So...Nintendo Conference 'tonight'

[SilverPaw750]

Leipzig Games Convention...Nintendo Conference tonight at 4:30 AM EST.

Rumor has it that they'll announce launch/price information for the Wii.

I'll be checking the computer before I go to school in the morning.

[Littlefields]

I don't think they'll tell us. Never do... Let's just hope we get the price we want, for us CAGs.

[Dr Mario Kart]

Unless the European launch doesnt lag significantly behind, it would kind of be awkward to go to a big convention IN EUROPE to give everyone disappointment by announcing EVERYONES launch.

[Ikohn4ever]

i hear they will announce mario strikers and battalion wars for the Wii

[Vinny]

I just want to know the price of the system, the package, and how much the games will cost. That'll satisfy me. But knowing them, they'll keep us waiting... and thinking.

[Z-Saber]

I doubt there will be anything big discussed in this conference, but I'll tag the topic anyway.

[Reality's Fringe]

They need to announce that Earthbound collection so I can have faith in humanity again.

[GrimNecroWizard]

Could someone please be my best friend and PM me with the information if you have extra time, if not that's cool Or keep this topic bumped tomorrow. I'm always rushed and don't wanna spend extra time searching the forums for something...>_>

[botticus]

i hear they will announce mario strikers and battalion wars for the Wii
I had heard rumors of Mario Strikers, but not Battalion Wars.

[Bazz]

I never even heard of this convention I find it kind of rare if they say big news like date and price their. I would think TGS would tell all.

[evilmax17]

I never even heard of this convention I find it kind of rare if they say big news like date and price their. I would think TGS would tell all.
I'm pretty sure that they aren't speaking at TGS.

[botticus]

I'm pretty sure that they aren't speaking at TGS.
Leaving this as the only "major" convention before November. Hence the likelihood of some good info.

[Ikohn4ever]

I had heard rumors of Mario Strikers, but not Battalion Wars.


well here is what i heard

*RUMOR* Mario Strikers 2 and Battalion Wars 2 Announced Tomorrow?
August 22nd, 2006

According to a Nordic website, Nintendo will announce the sequels to Battalion Wars and Super Mario Strikers tomorrow at LGC. Both games will be for the Wii. Thanks to Martijn for the tip!

I think both these titles would be awesome with the Wii’s innovative controller. We’ve heard quite a few rumors about a Strikers sequel, but this Battalion Wars rumor hasn’t come up in a while. We’ll know tomorrow if this one is true!

http://gonintendo.com/?p=4837

[Bazz]

I'm not crazy about either of those games. Maybe they will have an update on Super Smash Brothers. Also hopefully they will say what will be packaged in the box of the Wii.

[Dr Mario Kart]

Needs more than 7 seconds of CG for the next Fire Emblem. Seems Intelligent Systems is completely tied up between that and Super Paper Mario.

[tayaf69]

http://games.ign.com/index/gc/2006/index.html

IGN is updating their wii page to have constant updates. They don't mention anything about a possible price announcement, but I sure hope Nintendo reveals everything and not Super Mario Strikers.

[Strell]

I am still calling for a CAGchat of sorts if anyone is awake.

Feel free to message me on AIM (Zeiganfreid) when the time comes.

[botticus]

Well, I'll be up at 6 EST as usual if anyone is still up recovering from astounding announcements.

[SilverPaw750]

Leaving this as the only "major" convention before November. Hence the likelihood of some good info.
Exactly. It'd be stupid if they just announced it in a press release on some random day.

And didn't they say the European/North American/Japanese launches would be very close?

[Kaijufan]

I hope we get a lot of new info. I've been dying from the lack of info.
I wont be up that early, but I'll be sure to check a computer as soon as I get to school.

[Foolman]

Here is the lowdown.

At least 1 new title confirmed to be shown (says IGN) and up to 5 titles are rumored to be shown.

Pricing and release info would make sense, because this is the last real event before the fall season that Nintendo is attending. Plus, Iwata said the price announcement would come by September, and there aren't that many days left. A leaked UK GAME manager email states that countdown clocks for Wii launch were installed on stores last week and are to be activated next week. Also, at a Gamestop meeting last week, managers were told to get ready to take Wii pre-orders this week or the next.

