We’re here waiting for the show to kick off. Looks like it’s going to start a little late.

8:55am – just listening to some music. It’s an alright playlist.
8:56am – Ben is taking pictures and James was just playing Castlevania Portrait of Ruin. Yea!
9:02am – Lights are dimming. Show starting!
Video of people playing Mario and other Wii games
9:04am – now showing a video of DSi games
9:04am – Cammie is now on stage wearing all white
9:05am – Video games just as big as home video last year according to NPD
9:06am – Nintendo is about ‘creating surprise’ — I hope we are pleasantly surprised
9:07am – Showing a video montage of previous Mario games
9:08am – Miyamoto thinking of new ways to play Mario
9:09am – New Super Mario Bros. For the Wii! Bill Trinen takes the stage with 3 others to play multiplayer in Mario
9:11am – 2D perspective. Multiple characters on screen to compete with. New item ‘Propeller Suits’
9:12am – demo over. Looks pretty sweet!
9:13am – Playable demo on show floor. And will launch worldwide in Holiday 2009.
9:14am – Cammie is talking about the balance board and Wii Fits crazy sales. They’ve been looking to improve Wii Fit. Announcing today, ‘Wii Fit Plus’ – confirmed
9:15am – Combine different exercises and streamline your routine. You can customize the game to calculate total calories as well.
9:16 – New games: Juggling, skateboarding, mini game that looks a lot like Mario –dodging cannon balls and swinging obstacles.
9:17am – Wii Fit Plus launching in Fall 2009 bundled with the balance board and standalone
9:18am – Reggie is now on stage talking about new ways of playing games with the wii remote and nunchuk


9:19am – talking about Wii Motion Plus. Showing demo video of Ping pong, basketball, sword play, archery, golf, wakeboarding, kayaking, frisbee, all in Wii Sports Resort
9:22am – Bill Trinen back on stage to demo Wii Sports Resort. Knows everything about how you’re moving the controller
9:23 – game starts with skydiving using the motion plus to control pivoting, turning and twisting
9:24 – Demoing archery now. Looks pretty precise and you have to account for moving target and wind
9:27 – Reggie back on stage to demo Basketball in a three point game. Looks pretty fun! You shoot from different points on the court and keep shooting bballs. They’re basically tied but reggie came through in the end :)
9:30 – Wii Sports Resort coming July 26
9:30 – Now Reggie is talking about Tiger Woods- will be bundled with MP, Grand Slam Tennis, and Virtua Tennis
9:32 – Red Steel 2 will only feature MP control
9:33 – Now showing trailer for FFCC Crystal Bearers for the Wii. Looks very sweet!
9:34 – Kingdom Hearts 358/2 coming Sept 22. Showing trailer for it now. Graphics are very impressive for the DS! Cutscenes and gameplay
9:35 – Talking about Mario and Luigi 3 – showing trailer. Entitled Mario and Luigi 3: Bowser’s Inside Story
9:36 – Coming to North America and Europe, Fall of this year
9:37 – Golden Sun DS announced!!! Looks incredible!
9:38 – Cammie back on stage talking about the DS’ sales
9:38 – October 13th – James Patterson ‘Womens Murder Club’ — Interactive novel game for the DS
9:39 – Cop: The Recruit from Ubisoft, showing trailer, it’s fully 3D and it looks like an open world similar to GTA
9:41 – Another new game- Style Savvy for preteen girls. Basically a create your own fashion game
9:43 – Showing a video of people talking about the DSi and how cool it is, which it is :)
9:44 – Total DSi sales in the US are at 1 million. DS Lite he sold through 400,000 in that same period
9:45 – Moving Memo coming to US.
9:46 – Mario vs DK Minis March Again – full level creator. Playable on the show floor. Available June 8 exclusively on DSiWare.
9:47 – Warioware DIY is another DSiWare game where you can create your own microgames and share them. All about creating and sharing custom levels.
9:48 – Announcing Picture upload on the DSiWare for Facebook!
9:49 – Zelda: Spirit Tracks will be playable on the show floor
9:51 – Satoru Iwata now on stage! Talking about bringing more users to video games to expand the market.
9:52 – 3 groups of players: Active, maybe play, and never play
9:52 – 295 million that are Active players. Half that who might play
9:53 – Talking about the differences between expert gamers and new, novice players an how to find the balance between the two. Mario Kart was first successful example of this.
9:56 – Mentions that new games such as wii fit plus and new super mario bros. That have a lot of depth though.
9:57 – Talking about Brain Age, Wii Fit, and now announcing Wii Vitality Sensor. Put your finger in the sensor to detect nervousness and pulse
9:59 – Way to relax with video games using the sensor
10:00 – Cammie back on stage recapping Mario games announced.
10:01 – Announcing Super Mario Galaxy 2 with Yoshi!!!! Tons of coolnes areas! And items. Even items for Yoshi like in Super Mario World. Trailer was amazing!
10:03 – Reggie back on stage to recap. And he’s talking about reading the blogs of people wanting more
10:04 – Talking about The Conduit. And showing new trailer. Just a few more weeks!
10:05 – Resident Evil Darkside Chronicles new trailer showing
10:06 – Showing a trailer for Dead Space Extraction! Looks pretty sweet!
10:08 – all games are playable here at E3
10:09 – Showing trailer for crazy new game from team ninja and nintendo. New Metroid game!!!!!!!!!!! With 2d and 3D. Called Metroid: Other M.
10:11 – Metroid Other M will talk more about Samus’ life and beginnings
10:12 – Reggie walks off and that’s it. Well, pretty good show but no Pikmin 3 :/ oh well, maybe we’ll hear about it soon. We’ll start posting as soon as we get out of here.