Miis return to the Kodak Theatre.
Wii fans everywhere must have smiled tonight as Jon Stewart and Jamia Nash, a young
singer from the film August Rush, spent a few seconds volleying
the tennis ball in Wii Sports, projected on a huge screen at the 80th
Academy Awards. Stewart wrapped up the game and returned to his hosting
duties by questioning whether he should be out of breath from playing
the game.
This is not the first time Wii Sports has been played at the Kodak
Theatre. The famed venue was also host to Nintendo's E3 2006 press
conference, where Wii and its launch games were first officially
revealed to the world. Nintendo World Report staff members, along with
hundreds of other members of the press and the gaming industry, sat in
the very same seats filled by the most famous actors and filmmakers in
the world during this year's Oscars event. Hundreds of millions of
movie fans around the world were expected to tune into this year's
broadcast, making this one of Nintendo's most ambitious and far-reaching
marketing opportunities ever.