Most of the stuff are rumors, but it will only be about 6 more hours til we know what is and what is not. ;)

[Michaellvortega]

Don't quote me on this but I have a friend at Nintendo(not joking) that says the GS/EB/GC will take pre-orders sometime after Wed. I hope he/she wasn't pulling my chain.

[Scorch]

Don't quote me on this but I have a friend at Nintendo(not joking) that says the GS/EB/GC will take pre-orders sometime after Wed. I hope he/she wasn't pulling my chain.

They are. EB/GS/GC will not take preorders until a final price/date is set and there's set-in-stone numbers on how many consoles each store will get.

[Dr Mario Kart]

There are a lot of days that are sometime after Wednesday.

[CrimsonPaw]

My question to the nay-sayers is then why is their tagline "Wii keep our promise"? What promise would they be keeping other than the price announcement? The said they weren't going to release the info at E3, in fact Reggie said (and I quote) "As for date and price, we believe it's in our interest to keep the details secret for just a while longer."

I'm thinking and hoping that the info will be revealed tomorrow.

[Michaellvortega]

There are a lot of days that are sometime after Wednesday.

But it's better some day after weds then "No game stores will take reserves, you will have to get in line launch morning" Im just happy he/she didn't say that was the plan. Because that's what it was starting to look like. Nintendo and Sony were going to make people wait in "HYPE LINES" to create holiday buzz.

[whoknows]

If I'm awake when it happens I wouldnt mind doing a chat thing with any other people awake.

I hope to God there is a price announcement, I really really want to know.

[Michaellvortega]

If I'm awake when it happens I wouldnt mind doing a chat thing with any other people awake.

I hope to God there is a price announcement, I really really want to know.


Will there be cookies and juice for this get together?

[Strell]

Does this man look like he's joking?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/Einzell/image-1.jpg

Remember, after every sentence Reggie utters, there is an understood bitch or bitches.

Wii will keep our promise, bitches.

[whoknows]

Will there be cookies and juice for this get together?
Of course there will...as long as you provide :-P

[Ikohn4ever]

it wil be a nice surprise in the morning

[I AM WILLIAM H. MACY]

Does this man look like he's joking?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/Einzell/image-1.jpg

Remember, after every sentence Reggie utters, there is an understood bitch or bitches.

Wii will keep our promise, bitches.
When he walks down the street the song "Smack My Bitch Up" plays, just to warn people that he's NOT FUCKING AROUND.

[chodax]

wait so is there a chatroom up? if not join chatroom called cag. ill just be chilling in there.

[elwood731]

Super Mario Strikers makes a lot of sense to be announced, considering this is Europe and all where they'd be announcing it.

I'm still expecting a formal announcement of a Mario Artist type title, akin to a mix of the composing demo from E3 and Mario Paint for the SNES. Just makes sense with the Wii and I think has been rumored, but never officially announced.

[gambitmachete]

Only 4 more hours :D

[SithFran]

Would anyone call me if it's good news?

[Vinny]

Super Mario Strikers makes a lot of sense to be announced, considering this is Europe and all where they'd be announcing it.

I'm still expecting a formal announcement of a Mario Artist type title, akin to a mix of the composing demo from E3 and Mario Paint for the SNES. Just makes sense with the Wii and I think has been rumored, but never officially announced.

I wonder how one would play Strikers with the Wiimote...:-k

[whoknows]

I wonder how one would play Strikers with the Wiimote...:-k
Ducktape+Wiimote+Foot

[elwood731]

I wonder how one would play Strikers with the Wiimote...:-k
Move with the analog stick and then use the Wiimote to kick? Hold down a button to pass rather than kick? Or maybe just the force of your swing determines if it's a kick vs. pass.

[dothog]

Keeping my eyes here...

http://wii.ign.com/articles/727/727276p1.html

If anybody knows of streaming video or live blogs, do share.

The closer we get to this thing, the bigger feeling I get that Nintendo's just going to announce 5 games and maybe pull out another wiimote pony trick (e.g. 'thwip' of the arrows from the speaker). After all, Iwata did say that they'd announce price and date before late September--that gives Nintendo another full month to piss about. We'll see in a few hours, I guess.

