Hey purenintendo fans! I was out of the country for E3 last month, so I missed the fun of posting all the news from the show. Kevin and Justin did a mighty fine job at it, now it is my turn. I am tweaking my posting schedule a little, well a lot. Most of the time my last post will got up around 11 or 11:30 et. Because Leipzig is in Germany, there is a big time difference. I am not to sure when everything starts rolling, but my plan for tonight is to do my last post around 2 am and see how much news has come up, there will probably not be much until tomorrow night. I still will be up at my regular time or 7, impressive I know. I will see how tonight goes, if well, I will be doing this all week.

If you want to see how I am doing with little sleep you can always AIM me, my name is purenintendo

Square Enix, Inc., the publisher of Square Enix® interactive entertainment products in North America, announced today that its highly anticipated Nintendo DS™ title CHRONO TRIGGER® will ship to North American retailers on November 25, 2008. A groundbreaking RPG that became an instant classic, CHRONO TRIGGER is set to be one of the most compelling handheld titles available this holiday season.

Remastered exclusively for Nintendo DS, this newly enhanced edition maintains all of the game’s original elements and spirit while introducing portability, dual-screen presentation and Touch Screen functionality.

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Many Nintendo fans feel shafted after Nintendo’s E3 presentation. I feel a little disgruntled, myself, with Nintendo, but I am still sticking with it, hey I am here am I. Gameradar has put together a post that shows off 10 reasons why we should be loyal to Nintendo. Most of them are pretty good, and some of them are dumb, like most of their other post.

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I just received a really nice ‘Thank You’ post card from Nintendo for attending their E3 Media Briefing this year.  The thought was really nice Nintendo, but I really wish it was a letter containing all the things you forgot in your E3 media briefing such as: New handheld, Zelda Wii Trailer, Monster Hunter 3 videos, Mario Galaxy 2, Pikmin 3, etc, etc… *sigh*..the thank you will have to do…for now.

Let’s face it, Nintendo didn’t have the best E3 showing this year for their press conference.  There were a lot of great announcements for sure, but one can’t help thinking how much more there could’ve been.  So, with the response from fans and Nintendo’s apology, do you think Nintendo should hold their own event later this year?

N+ was die to hit the states this week but it has been delayed a little, according to an office press release:

NEW YORK, Aug. 11: Atari announces that development for the award-winning N+ for the Nintendo DS^TM and the PSP^® (PlayStation^® Portable) system is complete! The successor to the beloved flash ninja game N, N+ is soon becoming the gold standard of ninja action-platform gaming. Created by Metanet and developed by SilverBirch Studios, N+, named “Best in Show” for PSP system from Gaming Excellence and “Best Handheld” from Blast Magazine at 2008’s E3, is rated E for Everyone and will be available on August 26 in North America for the suggested retail price of $19.99.

“N+ has taken its amazing acrobatics and simple-but-fast gameplay and has clearly become a standout hit, winning top award recognition at this year’s E3,” said David Geudelekian, Producer, Atari, Inc. “With an impressive set of new features including wireless multiplayer, downloadable content and over 200 levels exclusive to each version, gamers will be able to settle, once and for all, who is the greatest ninja.”

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Total Number of games Discussed

E3 2006 - 43
E3 2007 - 28
E3 2008 - 11

Total number of Wii games discussed

E3 2006 - 29
E3 2007 - 19
E3 2008 - 7

Total number of DS games discussed

E3 2006 - 14
E3 2007 - 9
E3 2008 - 4

Total number of first/second-party titles discussed

E3 2006 - 23
E3 2007 - 10
E3 2008 - 4

Total number of third-party titles discussed

E3 2006 - 20
E3 2007 - 18
E3 2008 - 7

Total number of peripherals shown

E3 2006 - 0
E3 2007 - 3
E3 2008 - 1

Games shown which included footage/trailer video

E3 2006 - 41
E3 2007 - 26
E3 2008 - 9

I saw these numbers last night, but I wanted to save them to later, were I had more time to write about them. The numbers above show a sharp decline in Nintendo games shown off in the last three years. 43 games were shown off in 2006 and 11 games showed off in 2008. All number includes 3^rd party and Nintendo games. What is the reason for the decline? Could it have to do with the slow decay of E3, the fact that Nintendo will not show off any game that will be released outside of that physical year, or some other reason?

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InvenSense, the company that makes the MotionPlus accessory, has told Eurogamer the relationship with Nintendo is “not an exclusive” one.

According to bigwig Joe Virginia, other companies are interested in the tech - but he’s not naming any names.

“Of course we’re incredibly pleased - delighted would probably be a better adjective - that Nintendo approached us… but it’s not an exclusive relationship,” Virginia told us.

“I can’t get into details about other folks that are interested in this technology, but as you might imagine of course there is more interest out there.”

The clip-in Wii peripheral adds a “MEMS (micro electrical mechanical systems) rate gyroscope” to the Wiimote. This allows rotation around the X, Y, and Z axes produced by the accelerometer.

When asked if the technology will open doors for Wii developers, Virginia replied, “Oh absolutely. Yeah, absolutely. And the reason we say that is the type of capabilities they have.

“With six degrees of freedom you can basically make any movement at all, and be able to track that in combination with the sensor bar and other sensors included in the Wii remote. Add the gyroscope capability and you have the ability to work in all three dimensions of space,” Virginia continued.

“What you’re looking at are golf swings; tennis rackets where you can put top-spin on balls; bowling where you can bowl curves; sword motions with forward thrusts; and in Wii Sports Resort the throttle ability.” Sounds golden, Virginia.

Motion-sensing cannot work on any more axes; “Six degrees of freedom is the holy grail,” apparently. The future will be more responsive and robust gyroscopes that are smaller and cheaper to produce. The power of force feedback within the peripheral is important, too.

“I really think we’ve just begun to scratch the surface, gaming is a huge application. But if you think of where motions and where motion-sensing can be applied then there are so many applications; this is a great time to be in the business,” added Joe Virginia.

“What we hopefully have done is provide our partner with new, increased capability, and what we’re so excited to see and await with bated breath is how that will be used.

“Of course in Wii Sports Resort is one application, but what’s the future in gaming? I don’t know. We provided some great capability and we’ll see what happens,” he said.

Nintendo is yet to set a standalone price for MotionPlus, but will be bundling the peripheral with Wii Sports Resort - the game used to demonstrate gyroscopic potential during Nintendo’s E3 press conference.

We had a chance to see the game and MotionPlus at the show and were very impressed. Head to our hands-on impressions of Wii Sports Resort to find out more.

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“From a developer’s point of view, E3 has always been a lot of work, but at same time a fun spectacle. It was something we would look at and get excited about because you see the competition’s games - and when you see all that stuff you walk away excited about the industry. I didn’t get that this year…There wasn’t the glitz of it all, the spectacle, the conversations you and I would have about ‘oh, you gotta go see Rock Band 2, you gotta go see God of War 3′ - that doesn’t really exist that much, and I do miss that part of it. To me there’s excitement [at Leipzig]. When you see people, and where the crowds are going, I think you get a good pulse as to what’s exciting in those shows. That’s a good element that could be added to E3 to accommodate that.” - Ed Boon, Mortal Kombat co-creator

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