Nintendo of America Media Summit = Mario - May 23, Metroid - June 27

Man, this has had a lot of sweet info so far. The only thing I can think of to make this even better is if they announce a 2D metroid game like Super Metroid will be hitting the DS or WiiWare, or I guess that they are going to release a lot of the awesome VC games we are still wanting.
 
June 27th is the release date for Metroid Other M, the press will see a private demo later today.
 
I wonder if DQ9 will be hitting NA soon then, since they said at the start that they were only going to talk about first half 2010 games....
 
[quote name='ChibiJosh']So, is the press conference over now? Nothing said about fall or winter releases?[/QUOTE]

It was primarily for the first half of 2010.
E3 will be for the second half and so forth.
 
I put together a summary from the IGN/Go Nintendo live blogs:

Nintendo's Media Summit 2010 Summary:
- DSi XL launches March 28 for $189.99
- 100 Classic Book Collection being localized to NA, $19.99, June 27 (I saw that date on one of the live blogs)
- Super Mario Galaxy 2 due out May 23
- Sin and Punishment: Star Successor arrives June 7
- FlingSmash due out on Wii this summer
- Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver hits retail March 14
- Picross 3D (DS) comes out May 3
- WarioWare D.I.Y. available March 28. Some sort of WiiWare thing comes out as well that interacts with DS game.
- Art Style: Light Trax and Art Style: Rotozoa coming to WiiWare
- Super Meat Boy (Summer), And Yet It Moves (Summer), Cave Story (March 22), Max and the Magic Marker (March 8), Mega Man 10 (March 1), Rage of the Gladiator (Spring). All WiiWare.
- Metal Torrent (Spring), X-Scape (Spring), Photo Dojo announced. All DSiWare.
- Ghostwire: Link to the Paranormal (DS) comes out this October
- Prince of Persia Game will have Prince of Persia SNES Classic, exclusive to Wii.
- Disney Guilty Party announced, due out second half.
- Monster Hunter Tri will be bundled with the new Classic Controller Pro. Due out April 20.
- Demo discs will be sent to gamestop, will include 2 quests.
- Free online play for Monster Hunter Tri (dust off your Wii Speak!!!)
- NOA will publish Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies
- New Club Nintendo rewards coming: Mario Posters, Game and Watch Collection 2, and Grill-Off with Ultra Hand WiiWare game.
- Metroid: Other M launches June 27.
- That’s it!

Lots of dates and a lot of stuff to look forward to! Hopefully Zelda Wii for Holiday 2010 is a shoe-in!
 
[quote name='ChibiJosh']So, is the press conference over now? Nothing said about fall or winter releases?[/QUOTE]

They said in the beginning that this conference will focus on the first half of 2010. The second half will be covered at e3.
 
Nintendo released the PR for the event:
http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=115383
Nintendo Announces Launch Dates for Nintendo DSi XL, Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Metroid: Other M

REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Nintendo of America issued a surge of new information today about what consumers can expect from the company in the coming months. Let’s get right to it:

* The new Nintendo DSi XL™ hand-held system launches March 28 at a suggested retail price of $189.99. The screens of the Nintendo DSi XL are 93 percent larger than those of the Nintendo DS™ Lite model, providing a more vivid and engaging play experience. The screens of the Nintendo DSi XL also feature a wider viewing angle, letting friends and family members join the fun. The new system launches in both Burgundy and Bronze colors, and comes loaded with pre-installed premium software Brain Age™ Express: Arts & Letters, Brain Age Express: Math and Photo Clock, as well as two free applications: the Nintendo DSi Browser and Flipnote Studio™. Nintendo DSi XL will also come with a larger pen-like stylus that allows for a more comfortable grip and enhanced ease of use when playing games that use the Nintendo DS touch screen. America’s Test Kitchen: Let’s Get Cooking and WarioWare™: D.I.Y. will also launch for the Nintendo DS family of products on March 28, providing consumers with new content that can be enjoyed on any Nintendo DS system. Games like these demonstrate the enhanced experience available with the Nintendo DSi XL.

