Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Nintendo's press conference

1) Zelda: Skyward Sword. New Zelda game, using the WiiMote + nunchuck is used to control the shield and sword in the game. Different combinations of movements will use different attacks. From the demo, he has to use certain attacks to kill enemies. He needs to use a vertical slash to kill a certain enemy and it takes the creator even a few tries to get it right. While it seems like a cool concept there seems to be a lot flawed with it currently. Everything he tries to show off takes a few tries to get it right. Cool concepts but still a long ways to go. Coming out sometime 2011.

2) Mario: Sports Mix. Mario's back, and this time he's playing dodgeball, basketball and volleyball. Coming in 2011.

3) Wii Party. 13 different party games modes. Board Game Island, Balance Boat and House party games are mentioned. 70+ mini games. Coming this holiday.

4) Just Dance 2. 40+ hit tracks, duets, dance offs and up to 8 players. Fall 2010.

5) Golden Sun: Dark Dawn for Nintendo DS. This holiday season.

6) Goldeneye 007. Bringing back characters we love with plenty of game modes, exclusively on the Wii. Daniel Craig is replacing Pierce Brosnan in the game. This holiday.

7) Disney Epic Mickey. Use paint thinner to remove anything from the game. Dynamically change the game world with all kinds of different effects. You can also use paint to add things to the world. Kill enemies, or turn them into friends. Travel zones between worlds shows some history of Mickey while he's running through a black and white steam boat willy inspired level.

8) Kirby's Epic Yarn. Kirby now looks like an outline of his previous version, made of yarn. This fall.

9) Dragon Quest IX. New miniquests and characters can be added from other local DS users. July 11th

10) Metroid: Other M. August 31st.

11) Donkey Kong Country Returns. This Holiday.

12) Nintendo 3DS. A slider on the 3DS allows you to turn off 3D entirely, or leave it somewhere in between 2D/3D. Only the bottom screen is touch capable. 1 camera on the inside, and 2 cameras on the outside. Take pictures and view them in 3D.

13) Kid Icarus: Uprising. Made just for the 3DS.

14) Nintendogs + Cats on 3DS.

Overall, there were a lot of trailers shown (explains the lack of info on most games above) and a lot of emphasis was put on the 3DS and what's it's capable of but it's hard to judge that without being able to hold one and play through something. The Zelda demo was cool but it seemed pretty flawed at the moment but they have 6+ months to work everything out.

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