Since Blake got lost somewhere in Reggie’s PR babble, here’s a rundown of all the important Wii details.
- Shiggs comes out in a tux and conducts a virtual orchestra with a revmote. Proceeds to dance with a video montage.
- “Playing = Believing” is their E3- and possibly Wii- tagline.
- Speaker in the Revmote confirmed. Gives you “depth of sound”.
- Rumble and nunchuk motion sensors confirmed.
- Flight sim shown. Probably an early Pilotwings build.
- Metroid Prime 3 Corruption shown. Graphics ok, gameplay impressive.
- WarioWare: Smooth Moves shown. Looks zanier than ever.
- Super Mario Galaxy debuted. Amazing-looking visuals and control. This is a new Mario.
- Twilight Princess shown on Wii. Interesting gameplay, but a bit off precision-wise. Game will be available on Wii launch day. GameCube version and Wii version planned, 2 seperate discs.
- New Nintendo published IPs introduced. Disaster: Day of Crisis, a Day After Tomorrow type of survival affair, looks incredibly interesting. Hammer-wielding cyborgs in Project H.A.M.M.E.R., and Excite Truck takes over for the Excitebike series.
- Also shown: Dragon Quest Swords, Fire Emblem, Sponge Bob Square Pants, Cars, SD Gundamn G Breaker, Tony Hawk Downhill Jam, Sengoku Action, Elebits, Red Steel, Rayman 4, Super Swing Gold Pangya, Sonic, Finalfurlong Revolution, Madden, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles.
- Wii Sports will be a launch title. Will include Tennis, Golf, and Baseball on one disc.
- Wii Connect 24: a hardware feature that keep your Wii connected to the internet at all times. “This means that developers can push a new weapon or vehicle to you even while you sleep. Anytime the console is in standby, players may return to find that their friends have left a message or a gift.”
- 27 playable titles on the show floor tomorrow, not including Virtual Console games.
I thought it was sort of a weak (with info) show overall. Not much substance to it and the audience’s reactions indicate they felt the same way. Price, date, and Virtual Console deets weren’t divulged. The best part had to be the tennis match at the end with Iwata, Reggie, Shiggs, and the AOL contest winner. Shiggy has a wicked topspin backhand.
Blake will have game impressions come tomorrow.
first of all: hi! This is my first comment here although I am already reading this blog for monthes now. Keep up the good work! :)And yeah I agree that it would have been nice to get informed about a release date etc…but I definetly wouldn't call this show weak! It was the first time we saw how the controller and the games really work in motion. And even new games have been introduced to us. I can only speak for myself..but I sat there and had to use both hands and some clue to close my mouth again after watching the press conference life online.And the moment when Shiggs appeared with the two controllers and played the zelda theme was really really big…tears came into my eyes. ;)Does anyone know if it's possible to controll the sword in Zelda TP with the controller like in Red Steel?
You people are information over exposed, now with tangible information the reactions are "weak", "poor", "poo", "wee"The ammount of false news in past weeks and months produces a overall bad reaction with ALL the companies.No more mockups, to expect the real things.
Calling this conference weak seems ridiculous, perhaps you were thinking about the truely dire sony showing. Its like the guy over at rllmuk saying that redsteel was bad because only the ground textures looked good!Nintendo genuinely seems to care about the games industry, the constant jabs at sony were a little much but rang very true. Shigsy conducting with a wii remote was enough for me.
First of all: Hello again! This is my hundreth comment here, and I always leave a comment even when I don't have anything to say!I also disagree w/Rollin on Nintendo's show being weak (especially when compared to Sony's!): The games announced are better than I expected! Although, I only caught the beginning and end of the show online…Oh, and wunderflo: I read from the Time magazine article excerpts that yes, you will be able to control the sword in Zelda TP with the freehand controller. Supposedly you can even go fishing with it!
It was sort of a letdown. I was expecting a bigger bang, but it was ok. There were moments of brilliance separated by long bouts of PR jibber jabber. Decent conference overall. All the Shig moments kicked ass.
where's the final secret? huh huh? boring ._.
Rollin have you ever considered, you know, perhaps not working for a NINTENDO BASED FANSITE when you clearly have either no interest or no understanding of exactly why the Nintendo conference was pretty much a redemption for the games industry. The topics they discussed are acutely important to GAMING as a whole, fanboyism aside I want to hear my game execs saying "we need to do this for the good of games" Calling that pr jibber jabber is misguided. Im no fanboy, but sony and msoft produced mediocre conferences while nintendo were honest, confrontational and confessional. Any game maker that says "this is not about the graphics , its about games and the way we play them " and " we are taking risks because we believe we have to " is ok in my book.
was someone was expecting a personal "happy ending" from Reggie himself?
I'm sorry it didn't bring me to tears, jackass.In comparison, it was a good conference. On its own, it wasn't all that.
