Nintendo Media Summit - day one presentation

It wasn’t clear what could/couldn’t be live blogged, but I hear that IGN went right from the get-go. We weren’t actually told what we could live-blog until three quarters into the presentation…making it kind of hard to live-blog! On top of that, the rest of the presentation was embargoed until later! Here is everything I can show you for now.

wii fit
- answer for core gamers looking for a unique talent
- tie between expanded audience and core
- tracks data up to one year long
- see weight gain from week to week
- logs time that you are doing other activities as well
- yoga gives real-time feedback for balance via meter and instructor
- whistle signifies starting/stopping for pushups
- tutorials for exercises

Mario Kart
- fueled by both gamers

WiiWares
- a chance for new voices
- try something different

mario super sluggers
- june in japan
- also coming to NA
- pull back to pitch, wati until rings algn for perfect pitch
- -twist wiimote for spin on pitch
- shake to run, shake to throw
- hit a as you run to dive and field the ball
- hammer bros in game
- a and b for special pitch
- baby luigi
- bunting possible
- special hits
- wario in game
- shyguy in game
- birdo

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time
- greatly improved graphics
- treasure town is base of operations: item shops, banks
- wake up on the beach with no recollection of why you are there
- join wiggilytuff guild at the beginning of the game
- criminal outlaw board
- 490 pokemon at disposal
- thugs try to steal partner’s goods at the beginning of the game
- epic, moving storyline
- personality test returns
- 16 available to be at start, cannot change
- random generated dungeons – everything different
- special attack – hold L hit A
- turn based, but appears to be real time
- beat pokemon down, and they may join your team
- ranged attacks
- must get pokemon out of dungeon safely to have them join your team
- 4 moves at any given time
- link moves together to use all at once and it only counts for one turn
- rescue requests via WFC
- register email account to receive notifications of rescue requests
- 50 to 60 questions, but you are asked a specific set
- explorer guide comes with original pokemon manga