After E3 Nintendo Press Conference

[Gaisuto]

Chances are good they aren't going to stream it. This was pretty much the same situation where they revealed Brawl.

 

[Awdofgum]

Remember when Cammie announced the new Pokemon Ranger game, I thought for sure she was about to announce or talk about Pokemon Platinum. That's what really sells on the DS, not the Mystery Dungeon games.

Anyways,
Satoru did say that the Mario and Zelda teams are hard at work. So there is a possibility of a new game announcement at this private conference
Kotaku IGN

 

[sonic209]

Whats a private conference?

 

[Edgedancer]

A private conference is one that isn't open to the public so that likely means no videos.

 

[sonic209]

A private conference is one that isn't open to the public so that likely means no videos.

Then who do they tell it too

 

[Hitto]

"It's super secret so we don't have to show pictures or videos to anyone"
Don't get your hopes up. This is just damage control, Shiggy will nervously say "um.. yeah! Mario Galaxy Two! It slipped my mind! I'll get right back to.. um.. working on it.. Yeah.. We can't show you anything but take our word."

I might be wrong (GOD I HOPE SO), but at least, if we troll them hard enough, we can steer maybe one dev team towards making at least one non-casual game.

 

[Trolly]

Here you go, Live Blog I chanced upon over Google, so have a field day people:
http://wii.kombo.com/article.php?artid=12327

Remember to keep your hopes low people lol, at the same time as considering a good source has stated there will be a new game announcement today from Nintendo.

 

[sonic209]

IGN Live:We're live at Nintendo's 2008 E3 Developer Conference. Waiting. Not for any big revelations -- there won't be any, so manage your expectations -- but for a demo or demos of already-announced Wii titles.

 

[Trolly]

Buh? I'm watching IGN Live right now, and they're demo-ing Crysis: Warhead. They got a Live Blog too? Can't see anything on the front page. :\
Anyway, so far we're at least getting some new details on AC Wii. And nice to hear there are plenty of new items, rather than same old which is what I was expecting.

EDIT:
VERY cool feature, you can move your DS Animal Crossing character onto your Wii Animal Crossing.

Oh, and the rest of the conference will probably just be presentatiions and Q&As for Wii Music and Wii Sports Resort as they're doing with Animal Crossing now.

 

[DeMoN]

A private conference is one that isn't open to the public so that likely means no videos.

Then who do they tell it too

Investors, shareholders, etc. People with a shitload of cash for Nintendo.

 

[fischju]

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/16/liveblog...per-roundtable/


5:44 PM PDT There are roughly 100 members of the press gathered on the green plush seats of the L.A. Convention Center's Theater 411. No music in the background this time, just the low chatter of dozens and dozens of journalists.

5:49 A few latecomers are straggling in, but it looks like it will be far from a capacity crowd. About half the seats are empty.

5:54 The lack of background music is a little disturbing. We find ourselves humming Bill Joel's "No Man's Land" under our breaths for no apparent reason ...

5:55 On stage there are two large LCDs, four Wiis, four chairs, a bunch of Remotes and Nunchuks, a drum stool, and a Balance Board. Begin the rampant speculation!

5:58 Comment of the moment: "pleasebekidicaruspleasebekidicaruspleasebekidicaruspleasebekidicarus..."

6:01 Eric Walter with Nintendo PR welcomes us. Photos are OK, no video allowed, and audio for note-taking purposes only. Journalism geekery over.

6:02 Bill Trinnen from Treehouse comes to the stage. They're presenting the three key titles of E3: Animal Crossing: City Folk, Wii Sports Resort and Wii Music. The producer on all three is Mr. Tasia Yeguchi, or something spelled similarly.

6:04 "As you can see, my name is not Shigeru Miyamoto," says Yeguchi. This gets a smattering of laughs.

6:05 The translator will also be playing th game. He apologizes for any mistakes in translating caused by his play, and vice versa. More lulz.

6:07 Yeguchi's going to focus on the new stuff that's not in the old Animal Crossings. One event that's coming backfrom the Gamecube version is Halloween, and Jingle, the reinder that comes during the holidays. Two new events as well: A visitor that hides painted eggs, and a "Carnival." Have they been taking notes from Take Two's Carnival Games?

