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27 Playable Wii Games At E3

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the omg-so-cool dept.

The Nintendo conference seemed to be the perfect opposite of Sony's conference yesterday. It was polished, the presenters were poised, and the demos conveyed exactly the message they were aiming for. Notable info includes 27 playable Wii titles on the E3 floor, a speaker in the Wii controller, a StarFox title for the DS, and a confirmation of motion sensor in the nunchuck attachment. There will be two versions of Twilight Princess (one for Wii, one for GC) and they'll both be out on Wii launch day. Launch is slated for Q4 of this year. The presenters kept the launch price and date under wraps as the tone of the event was inspiration, not information. The number of playable games available this week confirms their commitment to a launch date this year, and the hilarious tennis game played onstage by the Nintendo honchos and the contest winner made their 'playing = believing' slogan really hit home. More flash than substance, but a solid presentation overall

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  1. Joystiq by Southpaw018 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Great 'Live' blog-style Joystiq coverage here too (IMO better than the Game Daily one). They seemed exceptionally impressed with everything but the eye candy. And by that I mean it sounds like they and everyone else in the audience wanted to be onstage playing. Night and day difference from Sony's conference.

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  2. Text coverage of the conference by pjcreath · · Score: 5, Informative

    For those of you at work who want to know what happened without pulling up a (overloaded) video stream, here's a text summary of everything that happened.

  3. Re:Might be great games, but... by casings · · Score: 5, Informative

    Check them all out at the official Nintendo site: http://wii.nintendo.com/home.html

    with all the press info one can chew.

  4. These are the games ... by stylee · · Score: 5, Informative

    mentioned by name in the joystiq live blog of the event:

    Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
    Wario Ware
    Zelda: Twilight Princess
    Dragon Quest Swords
    Disaster: Day of Crisis
    Fire Emblem
    Sponge Bob Square Pants
    Cars
    Super Mario Galaxy
    SD Gundamn G Breaker
    Tony Hawk Downhill Jam
    Sengoku Action
    Excite Truck
    Elebits
    Red Steel
    Rayman 4
    Super Swing Gold Pangya
    Hyper Sonic
    Project H.A.M.M.E.R.
    Finalfurlong Revolution
    Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles
    Madden 07
    WiiSports

    Maybe they missed some, there are only 23 there. If not, there are a few more games not mentioned that will be on the floor tomorrow.

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  5. Re:Nintendo, I applaud you by Hamton · · Score: 5, Informative

    Did anyone mention the classic Wii control pad? It's a SNES pad with analogue sticks - should be great for the downloaded virtual machine games!

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  6. E3 Movie by Varkias · · Score: 5, Informative

    Check out the E3 video. http://wii.nintendo.com/home.html and click on the Fresh Experiences Tab to see the video they presented. It's awesome!!