[Dr Mario Kart]

One of my RSS feeds just dropped this (http://gc2006.thq.de/?p=live/feed) and this (http://livecam.leipziger-messe.de/gc/) on me. Hall 5 for the second one.

These require investigation

[Strell]

This better be good, Nintendo. I'll have you know I'm turning off We <3 Katamari for this.

Are we going to CAGchat it up somewhere?

[Foolman]

Chodax put up a chat on AIM called Cag.

Close to conference time.

[Genocidal]

Longest 30 minutes ever.

[Strell]

Send invites.

Zeiganfreid

[slvrdrgn123]

Dang, can't seem to join from Trillian. Gotta use AIM. ><

[MusicNoteLess]

invite me?

musicnoteless

[dothog]

http://www.gwn.com/news/story.php/id/10155/

These guys are already starting in with the live text. IGN is the only other one I know of. Anybody have any info on any live video feeds?

[doctorfaustus]

roboslimer

invite?

[MusicNoteLess]

someone get me back in please

[dothog]

So while I stare blankly at the screen and wait for this mofo to start up, I've been reading the posts/news at the sites that provide the news feed.

I'm getting the feeling that these folks are taking for granted that the conference will not contain launch info. Was I ignoring this sentiment before now, or is this something that's just cropped up in the past 16 hours?

[easy_g]

eurogamer.net has by far the best feed. Auto updates about every minute

[dothog]

eurogamer.net has by far the best feed. Auto updates about every minute

Word. Linkage.

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=66864

[tbizzy1o1]

invite please-

GooDollPunk

[Demolition Man]

Someone invite me...

demomanTNA

[Genocidal]

You don't appear to be online. Blocking all who aren't on your buddy list perhaps?

Worked that time.

[MusicNoteLess]

After that meeting, all I learned was this:

Wangmote = Strell

Goodnight.

[Foolman]

No price or date. September 14th I guess.

[Genocidal]

Looks like September 14th it is?

[Demolition Man]

You don't appear to be online. Blocking all who aren't on your buddy list perhaps?

No I forgot that I didn't have AIM installed on the box at the moment......

And I still want to know what became of the Yangmote? ;)

[dothog]

Well, don't I feel like an ass for staying up past my bedtime.

Nintendo doesn't even have the decency to toss me some bullshit throwaway "innovation" like slapping a pissant speaker on a remote. They give me a sequel I saw a mile away and an RTS I never really cared for. Hope the Germans got something out of it.

[Strell]

Well they gave Ze Germans a war game. Ho ho ho.

I think the only thing this event taught me is that I need to boycott IGN. Forever.

[Demolition Man]

Hope the Germans got something out of it.

They got to see some nice tits. :drool: :drool: :drool:

[Dr Mario Kart]

So to recap, for those of you tuning in during the morning:

-Pink DSL for Europe in Late October.
-Mario Strikers Wii
-Batallion Wars Wii
-Tits

Thats all.

[botticus]

Looks like September 14th it is?
So what's the significance of September 14?

Disappointing conference, but I guess we shouldn't have expected much. Cause I'm sure whatshisface Nintendo Germany guy was going to have the honor of releasing the price and date over anyone from NoJ or NoA.

[elwood731]

I read the transcript over at Eurogamer and what was the deal with Mini Super Mario World that is part of Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2? The text was confused and didn't make a lot of sense, other than this might be a minigame in MvDK2.

[evilmax17]

How incredibly disappointing.

[Autumn Star]

Seriously, that is disapointing.
Damn you, Nintendo!

[tayaf69]

So how are companies supposed to start taking preorders next week (which I guess was just a rumor) if Nintendo is too stupid to give the release date. They are obviously hiding the fact that they don't know anything yet or they would have said. This is not good marketing at all, since now they are annoying the fanboys that care about the system.

It's scary to see Mario Strikers and to see the exact same graphics. As much as I've been looking forward to the Wii, it is coming clear that this system is nothing more than a Gamecube with a motion-sensing controller that can play older games. They claimed it was more powerful than all of the current-gen systems, but I see nothing that looks remotely like an Xbox game.

