The Nintendo Spring Media Summit is underway in San Francisco, and we're there. Check out what Nintendo went over this morning and get a glimpse of what to expect from us next week.
Select members of the media were invited to Nintendo's semiannual media summit in San Francisco, and we were there to check out what Nintendo has coming up for the Wii and Nintendo DS in the coming months. Although not much has emerged from the summit in terms of big news thus far, Nintendo let us in on a few details on some of its games.
New Nintendo Executive VP of Sales and Marketing Cammie Dunaway kicked off the summit with a welcome and introduction. In her opening speech, Dunaway explained how Nintendo "bridge titles" like the newly detailed Mario Super Sluggers will help transition new gamers from Wii Sports to other games.
Dunaway also briefly touched on WiiWare and what the service means for the console. With WiiWare, Nintendo hopes to bring the current DS library model, with its big and broad library of games for everyone, to Wii. WiiWare is also being touted as an opportunity for game developers to try something different and to reap the benefits of doing so.
The presentation then shifted to game demonstrations. First up was a look at Mario Super Sluggers, the Wii sequel to the GameCube baseball title. Nintendo demonstrated the Wii Remote controls and other parts of the game. (For more on what we saw during the presentation, click here for our first preview of Sluggers.)

Bill Trinen demonstrates a Yoga posture from Wii Fit known as "The Warrior."
Nintendo of America's Bill Trinen appeared next to talk more about Wii Fit and discuss his personal progress with the game. Though he admitted he was "a little nervous" about showing the crowd his body mass index and going through some of the exercises (he hadn't been using Wii Fit for a while at that point in time), ultimately he is more comfortable talking about his health in public because of the progress he's been making with Wii Fit.
During Trinen's demonstration, he challenged himself to score 300 points in the Hula Hoop game. As the score counter zipped higher and the timer got lower, the crowd cheered him on, only to have him come up one point short with 299 twirls, much to the disappointment of the crowd.

Bill Trinen begins his Hula Hoop quest for 300.
Next up was a look at Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness for the DS. This is the sequel to the original GBA/DS Pokemon Mystery Dungeon game, and like the first, it features completely random dungeons. Now exclusive to the DS, the graphics for the series have gotten a noticeable upgrade. A new feature is the ability to send out a dungeon rescue request via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection to friends or to anyone in the world. It's even possible for you to email friends when you require a dungeon rescue.
After that presentation wrapped up, we got to see further demonstrations of the other Wii and DS games. Unfortunately, we can't elaborate on those titles since they are under a media embargo until next Tuesday. You will also need to wait until next Tuesday to see and read all of the previews, impressions and gameplay video we've gathered during our playtime with the games on display. Don't get your hopes up for any mind-blowing surprises, since there aren't any, but there are plenty of pleasant little surprises that we'll bring you next week.