Hear when the crowd first realized they were looking at Zelda, and everyone's new best friend: Reggie.

We have audio available of the full Nintendo Press Conference. Reggie, Iwata, the DS, Zelda's unveiling, and Miyamoto:

Nintendo Press Conference (6.93 MB)

Nintendo gives pricing and song list details for North America.

At E3 today, a Nintendo representative gave us some very good news on Donkey Konga. First of all, the game is set to launch on September 27th at the surprisingly low price of $49.99, including the Konga controller. We had all assumed the controller would drive the price up to $60 or $70, but at the standard retail price, Nintendo is practically giving the Konga controller away.

We've got the full list of Donkey Konga tunes currently on display.

We just got access to a full list of tracks from the US version of Donkey Konga. We apologize for not having more complete artist info, but you should recognize a good number of these:

Diddy's Ditzies

Bingo

Campfire Medley

Pokemon Theme

Kirby Right Back at Ya

We Will Rock You

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Didn't go to the press conference? We've got a detailed report of what went down. It's as if you were there yourself... Updated with quotes from Miyamoto.

Due to technical mishaps, please use this Talkback Thread

For this year's media briefing, Nintendo once again chose the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland above the Kodak Theatre to spill the beans on their E3 plans. It was standing room only as Nintendo waited for attendees to arrive from Sony's press event held earlier in the day, and once everyone took their seats, the show got underway.

Midway's E3 announcements include a new Gamecube title.

Midway Unveils Lineup for 2004 Electronic Entertainment Expo

Focused, Concentrated Lineup Includes Mortal Kombat®: DeceptionTM, Next Game in Top-Selling Fighting Series

CHICAGO, May 10, 2004 - Offering a concentrated and focused lineup of high quality interactive entertainment products,... Read more...

Major releases include Boktai 2, TMNT 2, and a Nintendo DS title.

Today Konami announced its game lineup for 2004 and early 2005. These are the games scheduled for Nintendo platforms and their tentative release dates:

Yu-Gi-Oh!(TM) Reshef of Destruction (GameBoy Advance) - June 2004

This card-battling RPG allows players to choose from 800 different cards (including Egyptian God cards) and battle over 100 different duelists on their way to a showdown with the evil Reshef.

Sega's Sonic Team pledges its support for Nintendo DS.

SEGA Confirms Content for “Nintendo DS (tentative name)”

“Sonic DS (temporary title)” and “Project Rub (temporary title)”

ELECTRONIC ENTERTAINMENT EXPO (E3), LOS ANGELES (May 10, 2004) -- SEGA Corporation (Head office: Ota-ku, Tokyo, Japan; CEO and President: Hisao Oguchi, hereinafter... Read more...

Here's the big list of Nintendo DS games from Nintendo's press kit. Big surprises inside!

Here's the big fat list of DS games from Nintendo's press kit. Not only has Nintendo shown some great-looking DS titles, but there are some big names in the 3rd party lists, too.

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These are Nintendo's own titles that we saw at the press conference, and that we'll be getting impressions of from the show tomorrow.

We've got a nice batch of videos. Let's start with the last one they teased us with: the new mature Zelda.

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We're uploading video direct from Nintendo throughout the evening. Get ready for the gorgeous new Zelda, scenes from Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, and some of the wonderful and wacky DS stuff. (All files are AVIs with DivX compression.)

Zelda: WOW! (720x480, 12.4 MB - DivX 5.1.1)

The Nintendo press conference has just ended, and Link is coming in realistic style!

Prepare to be blown away ...

The Legend of Zelda – Coming Soon

Graphics are like Ocarina in Style, but "1000 times better" according to our reports. Similar to Resident Evil 4 in graphic style. It was the very last game shown.

Miyamoto walked out in a green 1-Up t-shirt, holding the Master Sword and Shield, swinging the sword around. Miyamoto barely said anything.

