Livebloggin’ Ninty’s Press Conference
Hey everyone! And welcome to niwifi’s liveblogging coverage of Nintendo’s E3 2007 Press Conference.
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Stay tuned for more coverage throughout the day!!
1:20 – The show is now over. But man did we get some Awesome stuff!
1:19 – A final promo vid is shown—just a bunch of marketing stuff
1:18 – “The future should belong to all of us” talking about the gaming industry
1:17 – Reggie’s talking about leisure and entertainment, and time
1:16 – The demo is now over for Wii Fit
1:15 – Miyamoto is losing, Reggie’s kicking ass again ;) but I think miyamoto is letting him win
1:15 – They’re now playing Soccer on Wii Fit
1:14 – hahaha lol Reggie just said ‘muscle is heavier than fat’ —-Miyamoto says ‘good excuse’ :)
1:13 – It also measures your BMI (body mass index) instead of showing everyone your weight
1:12 – You can track your weight and ‘fitness’ with everyone in your family too
1:11 – Reggie is being weighed right now—lots of laughter in the audience ;)
1:10 – It is completely wireless and can measure weight as well
1:09 – It’s called the ‘Wii Balance Board’
1:08 – You can also to twist aerobics based on your weight distribution
1:08 – Watch the Miis on screen and match their rhythm.
1:07 – Now John, is demonstrating step aerobics on the new device
1:06 – You try to remain balanced as you stretch, and builds the muscles in the legs to provide balance and stability
1:06 – Now there are some fitness trainers using Wii Fit on the stage
1:05 – Miyamoto is talking in Japanese, translated by Bill Trinen
1:04 – Miyamoto takes the stage!!
1:04 – There are other exercises being shown as well, like yoga training.
1:03 – Even use it for dancing movements!!
1:02 – Hoola-hoop just by moving your feet back and forth on the pad—wow! even more immersize
1:01 – It’s a pad that sits on the floor, that you can stand and do exercises, soccer, all sorts of stuff
1:00 – ‘Wii Fit’ is announced. !!!!!
12:59 – Now there’s a new video, showing the Wii on tv shows–conan, abc
12:58 – Reggie talks about Mysims, My Word Coach, Vision Training, RRR2
12:56 – Mario GALAXXY COMING NOVEMBER 12~~~!!!
12:55 – Mario Galaxy looks awesome!!, absolutely beautiful!!
12:54 – Reggie takes the stage again, shows more Mario Galaxy!!
12:53 – Brain Age 2 is now being shown in the video
12:52 – They’re also talking about Mario Galaxy!!! New footagE!!!
12:52 – Another video showing the Wii being played by a big family.
12:51 – Iwata exits the stage
12:51 – Miyamoto is about to show a new title to show ‘this goal’
12:50 – “Everyone can develop a taste for video games”
12:49 – He wants to ‘break down the walls’ between casual and hardcore, novice and experienced
12:49 – So people should be glad to bring games to casual players
12:48 – Now he’s talking about how casual gamers could eventually become gamers like us
12:47 – He’s talking about how Nintendo won’t abandon trad. gamers, case in point w/ the announcements already
12:45 – He’s listing examples: Nintendogs, Brain Age, Wii Sports
12:44 – Satoru Iwata takes the stage to talk about ‘games for everyone’
12:43 – There’s a lot of marketing footage and Short cut vids
12:43 – A video is shown promoting ‘non-games’ for both Wii/DS
12:42 – Wii Wheel comes w/ Mario Kart!!
12:41 – Mario Kart footage is being shown!! Along with the ‘Wii Wheel’ – an official Nintendo wheel—very cool looking and comfortable
12:40 – MARIO KART FOR WII online!!!! in Q1 of next year!!
12:39 – Dragon Quest Monsters will be online, Guitar Hero III online
12:39 – Madden 08 will be online for Wii,
FIFA 08 Soccer will also have online (w/ Mii characters)
12:38 – but he knows we want more!
12:37 – Reggie’s answer: Pokemon battle, and Mario Strikers Charged will pump it up
12:37 – Will Nintendo ever get serious about ‘Real online gaming”? – nay sayers
12:36 – New Channel Announced! ‘Check Mii Out’.
12:35 – 5.6 Million game downloads for Virtual Console, 112 games
12:34 – 5 1/2 million members on niwifi connection
12:33 – They’re now showing a nintendo wifi promo vid.
12:33 – Demo over. Reggie’s back on stage
12:32 – Hyper Mode is demoed, weapons are very strong, but it can ‘corrupt’ you
12:32 – While locked on, you can aim anywhere around, also 3 sensitivity settings
12:31 – The game looks amazing in motion, ‘lock on, free aiming’
12:30 – Demoing Metroid Prime 3 NOW!!
12:29 – Bill’s favorite Zelda game! Fastest selling Zelda!
12:28 – The hookshot is demoed being used. Pull objects together, and walk tightropes across chasms.
12:28 – The graphics look amazing and the touch controls look very precise
12:27 – Bill Trinen comes to the stage. He’s demoing Phantom Hourglass :)
12:26 – A video is shown about casual gamers playing the Wii
12:25 – Smash Bros. Brawl footage. COMING OUT DEC. 3!!!
12:24 – Mario and Sonic footage is shown for both Wii and DS
12:23 – Square Enix DQ IX coming ‘early next year’
12:23 – Ninja Gaiden DS footage, a great looking action game…held like a book
12:22 – He’s now talking about Soul Cal. Legends and WWE wrestling
12:21 – The Zapper comes this year for $19.99!
12:21 – Medal of Honor for Wii also for the Zapper. 32 soldiers in multiplayer
12:20 – Ghost Squad is CONFIRMED to use the Zapper too!
12:20 – He’s now showing new RE:UC footage with the Zapper
12:19 – the Wii ZAPPER IS REVEALED!!
12:18 – They’re now showing those ‘Short Cut’ Films from that contest
12:16 – 3rd party sales are more than half all volume of game sales
12:16 – 60 Wii games now +100 new games; 300 DS games now +140 new games
12:15 – Now he’s kicking some a$$ telling all the ‘wii fad haters’ what the ds has done in the past and what the wii will do in the future. he says wii is on its way to
12:13 – He’s listing age-specific stats now. 1/3 of women age 25-49 play ‘often’
12:11 – Now he’s bringing in the women to the equation, saying that 1/3 of all system sales are from women.
12:10 – Reggie’s now talking about how the 25+ age bracket is growing in overall market share
12:09 – He’s now talking about how the DS is kicking every other system evAR ;)
12:08 – 69% of gaming growth is from Nintendo market
12:07 – He’s now listing some statistics about the growth of gaming/audience expansion in the past year.
12:06 – He’s introing by talking about a ‘coming out party for the gaming industry’
12:05 – Reggie just took the stage
12:03PM – A preview for the show is showing some of the media coverage the DS/Wii have gotten—-very funny “I gots me ONE!!
11:58AM – The Conference is just about to begin…I’m listening to some not so good music :S