* Super Mario Galaxy™ 2, the sequel to the smash-hit galaxy-hopping original game, launches May 23 for the Wii™ console. The game includes the amazing gravity-defying, physics-based exploration from the first game, but is loaded with entirely new galaxies and features to challenge and delight players. On some stages, Mario™ can pair up with his dinosaur buddy Yoshi™ and use his tongue to grab items and spit them back at enemies. Players can also have fun with new items such as a drill that lets our hero tunnel through solid rock.

* Metroid™: Other M, the incredible new Metroid game developed for Wii through a collaboration by Nintendo and the world-renowned Team Ninja, launches June 27. The game looks at the classic franchise from a new perspective: While much of the game is reminiscent of 2-D side-scrollers, players can switch the perspective into 3-D at any time as they explore the twisting passages of a derelict space station and delve deep into a cinematic, never-before-told story of bounty hunter Samus Aran’s past. This new approach uses a new control scheme in which players use the Wii Remote™ controller held sideways to battle enemies and navigate the expansive, gorgeous environments in classic Metroid fashion, then aim at the screen with the Wii Remote pointer to blast foes in first-person and hunt the world for clues and hidden passages.

* In a unique partnership with Square-Enix, Nintendo of America will publish Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies in the Americas when the game arrives in summer 2010. Dragon Quest IX has sold more than 4.15 million copies in the Japanese market. Nintendo and Square-Enix will now work together to bring this title to the Nintendo DS consumer base in the Americas.

* Capcom’s Monster Hunter® Tri, an epic action game for Wii, launches in the United States on April 20. The game lets players customize their character, armor and weapons in order to protect a town from majestic monsters as that town rebuilds following a devastating earthquake. Online play will be available for all players with broadband Internet access at no additional cost. Online text chat is fully functional and online voice chat is enabled using the Wii Speak™ microphone, which is sold separately. At a suggested retail price of $59.99, limited quantities of Monster Hunter Tri will include the new Black Classic Controller Pro™, while both Black and White versions of the controller will be available separately at a suggested retail price of $19.99. The game will also be available without a controller at a suggested retail price of $49.99.
* Sin and Punishment: Star Successor, the breakthrough shooter game for Wii from legendary developer Treasure, will launch across North America on June 7. The game features nonstop action with two playable characters and international online leaderboards to track high scores. Using the Wii Remote pointer functionality, the game offers unprecedented precision in the shooter genre.

* FlingSmash™ for Wii will test players’ Wii Remote skills as they bounce a ball-like hero through countless side-scrolling stages, combining the precision of racket sports with the unpredictable fun of pinball. Playable only with the Wii MotionPlus™ accessory, the game will launch this summer.

* Picross 3D is poised to become a puzzle game phenomenon when it launches for the Nintendo DS family of products on May 3. In Picross 3D, players start with a cube and smash away smaller blocks to reveal an object, shape or symbol. Delivering more than 350 unique puzzles and more made available for download on a regular basis after launch via the Nintendo® Wi-Fi Connection service (broadband Internet access required), the game takes the mind-bending fun of Picross into the next dimension.

* 100 Classic Books transforms the Nintendo DS family of products into a library of timeless literature when it launches on June 14 at a suggested retail price of $19.99, highlighted by 100 works from authors such as William Shakespeare, Jules Verne, Jane Austen, Mark Twain and more. Readers can adjust the size of text, place bookmarks and even download new content via the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service (broadband Internet connection required).

* Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands™ from Ubisoft will launch May 18 on both the Wii and Nintendo DS platforms. Boasting amazing graphics with fantastic action and puzzle-solving game play, the Wii version will be the first in franchise history to feature a two-player cooperative experience. As an added bonus, the Wii version of the game will exclusively include the 1992 Super NES™ version of the original Prince of Persia game.

* Disney Guilty Party is the official title of the highly anticipated first collaboration between Disney Interactive Studios and its recently acquired studio, Wideload Games. The fun and hilarious mystery party game is set for release in the second half of 2010, exclusively for Wii.

