Today, Sony announced the a newer slimmer PSP. The improvements of the PSP include:
*33 percent lighter
*19 percent slimmer
*sped up game load times
*improved battery life.
*video output capability
Archive for July 11th, 2007
New PSP
Wednesday, July 11th, 2007Today, Sony announced the a newer slimmer PSP. The improvements of the PSP include:
*33 percent lighter
*19 percent slimmer
*sped up game load times
*improved battery life.
*video output capability
Wii Zapper
Wednesday, July 11th, 2007
Not a lot of new information about it, nor any information about it’s real name. Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, SEGA’s Ghost Squad and Medal of Honor will make use of the Wii Zapper.
New Super Mario Galaxy Screens
Wednesday, July 11th, 2007
Super Mario Galaxy And Other Dates
Wednesday, July 11th, 2007Super Mario Galaxy launches November 12. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption launches August 27. Mario Strikers Charged launches July 30. Donkey Kong Barrel Blast launches October 8. Battalion Wars 2 launches October 29. Endless Ocean launches October 29. Fire Emblem launches November 5.
Wii Fit
Wednesday, July 11th, 2007Nintendo is Keeping it casual, as they did with Wii Sports, With a fitness focussed game called Wii Fit.
WiiFit was shown by Nintendo at their E3 press conference today along with, a bundled peripheral, a pressure-sensitive Wii Balance Board that senses whare your feet are placed and how much weight is being applied. One thing i would like to note is this as a higher level of functionality when it comes to input. Unlike a tough screen, like on the Nintendo DS, This pad read Multiple points. In addition to that it reads how much weight is applied to each of these points.
I do think this idea is really cool. But I do know of some problem that will come up, I will explain them at another time.
Fact Sheet:
KEY INFORMATION
The hit combination of Wii Sports™ and the Wii Remote™ brought golf swings and tennis serves into people’s homes. Now Nintendo turns the living room into a fitness center for the whole family with Wii Fit and the Wii Balance Board. Family members will have fun getting a “core” workout, and talking about and comparing their results and progress on a new channel on the Wii Menu.* Lean to block soccer balls, swivel hips to power hoop twirls or balance to hold the perfect yoga pose. As users stand on the Wii Balance Board, included with Wii Fit, their body’s overall balance is tied to the game in a way they’ve never experienced before.
* Wii Fit also uses the Wii Balance Board for daily tests. These evaluate two key measures that a household can track via progress charts:
o Body Mass Index (BMI): A weight evaluation based on a ratio of weight to height.
o Wii Fit Age: The Wii Fit Age is measured by factoring the user’s BMI reading, testing the user’s center of gravity and conducting quick balance tests.
* Wii Fit includes more than 40 types of training activities designed to appeal to all members of a household. Training falls into four fitness categories:
o Aerobic Exercise: 10-minute exercises that are designed to get the heart pumping.
o Muscle Conditioning: Controlled motions using arms, legs and other body parts.
o Yoga Poses: Classic poses that focus on balance and stretching.
o Balance Games: Fun activities, such as ski jumping and heading soccer balls, that challenge the player’s overall body balance.
Mario Kart Wii
Wednesday, July 11th, 2007
Today at Nintendo’s Press Conference, A Mario Kart for the Wii has been announced. They did not announce it’s name, but personally I think they will go with something like Mario Kart Wiilay.
They did however announce that the game will be Wi-Fi. and they also gave information on a Wii Wheel which is a steering wheel housing for the Wii Remote. Personally I think Wiill Sound like a cool name.
Nintendo Talks Nintendo DS
Wednesday, July 11th, 2007NINTENDO DS WINS HEARTS AND MINDS WHILE EXERCISING BRAINS – AND EYES
Nintendo DS Juggernaut Hits Hard with Games for Everyone
SANTA MONICA, Calif., July 11, 2007 – Nintendo demonstrated how the world’s best-selling video game system continues to fulfill its amazing promise today at the E3 Media & Business Summit in Santa Monica, Calif. As of March 31, 2007, Nintendo DS™ has sold more than 40 million units worldwide while introducing new experiences like interacting with puppies, training brains and even cooking. Nintendo DS remains the system of portable creativity as it builds on the expanded audience of women and older gamers with the new Brain Age™ 2: More Training in Minutes a Day, brings new control schemes to classic franchises like The Legend of Zelda® and introduces a fun new experience involving your eyes that definitely deserves a look.