[mykevermin]

Y'know, I hope the way some of you follow Nintendo isn't reflective of how you all handle relationships. Some of yinz are pussywhipped by Reggie and co!

(though I agree with the general sentiment that sez "give us a price and launch availability, since I plan on being an early adopter and wanna preorder ASAP!")

[SpottedNigel]

Wii comes out before x-mas.
It will cost less than $250.
Games will be $50 and under.
There will be many quality games at launch.

Instead of going apeshit over the lack of news you think you deserve, put some $$$ in a seperate savings account, and just wait until something is released.

Its kind of annoying that someone is bringing out a fun, new feeling console and everyone bitches about the info that does NOT matter yet.

[BlaqRenaissance]

More from GoNintendo

Red Steel - LGC trailer IGN (http://media.wii.ign.com/media/821/821973/vids_1.html)
Mario Strikers Charged - LGC trailer Jeux-France (http://www.jeux-france.com/downloads6386_video-mario-strickers-charged.html)

[Wlogan31]

I just hope Mr. Iwata didn't just discover Antarctica...

[PigeonSt]

Very anticlimatic press conference. I wonder when they'll announce considering they don't go to TGS last I checked and haven't had a spaceworld since '01.

[CrimsonPaw]

To be honest, I think we did it to ourselves; I know I did. I expected the release date info and got all worked up to find I was wrong. Oh well, the info will eventually come out, until then enjoy the new Wii info.

[Ikohn4ever]

i woke up early for that!

[furyk]

Thanks Nintendo for wasting our time... again. Is there anywhere else that they could annouce it or are we having an MTV special in the states?

[-Never4ever-]

Wii comes out before x-mas.
It will cost less than $250.
Games will be $50 and under.
There will be many quality games at launch.

Instead of going apeshit over the lack of news you think you deserve, put some $$$ in a seperate savings account, and just wait until something is released.

Its kind of annoying that someone is bringing out a fun, new feeling console and everyone bitches about the info that does NOT matter yet.

Very true.

Am I pissed that the GD conferenece was basically horseshit? Yes, yes I am. Am I mad at Nintendo for not yet releasing a date or pricepoint? Not really. Truth is; I'm sure even Nintendo doesn't know the price or date -- I'm willing to bet that the issue has been argued back and forth a billion times since E3. All I say is don't worry about it, we'll have a date and price soon enough.

[elwood731]

Very true.

Am I pissed that the GD conferenece was basically horseshit? Yes, yes I am. Am I mad at Nintendo for not yet releasing a date or pricepoint? Not really. Truth is; I'm sure even Nintendo doesn't know the price or date -- I'm willing to bet that the issue has been argued back and forth a billion times since E3. All I say is don't worry about it, we'll have a date and price soon enough.
Knowing Nintendo, the price and launch depend a great deal upon what Sony and MS do. I'm sure their prices (whether MS cuts theirs), and when they launch (when Gears of War was launching) mattered a great deal to how Nintendo planned their launch.

I also imagine that since they're meeting with the media, they are probably figuring out when they can get the cover of Time or Newsweek. Stuff like that is set months in advance sometimes (assuming no big story pushes it off the cover or into a little box).

[dothog]

Its kind of annoying that someone is bringing out a fun, new feeling console and everyone bitches about the info that does NOT matter yet.
There's not much bitching, just a lot of disappointment. If people are excited about the console and curious about the launch info, what is that to you to get annoyed about?

There've been other negative nancies trolling about Wii forum topics with speculation/rumors at their core. The trolls will chime in with post about rationality and what Nintendo "owes" the public. The nancies will then take it upon themselves to discuss this behavior though no one in the forum is curious about anything other than Nintendo speculation/rumors or the discussion thereof.

My feeling is that those nancies go find posts/forums they find less annoying and take their discussions (which only they find interesting) elsewhere. I find whining over the PS3 release annoying--therefore, I don't read posts with titles like "OMFG 600 LLOLOS :P".

