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Nintendo E3 for Families
Los Angeles, CA (June 2, in the year of our Lord 2009) - Family Friendly Gaming is live in Los Angeles at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). This event is the SuperBowl for the video game industry. Plenty of bombs get dropped, and Nintendo was first among our fantastic friends to bring Family Friendly Gaming into the fold.
A summary of Nintendo’s major announcements:
Wii™
- Wii MotionPlus™: Nintendo’s Wii MotionPlus accessory offers motion-controlled precision when combined with specially designed games. When connected to the Wii Remote™ controller, it delivers on Nintendo’s promise to provide even more immersive physical reality in its games. The device senses subtle motion and can locate where and how players hold the Wii Remote controller in 3-D space. It pushes active gaming to new levels of immersion and a new standard of control. Wii MotionPlus will complement a host of third-party games launching in the next few weeks.
- Wii Sports Resort™: Nintendo showcased the versatility of the Wii MotionPlus accessory in demos of some of the activities included in Wii Sports Resort, an immersive, expansive active-play game. Wii Sports Resort includes a dozen fun resort-themed activities that maintain the wide-ranging appeal that attracted millions to the original Wii Sports. Wii Sports Resort is easy to pick up and play, but comes coupled with deeper levels of play that are sure to challenge even the most experienced gamers with precise controls. The Wii MotionPlus accessory will help players come much closer to the physical reality of engaging in the actual sports. The Wii MotionPlus accessory launches June 8 at a suggested retail price of $19.99, and comes bundled with Wii Sports Resort on July 26 at a suggested retail price of $49.99.
- Wii Fit™
Plus:
Wii
Fit™ attracted millions of new players to the world of
video games, and now Wii Fit Plus offers a range of
new features and enhancements, along with exercises and
balance games designed to keep workouts fun. Players will
find an additional dimension to the Wii Fit
experience as they easily set their own customized daily
workout routines or choose 20-, 30- or 40-minute workouts
based on how much time they have available. Users will also
be able to choose from specialized workout routines that
help players strive toward specific objectives, like toning
tummies, tightening arms or even reducing stress. Workouts
combine the original Wii Fit activities and
selections from 15 new balance games and six new strength
training and yoga activities. Wii Fit Plus will
come packed with the Wii Balance Board™ accessory, and also
will be sold separately as software for people who already
have a Wii Balance Board at home. Both will be available in
fall 2009.
- New Super Mario Bros.
Wii™:
Developers at Nintendo have dreamed of creating a simultaneous multiplayer Super Mario Bros. game for decades. The Wii console finally makes that dream come true for everyone this holiday season. Now players can navigate the side-scrolling worlds alone as before or invite up to three others to join them at the same time on the same level at any point in the game for competitive and cooperative multiplayer fun in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. With the multiplayer mode, the newest installment of the most popular video game franchise is designed to bring yet another type of family entertainment into living rooms and engage groups of friends in fast-paced Super Mario Bros. fun.
- Super Mario Galaxy™
2:
This upcoming adventure for the Wii console marks the first time a second 3-D Mario game has arrived in the same console generation. In the game, Mario rides his trusty dinosaur companion, Yoshi™, to new stars and the fantastic worlds found there. This 3-D platforming adventure provides longtime video game fans with a fresh round of out-of-this-world challenges in the style introduced in the critically acclaimed original. The game is planned for 2010.
- Wii Vitality Sensor:
Nintendo’s
newest groundbreaking product, the Wii Vitality Sensor,
expands the appeal of video games. It will initially sense
the user’s pulse and a number of other signals being
transmitted by their bodies, and will then provide
information to the users about the body’s inner world.
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