Nintendo's E308 Press Conference(07/15/2008) 
7:38
Leigh Alexander: 
Hey, good morning, Kotaku readers! I'll bet you've all gotten much more sleep last night than we did.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:38 Leigh Alexander
7:40
Leigh Alexander: 
We will be having yet another fabulous prize giveaway this morning, and since yesterday trying to run the contest INSIDE the comments got a little bit crazy, we'll be handling the contest from inside this liveblog (though you'll still have to post comments to win). Capice?
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:40 Leigh Alexander
7:44
Leigh Alexander: 
The contest will REWARD those of you who pay diligent, riveted attention to our liveblog -- so pay attention, and every so often, SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING, I'll ask you all a question that you'll have to answer in the comments of this post. First correct answer wins the prize. So easy, right?

Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:44 Leigh Alexander
7:45
Fahey: 
Real press get down on da floor, on the floor.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:45 Fahey
7:45
Leigh Alexander: 
Oh, Fahey has finally gotten up and crawled into the press center. Good morning, Fahey!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:45 Leigh Alexander
7:47
Fahey: 
Morning Leigh! I've actually been up for quite some time, workingon a special surprise for our....okay yeah, just woke up. :(
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:47 Fahey
7:48
Leigh Alexander: 
Haha. Early bird Crecente just texted me to say that there's not too much of a line at the Kodak Theater where he, McWhertor and Ashcraft are waiting to attend the conference.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:48 Leigh Alexander
7:49
Fahey: 
I think the whole 7:30 am press check in thing was a test to weed out the most dedicated.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:49 Fahey
7:50
Leigh Alexander: 
Nintendo accepts only the most devoted and rabid.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:50 Leigh Alexander
7:50
Fahey: 
From that group they'll have a Last Starfighter tournament, the winner of which will become a space fighter.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:50 Fahey
7:50
Leigh Alexander: 
Front row seats go to those who SLEPT ON THE SIDEWALK.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:50 Leigh Alexander
7:51
Leigh Alexander: 
Anyway, I bet you wanna know what there is to win, right? Fahey, are you dying to know?
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:51 Leigh Alexander
7:51
Leigh Alexander: 
....Fahey's really excited, I promise.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:51 Leigh Alexander
7:51
Fahey: 
I am dying! Yes!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:51 Fahey
7:51
Leigh Alexander: 
Well then, check THIS shindig out:
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:51 Leigh Alexander
7:51
Leigh Alexander: 
Uh,.. it's taking a second :P
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:51 Leigh Alexander
7:52
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Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:52 
7:52
Leigh Alexander: 
There we go.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:52 Leigh Alexander
7:52
Fahey: 
Oooooo. Ahhhhhhh!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:52 Fahey
7:52
Leigh Alexander: 
That there is a sweet T-shirt from Platinum Games' black and white and gore debut project, the sexy Madworld. IT CAN BE YOURS!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:52 Leigh Alexander
7:53
Fahey: 
It can be mine!! YAY!!!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:53 Fahey
7:53
Leigh Alexander: 
It can be anyone's except Fahey's.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:53 Leigh Alexander
7:53
Fahey: 
You make the panda sad. v.v
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:53 Fahey
7:53
Leigh Alexander: 
Now, we have another rather epic fab super squeezie prize coming up too.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:53 Leigh Alexander
7:53
Leigh Alexander: 
Our second   contest prize will be:
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:53 Leigh Alexander
7:54
Leigh Alexander: 
Loading, please wait...
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:54 Leigh Alexander
7:54
Fahey: 
Is it wheat!?
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:54 Fahey
7:54
Leigh Alexander: 
No, sorry.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:54 Leigh Alexander
7:54
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Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:54 
7:54
Fahey: 
Dammit!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:54 Fahey
7:54
Leigh Alexander: 
IT'S RYUUUUUUU
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:54 Leigh Alexander
7:55
Fahey: 
reat, I wanted wheat, I get rye-ew.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:55 Fahey
7:55
Leigh Alexander: 
This is a really awesome shirt that we think might be rare simply because we have never observed one in the wild before. YOU COULD BE ONE OF THE FEW!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:55 Leigh Alexander
7:55
Leigh Alexander: 
It also has a special DS stylus that looks like a sword. So that you can violently tap and slash your way through ANYTHING, hopefully not your touch screen.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:55 Leigh Alexander
7:56
Leigh Alexander: 
Finally, our third and truly breathtaking Kotaku Superprize:
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:56 Leigh Alexander
7:56
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Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:56 
7:56
Leigh Alexander: 
Yes, I know no one can discern what this is. But it is in fact an oil painting, created from a Mushroom Men screenshot, and probably signed, I think.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:56 Leigh Alexander
7:56
AdamBarenblat: 
good morning everyone!


Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:56 AdamBarenblat
7:57
Leigh Alexander: 
Intern, what are you doing here? I notice that I do not have a freshly delivered steaming cup of coffee.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:57 Leigh Alexander
7:57
Fahey: 
This just in: Nintendo is going to announce a special DS that questions the nature of your relationship!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:57 Fahey
7:57
Leigh Alexander: 
Nor was my laundry done, nor were my toenails painted. Quit wasting time!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:57 Leigh Alexander
7:58
AdamBarenblat: 
oh i'm sorry Leigh, how would you like that?


Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:58 AdamBarenblat
7:58
Leigh Alexander: 
Black. Black as my soul.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:58 Leigh Alexander
7:58
Leigh Alexander: 
And sweet, just like my... something, I'm sure.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:58 Leigh Alexander
7:58
Leigh Alexander: 
CHOP CHOP
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:58 Leigh Alexander
7:58
Fahey: 
Kick punch ?
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:58 Fahey
7:59
AdamBarenblat: 
chop chop master onion
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:59 AdamBarenblat
7:59
Leigh Alexander: 
Anyway, once again -- pay close attention to this liveblog, because as the press conference goes on, I'll be asking you all questions based on what you've learned, all right?
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:59 Leigh Alexander
7:59
Leigh Alexander: 
Shall we try for our first giveaway? Want that Madworld shirt?
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:59 Leigh Alexander
7:59
Leigh Alexander: 
Yes? Yes?!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:59 Leigh Alexander
7:59
AdamBarenblat: 
i do
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:59 AdamBarenblat
7:59
Fahey: 
That I can't get!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:59 Fahey
7:59
Leigh Alexander: 
What are you still doing here? Coffee, now.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:59 Leigh Alexander
7:59
Leigh Alexander: 
<3
Tuesday July 15, 2008 7:59 Leigh Alexander
8:00
Leigh Alexander: 
Just kidding. Adam is rad. Anyway, stay on task! Quit distracting me!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:00 Leigh Alexander
8:00
Leigh Alexander: 
Anyway, if you've been paying attention, you might have learned that our dear Fahey wanted the prize to be a specific type of grain.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:00 Leigh Alexander
8:01
Leigh Alexander: 
The first person to post in Kotaku comments what type of grain it was that Fahey was wishing for will be the winner of the Madworld T-shirt.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:01 Leigh Alexander
8:01
Leigh Alexander: 
GO!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:01 Leigh Alexander
8:01
Fahey: 
OOOOOO!! I know this!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:01 Fahey
8:01
Fahey: 
Is it brick?
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:01 Fahey
8:03
Leigh Alexander: 
Please stand by during these technical difficulties.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:03 Leigh Alexander
8:03
Fahey: 
I obviously said it first, otherwise the question wouldn't exist. I win!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:03 Fahey
8:04
Leigh Alexander: 
Yeah, you guys broke the comments with your enthusiasm. We may have to determine the winners once the contest ends.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:04 Leigh Alexander
8:04
Leigh Alexander: 
Yes Fahey, but you are disqualified because... because.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:04 Leigh Alexander
8:04
Fahey: 
Curse you, because...my greatest foe.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:04 Fahey
8:05
Leigh Alexander: 
Yeah, I'll do that! When the liveblog is over I'll meticulously comb through the comments to determine who was first.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:05 Leigh Alexander
8:05
Leigh Alexander: 
Or I will force Adam the Intern to do it.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:05 Leigh Alexander
8:06
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Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:06 
8:06
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Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:06 
8:07
Leigh Alexander: 
You're looking at pictures from the Kodak Theatre, where Crecente, McWhertor and Ashkrafuto-san are diligently waiting to attend Nintendo's event.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:07 Leigh Alexander
8:07
Leigh Alexander: 
There's not much of a line.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:07 Leigh Alexander
8:09
Fahey: 
 Well we are looking at the front of it. There could be a sea of people behind them.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:09 Fahey
8:09
Leigh Alexander: 
Like zombies.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:09 Leigh Alexander
8:10
Leigh Alexander: 
Anyway, what was you guys' favorite announcement yesterday?
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:10 Leigh Alexander
8:10
Fahey: 
FFXIII!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:10 Fahey
8:11
Leigh Alexander: 
That was really the only one that was a big suprise, I think. Everything else, we already knew about thanks to our friends at Intellisponse, the BEST marketing company EVER!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:11 Leigh Alexander
8:11
Fahey: 
What is 360 in roman numerals? CCCLX?

Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:11 Fahey
8:12
Leigh Alexander: 
Feh, you are asking the wrong person.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:12 Leigh Alexander
8:12
Leigh Alexander: 
http://kotaku.com/5016654/microsoftactivision-news-leak-the-round+up
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:12 Leigh Alexander
8:12
Fahey: 
*checks comments section* They will know, I believe in them.

Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:12 Fahey
8:12
Leigh Alexander: 
Intellisponse is unlikely to work with major game companies again. That's my official prediction.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:12 Leigh Alexander
8:13
Leigh Alexander: 
Intellisponse: Leaking All Your Proprietary Future Plans In A Gentle, Moist Trickle.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:13 Leigh Alexander
8:13
Leigh Alexander: 
So what do you think we might hear from Nintendo today? Kotaku commenters, do you feel excited or cynical?
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:13 Leigh Alexander
8:14
Fahey: 
The commentors say I am right, which...is a first I think.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:14 Fahey
8:14
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Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:14 
8:14
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Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:14 
8:15
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Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:15 
8:15
Fahey: 
Yep, you called it Leigh. Zombies.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:15 Fahey
8:15
Leigh Alexander: 
More images! Don't you guys feel like you are really THERE?
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:15 Leigh Alexander
8:15
Leigh Alexander: 
They do look a little zombie-fied.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:15 Leigh Alexander
8:15
Leigh Alexander: 
Maybe because yeah, no sleep.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:15 Leigh Alexander
8:15
Fahey: 
They were probably all awake all night due to my snoring.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:15 Fahey
8:17
Leigh Alexander: 
I've just received instructions from high, high above based on the fact that our comments are being occasionally breaky.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:17 Leigh Alexander
8:17
Leigh Alexander: 
We wouldn't want comment hiccups to interfere with YOUR prize winning, so there's been a change of plans!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:17 Leigh Alexander
8:17
Fahey: 
I win everything! YAY!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:17 Fahey
8:17
Leigh Alexander: 
Fahey, stop breathing on the prizes. Some guy has to put that on his SKIN..
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:17 Leigh Alexander
8:18
Leigh Alexander: 
Update - Crecente and company are in the lobby of the Kodak Theatre, and it looks like the doors are about to open in about ten.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:18 Leigh Alexander
8:20
Leigh Alexander: 
Wouldn't it be great if the doors parted, and came marching all these cute little white-haired Wii-Tans?
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:20 Leigh Alexander
8:20
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Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:20 
8:20
Leigh Alexander: 
Cute, right? Right?
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:20 Leigh Alexander
8:20
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Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:20 
8:23
Fahey: 
*runs to press conference, just in case*
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:23 Fahey
8:24
Leigh Alexander: 
Ooh, we've only got a few minutes left! Are you guys excited?
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:24 Leigh Alexander
8:24
Leigh Alexander: 
I'm excited. The earrings I'm wearing are even bigger than yesterday's.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:24 Leigh Alexander
8:24
Fahey: 
They get larger the more excited you are?
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:24 Fahey
8:25
Leigh Alexander: 
...Don't go there.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:25 Leigh Alexander
8:27
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Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:27 
8:30
Leigh Alexander: 
Breaking news -- my earrings are gigantic.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:30 Leigh Alexander
8:30
Fahey: 
Trust me folks, the pause is worth it.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:30 Fahey
8:30
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Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:30 
8:31
Leigh Alexander: 
Even bigger than the now-legendary earrings I wore when talking to Microsoft dudes yesterday!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:31 Leigh Alexander
8:32
Leigh Alexander: 
I'm guessing they'll be letting McWhertor, Crecente and Ash into the theatre shortly, if they're not inside already.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:32 Leigh Alexander
8:33
Leigh Alexander: 
None of you knew I was a woman, huh?
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:33 Leigh Alexander
8:33
Leigh Alexander: 
Hey, it's okay.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:33 Leigh Alexander
8:34
Leigh Alexander: 
I think Leigh is a dude's name in England.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:34 Leigh Alexander
8:35
Leigh Alexander: 
Nintendo has been very mysterious leading up to E3, don't you guys think? This means they're either going to announce something very awesome, or they really have not much to say.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:35 Leigh Alexander
8:36
Leigh Alexander: 
Aside from, "Hey, we print money!"
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:36 Leigh Alexander
8:37
Will Nintendo impress or disappoint?
It's gonna be amazing!
 ( 22% )
I don't know what to expect.
 ( 51% )
Meh, this'll be lame.
 ( 27% )

Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:37 
8:38
Leigh Alexander: 
Look, a poill!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:38 Leigh Alexander
8:38
Leigh Alexander: 
Er, a poll!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:38 Leigh Alexander
8:39
Leigh Alexander: 
Go ahead and vote in the poll on what you think is up ahead. Isn't it fun to see what everyone thinks?
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:39 Leigh Alexander
8:40
Leigh Alexander: 
More than half of us have no idea what to expect from Nintendo this time around. I'm with you guys.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:40 Leigh Alexander
8:42
Leigh Alexander: 
Just in case you missed it yesterday, Nintendo announced little Motion Plus add-ons for the Wii remote. Is this fail or win?
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:42 Leigh Alexander
8:42
Leigh Alexander: 
http://kotaku.com/5024907/nintendo-introduces-wii-motion-plus
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:42 Leigh Alexander
8:42
Brian Ashcraft: 
howdy! my prediction: wii music with new wii-mote (with built in wii motion plus)
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:42 Brian Ashcraft
8:42
Leigh Alexander: 
Hi Ash! Did you guys get into the theater?
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:42 Leigh Alexander
8:42
Brian Ashcraft: 
we did! sitting front and center
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:42 Brian Ashcraft
8:43
Brian Ashcraft: 
like literally
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:43 Brian Ashcraft
8:43
What will Wii Motion Plus be used for?
Something cool!
 ( 60% )
Something lame!
 ( 40% )

Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:43 
8:43
Leigh Alexander: 
Awesome! What does it look like inside?
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:43 Leigh Alexander
8:44
Brian Ashcraft: 
bluish lighting, strobe lights, and red walls. lots and lots of red walls. listening to bumping club muzik
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:44 Brian Ashcraft
8:44
Leigh Alexander: 
Boon cha boon cha boon cha boon cha?
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:44 Leigh Alexander
8:44
Brian Ashcraft: 
oh yeah
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:44 Brian Ashcraft
8:45
Leigh Alexander: 
That's pretty hot. Get up and dance!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:45 Leigh Alexander
8:45
Brian Ashcraft: 
*nods*
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:45 Brian Ashcraft
8:45
crecente: 
Weeee, I'm in.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:45 crecente
8:46
crecente: 
Mike's prediction: Reggie takes the stage, eats a sammich and then leaves.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:46 crecente
8:46
Brian Ashcraft: 
wii remains sold out for the next six months.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:46 Brian Ashcraft
8:47
Brian Ashcraft: 
other last minute prediction:
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:47 Brian Ashcraft
8:47
Brian Ashcraft: 
software, lots and lots of software
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:47 Brian Ashcraft
8:47
Brian Ashcraft: 
today's theme? and im guessing: focus on the "core gamer
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:47 Brian Ashcraft
8:47
crecente: 
The screen in front of us (we're up front) shows floating images of "regular people" playing Wii Sports, Wii Fit, Mario Kart Wii, DS games.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:47 crecente
8:47
McWhertor: 
I'm going with software, software, software.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:47 McWhertor
8:48
Brian Ashcraft: 
animal crossing wii.... and?
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:48 Brian Ashcraft
8:48
crecente: 
We just ran into Pachter, we couldn't squeeze any predictions out of him. I think he's just as in the dark as the rest of us.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:48 crecente
8:48
McWhertor: 
Wii Music! F Zero! Punch Out!! Mario Hockey!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:48 McWhertor
8:48
Brian Ashcraft: 
patcher was wearing a pink shirt -- if only we wouldve predicted that instead of kaz
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:48 Brian Ashcraft
8:49
Leigh Alexander: 
I just sneaked into 1UP's room and stole coffee.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:49 Leigh Alexander
8:50
Leigh Alexander: 
Only 22 percent of readers have high expectations for today's conference. Interesting! How do you guys feel?
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:50 Leigh Alexander
8:50
Brian Ashcraft: 
phil harrison just entered

Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:50 Brian Ashcraft
8:51
Leigh Alexander: 
Phil! Phil!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:51 Leigh Alexander
8:51
Brian Ashcraft: 
crecente went off to steal his chewing gum
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:51 Brian Ashcraft
8:52
Fahey: 
Weird, I just found a perfectly good power cable for my laptop laying on the ground in a hotel room a quarter of a mile away!

Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:52 Fahey
8:53
Brian Ashcraft: 
we're about five minutes away
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:53 Brian Ashcraft
8:54
Leigh Alexander: 
Super exciting, guys.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:54 Leigh Alexander
8:54
Leigh Alexander: 
Remember, Kotaku readers, you never know when I'm going to drop the next quiz question to win one of our two remaining prizes, so pay close attention to our liveblog!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:54 Leigh Alexander
8:57
crecente: 
Too far away to get the gum, but I did grab his photo. He's sitting with EA's Riccetello
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:57 crecente
8:58
Leigh Alexander: 
Riccitiello!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:58 Leigh Alexander
8:58
Leigh Alexander: 
Hey, I just managed to pick through and learn that Heliophage was the winner of the Madworld T-shirt.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:58 Leigh Alexander
8:59
Leigh Alexander: 
Congrats, dude!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:59 Leigh Alexander
8:59
Fahey: 
With his photo and gum our voodoo doll is nearly complete.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 8:59 Fahey
9:01
crecente: 
Yes, just need a pinch of hair... oh wait...
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:01 crecente
9:01
crecente: 
Looks like we should be starting soon
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:01 crecente
9:02
Fahey: 
Curse his baby-smooth flesh. *shushes*

Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:02 Fahey
9:02
Brian Ashcraft: 
its a few minutes past 9......
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:02 Brian Ashcraft
9:03
McWhertor: 
Nintendo is officially late to the party
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:03 McWhertor
9:03
Leigh Alexander: 
They're just THAT cool. You've been waiting 90 minutes for them, they're like, "pff, let ''em wait a few more"
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:03 Leigh Alexander
9:03
Leigh Alexander: 
Reggie is having his hair coiffed
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:03 Leigh Alexander
9:03
Brian Ashcraft: 
their own party at that!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:03 Brian Ashcraft
9:03
crecente: 
What's new, no one starts on time.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:03 crecente
9:03
crecente: 
At least we have some generic techno to listen to
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:03 crecente
9:04
Leigh Alexander: 
Reggie is also having his nose powdered.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:04 Leigh Alexander
9:04
crecente: 
Thank GOD for generic techno
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:04 crecente
9:04
Leigh Alexander: 
Oonts. oonts. oonts oonts. Feel the Beat.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:04 Leigh Alexander
9:04
McWhertor: 
I'm going to issue an award to the most punctual console manufacturer next year.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:04 McWhertor
9:05
crecente: 
My son just called. He wants to know what I'm doooooing
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:05 crecente
9:05
Brian Ashcraft: 
the lights are dimming
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:05 Brian Ashcraft
9:05
Brian Ashcraft: 
and we start!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:05 Brian Ashcraft
9:05
crecente: 
We're live
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:05 crecente
9:05
McWhertor: 
Techno is over... it's time for feel good music!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:05 McWhertor
9:06
Leigh Alexander: 
Ooh, good luck, guys!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:06 Leigh Alexander
9:06
crecente: 
THere's two columns of blue on the stage with the words Nintendo on them, in between is a giant screen showing people having fun playing Wii
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:06 crecente
9:07
McWhertor: 
We promise to keep the world smiling! says Nintendo
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:07 McWhertor
9:07
crecente: 
"We promise to keep the world smiling"
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:07 crecente
9:07
crecente: 
Cammie Dunnaway took the stage
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:07 crecente
9:07
Brian Ashcraft: 
theres a cammie mii
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:07 Brian Ashcraft
9:07
Brian Ashcraft: 
"as you can see my name is not reggie" says cammy

Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:07 Brian Ashcraft
9:08
Brian Ashcraft: 
that's true, she's right you know
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:08 Brian Ashcraft
9:08
Brian Ashcraft: 
she got a mothers day card from her son
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:08 Brian Ashcraft
9:08
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Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:08 
9:08
crecente: 
K we're looking at Cammie family pictures now
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:08 crecente
9:08
Brian Ashcraft: 
who said that he loved her more than anything becos she works at nintendo
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:08 Brian Ashcraft
9:08
Leigh Alexander: 
(This is Cammie)
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:08 Leigh Alexander
9:09
crecente: 
She broke her wrist snowboarding at Whistler
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:09 crecente
9:09
crecente: 
Snowboarding is a lot harder than it looks, she says
 
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:09 crecente
9:10
crecente: 
But she doesn't like givin up. So she decided as a snowboarder all she really needed was help from a friend. Here comes Shawn White
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:10 crecente
9:10
crecente: 
Shaun
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:10 crecente
9:10
crecente: 
laing a Wii snowboard game, his. It's ubisoft's new gamem using the Wii Balance Board
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:10 crecente
9:11
crecente: 
Gold Medalist Shaun white has a funky looking Mii
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:11 crecente
9:11
crecente: 
"Once we get the board involved it enhances the game" he says
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:11 crecente
9:11
Leigh Alexander: 
http://kotaku.com/5011385/shaun-white-wii-play-pics-and-press-release
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:11 Leigh Alexander
9:11
crecente: 
"It's really cool"
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:11 crecente
9:11
McWhertor: 
He looks like a lion!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:11 McWhertor
9:11
Leigh Alexander: 
(Announced at Ubisoft's press day)
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:11 Leigh Alexander
9:11
crecente: 
OK, Cammie is taking to teh board.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:11 crecente
9:12
crecente: 
Hopefully she won't break anything
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:12 crecente
9:12
crecente: 
OK she's playing as Shaun in the game as she takes on the halfpipe
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:12 crecente
9:13
crecente: 
Man, I wonder if we all will look like that when we're playing this
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:13 crecente
9:13
crecente: 
OK Shaun has left the stage
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:13 crecente
9:13
crecente: 
Shaun White Snowboarding omes to the wii by hear end.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:13 crecente
9:14
crecente: 
Owata is on the stage
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:14 crecente
9:14
crecente: 
year end I meant
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:14 crecente
9:14
crecente: 
Iwata says that a paradigm change has taken place in gaming
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:14 crecente
9:14
crecente: 
(Sorry for the mispelling)
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:14 crecente
9:15
[Image]satoru-iwata.jpg  View
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:15 
9:15
crecente: 
Even Nintendo employees could not have imagined five years later the market would have responded so well that we could be selling bathroom scales
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:15 crecente
9:15
crecente: 
millions of them, he says
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:15 crecente
9:15
Leigh Alexander: 
(This is Iwata, the president of Nintendo)
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:15 Leigh Alexander
9:15
crecente: 
"What has really changed in this new paradigm"
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:15 crecente
9:16
McWhertor: 
he's talking about the long shelf life of Nintendo titles like Brain Age and New Super Mario Bros.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:16 McWhertor
9:16
McWhertor: 
things like Mario Kart DS still show up in the top twenty sales worldwide
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:16 McWhertor
9:16
crecente: 
These products seem to be evergreens he says
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:16 crecente
9:17
crecente: 
Great numbers of game players around the world do demand gorgeous games
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:17 crecente
9:17
crecente: 
Today I can say the teams that create Mario games and Zelda games are both hard at work. They will bring new titles o the Wii
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:17 crecente
9:18
McWhertor: 
Small teams with small budgets can capture a worldwide audience if they have a good idea, Iwata says
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:18 McWhertor
9:18
crecente: 
The userbase has expanded, he says, showing us pictures of woman, children and older people gaming
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:18 crecente
9:18
crecente: 
Intuitive interface can attract gamers we would have never thought of before.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:18 crecente
9:18
McWhertor: 
The slideshow just had a sweet Advance Wars beanie.... I want one!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:18 McWhertor
9:19
Brian Ashcraft: 
"games sales used to be part of a gift item during the holiday season... now anytime of the year"
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:19 Brian Ashcraft
9:19
crecente: 
In europe consumers are buying 200k ds a week
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:19 crecente
9:19
McWhertor: 
"It's as if every week was a holiday week!"
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:19 McWhertor
9:19
crecente: 
like a fact Check
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:19 crecente
9:19
McWhertor: 
Iwata says the company is moving some of its best sales out of the November-December period
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:19 McWhertor
9:20
crecente: 
Last year I said we wanted to destroy the barrier between gamers and non gamers
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:20 crecente
9:20
crecente: 
The strongest evidence comes with Guitar Hero III
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:20 crecente
9:20
crecente: 
The Wii version is outselling all others... Fact Check
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:20 crecente
9:20
crecente: 
What can we expect next?
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:20 crecente
9:20
McWhertor: 
Nintendo wants to "Destroy the psychological barrier"
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:20 McWhertor
9:21
crecente: 
Even if it is revolutionary people become tired of a new product. This becomes possible when people try to reproduce an items success
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:21 crecente
9:21
crecente: 
There is danger in standing still
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:21 crecente
9:21
McWhertor: 
"For all of us in the video game industry, there is danger in standing still"
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:21 McWhertor
9:21
McWhertor: 
DUPE
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:21 McWhertor
9:21
crecente: 
I sense an announcement coming
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:21 crecente
9:22
Brian Ashcraft: 