If people speculating about the Wii annoys you, then piss off: given the nature of Nintendo's release of information, there are a lot of people creating speculation threads that you should stay out of. If the rumors and speculation make you want to discuss the irrationality of gamers when it comes to rumors/speculation on console launches, take it to Off-Topic, start up a thread, and revel in the glory of having started a meaningful discussion.

In short, 1. if you don't like rumors/speculation, don't open a thread that clearly contains rumors/speculation and 2. STFU or take it elsewhere.

[Broccoli Storm]

Where are the tits...?

I remember recently someone posted a mock-up design for a Wii game using the feet where the Wii-mote was strapped on to your shoe. Anyone expect this for Strikers? Just kidding...

[dothog]

Where are the tits...?
The live feed at Eurogamer made a big deal about the nipples on the lass who was modeling the Pink DS Lite. The feed indicated that she had two (2) nipples. We're expecting more on this come 14 Sept.

[SpottedNigel]

There's not much bitching, just a lot of disappointment. If people are excited about the console and curious about the launch info, what is that to you to get annoyed about?

There've been other negative nancies trolling about Wii forum topics with speculation/rumors at their core. The trolls will chime in with post about rationality and what Nintendo "owes" the public. The nancies will then take it upon themselves to discuss this behavior though no one in the forum is curious about anything other than Nintendo speculation/rumors or the discussion thereof.

My feeling is that those nancies go find posts/forums they find less annoying and take their discussions (which only they find interesting) elsewhere. I find whining over the PS3 release annoying--therefore, I don't read posts with titles like "OMFG 600 LLOLOS :P".

If people speculating about the Wii annoys you, then piss off: given the nature of Nintendo's release of information, there are a lot of people creating speculation threads that you should stay out of. If the rumors and speculation make you want to discuss the irrationality of gamers when it comes to rumors/speculation on console launches, take it to Off-Topic, start up a thread, and revel in the glory of having started a meaningful discussion.

In short, 1. if you don't like rumors/speculation, don't open a thread that clearly contains rumors/speculation and 2. STFU or take it elsewhere.


Awww, somebodys balls dropped today. Good for you!

This wasnt a thread for rumors or speculation, it was a thread for the Wii appearance at the convention. I came to read about peoples feelings on the new BWii, or the new strikers game. Reading that people where pissed at the ideas they made in thier own head, that gets kind of annoying.

BTW, responding to posts like mine above (A rant. I'll give you that) with another rant is just stupid (especially since I'll have a return rant....damn vicious cycle).

[furyk]

This wasnt a thread for rumors or speculation, it was a thread for the Wii appearance at the convention. I came to read about peoples feelings on the new BWii, or the new strikers game. Reading that people where pissed at the ideas they made in thier own head, that gets kind of annoying.

I think you're missing the point. Nintendo had some idea of what journalists and fanboys alike thought this was going to be. Nintendo knows that we can read a calender and furthermore, they can see how much the gaming community is anticipating their new system. At this point, they are totally dicking with us, and I think we have every right to be pissed. Take a look at their bogus press release that had the Wii date hidden in it, and the various fake release dates that we keep hearing.

Simply put, the Wii release date and price completely overshadowed any and everything that Nintendo could have done with this conference the way Sony's price announcement overshadowed everything they did at E3. The lack of an announcement is incredibly disappointing especially when the two new announcements were expected and sequels to games no one will buy a Wii over.

[dothog]

Awww, somebodys balls dropped today. Good for you!

This wasnt a thread for rumors or speculation, it was a thread for the Wii appearance at the convention. I came to read about peoples feelings on the new BWii, or the new strikers game. Reading that people where pissed at the ideas they made in thier own head, that gets kind of annoying.

BTW, responding to posts like mine above (A rant. I'll give you that) with another rant is just stupid (especially since I'll have a return rant....damn vicious cycle).
Mine wasn't a rant. It was telling you the nature of things and where you could take your rants (off-topic). If you see that a thread is predominately speculations and rumors, don't pretend like a mislabeled thread title gives you license to act surprised and annoying by speculations and rumores.

I've generally made it a habit to ignore posts in your style, but I thought I'd contribute just that once. I thought maybe you'd go to off-topic and post something, but I see that you'd prefer to troll here.

