

WII SPORTS MUSIC WRITER UPDATE
Update 9:43 a.m.: Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of sales and marketing, just said that this fall, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars will debut exclusively on Nintendo DS.
WII SPORTS MUSIC WRITER SOFTWARE
And that the success of its software titles is only growing. He says Nintendo expects that when video game research firm NPD releases its June sales numbers on Thursday that the Wii will move into first place as the best-selling next-generation console in North America, surpassing the Xbox 360.įils-Aime also said that the Wii has the fastest-selling set of game titles in console history. Update 9:32 a.m.: Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime is on stage now talking about the success of the Wii. The game will feature live auctions where players can buy or sell items, and write letters to other players, attaching pictures, that can be sent to mobile devices or other computers.

Update 9:22 a.m.: A video is running showing Animal Crossing: City Folk, a new version of Nintendo's hit game that will run on the Wii and feature WiiSpeak, a speaker system allowing multiple players to communicate live while they play.Īnimal Crossing: City Folk will also feature some Sims-like abilities: Letting players create their own worlds in a sort of pervasive-type system. Stay tuned to this live blog for regular updates as the press conference evolves. No one really knows what the Wii maker is going to announce, but there are those who think that whatever it will be could become the talk of E3. And in a couple of hours it will be Sony.įor now, there are hundreds, if not a thousand or more, sitting in the Kodak Theater in Hollywood for the Nintendo press conference. Here at E3, the video game industry's official Big Time Conference, there's a lot of sitting around, filling seats while executives get ready to come out on stage and tell us what lies ahead for their companies.Īnd this morning, it's Nintendo's turn to keep us in anticipation. Among the images it is showing on the screen while everyone waits is this one, which demonstrates the widespread appeal of the Wii, including to senior citizens, not your normal gamers.

At the famous Kodak Theater in Hollywood, Nintendo is getting ready for its E3 press conference.