* Majesco’s Nintendo DSi exclusive Ghostwire: Link to the Paranormal uses incredible augmented reality technology through the Nintendo DSi Camera. Launching this October, the game lets players become a ghost hunter as they interact with the paranormal.Nintendo also announced a variety of games available to download directly to the Wii console from the Wii Shop Channel via the WiiWare™ service, and directly to the Nintendo DS via the DSi Shop and DSiWare™ services.

For WiiWare:

* Launching on March 1, Capcom’s Mega Man™ 10 builds upon the huge impact of Mega Man 9, a completely new adventure rendered in classic 8-bit style. This new game looks and sounds as awesomely retro as its predecessor.

* Launching on March 8, Max & the Magic Marker from Press Play turns the Wii Remote into an orange magic marker that’s literally magic. Players draw lines and objects to help Max reach objects and his ultimate goal.

* The long-awaited indie cult classic Cave Story comes to WiiWare with new game play, artwork and music enhancements on March 22. It’s classic gaming reborn for 2010.

* Launching on March 29, WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase is a standalone product exclusive to the WiiWare service and available only from the Wii Shop Channel. The game contains more than 70 new microgames and features interoperability with the WarioWare: D.I.Y. game for the Nintendo DS family of products. Players that own both games can transfer content between the two via a local wireless connection, and can even play user-created microgames on their television using WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase.

* As the techno music pulses, Nintendo’s Art Style™: light trax™ puts players in charge of a white beam of light as it engages in a surreal race against other beams across a dark track. Players must keep away from obstacles, use items and look for power boosts if they want to finish first. Art Style: light trax launches this spring.

* Swim and spin through the primordial ooze in Nintendo’s Art Style: Rotozoa™ as you absorb tiny organisms that match the colors of your tentacles. As you absorb more organisms, your tentacles grow. The challenge increases as additional tentacles are gained, but power-ups can help you survive and thrive. Art Style: Rotozoa launches this spring.

* Launching this spring, Rage of the Gladiator from Ghostfire Games is an intense fighting game that asks players to perfect their well-timed moves against an array of opponents. The game is compatible with the Wii MotionPlus accessory.

* Launching this spring, And Yet It Moves from Broken Rules requires players to rotate the world to help their line-drawn protagonist progress. Walls become floors and floors become ceilings in this surreal twist on the platformer genre.

* Launching this summer, Independent Games Festival Seumas McNally Grand Prize Finalist Super Meat Boy from Team Meat sets a cube of meat off on an adventure to save Princess Bandage. This off-the-wall game is not for the faint of heart.

For Nintendo DSiWare:

* Nintendo’s Photo Dojo™ is poised to be the cult hit of 2010 when it launches this spring. The game first asks players to pose for 13 pictures and input 10 sound effects. Once that’s done, the player becomes the main character in a hilarious side-scrolling fighting game. Create up to eight characters and do battle alone or against a friend on a single Nintendo DSi or Nintendo DSi XL system.

* Launching this spring, Nintendo’s Metal Torrent™ delivers a frantic barrage of gunfire that fills the screen. Players try to convert opponents’ bullets into cubes that, when collected, increase their score and fill an energy meter that powers special weapons. Online Leaderboards record scores and movies of top games.

* Launching this spring, X-Scape™ from Nintendo immerses players in an exploratory adventure involving more than 20 planets. Players will pilot their tank through 3-D tunnels, fire at enemies and even battle ancient weapons that resemble giant robots.

“Nintendo finished 2009 with a bang, and we’re continuing our momentum into 2010,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “With Nintendo DSi XL, Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Metroid: Other M coming in the first six months of the year, we’re making sure all our fans have great game content to enjoy year-round.”

Remember that Wii and Nintendo DSi feature parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about this and other features, visit www.Nintendo.com.

About Nintendo: The worldwide pioneer in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Wii™, Nintendo DS™ and Nintendo DSi™ systems. Since 1983, when it launched the Nintendo Entertainment System™, Nintendo has sold more than 3.3 billion video games and more than 558 million hardware units globally, including the current-generation Wii, Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi, as well as the Game Boy™, Game Boy Advance, Super NES™, Nintendo 64™ and Nintendo GameCube™ systems. It has also created industry icons that have become well-known, household names such as Mario™, Donkey Kong™, Metroid™, Zelda™ and Pokémon™. A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo’s operations in the Western Hemisphere. For more information about Nintendo, visit the company’s Web site at www.Nintendo.com.

