E3 2008 Nintendo Press Conference

Ten minutes into the conference.

Shaun White's Snowboarding announced using the Wii Fit Balance Board. Available "at year's end."

Nintendo President - Satoru Iwata - addresses the audience. Expands on how Nintendo's innovation has expanded the gaming industry. Reiterates that Nintendo is destroying the psychological barriers between gamers and non-gamers.

Animal Crossing: City Folk announced for the Wii. Including a city landscape where you can visit an auction, a "happy room academy," visit a fashion designer, a beauty salon, and a post office to write letters and send pictures to the Wii message board. WiiSpeak addition, which is pretty much a microphone attachment to the Wii sensor where you can speak with friends on other Wii consoles. Your town and world can then be shared with other Wii users in an integrative community.

Reggie Fils-Aime takes the stage! Announces $5 billion in revenue in the US alone. DS sales nearing 100 million systems. Three new games to announce.

Star Wars the Clone Wars. Based on the new film to be released this August. Using the Wii remote and Nunchuk as lightsabers.

Rayman Raving Rabbits TV Party. What a title. It looks to utilize the Wii remote Nunchuk and Wii Fit balancing board.

Call of Duty: World at War. Using the Wii blaster attachment and a co-op mode.

All of which should be available this Fall.

Increased growth in female gamers for the DS.

Guitar Hero: On Tour Decades announced for the DS. Players can song share the different versions of the game between DS users.

Spore Creatures coming to the DS. You create your own creature in this title. You can also share your creature with your DS friends.

Pokeman Rangers Shadows of Almia coming November, 10 2008.

Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars coming to DS this Winter. Set in Liberty City.

DS integration with airports to scroll information about the surrounding area.

DS at the ball park!

DS in the kitchen. An electronic cookbook coming to the DS in November.

Transforming to a portable device to a "natural companion."

Wii remote attachment. Wii Motion Plus. This will make the Wii remote more responsive to ever slight movement.

Wii Sports Resort will utilize and package with the Wii Motion Plus. Attachment demonstration with playing Frisbee with a dog looks incredible realistic. Reggie shows us jet skies by using the Wii remote and Nunchuk as the two different throttles. Sword dueling. Holding the Wii remote with both hands, the range in motion is reflective in real time. Other activities will reflect a beach-front resort. Launches next Spring.

Wii Music announced. Utilizing the various Wii peripherals to act as musical instruments. Such as the Wii remote, Nunchuk, and balancing board as drums and the Wii remote itself as a saxophone. The Wii seems to play music for you by simply pushing buttons at will. You be able to play 50 different instruments be moving your body and having no skill involved. The different instruments dictate the different motions you must make in order to play the instruments such as holding the Wii remote and Nunchuk far apart and strum the Wii remote to play your very own virtual guitar. You can ever conduct your own orchestra or choir. You can create a music video with various players playing different instruments to create your own song. We saw this in action with a live performance of the Super Mario theme song. They weren't very good. But still very cool.