"most of all, the overrall experience from our product must be increase enthusiasm"
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:22 Brian Ashcraft
9:22
McWhertor: 
E3 = Engaged, Enriched, Enthused in Nintendo terms
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:22 McWhertor
9:22
crecente: 
We seek fresh surprises
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:22 crecente
9:22
crecente: 
Enjoy the new items we have for you today
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:22 crecente
9:22
Brian Ashcraft: 
"we at nintendo always challenge ourselves to be pioneers"
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:22 Brian Ashcraft
9:23
Brian Ashcraft: 
katsuya eguchi is on the screen
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:23 Brian Ashcraft
9:23
crecente: 
Animal Crossing
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:23 crecente
9:23
Brian Ashcraft: 
he's the creator of animal crossing
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:23 Brian Ashcraft
9:23
Brian Ashcraft: 
"i wanted to create a software where players could feel like they are playing together if they are playing at diff times"
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:23 Brian Ashcraft
9:24
crecente: 
OK, they're showing the game now
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:24 crecente
9:24
crecente: 
THere's a boy on the screen he's walking around in a house
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:24 crecente
9:24
Brian Ashcraft: 
no required goals

Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:24 Brian Ashcraft
9:24
Brian Ashcraft: 
happening in real time
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:24 Brian Ashcraft
9:24
crecente: 
It looks like he's digging up a ball, now he's waking up in the morning and then going to bed at night
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:24 crecente
9:24
[Image]eguchi.jpg  View
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:24 
9:24
crecente: 
He's showing a kid dressed with a pumpkin head for halloween
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:24 crecente
9:24
Brian Ashcraft: 
"you could really feel like you are visiting a realistic world witha   24 clock"
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:24 Brian Ashcraft
9:25
crecente: 
He's showing off some of the neat locations in the town
 
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:25 crecente
9:25
Leigh Alexander: 
http://kotaku.com/5023094/animal-crossing-wii-at-e3-already-confirmed
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:25 Leigh Alexander
9:25
Brian Ashcraft: 
"the city is a new place to visit. there is an auction site. a happy room academy where you can find out what other players are doing. theres a fashion designer
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:25 Brian Ashcraft
9:25
crecente: 
Gracie Grace is a fashion story
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:25 crecente
9:25
crecente: 
Now he's in a beauty salon to change his hair style or put on a mask to look like his mii
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:25 crecente
9:25
crecente: 
Now he's talking to a duck in the game
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:25 crecente
9:25
Brian Ashcraft: 
you can also go to a hair saloon and put on a mask to look like your mii -- or get a hair style
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:25 Brian Ashcraft
9:25
crecente: 
Wii Speak
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:25 crecente
9:26
crecente: 
Its a community microphone that lets everyone talk in a room
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:26 crecente
9:26
Brian Ashcraft: 
you can send messages to a message board and friends cell phones
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:26 Brian Ashcraft
9:26
crecente: 
It looks like a speaker phone you put on top of the sensor bar
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:26 crecente
9:26
crecente: 
So you can talk live while plaing the game with you r friends.
 
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:26 crecente
9:26
crecente: 
from around the world
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:26 crecente
9:26
Brian Ashcraft: 
"you can really get a sense of the personality of the player"
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:26 Brian Ashcraft
9:27
Brian Ashcraft: 
"its also fun to see how they set up the town so you can see what kinda person they are"
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:27 Brian Ashcraft
9:27
crecente: 
Wow, they're showing four characters in an arcade playing little games, hard to tell if people actually get to play the games or if it's just dressing
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:27 crecente
9:27
crecente: 
The town looks pretty detailed
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:27 crecente
9:27
Brian Ashcraft: 
"happy that people are able to talk to their friends and make new friends"
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:27 Brian Ashcraft
9:27
crecente: 
Animal Crossing City Folk presentation wrapped up
 