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After seeing the picture in this story, I felt obligated to create this photoshop:
cammieu.jpg
 
[quote name='KingBroly']Anyone think that the biggest piece of news here is Dragon Quest being published by Nintendo?[/QUOTE]

Not at all. To me, it is clearly Galaxy 2 being 3 months away. Not in my wildest dreams would I have thought it was going to be released before the holidays.
 
[quote name='KingBroly']Anyone think that the biggest piece of news here is Dragon Quest being published by Nintendo?[/QUOTE]

It is not THE biggest, but it is one of the bigger pieces of news.

The biggest is two of three major franchises 1 month apart from eachother... starting in 3 months!
 
Think about it. I thouhgt for sure that E3 2010 Nintendo Press Confrence was gonna be loaded with Galaxy 2 and Other M. Since E3 is June 15-17. Galaxy 2 will be out and Other M less than 2 weeks away. So the only thing that we can be sure to see now is Zelda. After that, anything is possible. Anyone thinking old IP's coming home to the Wii? Star Fox, Kirby, F-Zero? Nintendo has made my day.
 
[quote name='Corvin']Announce at least one of these sequels and I'll be happy:

F-Zero
Kid Icarus
Starfox
[/QUOTE]

It's funny. I was just talking to my friend the other day and I was wondering why we haven't seen an F-Zero for the Wii or DS yet? Kid Icarus was supposed to get a sequel, but who knows now? As far as Starfox, correct me if I'm wrong, but I heard that the DS version didn't do so well. Maybe that's why? I'd LOVE to see Starfox or especially the unreleased Starfox 2 up on the Virtual Console. Think about it? Nintendo took the opportunity to release imports on the VC, why not unreleased games that were finished like Starfox 2 and Earthbound Zero(although I don't know why it's called that considering that Earthbound didn't come out until 1995. I remember from the NWC program that it was supposed to come out here as Mother). But, I'm surprised that NO ONE mentioned the one BIG gap in all of this sequel madness.....WHERE IS SUPER SMASH BROTHERS DS? You'd think with how popular it is and the internet play that this would be made already!

[quote name='Cao Cao']

March 14th - Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver
March 28th - DSi XL
May 18th - Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
May 23rd - Super Mario Galaxy 2
June 7th - Sin and Punishment 2: Star Successor
June 27th - Metroid: Other M
October - Ghostwire (Majesco)
Spring - Photo Dojo
Summer - Dragon Quest IX
[/QUOTE]

Cool thing about Pokemon HG/SS is that it's the ultimate birthday gift for me(mine is the day after). For sentimental reasons, Gold and Silver are my two favorite Pokemon games and it's nice that the day before my birthday, it's getting released stateside. I imported the Japanese versions and I was blown away. I'm looking forward to booting them up again and have Pokemon fever all over again!

Nintendo needs to stop releasing all these new hardware revisions. As it is, the DSi has only been in the US for nearly a year and already they are pushing it aside? Nintendo needs to learn from Sega's mistakes about having too much hardware at one time(DS Lite, DSi, DSi XL/LL, Wii, GBA)

It's cool to see that people are starting to put old versions of games on the new ones for Wii. That's the main reason I got Staff of Kings: to play Fate of Atlantis on the Wii. I hope this will continue.

Super Mario Galaxy 2, Sin and Punishment 2 AND Metroid: Other M within a month from each other? My brain might EXPLODE from all the excitement! Okay...maybe not, but I swear, Nintendo sure knows how to bankrupt a person. My summer is officially booked now....

It's also nice to see Ghostwire finally getting a release. Playing it in real life with the DSi camera to find ghosts? Spooky. But, even spookier when you live in a basement apartment like me.

Photo Dojo is fun. I know people with a Japanese DSi and the game is awesome! Nice to see it get a stateside release. IGN has a BIG feature on it. I forget the Japanese name for it, but Google is your friend...