And my balls have been down for sometime now, resting comfortably in the faces of inarticulate trolls who don't know when to STFU.

[Broccoli Storm]

So...besides Nintendo being a disappointment, etc. is anyone else excited for Strikers? It's probably become my favorite GCN party game of late and by improving some aspects of the gameplay, adding new features, AND making it have online play, I'm really looking forward to this. Yeah, I wanted to know the release info too, but this was a nice surprise.

[SpottedNigel]

Mine wasn't a rant. It was telling you the nature of things and where you could take your rants (off-topic). If you see that a thread is predominately speculations and rumors, don't pretend like a mislabeled thread title gives you license to act surprised and annoying by speculations and rumores.

I've generally made it a habit to ignore posts in your style, but I thought I'd contribute just that once. I thought maybe you'd go to off-topic and post something, but I see that you'd prefer to troll here.

And my balls have been down for sometime now, resting comfortably in the faces of inarticulate trolls who don't know when to STFU.

Shut the fuck up.

It's really easy to type. Try it some time.

[botticus]

So...besides Nintendo being a disappointment, etc. is anyone else excited for Strikers? It's probably become my favorite GCN party game of late and by improving some aspects of the gameplay, adding new features, AND making it have online play, I'm really looking forward to this. Yeah, I wanted to know the release info too, but this was a nice surprise.
I'm interested in both that and Battalion Wars. Hopefully we get some idea of the release schedule for those soon.

[SpottedNigel]

I think you're missing the point. Nintendo had some idea of what journalists and fanboys alike thought this was going to be. Nintendo knows that we can read a calender and furthermore, they can see how much the gaming community is anticipating their new system. At this point, they are totally dicking with us, and I think we have every right to be pissed. Take a look at their bogus press release that had the Wii date hidden in it, and the various fake release dates that we keep hearing.

Simply put, the Wii release date and price completely overshadowed any and everything that Nintendo could have done with this conference the way Sony's price announcement overshadowed everything they did at E3. The lack of an announcement is incredibly disappointing especially when the two new announcements were expected and sequels to games no one will buy a Wii over.
They arnt dicking around with anybody. They most likely have some sort of promotinal calander of when they want info released. As someone earlier in the thread said, they probably have major magazine articles being written to coincide with the date/price reveal.

They are not catering to the "whims" of the frothing built in fan-base, but to the (hopefully) large group of new consumers.

[elwood731]

I'm interested in both that and Battalion Wars. Hopefully we get some idea of the release schedule for those soon.
After seeing Strikers, I would not be surprised at all to see it near launch, or early '07.

EDIT: By that, I mean, that it doesn't look like they're changing TOO much other than some new models, Wiimote control, and WiFi. It looks more like a yearly sports update of a game than a true sequel.

[David85]

Talk about a let down. Damn Nintendo, can you just come out and tell us the shit!!!

Battalion Wars looks cool and there will be multiplayer so that's great, ut I think it's too soon for a sequel. It will most likely come out sometime in 2007, but I think they should wait until at least the end of 2008. Come out with the franchises but also NEW GAMES! It's a new system and Nintendo just shows two sequels. Very uncreative and disappointing.

[Michaellvortega]

meh, Kind of a let down by the lack of info but Nintendo seems to think everyone wants to steal stuff from them :roll: Im sure we will get info soon enough.

Edit: by the way if you have XBLive download Texas hold em, it's free to people who download it within the first 48 hours of today. LETS PLAY!

[Strell]

meh, Kind of a let down by the lack of info but Nintendo seems to think everyone wants to steal stuff from them :roll: Im sure we will get info soon enough.


I know, it's not like that has...happened to them or anything in the past. The fools!

[elwood731]

I know, it's not like that has...happened to them or anything in the past. The fools!
Yeah, it's not like any companies have copied their top secret controller that they hid for that very reason, or like another company is working on something to copy it.

[Tybee]

Ahem...

Still waiting for tits.

[SilverPaw750]

Damn what a dissappointment.

[Genocidal]

So what's the significance of September 14?http://media.gwn.com/news/gc2006/1.jpg

Looks like some sort of super secret press event where they all get to play with their Wiis behind closed doors.

