E3: Nintendo Press Event Recap

This year Nintendo didn’t reveal much new, and what was revealed was rather sparse on details (except Wii Fit). Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aime, Satoru Iwata and Shigeru Miyamoto were all speaking at the event, although the first half hour drowned in sales data, demographics, and similar boring stuff.

New game announcements: Mario Kart Wii was the most important game announcement at the event, it will be out in Q1 2008, and will feature online multiplayer and will include a steering wheel. Nintendo also revealed several other Wii games that will support online multiplayer, including Medal of Honor Airborne and FIFA 08.

New hardware: Wii Zapper was revealed, looked a lot better than the one showed at last year’s E3. The Zapper will launch later this year at $19.95, including a game (not including the Wiimote and Nun-chuck, of course).

The other hardware announcement was Wii Fit, a fitness game with a board players stand on (called Wii Balance Board) to perform exercises. Wii Fit certainly has the potential to attract even more non-gamers to the Wii. More details here.

Release dates: Two of the most anticipated games got release dates; Smash Bros. Brawl on December 3rd and Super Mario Galaxy on November 12th.