- global shipments of Wii are confirmed at 50 milllion, making it the fastest selling game hardware in history.Total shipments of DS have surpassed 100 million around the world.
- lots of talk about Miyamoto’s design process…nothing new to discuss.
- Wii Sports Boxing original prototype shown…very basic geometry
Iwata says that Miyamoto "kidnaps" employees. "The victim is handed a controller and told to start enjoying himself." This is not a focus group. No need for the player to talk at all about his reactions to the game. "Of course, the development team wants to tell the player how to walk through levels, but Mr. Miyamoto will never allow this." If the kidnap victim is happy, the team has succeeded. If he's not, the team has failed.
- We find out that Nintendo’s developers had to learn dance moves in order to better tune their rhythm, which helped them to create Rhythm Tengoku/Rhythm Tengoku Gold
Iwata reminds people the game will be available in 11 days...and everyone in the audience gets a free copy! Massive applause from Nintendans and prospective eBayers alike.
47,000 of all new DS owners last year were female, according to NPD.
Iwata references Guitar Hero, Spore and World of Goo as new ways of thinking about games.
- Rock ‘N Roll Climber is about to be shown. Meter on bottom of screen shows shifting of weight on balance board. Use hands to climb across a mountain face. Climb the top of the mountain to pick up a guitar in-game and rock out.
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/03/25/gdc09-nintendo-updates-wii-shop-channel-with-sd-card-channel/- FFCC: My Life as a Dark Lord hitting WiiWare this year
- FFIV: The After Years due out this year
- Final Fantasy hits VC this May in Japan, and then 5 more in the series will follow. Final Fantasy 1 and IV are confirmed thus far.
- Moving Memo Pad being shown once again. Reconfirming DSiWare release in states. We will be able to upload creations to a server, much like Japan.
Onto another DSiWare title, WarioWare Snaps. After each kinetic performance, it shows back a video of you playing the game ... and, as you can imagine, you'll look ridiculous. Every time. Not what we'd call a "subway-friendly" game.
2 million DSi's sold in Japan so far. Amazon says DSi preorders are the most of any game product in its history. GameStop preorders are twice those of the DS Lite.
- Virtual Console Arcade announced - Mappy, Space Harrier, Ishtar, Space Invaders and others. These are available for download today, but it is unclear whether or not this is in Japan right now.
- A sequel to Phantom Hourglass on the DS! Trailer is being shown.There’s Link shown as the conductor of a train…with train travel being the main method of getting around. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks is the title.
That’s the end!Your thoughts?
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