Nintendo E3 Press Conference.

Nintendo kicked off their conference with a video of people smiling and playing the Wii followed by the slogan 'We promise to keep the world smiling'. Well, from the things they've unveiled today show that Nintendo are very serious about keeping that promise.

Here's a quick run-down of the games and new innovations that Nintendo showcased.

Shaun White Snowboarding



Shaun White himself appeared in all his ginger glory! The game is controlled through use of the Wii Balance Board so you have to lean left and right to take turns. Nintendo's Sammie Dunnaway also made a fool of herself by trying it out.

Animal Crossing: City Folk


We all knew it was coming but Nintendo officially unveiled it during their press conference. While the game itself looks like a better looking version of the DS Animal Crossing there's a number of new innovations that takes advantage of the Wii. Firstly, as well as your town, you can also travel to a city where you can take part in auctions, visit the Happy Room Academy (how dare they give my house low points!), get some new fashions at Gracie Grace or get a new hairstyle.

Communication is once again handed through letters. However, you can now attach photos and send them to your PC or post them on the Wii message board. The biggest aspect of the new communication tools, however, is the Wii Speak. This is a whole new piece of hardware that acts as a microphone but the whole room can speak into it and interact with another room of players anywhere in the world. So, basically, people visiting your town can now speak to you instead of using some cumbersome chat interface.

Wii Motion Plus.

Wii Motion Plus is another new piece of hardware that records your exact movements and renders them on the Wii. This means characters on the screen will now follow your exact slight movements instead of during some pre-canned movements based on what direction you moved the Wiimote in.



Taking advantage of this new piece of hardware is a new Wii Sports game known as Wii Sports: Resort. They played with it on stage showing off Frisbee throwing, jet-ski riding and sword fighting (which, because it now follows your exact movements, looks pretty damn awesome).

Also shown was Wii Music. Using the Wiimote and nunchuck you can play up to 50 different instruments such as drums, a saxophone, a piano etc. You can then combine these together and play as band with three other people (which is what they did - to the Mario theme tune!). Although, again, it's cringe worthy I have to admit that it looks damn fun to play around with. Hell, after these announcements I may well go and get myself a Wii!

Wii Music is out in spring 2009.

Other Stuff (Including DS Games)

A few other games unveiled include:

Spore Creatures (you can share your creations on the DS just like you can in the PC version. The stylus is used to create creatures.)
Guitar Hero: On Tour (song sharing between versions)
A new Pokemon game (great...)
Grand Theft Auto: China Town (this was pretty surprising considering the family friendly DS. It takes place in Liberty City with a whole new game engine.)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
Rayman Raving Rabbits: TV Party.
Call of Duty: World at War (Looks pretty good graphics for a Wii game. It uses the Wii Zapper and has a co-op mode)

Last but not least, Sony is next.