European Wii event news

Star Lord

Ok the event in London should be kicking off in about 20 minutes, here is a link to F5 to keep yourself up to date, only page I found so far that'll be doing (almost) http://gonintendo.com/?p=5625live updates

I (and I'm sure some of the others) will post the info revealed here as soon as possible.

Smellyirishman

Eurogamers non-f5-bashing feed

evad_lhorg

this reminds me of poxy e3 again.... hopefully just not as disappointing

Star Lord

Smellyirishman wrote:

Eurogamers non-f5-bashing feed

Couldnt see that earlier, but GoNintendo seem to be just lifting theirs from there (Doncha hate that?) At least they linked to it.

But the eurogamer one seems to be the one to watch

koneko

Nooooo

12:00.56 -
We're in, but things aren't looking too sunny. Security are clamping down on reporting devices of all kind, so we may be shut down. Fingers crossed.

evad_lhorg

oh they might get shut down. that sucks

Smellyirishman

DamoElDiablo wrote:

Couldnt see that earlier

Yeah, it wasn't up earlier (well, at least not hot linked on thier site), wasn't trying to 1-up you or anything! Definitly better to be watchin the EG one, much prettier! Hopefully they don't get shut down 0_0.

Star Lord

Shock announcement, Mario Galaxy to be last current style Mario game, as they want to get a more mature audience for mario, they've re-styled him...
:rolleyes:

Smellyirishman

Looks like the feed lives on!

BlitzKrieg

and we're off!

Star Lord

Smellyirishman wrote:

Yeah, it wasn't up earlier (well, at least not hot linked on thier site), wasn't trying to 1-up you or anything! Definitly better to be watchin the EG one, much prettier! Hopefully they don't get shut down 0_0.

Oh I know man, better to get it from the original source!

And from http://www.n-europe.com/news.php?nid=9572 apparently a french newspaper has said that it'll launch in December for €250, we'll soon see...

[edit]
"12:09.27 - Nintendo's adamant about not using laptops, mobiles, Wi-Fi or Bluetooth devices, so we may get cut short. Didn't happen at E3, mind. Can't stop the signal."

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

machalla

Sounds like theres not going to be any shock 2007 release dates then at least.

12:07.02

There's a podium and a lot of Wii logos up on stage, with a huge screen playing monochromatic videos of Wii software. Iwata's here apparently.

flogen

why are nintendo so keen to kill all recording equip??

Have they got some news they don't want the press to report on??? :S

BlitzKrieg

Firefly reference WHOOT!

Star Lord

12:14.44 - Nintendo UK boss David Yanton's taking his place in the audience. Nintendo UK staff make up about a third of the row behind me.

been a while since the last post.. is he shut down? :eek:

koneko

lol lanyard review

Star Lord

12:21.17 - Still sod all happening. Lanyard commentary: elegant, simple, nice font, while the strap bears the "Wii Play Together" slogan. Decent clip mechanism. 7/10.

phew...

evad_lhorg

the australian price and date was announced....


Nintendo have just announced the launch of the Wii in Australian territories, where it will arrive on December 7th, priced AU$399.95. This translates to €237, £159, or US$300. In the box will be one Wii-mote and Nunchuk along with the WiiSports compilation of games (which America got packed-in but Japan didn't).





from n-europe

abelard

12:30.01 -

Nothing's happening...


joy. they're realy gona drag it out eh?

Scruff

i take it there is no live vid feed just the text updates on eurogamer?

getting a 404 error message on the eurogamer site now. doh

Jim

Giev updates!

Star Lord

12:36.51 - "Please switch off all electronic devices." "No."

Lmao!!

abelard

12:36.51 -

"Please switch off all electronic devices." "No."

heh, sounds like we're ready for action

Star Lord

12:42.25 - Fan request #1: "Totty commentary". Well, there are lots of women in Wii t-shirts. There is nothing yet to rival Germany's magnificent pink-dress DS creature.

Lol! Hes a bit bored methinks

Smellyirishman

Eurogamer wrote:

"Totty commentary".

Finally getting into the meat and bones of this conference.

Star Lord

12:46.07 -

The last few stragglers are taking their seats. There's a danger it might actually start soon.

Star Lord

Iwata and Myamoto vs Henman and Rusedski on Wii sports?lol

Star Lord

12:54.11 - Aaaaaaaaaany minute now.

Lights dim. Controller's up on screen.

machalla

Shocker!

12:55.56 -

I Don't Feel Like Dancing is playing. Gerhard Florin from EA has a quote up: apparently Wii is ace!

Star Lord

12:55.56 - I Don't Feel Like Dancing is playing. Gerhard Florin from EA has a quote up: apparently Wii is ace!