[Michaellvortega]

Are you guys talking about the Sony Tilt control? Oh PLEASE! That's like me making a kick ass fresh home made pizza and Strell makes a pizza flavored hot pocket. No way is the hot pocket(tilt control) as good as my pizza(Wii control) If Sony cant copy Xbox Live right there is no way in hell the can copy the Wiimote right. Nintendo is the only one that can make the motion sensing genre work period, if they can't do it no one can.

One small gripe,At this piont I don't see the sense in Nintendo holding the cards so close to themselves,IMO the hype machine(for the non-gaming informed) needs to start ASAP or Sony and MS will really own the market this holiday.

[Scobie]

Since when were Battallion Wars, Super Mario Strikers and a new DS Lite color worthy of a press conference?

Thumbs down, Nintendo... thumbs *down*.

[botticus]

Since when were Battallion Wars, Super Mario Strikers and a new DS Lite color worthy of a press conference?

Thumbs down, Nintendo... thumbs *down*.
Well, it was Germany... so it was worthy there.

I'm pretty sure the internet did all the hype for this one, not Nintendo.

[RelentlessRolento]

Well, it was Germany... so it was worthy there.

I'm pretty sure the internet did all the hype for this one, not Nintendo.


hasnt nintendo always stated they were genna stay mum for a while until september? I can't see why people go overly excited for this convention. The best is always saved for GDC, E3, and TGS.

[botticus]

hasnt nintendo always stated they were genna stay mum for a while until september? I can't see why people go overly excited for this convention. The best is always saved for GDC, E3, and TGS.
The reason is they won't be at TGS. So this was the last convention type thing they would be able to talk at before November. And I believe they said by September they would say something. But that could have meant August, beginning of September, end of September.

[furyk]

hasnt nintendo always stated they were genna stay mum for a while until september? I can't see why people go overly excited for this convention. The best is always saved for GDC, E3, and TGS.

They said they'd reveal everything "no later then September" not in September.

GDC is in March so that's not an option and as far as TGS goes, well: http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2006/07/24/nintendo-not-speaking-at-tokyo-game-show/

Most people thought that Nintendo's key note was the last chance for a very public event that they personally didn't throw together. Seeing that invitations to an event in September started popping up after this debacle, it's pretty much assumed that we're getting the date and price then and there (though I wouldn't be surprised to see the console delayed until 07 the way Nintendo's kept it under wraps).

[Michaellvortega]

The better not delay it into 07, I want to play LOZ in 16:9 NOW!

[RelentlessRolento]

They said they'd reveal everything "no later then September" not in September.

GDC is in March so that's not an option and as far as TGS goes, well: http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2006/07/24/nintendo-not-speaking-at-tokyo-game-show/

Most people thought that Nintendo's key note was the last chance for a very public event that they personally didn't throw together. Seeing that invitations to an event in September started popping up after this debacle, it's pretty much assumed that we're getting the date and price then and there (though I wouldn't be surprised to see the console delayed until 07 the way Nintendo's kept it under wraps).


i never said they say somethingat E3, TGS, or GDC. I was just pointing out that leipzbig ro whatever its called never had any valid right for huge announcements. people have been just too hungry for news, so that' the most likely reason why everyone was expecting all the news in germany.

i also though nintendo said september was when they would say soemthing, not later than september (which translates to almos the same exact thing when you divulge the grammar).

[Scobie]

Well, it was Germany... so it was worthy there.

I'm pretty sure the internet did all the hype for this one, not Nintendo.

Which means we fell right into their trap *again*... oh, where's Admiral Ackbar when you need him?

[dothog]

where's Admiral Ackbar when you need him?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6e/AckbarStanding.jpg
My colleague here has informed me that it is, in fact, a trap. So plan for that, if possible. Maybe leave a few hours early, keep an eye out for traffic. You know, better safe than sorry and all that. 'kay, I'm done. Peace.

[Tybee]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6e/AckbarStanding.jpg


Okay, if you squint, those KINDA look like tits. But still holding out for the real thing...Can someone deliver?

[Technique]

Okay, if you squint, those KINDA look like tits. But still holding out for the real thing...Can someone deliver?
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/5194/eck027tz.gif