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Shaun White comes out and demos Shaun White Snowboarding, along with the
Wii Fit balance board.
Satoru Iwata approaches the stage and begins to give a speech about how
the industry has changed, and how Nintendo has managed to adapt.
Animal Crossing City Folk is shown. Announces additional area called The City,
where players can shop, ship items, etc.
(Animal Crossing: City Folk will allow full voice chat for all friends currently in your city)
WiiSpeak is announced to allow voice chat during gameplay, and will indeed work
with Animal Crossing.
(WiiSpeak, initially announced for Animal Crossing,
will most likely work on other titles as well)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars is shown for the Nintendo Wii, with several actors jumping speedily around the living room wielding their wii motes as lightsabers.
(Star Wars: The Clone Wars)
Rayman Raving Rabbits and Call of Duty World at War is
shown, which showcases the ability to use the wii zapper to fire your weapon.
Spore Creatures is announced for the Nintendo DS, which
allows you to share your creatures amongst your friends.
Grand Theft Auto:
Wii MotionPlus is shown, which is a peripheral that attaches to the bottom of
the Wii Mote. This helps calculate your wrist movements more accurately.
(Wii MotionPlus will attach to the bottom of the current Wiimote,
and will provide more accurate responses on-screen)
WiiSports Resort is announced, which will have MotionPlus
included in the package. Jet Ski, Fetch with your Dog, and Sword Dueling are
all demoed live. Launches globally next spring.
Wii Music is announced. Shigeru Miyamoto approaches the stage using the
Wii Mote to play the onscreen saxophone. Someone is also using a combination of
the Wii Fit board and Wii Mote to play the drums in the background. The balance
board is used to push the drum pedals while the Wii Mote strikes the symbols. A
large group of people then come out, select their instrument, and continue to
play the Super Mario Brothers theme song.
(Wii Music)
10:00
Conference Concludes
