Nintendo of Australia held a Media Summit this evening in Melbourne where they announced a few things ahead of Nintendo of America’s Summit tomorrow.  The following is a recap from the event:

  • DSi XL launching on April 15th, 2010 (Australia) – Two Colors: Burgundy and Bronze
  • Black Nintendo Wii launching on March 11, 2010 (Australia)
  • Monster Hunter Tri w/ Classic Controller Pro to retail for $99.95 (Australian Dollars)
  • Metroid: Other M to be shown at US Media Summit

Here are some live updates from the twitter account for the editor of Official Nintendo Magazine (Australia) (All times in Australian Eastern Time):

10:52am – And that’s it folks. Sorry about that. Bit of a disappointment.
10:49am – Not seeing metroid until the US summit. What an absolute jib.
10:39am – Really hope nintendo have something up their sleeve here…
10:30am – No monster hunter date yet what gives?
10:28am – Monster hunter tri – tv campaign big marketing behind this.
10:26am – Monster hunter tri – standalone and classic controller pro for 99.95
10:25am – Black wii – 11th of March!
10:23am – Burgandy and bronze.
10:20am – Dsi xl ’15 th of april’
10:18am – Talk of nintendo wanting to retain their loyal fanbase. Sounds promising.
10:14am – DS. It prints money. Tell us something we don’t know!
10:12am – Nintendo talking about how awesome they are… Awesome.
10:07am – Ooh something is happening.
10:03am – Just got here. Mad view. Nothing interesting yet. Loads of people milling around.