To get you psyched for tomorrow's keynote speech from Nintendo, 1up has posted some early pictures and video footage from all over the show floor. Perhaps the venue isn't quite as grand as E3, but it doesn't seem as though any company is taking this event lightly. Remember, though, that no Wii games will be publicly playable...only behind closed doors to special invitees. Le sigh. Anyway, there are plenty of pretty shiny things after the jump, so enjoy the eye-candy.
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8-22-2006 @ 6:33PM
Josh said...
Sweet! I can't wait! I'll be up at 4:15 AM tomorrow for the keynote speech, so you better be blogging about it at that time!
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8-22-2006 @ 7:19PM
friedgreenmushrooms said...
@Josh: Heh...my name is Josh too!
I wasn't gonna sleep til 5 anyway, and that was before I knew about this. I like.
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8-22-2006 @ 11:06PM
Josh said...
Hahaha, yeah. This is going to be great. I think I'll get in a few hours before 4:15 AM, though. Too bad for us that the Germans are so far into the future. Hahaha.
But I hope that the English gaming sites will be updating with the news coming out of this keynote!
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8-22-2006 @ 11:28PM
vidGuy said...
IGN's doing a writeup ASAP. I'll be getting up at 6 local time to see what went down.
http://wii.ign.com/articles/727/727276p1.html
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8-23-2006 @ 2:14AM
Duscrom said...
If the Wii is the greatest thing in the world.. the future of games, and a system where playing is believeing... Why the hell are they being so secretive?
Hmm, hand picked media... Probabbly to ensure that nothing but positive press is stated.
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8-23-2006 @ 4:40AM
Probot said...
Duscrom,
First, it's Nintendo. They're always secretive. Would you prefer they put their foot in their mouths whenever they give any information like Sony?
Second, the invite-only showing makes a lot of sense. If you recall, there were ungodly-long lines to try the Wii games at E3. Leipzig is 5 times bigger. (They're expecting 300,000 people this year.) Considering how unorganized Nintendo's booth was at E3, I'm sure most people will be glad to play the games in a more comfortable setting.
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8-23-2006 @ 5:50AM
Joe said...
That was the biggest waste ever, or at least the most misleading conference title ever. Unless Nintendo plans to do the unlikely, by pulling an Apple and releasing the Wii the same day as this conference September 14th, I'm very annoyed.
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