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:27 crecente
9:28
crecente: 
Reggie in the house!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:28 crecente
9:28
crecente: 
Animal crossing due by the end of the year with the new peripheral
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:28 crecente
9:28
Brian Ashcraft: 
"with animal crossing on the way to wii at the end of this year, of course we are pleased. we are even more pleased with our market place"
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:28 Brian Ashcraft
9:29
Brian Ashcraft: 
ds passed 20 million
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:29 Brian Ashcraft
9:29
crecente: 
the ds and Wii sales combine to represent more than 5 billion at retail
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:29 crecente
9:29
Brian Ashcraft: 
"we re no closer to being satisfied."
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:29 Brian Ashcraft
9:29
[Image]regginatior.jpg  View
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:29 
9:29
Brian Ashcraft: 
they want to fill casual and core gamer needs
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:29 Brian Ashcraft
9:29
crecente: 
Reggie has a big chart up showing off lifetime unit sales
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:29 crecente
9:30
Brian Ashcraft: 
"by the end of our current fiscal yea rnext march, we think our ds sales will grow to 100 million systems"
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:30 Brian Ashcraft
9:30
Brian Ashcraft: 
"people thought 2007 would be the peak year for the ds"
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:30 Brian Ashcraft
9:31
Brian Ashcraft: 
"so far in 2008, ds sales are running 12 percent ahead of last years record"
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:31 Brian Ashcraft
9:31
Brian Ashcraft: 
"mystery dungeon sold through 600,000 copies in six weeks"
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:31 Brian Ashcraft
9:31
crecente: 
Lifetime pokemon sales is 180 million
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:31 crecente
9:31
Brian Ashcraft: 
"ds software sales 29 percent ahead of last year"
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:31 Brian Ashcraft
9:32
crecente: 
June NPD data may show that the back and forth battle between wii and DS may have shifted for the moment back to the DS
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:32 crecente
9:32
Brian Ashcraft: 
thanks to mystery dungeon and sonic and mario at olympic games
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:32 Brian Ashcraft
9:32
Brian Ashcraft: 
celebrity ads with famous females caused brain age sales to double
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:32 Brian Ashcraft
9:33
McWhertor: 
"There seems to be an unlimited number of people out there looking to get into our game" says Reggie
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:33 McWhertor
9:33
Brian Ashcraft: 
reggie has a chart of wii hardware sales
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:33 Brian Ashcraft
9:33
Leigh Alexander: 
http://kotaku.com/gaming/notag/plastic-nicole-kidman-to-shill-plastic-nintendo-ds-271776.php
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:33 Leigh Alexander
9:33
Brian Ashcraft: 
"when those june ndp numbers are released on thursday, we wont be surprised if the wii is the best selling console in north america"
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:33 Brian Ashcraft
9:33
crecente: 
Wii software sales are also huge
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:33 crecente
9:34
crecente: 
They're talking us through their top software library like Wii Sports, Wii Fit, Mario, etc etc
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:34 crecente
9:34
crecente: 
Now third party partners are finding success with wii, he says
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:34 crecente
9:34
crecente: 
19 third party games have exceeded sales of 400k units
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:34 crecente
9:35
crecente: 
Those games come from 11 publishers
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:35 crecente
9:35
crecente: 
Is the wii for Casual games, legendary IP or new franchises? It's for all of them Reggie says
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:35 crecente
9:36
McWhertor: 
"Dozens and dozens of new titles in the coming months"
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:36 McWhertor
9:36
crecente: 
There's no way today we can give you a quick glimpse of everything coming, so they're limiting it to just three new games
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:36 crecente
9:36
crecente: 
First up
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:36 crecente
9:36
crecente: 
Star Wars th Clone Wars
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:36 crecente
9:36
crecente: 
Lots of light sabers sizzling around up there on the screen
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:36 crecente
9:36
crecente: 
Now yo have two guys swinging around wii remotes like their lives depand on it
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:36 crecente
9:37
McWhertor: 
Lots of waggling going on!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:37 McWhertor
9:37
crecente: 
It's essentially a light saber figher
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:37 crecente
9:37
Brian Ashcraft: 
"this is where the fun begins"
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:37 Brian Ashcraft
9:37
crecente: 
Coming Holiday 2008
Now
Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:37 crecente
9:37
crecente: 
Wow, I really like the look of this
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:37 crecente
9:37
crecente: 
Has an almost animated   art style
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:37 crecente
9:37
crecente: 
It will use the balance board
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:37 crecente
9:37
Brian Ashcraft: 
"surf teh skies with the balance board"
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:37 Brian Ashcraft
9:37
McWhertor: 
Turns your Wii Balance Board into a flying ironing board!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:37 McWhertor
9:37
Brian Ashcraft: 
says the trailer
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:37 Brian Ashcraft
9:38
crecente: 
Coming Fall 2009
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:38 crecente
9:38
crecente: 
Call of Duty World at War
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:38 crecente
9:38
crecente: 
Wii mote aiming
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:38 crecente
9:38
crecente: 
Nothing like a little family fun torching germans
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:38 crecente
9:38
crecente: 
haha, just kidding
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:38 crecente
9:39
crecente: 
though they are using the flamethrower right now on everyone on the screen
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:39 crecente
9:39
crecente: 
Cammie's Back
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:39 crecente
9:39
Brian Ashcraft: 
*applause*
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:39 Brian Ashcraft
9:39
crecente: 
Wow, this is really more like a board meeting than an E3 press conference
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:39 crecente
9:39
[Image]dunaway_2.jpg  View
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:39 
9:39
Brian Ashcraft: 
"every year, portable games take a bigger bite of the software pie"
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:39 Brian Ashcraft
9:39
Brian Ashcraft: 
30 percent of recipients in 2005 were females
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:39 Brian Ashcraft
9:40
McWhertor: 
Nintendo should release Wii Charts.... I think people would eat it up...
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:40 McWhertor
9:40
crecente: 
Just what I was hoping for from Nintendo: Wii Spreadsheet
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:40 crecente
9:40
crecente: 
lol
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:40 crecente
9:40
Brian Ashcraft: 
last year it was 48 percent
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:40 Brian Ashcraft
9:40
Leigh Alexander: 
Wii Snooz
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:40 Leigh Alexander
9:40
crecente: 
On Tour Decades is on the wii for the DS, Cammy says
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:40 crecente
9:40
Brian Ashcraft: 
(these are females who got the ds as a present or something)
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:40 Brian Ashcraft
9:41
McWhertor: 
we're getting our first look at Guitar Hero On Tour Decades...
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:41 McWhertor
9:41
crecente: 
It's suposed to be a new guitar hero DS game
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:41 crecente
9:41
Leigh Alexander: 
Time to give away another prize! The first person to email kotakucontest@gmail.com with the subject heading "Second Question" and the correct answer will win the sweet Ninja Gaiden T-shirt and sword-shaped DS stylus.

