[E309]Nintendo’s Next!

Hey, good morning, sleep well? Ready for another day of non stop announcements and trailers? I’m not too sure about it myself, but I’m ready to go. Nintendo kicks the day off at 9am PT, so in about 30 minutes, we’ll finally get to see that new Mario game people are talking about.

Here we go!

• Off to Sony!
• Metroid: Other M!!!! A Metroid game from Team Ninja!! It looks like a 3D action game. Very exciting. The graphics in the cutscenes look amazing. Not sure what parts are in game, what parts are not. Coming 2010!
• Resident Evil Darkside Chronicles, Dead Space Extraction Trailers Shown.
• The Conduit. We’re moving on to third parties. High Voltage’s The Conduit’s trailer is showing. It’s almost out.
• Super Mario Galaxy 2. Wow, a sequel.
• New Mario Galaxy. It’s more Mario Galaxy, but with Yoshi, as you’d expect him.
• Come on. We need something here.
• Wii Vitality Sensor. Stick your finger it it, it measures your pulse (in the Chinese sense, not just your heart rate). Makes it possible to “see” what is “unseeable". They feel that this can be used to help people live more relaxing lifestyles.
• Satoru Iwata. He’s talking about market expansion. We get some numbers. Apparently, only 2/3 of potential gamers actually play games, so Nintendo sees a large opportunity for expansion.
• Zelda Spirit Tracks. Just a mention. Nothing shown.
• DSi Facebook Integration. Photos taken and manipulated with the DSi camera can now be uploaded to Facebook.
• Warioware DIY. More Warioware, but you make the mini games and share them.
• Mario vs Donkey Kong: Minis March Again. DSi only, downloadable title. User generated levels is the highlight. Otherwise, it’s classic Mario vs Donkey Kong gameplay.
• Flipbook Studio Coming to DSi this Summer. It’s a flipbook you can make cartoons with.
• DSi. It’s selling well. 1 million have sold in the two months since launch.
• Style Savvy for DS. A style game. Moving on.
• C.O.P. The Recruit. A cop needs to find out who framed his partner. Doesn’t look very good. A 3D, third person shooter on DS from Ubisoft.
• James Patterson’s Women’s Murder Club: Games of Passion. More mystery games coming to DS. Investigate and solve the crime. You know how it goes. This one’s coming from THQ.
• Golden Sun DS Marks Return of Golden Sun Series.
• RPGs! Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Crystal Bearers for Wii, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 on DS (coming out Sept 22), Mario and Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story on DS (coming out this Fall).
• EA Grand Slam Tennis, EA Tiger Woods PGA Tour, Virtua Tennis, Red Steel 2 all on Wii MotionPlus.
• Wii Sports Resort Basketball. It’s a three point contest. Plays like the real thing. Nothing to see here.
• Wii Sports Resort Archery. The Wii MotionPlus is held as the bow, the nunchuck as the arrow. It basically works just like a real bow. Looks decently fun.
• Wii Sports Resort starts with a skydive out of a plane, down onto the island. The Wiimote is your Mii. Kinda fun. It’s supposed to demonstrate to the player first starting the game just how different Wii MotionPlus is.
• Table Tennis, Basketball, Kendo, Archery, Golf, Water Skiing Part of Wii Sports Resort. It looks like Wii Sports, but precision control with WiiMotion Plus, it should play differently.
• Wii Motion Plus. “Doesn’t make games look more real. Makes them feel and play more real.” Trailer plays.
• Reggie!
• Wii Fit Plus makes the workouts with Wii Fit that much more streamlined. Not as stop and go as the original. That’s nice.
• Wii Fit Plus. Helping to create a workout regime tailored to each individual. Arriving this Fall in both bundle and standalone with the Wii Balance Board.
• Moving on to Wii Fit Balance Board. They’re looking to make it easier for people to integrate it into their lives.
• New Super Mario Bros. Wii Release Date: Holiday 2009
• It’s 3D in 2D, 4-player co-op. It looks a lot like the New Super Mario Bros. on DS, but it’s multiplayer, simultaneously, co-op. Drop in drop out. A propeller suit is show that you can use to float around by shaking the Wiimote. Control is Wiimote only, no nunchuck required.
• New Super Mario Bros. for Wii announced. 4D? Intriguing…
• It appears she’s hinting at MotionPlus stuff. Oooooh, and Mario!
• Cammie Dunaway back to talk about sales.
• Starting off with a really standard, all inclusive video on Nintendo and its games.