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The sound? The fanboy siren. The beat of Reggie’s lungs as he hyperventilates backstage. The click-clacking of Iwata picking his teeth in the dressing room. This is it, Wii-lovers. At 5.00pm UK time the curtain will lift on Nintendo’s E3 press conference in Los Angeles, and the scene is set for a barnstorming performance. We know who’s going to be there, and if the rumours are right we could be about to see new hardware and the reinvention of some classic “gamer” Nintendo franchises for Wii. Punch Out!! and Animal Crossing have been heavily tipped for an appearance, as has a new DS model. We’ll know soon enough.
We’ll be bringing you all the news as it breaks. You can find details of live video streams here.
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morriss said:
*drops and does 20*
patlike said:
*roars, beats chest*
Newbie101 said:
Punch out! for Wii? SOLD!
When Nintendo first launched the VC I thought they said they would be giving away the games ‘free’ occasionally.
I.e. buy the new Punch Out and get a code for Punch Out NES, buy Mario and get an old mario game for free etc….
I know they are cheap anyway, I just swore I remembered Ninty announcing this at one stage….
SplatteredHouse said:
There may well be charts, and figures. You never know, one of those could be demoing a new balance board thing, too. This is going to be surprising. Nintendo are the regular unknown quantity.
patlike said:
Wii Music’s a cert, I reckon.
Blerk said:
Wii Sports 2. To go along with that revised remote gizmo.
SplatteredHouse said:
I know I’d like to see a new Pilotwings game.
patlike said:
I’m taking bets on a new “traditional” Mario or Zelda game. Pat’s bookie says, “Not likely.”
Heitzu said:
I going for the following to be mentioned at some point.
Wii Music.
New Kid Icarus for DS/Wii.
More details on Animal Crossing Wii.
Possible New IP.
Loads of stats showing how awesome they are compared to the others even though the others also show stats saying their the best…
And my wildcard shall be a zany crossover RPG featuring Nintendo’s most popular characters.
Blerk said:
I’m fully expecting some horrible Zelda reinvention monstrosity that’s in no way, shape or form a Zelda game. And thoroughly looking forward to some wailing and gnashing of teeth.
patlike said:
Uh oh. I’m reliably informed that a content embargo on Shaun White’s Snowboarding lifts at the same time as the conference starts.
Psychotext said:
Show Pikmin 3 or there will be blood. I promise it.
patlike said:
Everyone’s taking their seats now.
Tiger Walts said:
Pikmin 3 : Pikmiins
Just like Pikmin but with Mii faces on the Pikmin and added waggle controls.
deanimate said:
hopefully something for the “hardcore” crowd would be nice.
in fact they should do a section for casual where crap like animal crossing gets announced and then after that comes the decent stuff like Yoshi’s Island 3. (yes, i know YI3 isnt announced).
i know i sound a bit bitter but christ there’s so much shit on the wii. conversely, there’s loads of great games on the wii if i were a casual gamer.
which im not.
Psychotext said:
Tiger… you’re on the list.
scratchy69 said:
F-Zero Wii? Star-Fox Wii? Chrono Trigger/Chrono Chross sequel on Wii?
DrDamn said:
+1 for Pilotwings – the controller is screaming out for it FFS. I think WiiSports 2 should be a given too.
patlike said:
The IGN stream’s live now.
patlike said:
And now the picture’s up. Should be any minute.
pjmaybe said:
“Pikmin 3 : Pikmiins
Just like Pikmin but with Mii faces on the Pikmin and added waggle controls.”
With some of the Miis I’ve got, I’d be having nightmares for weeks.
patlike said:
It’s over :S
Spiral said:
That was awful.
Psychotext said:
We have not forgotten about the core gamer!
We have not forgotten to change the definition of a core gamer either!
G1GAHURTZ said:
The Wii is dead as a games console.
It’s now just a ‘must have’ accessory for the iPod generation.
patlike said:
That was genuinely terrible. I can’t believe it, especially after last night.
Blerk said:
wtf? Where’s the bloody news? Did they forget to turn up?
Spiral said:
I took a shot of my private stash of illegal alcohol every time they said “Paradigm”. I’m now utterly bladdered.
morriss said:
Really, really poor.
Worst one I’ve seen for ages. That Wii Music demo where they all played together was embarrassing for all involved.
Blerk said:
Well, I’m off again. That was shit.
I’ll be back once Sony are done.