[quote name='KingBroly']Anyone think that the biggest piece of news here is Dragon Quest being published by Nintendo?[/QUOTE]

Big news? Definitely. Surprising? No. Remember that Nintendo released the first four Dragon Warriors for the NES. But, big news? That depends. I generally don't care too much for the RPG's like this. I play them, but I don't usually get excited over it. So, big news for me, like I stated earlier is the fact that release dates were given for SMG2, Metroid: OM, and SAP2 and that they are all going to be released in the same 30 day span. It's to each his own.
 
-Wow, could this mean Zelda in late 2010?
-DS market looks crowded with the XL: about $200 in Canada, with the $180 DSi and $140 DSL.
-Amazing that Metroid and Galaxy 2 are so close to being released, when all we really had was an E3 announcement last year.
-Monster Hunter bonuses look sweet (points card and demo).
 
Har. Way to release Mario, Sin and Punishment, and Metroid when I'm gonna be stuck in the ass-end of an Albertan clearcut for three months.

If I get eaten by a bear while I'm out there, I'm-a be pissed.
 
[quote name='flameofdoom666']It is not THE biggest, but it is one of the bigger pieces of news.[/QUOTE]
Yeah. There's a lot of big news to go around. I have to wonder, though: will the regular DQ localization team be on DQIX? I really like the work they do.

(Personally, I'm most excited about DQIX, and Cave Story finally coming out on WiiWare next month.)
 
[quote name='soonersfan60']Does the black Wii have the same specs as the white Wii? If so, then Nintendo really missed a golden opportunity to make some incremental improvements (e.g., more internal memory) and get a boost in sales as some die hard people upgrade.[/QUOTE]
Black Wii is bigger? Search the forums here, it's been thought of.
[quote name='flameofdoom666']Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Metroid Other M will have a lot of details- and Zelda will not even be mentioned. Watch.[/QUOTE]
Winner.
 
Am I the only one who has a problem with these releases? This has been Nintendo's problem for the past 10 years and it seems like they refuse to learn. They need to stop blowing their load all at once. Why are they going to release the 2 biggest Wii games of the year a month apart? Sure, everyone's excited now. But you know what, come July, most people will only have one or none of those two games. And then the rest of the year is going to be relatively quiet until the rumored Zelda comes out.... whenever. [/$.02]
 
[quote name='Chronis']Am I the only one who has a problem with these releases? This has been Nintendo's problem for the past 10 years and it seems like they refuse to learn. They need to stop blowing their load all at once. Why are they going to release the 2 biggest Wii games of the year a month apart? Sure, everyone's excited now. But you know what, come July, most people will only have one or none of those two games. And then the rest of the year is going to be relatively quiet until the rumored Zelda comes out.... whenever. [/$.02][/QUOTE]

Yes, you are. As long as I have Super Mario Galaxy 2, I am VERY happy. :drool:
 
[quote name='Chronis']Am I the only one who has a problem with these releases? This has been Nintendo's problem for the past 10 years and it seems like they refuse to learn. They need to stop blowing their load all at once. Why are they going to release the 2 biggest Wii games of the year a month apart? Sure, everyone's excited now. But you know what, come July, most people will only have one or none of those two games. And then the rest of the year is going to be relatively quiet until the rumored Zelda comes out.... whenever. [/$.02][/QUOTE]

So they should hold completed games for better times to release them... like Capcom? That is ridiculous. Release them, when they are ready.
 
Christ, people complain when Nintendo doesn't release anything. They complain when they release them within a month. People complain there are no good Wii exclusives. When there is one, all you hear is "Why can't this be on 360/PS3?"
 
Ah, for all my complaining about how I won't be around when all these games drop, it's probably for the best. Give 'em a chance to drop in pri-

...

Yeah, nevermind.
 
[quote name='icedrake523']Christ, people complain when Nintendo doesn't release anything. They complain when they release them within a month. People complain there are no good Wii exclusives. When there is one, all you hear is "Why can't this be on 360/PS3?"[/QUOTE]

Pretty much.
 
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