Flash Focus™: Vision Training in Minutes a Day is designed to help users sharpen their “Focus Power” with a series of fun tests of hand-eye coordination, eye agility, reaction time and peripheral vision. Top-rated athletes have long used computerized vision trainers to help them take better aim before they swing at the ball. Now Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day puts this same technology into the palm of your hands. The title launches on Oct 15.
“Titles like Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day are helping Nintendo dramatically increase the population of people who play video games,” says Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime. “We continue to push the boundaries of creativity for these new audiences, even as we blur the lines between core and casual gamers.”
Other upcoming Nintendo DS offerings include:
The Legend of Zelda®: Phantom Hourglass: For the first time, players can control the action using only the Nintendo DS stylus. If you’ve never played a Zelda game, you’ll learn the controls in a snap. And even if you are familiar with the franchise, you’ve never played a Zelda game like this before. On Oct. 1, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass launches hero Link on a wild new adventure and sets a new standard for graphics capabilities and game interaction on DS. In Japan, the game launched in late June and is selling well to both avid and casual gamers, including female players.
Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day: The prefrontal cortices of gamers of all types will light up once they hear of the new ways to keep their brains active. On Aug. 20, Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day builds on the huge success of the original title while introducing more than a dozen new brain-stimulating activities that incorporate music, word and logic puzzles and voice recognition.
More to Come: Other Nintendo games launching this year for DS include: Picross DS™ (July 30), DK™ Jungle Climber (Sept. 10), Chibi-Robo™: Park Patrol (Oct. 2), Mario Party® DS (Nov. 19), Nintendo Magic (Nov. 26) (name not final), Professor Layton and the Curious Village™ (Dec. 3) and Nintendo® Crossword (name not final).
Third-Party Support: Third-party publishers continue to shift their resources behind Nintendo systems, with more than 140 titles on the way. EA has developed a stylized MySims; Ubisoft seeks to expand language abilities with My Word Coach, My French Coach and My Spanish Coach; Activision launches Call of Duty (name not final); Sega spins out Sonic Rush Adventure; and the Force is with LucasArts and its new LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga. For more DS news, visit www.NintendoDS.com.
The worldwide innovator in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Wii™, Nintendo DS™, Game Boy® Advance and Nintendo GameCube™ systems. Since 1983, Nintendo has sold nearly 2.4 billion video games and more than 409 million hardware units globally, and has created industry icons like 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.
Nintendo Press Room
Brawl Dated for North America
Wednesday, July 11th, 2007
Nintendo’s Press Conference today revealed Super Smash Brother Brawl Will be released on December 3, 2007.
EA and Steven Spielberg Reveal Some Information on Video Game Project
Wednesday, July 11th, 2007Some information about Steven Spielberg projects has just been officially released.
Electronic Arts Inc. today revealed the first details surrounding two of the three new original intellectual properties in development at EA Los Angeles (EALA) in collaboration with Academy Award winning director and producer, Steven Spielberg.
“I am a gamer myself and game development has always intrigued me,” said Steven Spielberg. “Now I’ve been able to jump in and do it, enjoying the creative collaboration with the EALA team on our first two games and I feel we have two incredibly unique projects in development.”
“Steven’s vision as both a storyteller and a gamemaker makes partnering with him an incredible experience,” noted General Manager Neil Young. “Together we’re making games that are unique and that we feel will each move the medium in their own way.”
As an exclusive for the Wii from Nintendo, the first of the two projects will allow for players of all ages to compete in over a hundred challenging, action-packed interactive games that take blocks to a new level of creativity and fun for single player, co-op, and versus gameplay. Additionally, use the Wii remote to build your own fun games and structures or turn the same Wii remote into a destructive tool to bring them crashing down.
The second, and more ambitious project in development, is a contemporary action-packed adventure that puts you in the leading role of an emotional journey where your actions tell the tale. Set against the backdrop of an epic story, the game focuses on a touching and ever-changing relationship between you and a mysterious female character who holds the key to many futures. The game is in development for PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360™ videogame and entertainment system from Microsoft, and PC. No ship timeframe has been disclosed.
“Through our partnership we are delivering games that are not only engaging and compelling with interactivity, but we hope can also move people emotionally,” noted Young.
“I am truly enjoying the creative collaboration and we hope that gamers will be as excited as we are about what we can bring to the medium through our shared vision,” added Spielberg.
Press Release