First picture and details. Thanks to reader ccoxe for the early tip!

Steven Kent gives us the long-awaited scoop on the Nintendo DS portable system. System highlights include:

- two 3-inch screens

- one of the screens is touch-sensitive, allowing a stylus to be used to control certain games

- built-in Bluetooth connectivity for wireless gaming

- specs slightly more powerful than the Nintendo 64

Plus, the official name.

There it is. As you can see, Nintendo seems to be sticking with the name they've already established in pre-E3 hype: Nintendo DS. This logo, seen in Nintendo's E3 2004 booth setup, is the first official information we've seen of the new system since the infamous Nintendo Nitro logo. That... Read more...

If you’re a licensed GameCube developer, that is. Check out what five very talented professionals are working on in their spare time!

Working in the gaming business is more than a full-time job. But five talented Chrono Trigger fans are so dedicated to the business that they do it when they’re off payroll as well.

Chrono Trigger Resurrection is a fully three-dimensional, independent remake of the Super Nintendo classic Chrono... Read more...

Robot battling action lands on US shores next week.

DID YOU KNOW? - 'CUSTOM ROBO' HITS STORES ON MAY 10

May 7, 2004 -- Set your strategy, build your robot and challenge your friends to the ultimate robot battle. Custom Robo™ lets you and up to three friends create your own customized robots from nearly 200 unique parts and then turns you loose in a virtual arena to find out who is made of steel and who is just a bucket of bolts.

Konami and Toys "R" Us are organising a nationwide tournament. You think you've got what it takes?

KONAMI AND TOYS "R" US LAUNCH NATIONWIDE YU-GI-OH! VIDEO GAME TOURNAMENT

Yu-Gi-Oh! Video Game Tournament to Commence on May 22nd at all Toys "R" Us Stores

REDWOOD CITY, CALIF. - May 7, 2004 - Konami Digital Entertainment - America,

a division of Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., today announced they have

The turn-based RPG is now available at a bargain price of $19.99.

FUTURE TACTICS: THE UPRISING NOW AVAILABLE FOR PLAYSTATION2, NINTENDO GAMECUBE & XBOX

LOS ANGELES, CA – May 7, 2004 – Crave Entertainment, a leading publisher of console videogames, today announced that Future Tactics: The Uprising has shipped for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox® video game system from Microsoft and Nintendo GameCube™.

The British publisher will be handling Free Radical's new stealth game, and (gasp!) will even release the GameCube version.

CODEMASTERS SIGNS SECOND SIGHT —

FREE RADICAL DESIGN’S PSYCHIC STEALTH ACTION EPIC

New York (May 7, 2004) – Codemasters has secured the global publishing rights to Second Sight, the new project from respected developers Free Radical Design, the creative force behind the acclaimed TimeSplitters series.

It's coming your way in 2005.

EA ANNOUNCES TIME SPLITTERS FUTURE PERFECT FOR 2005

Critically Acclaimed First Person Shooter Returns with Innovative Time Travel Gameplay, Improved Story Mode, Single Player Co-op Mode, Online Play, and More

Chertsey, UK. – May 6, 2004 – Electronic Arts announced today the return of... Read more...

The first official game for the system has finally been revealed, but don't get too excited about it.

Telegames, known for the Urban Yeti GBA game, has announced its E3 lineup. They'll have some GBA games at the show, but more importantly, they are the first company to mention a specific Nintendo DS title.

Don't be too excited about it, though, as it's simply a compilation of board and card... Read more...

The Entertainment Software Association prepares to launch its official E3 news website.

Although PGC is still your best bet for Nintendo coverage, you might want to keep an eye on the official E3 site for show news...we certainly will be.

WWW.E3INSIDER.COM GOES LIVE MAY 10TH TO OPEN

E3EXPO'S "VIRTUAL DOORS" TO GAMERS

Consumer Web Site Delivers All-New Exclusive "Fan Cam"