12:55.22 - "Introducing Wii". Quotes flying up from various sources. Magazines, CEOs, old women. Video of people playing with it.

Smellyirishman

Finally, after a Wii delay. :rolleyes:

Star Lord

ok think ill just put up the actual newsworthy bits now... lol

Star Lord

Smellyirishman wrote:

Finally, after a Wii delay. :rolleyes:

Oh dear jaysus lol:rolleyes:

abelard

The wait is killing me >_<

.....I think I'll put on Eye of the Tiger to psych myself up

RE*AC*TOR

mother of christ i wish they'd get on with it.

Star Lord

Nintendo Europes site is down...

koneko

What, so it's like, an hour late? Laaame. Get on with it Ninty.

Jim

koneko wrote:

What, so it's like, an hour late? Laaame. Get on with it Ninty.

Suspense ftw.

Star Lord

13:05.37 - So here's what it is: gamers, non-gamers, and gamers who gave up on gaming saying they like the Wii.

"Please welcome your hose for today... Gabby Logan."

Gabby isn't a gaming fan, but she's excited anyway. Laurent Fischer from Nintendo Europe comes on. "Can you really get me interested in gaming?" says Gab.

"How can you get me interested?" "Maybe you like sport.""I do." "Not everyone is playing games, because right now people see it as a narrow sort of activity."

Gaming landscape is changing, says Fishcer. Nintendo is creeping towards a 50/50 gender split. 44% are women. Best-selling title in last year sold to over-25s.

He's explaining the DS for the benefit of the mainstream press, I'm guessing. Did you know it has a touch screen? DID YOU?

Nintendo Europe President Satoru Shibata coming on to talk about DS.

"Thank you everybody for joining us today." He'd like to talk some more about DS before he talks about Wii, apparently.

Regardless of age. gender or past gaming experience, he reckons they can get people involved.

Touch generations software has helped get people interested, he says. Train your brain, learn English, walk a dog, etc. They want to "welcome women to gaming".

Retr0gamer

There better be a launch date and price after I get back from lunch or else I'm not buying a Wii!!!

the corpo

eurogamer server appears to have died

try http://uk.wii.ign.com/articles/732/732732p1.html instead

Star Lord

Retr0gamer wrote:

There better be a launch date and price after I get back from lunch or else I'm not buying a Wii!!!

Thats a fib, you know youll get one anyway! lol

BlitzKrieg

this is taking too long i'm going to watch some porno.

Star Lord

13:10 - Aha! We're onto the Wii now! Oh, well I thought we were. Shibata just left the stage. Ah! Logan is back and we're about to see Wii Boxing in Wii Sport for the first time. Literally, my knickers just went damp. Apparently, Shibata is going to take on Iwata! One round in the ring!

Oooh this is quite good. You punch and jab with the Wiimote and guard by holding the nunchuck and remote close to you. AAAAAND Satoru Iwata has just come on stage to tell Shibata off - it was all big comedy ruse!
- from ign

abelard

It's a press conference. it's bound to have meaningless PR blurb a the start. Have patience kids

BlitzKrieg

there's another console coming after the wii?

eurogamer wrote:

"In the very near future we'll be launching another console that will go even further in making games accessible and fun for everyone."

koneko

"In the very near future we'll be launching another console that will go even further in making games accessible and fun for everyone."


Have to get lunch soon. Eurogamer seems to be back. See yall on the flipside or whatever you crazy kids say nowadays. There had better be some news by the time I get back.

Star Lord

13:16.25 - He loves him some Touch! Generations. Because they're not just escapism. Right. 3) Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.

13:15.35 - He points to four significant moments of introducing products that changed things. 1) DS. 2) Touch! Generations games.

13:14.40 - He's talking about the very-old days of working out what to do after the NES. The same questions have continued ever since, he says.

He says we've been focused on tech up to now. I think I've typed him saying that at about 15 different conferences now.

13:14.18 - Aha! And Satoru Iwata's walked on behind him. "And this is what goes on when you think I'm away."

"I woke up many hours ago and many thousands of miles away, so I assure you I won't take any more time than necessary to share my thoughts."
-eurogamer

Star Lord

BlitzKrieg wrote:

there's another console coming after the wii?

I think he meant the Wii :rolleyes:

Smellyirishman

BlitzKrieg wrote:

there's another console coming after the wii?

Haha, I was going to post that and say "I thought there actually was another console to be release... /smacks forehead with palm"

They were talking about the Wii. (They had been talking about the DS previously so the "other" soon to be released one is the Wii)

Damo, what happened to only posting news worthy stuff?

abelard

Iwata wrote:

Each moment represents a bridge to the majority of people who don't play games, he says. Today introduces a fifth step.

he's hardly implying a super low price?? here's hoping