6:09 Furntiure and wallpaper and such will be updated through WiiConnect24. On screen, our toe-headed character walks around another new feature: the city! There's a salon for hairstyles and whatnot, an auction house, a fashion store, the "Happy Room Academy Office." and a theatre where you can catch a comedy show.

6:10 The city is like a shared space where friends can visit, even when you're not there. YOu can interact indirectly. That's SO much better than interacting directly, don'tcha think?

6:12 Yeguchi is talking up the new WiiSpeak feature, as shown at the media briefing. It's a conversation from various locations "as if they were in the same room." Because it sits on the TV, you can have group conversations, which is different that what you get with a traditional headset mike. TAKE THAT, MICROSOFT!

6:14 Diving into the "enhanced user creativity." This time you can edit not just the front of your shirt, but also the back and each sleeve. OMG MEGATON! Seriously, editing with the Wii Remote looks pretty neat.

6:15 On screen, Mabel asks if we think our design "Loud! Proud!" or "Simple, subtle." The other animals in the town will give feedback based on this decision.

6:17 You can save screenshots to SD cards, for easy transfer to a PC or to other Wii owners through the Wii Message Board. Nice that you can bypass the on-board storage totally, we suppose.

6:18 Q&A time. In WIld World, if one player left a town, everyone was disconnected. This time around there's the same system, and so the same problem. But this time around you can do more stuff together, like take in a show and such. Still, Yeguchi is sorry for not fixing the problem.

6:21 You can port your characters and items from the DS to the Wii! If you don't have Wi-Fi in the house, you can move the character to the DS, and move the character to your friend's Wii physically, using the DS. It's like a wireless flash drive!

6:23 In Japan, those without Wi-Fi can download the new furniture and such in certain real-world locations, then upload them to their Wii. They're hoping to recreate this in America too. We suppose 7-11 should be hearing something about this soon?

6:26 Will the NES games be returning? Maybe Virtual Console titles, playable with friends online? The answer is ... no. They want people to stay in the Animal Crossing world ... if you want Virtual Console games, please play them on the Virtual Console, Yeguchi says. FINE! We didn't want to play Virtual Console games in Animal Crossing ANYWAY! *sniff*

 

[sonic209]

IGN's live blog http://wii.ign.com/articles/891/891308p1.html and it seems pretty boring to me

 

[Trolly]

Someone asked if by releasing Wii Motion Plus Nintendo is admitting that the original tech in the Wii-mote was not quite enough.
Lol'd at that, can't wait to see how they'll respond.

EDIT:
QUOTE"That's a tough question to answer." Nintendo is very satisfied with the original Wii-mote and the original Wii Sports, but thought of this idea and wanted to do it.

Typical Nintendo style.

 

[DeMoN]

Someone asked if by releasing Wii Motion Plus Nintendo is admitting that the original tech in the Wii-mote was not quite enough.

Lol'd at that, can't wait to see how they'll respond.

Not exactly true, the Wii-mote original tech is just fine. Nintendo just wants more money, anybody can see that.

 

[fischju]

Someone asked if by releasing Wii Motion Plus Nintendo is admitting that the original tech in the Wii-mote was not quite enough.

Lol'd at that, can't wait to see how they'll respond.

Not exactly true, the Wii-mote original tech is just fine. Nintendo just wants more money, anybody can see that.

And you are a Wii game developer, so of course you would know.

 

[Trolly]

Asked if anyone hasn't seen Wii Music yet... nobody raised their hand.
Hehe, I can already see Nintendo's disappointed faces.

Shigeru Miyamoto and his Elvis shirt just took the stage to enthusiastic applause They must like the shirt.
Well, I guess that makes up for it in part.

QUOTE

Miyamoto is playing Wii Music -- Yankee Doodle to be specific.

Lmfao, I totally wanna be there right now. Must be even more cringeworthy than the Super Mario Bros. demo.

 

[juggernaut911]

the new conference failed too!

nooooooooooooo

Nintendo failed hard this year.

 

[Trolly]

Well, it's onto the final Q&A section now. So that's it for the presentations. We either get boring business speak or something new next, or maybe just the end of the conference.
I don't know what to think right now, so I'll just sit here and carry on updating until I'm thoroughly disappointed.

Fingers crossed people, fingers crossed.

 

[VVoltz]

Cool thread. Loved the online updates from fischju, well, the kotaku ones he posted.

 

[XeonZ]

"We're making Pikmin"