The question is: The new Animal Crossing is called what?
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:41 Leigh Alexander
9:41
[Image]ninjagaiden.JPG  View
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:41 
9:41
crecente: 
It will feature song sharing between games
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:41 crecente
9:41
McWhertor: 
Why isn't there a Guitar Hero On Tour Decades logo?
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:41 McWhertor
9:41
crecente: 
Spore Creatures is up next
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:41 crecente
9:42
crecente: 
They focused more on the creature game for the DS
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:42 crecente
9:42
crecente: 
Looks like Creature Creatory is pretty amazing
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:42 crecente
9:42
Brian Ashcraft: 
"the ds creature creature is so easy to use"
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:42 Brian Ashcraft
9:42
McWhertor: 
You have the ability to share your creations via Wi Fi
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:42 McWhertor
9:43
crecente: 
And thats spore. Cammie is back
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:43 crecente
9:43
crecente: 
The next invasion of Pokemon!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:43 crecente
9:43
Brian Ashcraft: 
november 10th
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:43 Brian Ashcraft
9:43
crecente: 
Pokemon Rangers Shadows of Almin
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:43 crecente
9:43
McWhertor: 
Almia, that is!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:43 McWhertor
9:43
crecente: 
Custom GTA
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:43 crecente
9:44
crecente: 
China Town Wars comging to DS this winter
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:44 crecente
9:44
crecente: 
Set in a modern day liberty city
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:44 crecente
9:44
Brian Ashcraft: 
custom game engine
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:44 Brian Ashcraft
9:44
crecente: 
That got a reaction from the crowd
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:44 crecente
9:44
McWhertor: 
say, that was one of my E3 predictions!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:44 McWhertor
9:44
crecente: 
hey, good call mike!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:44 crecente
9:44
crecente: 
;)
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:44 crecente
9:44
Leigh Alexander: 
Is that really a GTA DS? Tell us more!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:44 Leigh Alexander
9:44
McWhertor: 
hmmmm.... wonder what they have in store for Airports?
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:44 McWhertor
9:45
crecente: 
What if DS and airtravel came together in a different way
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:45 crecente
9:45
crecente: 
Why cant the DS give me flight info, or where my luggage is or nearby restuarants? This is all being tested
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:45 crecente
9:45
crecente: 
Now she's talking about the DS use at Seattle Mariners games
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:45 crecente
9:46
crecente: 
Could the ds earn a spot in your kitchen?
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:46 crecente
9:46
McWhertor: 
Cooking Navi is coming stateside!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:46 McWhertor
9:46
crecente: 
For sometime it has in Japan
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:46 crecente
9:46
crecente: 
Cool
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:46 crecente
9:46
McWhertor: 
hits before the holidays
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:46 McWhertor
9:46
crecente: 
Reggie's back
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:46 crecente
9:47
crecente: 
He's talking up the new remote dongle deaio
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:47 crecente
9:47
crecente: 
dealio
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:47 crecente
9:47
crecente: 
What this does is make the Wii remote more precise more intense. Is that a fancy way of saying it fixes it?
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:47 crecente
9:47
Leigh Alexander: 
http://kotaku.com/5024907/nintendo-introduces-wii-motion-plus
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:47 Leigh Alexander
9:47
McWhertor: 
Is Reggie about to announce a Nintendo DS will an accelerometer?
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:47 McWhertor
9:48
crecente: 
Today we're showing how this worthy successor comes to life using a new game. A new Wii sports.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:48 crecente
9:48
Leigh Alexander: 
That was one of my predictions (fingers crossed)
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:48 Leigh Alexander
9:48
McWhertor: 
Wii Sports Resort!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:48 McWhertor
9:48
crecente: 
Wii Sports Resort
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:48 crecente
9:48
crecente: 
It's literally a day at teh beach
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:48 crecente
9:48
crecente: 
Three games showing now on stage. It looks like water jet skiing and two others.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:48 crecente
9:48
McWhertor: 
Frisbee?
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:48 McWhertor
9:48
crecente: 
They're gong to play Disc Dog
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:48 crecente
9:49
crecente: 
As Cammie rotates her wrist that movement is being mimmicked in real time, that's what wii motion plus does
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:49 crecente
9:50
crecente: 
The game has her throwing the frisbee out so her dog can get it
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:50 crecente
9:50
crecente: 
The dog runs out and catches it on a good throw.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:50 crecente
9:50
crecente: 
Reggis is showing off jetskiing now
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:50 crecente
9:51
crecente: 
He's using a controller and nunchuk to turn and to rev the egine. It looks like he speeds up by twisting the new remote
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:51 crecente
9:51
McWhertor: 
"it's kinda cute" Reggie says
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:51 McWhertor
9:51
crecente: 
Next up fencing
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:51 crecente
9:51
crecente: 
Oh no they didn't!!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:51 crecente
9:51
crecente: 
Oh, it's more like cutting down blocks of wood with a two handed sword
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:51 crecente
9:52
McWhertor: 
It's like timber sports!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:52 McWhertor
9:52
crecente: 
You can also block
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:52 crecente
9:52
McWhertor: 
The Kiwis will be pleased
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:52 McWhertor
9:52
crecente: 
Now it look slike they're going to fight each other
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:52 crecente
9:52
crecente: 
Split screen shows the view in first person, kinda like wii boxing.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:52 crecente
9:53
crecente: 
Cammie just got knocked into the water. They smacked each other around for a bit first. Looks like a lot of fun. There is parrying and you can hit high or low and from either side.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:53 crecente
9:53
crecente: 
"That's why they call me the Regginator!"
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:53 crecente
9:53
McWhertor: 
"We may have just seen the birth of the Camminator!"
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:53 McWhertor
9:53
crecente: 
Cammie won the second round
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:53 crecente
9:53
McWhertor: 
looks like the sword fighting is pretty accurate, thanks to the MotionPlus add-on
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:53 McWhertor
9:53
crecente: 
Wii Motion Plus represents a much broader opportunity, reggie says
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:53 crecente
9:54
crecente: 
WHen the worlds best game developers have a chance to work with this... they certainly will take you deeper before
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:54 crecente
9:54
crecente: 
The game launches globally next spring
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:54 crecente
9:54
McWhertor: 
so far, we have Animal Crossing: City Folk and WIi Sports Resort... what's next?
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:54 McWhertor
9:54
crecente: 
One more Experience coming this holiday
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:54 crecente
9:54
crecente: 
It's....
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:54 crecente
9:55
crecente: 
They just brought out a balance board
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:55 crecente
9:55
crecente: 
Lights are off

Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:55 crecente
9:55
crecente: 
OH it looks like a rock band esque game
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:55 crecente
9:55
crecente: 
Using only remote and nunchuk
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:55 crecente
9:55
crecente: 
And the balance board for pedal
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:55 crecente
9:56
crecente: 
The guy playing looks like he's just freewheeling it
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:56 crecente
9:56
Leigh Alexander: 
Last contest question! The first person to email Kotakucontest@gmail.com with the answer to the question: What game was announced the Wii Motion Plus attachment? Will win the Mushroom Men oil painting. You must put "Third Question" in the headline and include your information.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:56 Leigh Alexander
9:56
crecente: 
Like doing his own thing and it sounds pretty damn good
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:56 crecente
9:56
crecente: 
It's like a drum sim
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:56 crecente
9:56
crecente: 
Two drum pedals now
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:56 crecente
9:56
McWhertor: 
Wii Music?
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:56 McWhertor
9:56
crecente: 
OH miyamoto is on stage
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:56 crecente
9:56
McWhertor: 
he's working that hi-hat with his left foot
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:56 McWhertor
9:56
crecente: 
He's using something to play a fucking SAX
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:56 crecente
9:56
crecente: 
Seriously
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:56 crecente
9:56
crecente: 
It's a remote
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:56 crecente
9:56
McWhertor: 
There's an upright bass player in the background too
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:56 McWhertor
9:57
crecente: 
He's just touching buttons to play notes
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:57 crecente
9:57
crecente: 
The drum guy is playing still
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:57 crecente
9:57
crecente: 
It looks like it might be called Wii Music
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:57 crecente
9:57
crecente: 
It is called Wii Music
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:57 crecente
9:57
crecente: 
And the songs over
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:57 crecente
9:57
crecente: 
This year I would like to introduce you to Wii Music
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:57 crecente
9:58
McWhertor: 
that sounded disjointed at best
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:58 McWhertor
9:58
crecente: 
"This game is one of the titles we began designing around wii play, wii sports and wii fit. "Miyamoto says
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:58 crecente
9:58
crecente: 
If you want something that everyoen can enjoy.. music is a must
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:58 crecente
9:58
McWhertor: 
cool concept, though....
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:58 McWhertor
9:59
crecente: 
Most music games require you to press buttons with precise timing matching symbols on screen to compete for the strongest performance
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:59 crecente
9:59
crecente: 
We designed wii music to allow everyone... to experience the joy of performing music
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:59 crecente
9:59
crecente: 
There is no need to follow any notes or guides to play along
Tuesday July 15, 2008 9:59 crecente
10:00
crecente: 
All you have to do is hold the wii remote and move your hands and body like you would while plaing a real instrument and the wii dtectes that
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:00 crecente
10:00
crecente: 
I can play guitar, but I can not play the sax at all
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:00 crecente
10:00
crecente: 
I was just holding the wii remote pretending i was playing the sax pressing buttons with timing of my preference
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:00 crecente
10:00
crecente: 
I dont have to worry about playing the wrong note or making a mistake
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:00 crecente
10:00
McWhertor: 
Miyamoto's actually sporting a nice Western shirt embroided with musical notes
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:00 McWhertor
10:00
McWhertor: 
He's so topical!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:00 McWhertor
10:00
crecente: 
This song is from an f zero game
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:00 crecente
10:01
crecente: 
Wii music you can play 50 different instruments
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:01 crecente
10:01
crecente: 
Including the piano, which looks like a 3 year old playing one
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:01 crecente
10:01
crecente: 
The violin
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:01 crecente
10:01
crecente: 
The guitar, you play like a real guitar
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:01 crecente
10:02
crecente: 
There are a variety of percussion instruments, like the traditional japanese drum
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:02 crecente
10:02
McWhertor: 
The drummer is name Robbie Drums? Really?
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:02 McWhertor
10:02
crecente: 
The drums include balance board support
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:02 crecente
10:03
crecente: 
The drum mode includes lessons
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:03 crecente
10:03
McWhertor: 
Wii Music is touted as getting you up to speed on the drums in just a few weeks
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:03 McWhertor
10:03
crecente: 
Two years ago i conducted an orchestra
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:03 crecente
10:03
crecente: 
Many of you said i was pretty bad
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:03 crecente
10:03
crecente: 
We've included both teh orchestra game and some others in this game
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:03 crecente
10:04
crecente: 
Wii music wont evaluate your performance, but it will record videos of your performance
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:04 crecente
10:04
crecente: 
One player can play each part in a song and create their own music video
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:04 crecente
10:04
crecente: 
Up to four players at a time.
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:04 crecente
10:04
McWhertor: 
oh, it's Ravi Drums!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:04 McWhertor
10:05
crecente: 
He's got some folks coming up on stage to play
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:05 crecente
10:05
McWhertor: 
Denis Kaigler and some unnamed Treehouse employees round out the band
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:05 McWhertor
10:05
crecente: 
They're plaing the mario theme together
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:05 crecente
10:05
crecente: 
Kinda funny
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:05 crecente
10:06
crecente: 
Not sure how you select which song to play, I imagine you have to though, because this sounds just like it
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:06 crecente
10:06
crecente: 
They said up to four players, but they actually have five up on stage right now
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:06 crecente
10:06
crecente: 
And the song's over
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:06 crecente
10:07
crecente: 
Reggie and cammie are back
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:07 crecente
10:07
crecente: 
buzzkill
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:07 crecente
10:07
crecente: 
just kidddding
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:07 crecente
10:07
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Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:07 
10:07
[Image]regginatior.jpg  View
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:07 
10:07
McWhertor: 
summing up the announcements
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:07 McWhertor
10:07
crecente: 
They're recapping the announcements
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:07 crecente
10:08
McWhertor: 
Shaun White Snowboarding, Animal Crossing City Folk, Wii MotionPlus and Wii Music
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:08 McWhertor
10:08
crecente: 
Shaun White snowboarding, Animal Crossing, Wii Fit Resort, Wii Music
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:08 crecente
10:08
crecente: 
dupe
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:08 crecente
10:08
crecente: 
Nintendo simply brings more smiles to more faces
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:08 crecente
10:08
McWhertor: 
Hope we'd get a look at GTA Chinatown Wars
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:08 McWhertor
10:08
crecente: 
No one seems to clap at these things anymore
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:08 crecente
10:08
McWhertor: 
Reggie's using the F word
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:08 McWhertor
10:08
McWhertor: 
"Fad"
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:08 McWhertor
10:09
McWhertor: 
"The next challenge is to disrupt your own thinking" Reggie says
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:09 McWhertor
10:09
McWhertor: 
I'm hoping that Reggie ends with a Final Fantasy XIII announcement
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:09 McWhertor
10:10
McWhertor: 
but it sounds like that's it
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:10 McWhertor
10:10
crecente: 
Thats a wrap
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:10 crecente
10:10
Leigh Alexander: 
they want to destroy the psychological barrier AND disrupt our own thinking?
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:10 Leigh Alexander
10:10
crecente: 
Remember Sony presser is coming up very soon
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:10 crecente
10:10
McWhertor: 
Pretty low key, but I predicted that Reggie eating a sandwich on stage would have the same impact on sales
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:10 McWhertor
10:11
McWhertor: 
I guess Animal Crossing City Folk was the "hardcore" announcement?
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:11 McWhertor
10:12
McWhertor: 
We're outta here! Off to see Sony!
Tuesday July 15, 2008 10:12 McWhertor
10:12



 
 
 
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