Tapezilla

Nintendo demonstrated “Wii Music” on stage at E3 by assembling five people to play the Super Mario Bros. theme. Did anything else think this was utterly embarassing shit? I mean, this was worse than anything I’ve seen at any Microsoft press conference. Pretty sure that drummer, “Ravi Drums,” will never work in music again.

Nintendo announced a new version of Wii Sports called “Wii Sports: Resort”

- Uses new “MotionPlus” controller
- Three sports demoed
- Frisbee
- Jet skiing (resembles Wave Race)
- Sword fighting
- “MotionPlus” and “Wii condom” included in every package

At the Nintendo press conference “Animal Crossing: City Folk” was announced by designer Katsuya Eguchi.
- It is not an MMO, but the town persists when the user is not playing, similar to past titles.
- Wii version includes a new “City”–includes a shopping district, beauty salon, post office.
- “WiiSpeak”–microphone lets all players talk simultaneously. Not an individual microphone, but a “party” microphone. Resembles a conference phone extender.
- Coming 2008.