Great work callling your visitors jackass, Tell me what it was that let you down then? You cant expect them to bring peace to the world. Honestly what was so bad about it? IMO it was brilliant and unlike Sony or MS they actully played the games showed ingame footage not just some CGI or shit 🙂
That's the thing. You all are too busy comparing it to the competing conferences that you don't see the forest for the trees. It was a good show, not a great one. I liked it, but it coulda been much more.I called one anonymous guy a jackass. I guess telling me i wanted a blow from Reggie is ok, though.
Maybe a free console for everyone in the audience, or perhaps just a vibrating Wiimote under your seat that vibed more and more as the show drew to its 'climax'?Seriously, though, you've got some high expectations. I'm wondering what it is you were hoping for, so you can provide some grounds for why it wasn't all that. They showed a bunch of games no one knew even existed (Mario, excite truck, the three new IPs, Fire Emblem, some pilot wings, all those DS games aside from Zelda), confirmed the wiimote speaker and nunchuk sensor technology, had live demos on stage, had a 4-way tennis match with Iwata, Miyamoto, Reggie, and the contest winner, announced a Wii-special version of Zelda available on launch day (not the launch 'window'), confirmed Q4 2006, Wii-specific online information, etc etc. Seriously, aside from an actual launch date and price, what more could you have asked for? Besides the aforementioned happy ending, of course.
Bigger surprises and more of them, price and date, virtual console deets, more big new 3rd party games, and wifi connection info (interface shots and such). Everything outside of what you mentioned sucked. Did you jump for joy when George Harrison expounded on Brain Age sales? DS Sales? Reggie talking about disruption?Yea, that's what i figured.
Virtual Console Details: a few $ for NES, 5$ for SNES, 10$ for N64. That means no subscriptions or anything. Do you really wanna see menu screens for it or something? You know it'll be dead simple and easy to use. Games won't be getting visual upgrades.3rd Party games? Might have to leave it to the 3rd parties to do that, d'uh. We saw Sonic and Red Steel, and at least Sonic was a surprise. Capcom announced a custom Resi Evil later on. Other 3rd parties may have specifically requested they make their own announcements (Konami with Elebits for instance).Wifi info: The Wii is permanently connected, constantly updating game content. We'll be playing games online, which ones, dunno yet. Virtual console will of course be using it. As for other little wifi things, like whether there'll be stat tracking (If Metroid Hunters can do it, I'd wager the answer is a resounding "d'uh"), chat functions (which is way more important than all the games that were shown, announced, and PLAYABLE RIGHT NOW ON THE FLOOR).You come off as the spoiled little rich brat whose Dad owns his own nanotech corporation and can't be excited about anything, instead looking at all the things he doesn't yet have. It was a freaking press conference. They gotta talk a little bit about things, reinforce sales and stuff (especially when Sony's talking about the damn Cell processor which doesn't seem to do all that much in the end). Would you rather they just played games on the stage the whole time, showing you a bunch of trailers for things you can't even touch, or are you not jumping for fricking joy that they announced that there are 27 playable games on the show's floor.Seriously, you are due for some tension release man. Give Reggie a ring. Or, quit checking to see my response, and post some damn impressions of the games on the show floor ya spoiled brat.
I'm the one being yelled at, yet I need tension release…I get what you're saying, bro. Take it easy. But does any of that stuff make the conference- and only the conference- any better? Basically what they said and what you are pointing out is that they're letting the game demos at the show do the talking. I'm not disagreeing with that, i think it's great. However, it doesn't change the fact that their media briefing was a little lackluster. (And, i dunno if you've noticed, but i'm not actually at E3 to post impressions of any demos.)There actually weren't any surprises because everything they said was confirmation instead of surprise– the speaker in the remote, the always online feature, and the nunchuk tilting were all revealed prior to E3 by other outlets. No bombs were dropped. While it was a fun and lighthearted show, it wasn't exciting and jaw-dropping. Nintendo has done better E3 shows before, i'm not asking for something out of this world.You come off as a blind N-follower, but you don't see me calling you out on it. How is sales talk important to you? Are you a 3rd party publisher? I care more about stuff that directly affects my experience with the machine: wifi features, extensivity of online, wifi communication, possible wifi in retro games, amount of retro games, pricing range of system/software/downloads, one big 3rd party game, etc. Don't you wanna know that stuff, too? I know they wanted to keep info for later, but it was at the expense of having a bigger conference at E3.Although EGM declared the remote speaker beforehand, Nintendo expanded on it at the show- Like they shoulda done with every other Wii detail.
You still havent said what you would like to have seen? There is only so much they can do, Did you honestly walk in there thinking that they would unvieal a way to make you live forever? Honestly I watched many E3 Confs and I have to say this one is a top one. Not the best maybe but definatly an impressing one, If you think otherwise I just wonder what kind of expectations you had?