Topic: Nintendo Retailer Conference (OP updated with stuffs, more when I feel like it)

[D_Average]

Until you can harpoon various aquatic life, I'll won't be picking up the game.

[Spak-Spang]

Games I am excited for:

Punch Out,
Endless Ocean 2 (Now with voice chat...you know it will have it.)
Sin & Punishment 2
Wii Sports 2
Trace Memory 2
Wii ports of Cube games: Mario Tennis, Metroid Prime 1 & 2 (hopefully packaged together), Pikmin 1 & 2 (hopefully packaged together)

Why didn't Nintendo show this at E3?  They would have instantly won E3 with really excitement. 

[RABicle]

Endless Ocean: Ningaloo will dominate.

[Bill Aurion]

Why didn't Nintendo show this at E3?  They would have instantly won E3 with really excitement. 

Because Nintendo doesn't care about "winning" E3...It was an event that the mainstream media would handle, and thus it made more sense to focus on casual games...This sort of event was perfect for the hardcore showing...

[Luigi Dude]

I hate to inform you all but Luigi Dude is dead.  He woke up to see that Sin and Punishment 2 and a new Punch Out were announced, thought he was still dreaming so you jumped out the window thinking he could fly. 

Only to suddenly realize he wasn't dreaming anymore, falling 30 stories.   He survived the fall only to then be hit by a speeding bus and finally trampled by an escaped Rhinoceros.

 

[BeautifulShy]

I need to know what sites will be covering the NOA conference.

[EasyCure]

LuigiDude will be missed..

Can i have his avatar?

[Hostile Creation]

WHERE CAN I FIND THIS VIDEO

Excellent news, I totally forgot this was today and happened upon the thread just now and WHOAAA.  Some fantastic news.  I never played the original Sin and Punishment but I've heard such good things I'm looking forward to this one (is the original available on VC?  If not, do you think they'll release it with the new one?).  I am most excited about Another Code Wii (I played Trace Memory all in one night, till five in the morning, hopefully this one will last a bit longer) and Mario and Luigi 3 (BEST NEWS).  New DS is cool but I won't be getting it, my current (original) one suits me fine.
I'd like to say more BUT I CANT WITHOUT SEENIG THE VIDEO IT ALL ASOUNDS AWEOMSE

(only disappointment: No Pikmin)

[Bill Aurion]

WHERE CAN I FIND THIS VIDEO

Check the first post... =)

I never played the original Sin and Punishment but I've heard such good things I'm looking forward to this one (is the original available on VC?

YES IT IS!  GET IT NOW!

[BeautifulShy]

It has started. check out gonintendo.

[BeautifulShy]

- Denise Kaigler takes the stage

- information is embargoed until Monday, but live blog is permitted

- Reggie takes the stage

- event is all about core, classic, expanded audience, and Wii

- DSi shop service bringing two redesigned Brain Age games

- two cameras confirmed once again

- real time imaging software

- store songs on SD card, uses AAC format

- built-in software for controlling pitch, speed, audio filters, and more

- record voice through mic, and change playback speed and pitch

- all of these camera/music options are pre-loaded

- play sound in games at louder volume

- opera browser reconfirmed

- DSi will not hit North America until ‘well into’ 2009 because the DS Lite is still selling at phenomenal rates. Last year was the best year ever for DS in North America, and this year is going at a rate that’s 22% better.

- 22 million DS units sold in North America

- 23 million DS Units sold in Japan

- Purchase/download WiiWare/VC software directly to SD. Transfer process will become ‘dramatically easier’

- More DS units to be shipped in Oct. Nov, Dec

- More Wii units to be shipped in Oct, Nov, Dec

- Reggie doesn’t know if these allotments will be enough to satiate demand

[BeautifulShy]

Talks about Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop. Available Winter 2009.


The Conduit. Available Q1 2009. Cammie called this an "exclusive first-party shooter coming to Wii." We think she meant first-person shooter. Eric Nofsinger demoes the game on-stage. Says the game is still pre-alpha. "Majority of single-player is complete. Primarily in the polish phase." Game looks good, as always. 16-player online. Traditional deathmatches.Majority of single player complete. In the ‘polish phase’. Depth of field being shown off. Focusing on multiplayer using feedback they get from press and fans. All-seeing eye being shown off once again. 16 player multiplayer, focusing on traditional MP modes. 15 enemy types in the game. All-seeing eye can open device and pick locks. Voiceover will be recorded this month. Detail mapping for non-blurry textures. Player can walk right up to textures and they will maintain quality. Talking about the game engine to take advantage of Wii abilities. Z-lock health/range being shown off again. Interactive water, light maps, and more. Normal mapping, blooms, blurs, and a lot more. All feedback is being looked, and possibly incorporated if needed. No publisher announced.

[Bill Aurion]

Cammie called this an "exclusive first-party shooter coming to Wii." We think she meant first-person shooter.

More like Freudian slip!

[BeautifulShy]

http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/10/liveblog-ninten.html

[AV]

DSi release in America Well into 09. LAME

I would want to import it, but knowing Japan it will be sold out the second its available if not cause riots so import houses will probably not get it soon and I'll get it a month before American release because of demand.

I wonder how DS Lite sales will fair this year knowing this is coming next year. I bet more than not most retailers will be hush about it and let DS Lite sell millions.

[BeautifulShy]

Animal crossing is being shown.

[Stogi]

Importing it isn't a bad idea though.......

[BeautifulShy]

Cammie chats about Wii Fit. NOA invited a celebrity trainer to train attendees in Wii Fit.

[BeautifulShy]

Rhythm Heaven coming to North America for DS in the first half of 2009. Game has sold really well in Japan. Two months after launch, still doing 50,000 units per week.
Sin & Punishment 2. Available 2009. Trailer being shown. Techno music, lots of shooting, giant bird-like enemy being shown. Underwater fights, space fights, and more.

[BeautifulShy]

Four hardcore DS titles: Age of Empires: Mythologies, set for a November 2008 release. Tecmo Bowl, available November 2008. (Can draw your own plays.) Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, available October 21. And Chrono Trigger, available "Thanksgiving week" 2008.Last live demo of the day. Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon for DS. Available first half of 2009. "For the first time, we're going to have it in North America for the DS. It's also the first-ever in the series to offer multiplayer online play."

Demo follows.Showing a battle of fire emblem DS -- bottom screen always shows the zoomed-out map, all of the information and close-ups are on the top screen.10:01: Game includes "prologue chapters" that were never in the original NES game on which this is based.Full voice chat with friends, not random people.

[BeautifulShy]

Pokemon Ranger for DS on November 10.
 Henry Hatsworth is at the event, due out early 2009.

- Mario and Luigi RPG 3 - release date is ‘2009′. Bowser joins in with Mario and Luigi. Trailer is being shown. Play as Bowser with Bowser-specific attacks. Control Goombas for major attacks.

[BeautifulShy]

Introducing a new way to communicate with friends and family. WiiSpeak Channel. Arrives November 16. You can use the microphone up to four groups of people at once. When you buy WiiSpeak, you will receive a ticker which allows you to download the channel at no charge.

Announcing Club.Nintendo for America!

This program allows Nintendo consumers to gather points and trade them in for a wide variety of exclusive Nintendo rewards. Will debut in North America by the end of the year.

[BeautifulShy]

IT is over.

[stevey]

Announcing Club.Nintendo for America!

This program allows Nintendo consumers to gather points and trade them in for a wide variety of exclusive Nintendo rewards. Will debut in North America by the end of the year.

HELL YEAH!

[BeautifulShy]

So what did everbody think?