Party 2” gambling machine. Just like many of Japan’s other “medal (gambling) games,” this one features a bunch of whirling Mario character models, egging you on to throw more money in to try and win it back ten fold. I’m still not sure what Japan&#...

I was fortunate enough to score a Nintendo media briefing ticket less than 10 hours before the 8:30am PST start tomorrow. The only thing that would make this sweeter is a bar of Wonka’s famous chocolate. We’ll see you guys tomorrow.

IGN has a nice comparison on the differences (and superiority of the Wiimote) of the PS3 motion control versus the Wiimote. From the article: “Is this technology the same?No. In fact, the best way to imagine it is to relate the Sony PS3 controller to the left-hand Wii controller; dubbed nunchuck. In short, you would not be able to play a game like Metroid Prime in the same way using the PS3 ...

Sony just announced a new game controller that looks the same but uses no external sensors for motion control. I don’t believe it works in true 3-day space though. Sony follows Nintendo.

EGM info has been leaked revealing a Wii launch price of $250 later this year. Here’s what we know: $250 launch price Virtual console games – $2-3 per NES game, $5 per SNES, $10 per N64 Controller to have built-in speaker Wii versions of Mario and Super Smash Bros. titles will launch this fall, but Metroid Prime 3 now carries a tentative 2007 release date. game is 80% complete. The dev...

2 new games just announced for Wii. Follow the link for full press release.

Zelda, Rayman, Tennis and Redsteel scans. [Thanks, MisterInvisible]