So, remember last year's investor's conference from Nintendo? Yeah. Nintendo President Satoru Iwata set us up the bomb, giving us such megatons like the revelation that Sega's Sonic would be in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and news of the Nintendo Channel which includes DS demo downloads. From this conference last year, we got news of Monster Hunter 3 being a Wii-exclusive game, and a bunch of WiiWare game announcements. Are you ready for the megatons? Or are we getting set up for a disappointment? Stay tuned.

October 2nd is when it all happens. I'll be up relaying you all the information from news sources until whenever all the media ends, bringing you the latest information, news, screenshots, and whatever to come out of Nintendo's Fall Press Conference.

NEWS:
Japan:

• Nintendo DSi
  • It's for reals boys
  • larger screens
  • No GBA slot
  • .3 megapixel camera
  • SD memory card slot
  • audio playback, with adjustable pitch and playback
  • Onboard memory
  • Can go to Nintendo DS Shop and download Nintendo DS Ware
  • Pricing structure: Free, 200, 500, 800
  • Free 1000 Points with purchase until March 2010
  • Wii Points renamed Nintendo Points
  • Releases November 1st in Japan for 18900 yen with two different colors
• Storage solution
  • Can save directly to SD Card
  • Easier to move from SD Card to Wii memory and vice versa
  • Launches in Spring 2009
• Rereleasing GameCube games for "Wii de Asobou Selection" line
• Wii Speak Channel
• Sengoku Musou 3 (Samurai Warriors 3) confirmed for Wii
• Next "Tales of" mothership title confirmed for Wii
• Nintendo DS Upcoming Game Reel
  • Self-indulgent Fashion: Girls' Mode / Nintendo / Oct. 23, 2008
  • Know by Walking: Life Rhythm DS / Nintendo / Nov. 1, 2008
  • Kirby Super Star Ultra / Nintendo / Nov. 6, 2008
  • World Food: Talk! DS Food Navi / Nintendo / Dec. 4, 2008
  • Power Pro Pocket 11 / Konami / Dec. 4, 2008
  • Mega Man Star Force 3 Black Ace/Red Joker / Capcom / Nov. 13, 2008
  • Valkyrie Profile: The Accused One / Square Enix / Nov. 1, 2008
  • Chrono Trigger DS / Square Enix / Nov. 20, 2008
  • Chocobo and the Magic Storybook - The Witch and the Girl and the Five Heroes / Square Enix / Dec. 11, 2008
  • Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer DS2 / Sega / Nov. 13, 2008
  • Let's Make a Soccer Team DS: Touch and Direct / Sega / Nov. 27, 2008
  • Phantasy Star Zero / Sega / Dec. 25, 2008
  • Wind of Nostalgeo / Tecmo / Nov. 6, 2008
  • DS Nishimura Kyotarou Suspense Detective Series 2 / Tecmo / Nov. 13, 2008
  • Momotarou Dentetsu 20th Anniversary / Hudson / Dec. 18, 2008
  • Tamagotchi's Sparkling Shop / Namco Bandai / Nov. 27, 2008
  • Tales of Hearts / Namco Bandai / Dec. 11, 2008
  • Harvest Moon: Welcome to the Wind Bazaar! / Marvelous Entertainment / Dec. 18, 2008
  • Avalon Code / Marvelous Entertainment / Nov. 1, 2008
  • Professor Layton and the Last Time Travel / Level-5 / Nov. 27, 2008
  • DS Fortune-Telling Life / Nintendo / 2009
  • Friend Collection / Nintendo / 2009
  • Mario & Luigi RPG3!!! / Nintendo / 2009
  • Made in Me (WarioWare) / Nintendo / 2009
  • Solid Body Picross / Nintendo / 2009
  • Gyakuten Kenji / Capcom / Spring 2009
  • Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time / Square Enix / Jan. 29, 2009
  • Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days / Square Enix / Winter 2008-2009
  • Shining Force Feather / Sega / Spring 2009
  • 7th Dragon / Sega / Spring 2009
  • Infinite Space / Sega / Spring 2009
• Nintendo Wii Upcoming Game Reel
  • Wii Music / Nintendo / Oct. 16, 2008
  • Animal Crossing: City Folk / Nintendo / Nov. 20, 2008
  • The Melancholy of Haruhi / Kadokawa Shoten / Nov. 27, 2008
  • Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes / Capcom / Dec. 11, 2008
  • 428 ~The World Doesn't Change Even So~ / Sega / Dec. 4, 2008
  • Samba de Amigo / Sega / Dec. 11, 2008
  • Let's Tap / Sega / Dec. 2008
  • Cooking Mama World Kitchen / Taito / Dec. 4, 2008
  • Rygar: Muscle Impact / Tecmo / Dec. 2008
  • Guitar Hero: Aerosmith / Activision / Oct. 16, 2008
  • Karaoke Joysound Wii / Hudson / Dec. 18, 2008
  • Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces / Namco Bandai / Oct. 16, 2008
  • Happy Dance Collection / Namco Bandai / Oct. 23, 2008
  • Family Ski: World Ski & Snowboard / Namco Bandai / Nov. 13, 2008
  • Klonoa: Door to Phantomile / Namco Bandai / Dec. 4, 2008
  • Taiko Drum Master Wii / Namco Bandai / Dec. 11, 2008
  • Tenchu 4 / From Software / Oct. 23, 2008
  • Harvest Moon: WakuWaku Animal March / Marvelous Entertainment / Oct. 30, 2008
  • Rune Factory Frontier / Marvelous Entertainment / Nov. 27, 2008
  • Shape Boxing / Rocket Co. / Oct. 30, 2008
  • Wii Sports Resort / Nintendo / Spring 2009
  • Start w/ 100 Conversations! English Conversation / Nintendo / 2009
  • Punch-Out!! / Nintendo / 2009
  • Trace Memory: R, Gateway of Memory / Nintendo / 2009
  • Kensax / Nintendo / 2009
  • Cosmic Walker / Nintendo / 2009
  • Spawn Smasher / Nintendo / 2009
  • Dynamic Slash / Nintendo / 2009
  • Takuto of Magic / Nintendo / 2009
  • Sin & Punishment 2 / Nintendo / 2009
  • Forever Blue 2: Beautiful Ocean /Nintendo / 2009
  • Everyone's the Star on the NHK Red-and-White Quiz Battle / Nintendo / 2009
  • Line Attack Heroes / Nintendo / 2009
  • Castlevania: Judgment / Konami / Winter 2008-2009
  • Dead Rising: Zombie Sacrifice / Capcom / Winter 2008-2009
  • Final Fantasy Cristal Chronicles: Echoes of Time / Square-Enix / Jan. 29, 2009
  • Sonic and the Black Knight / Sega / Spring 2009
  • Fragile: Sayonara Tsuki no Haikyo / Namco Bandai / Winter 2008-2009
  • Arc Rise Fantasia / Marvelous Entertainment / Winter 2008-2009
  • Oboro Muramasa Youtouden / Marvelous / Spring 2009

America:

• DSi has two cameras - may see late 2009 release
• Punch-Out!! Wii - First half 2009 release
• Sin & Punishment 2 - 2009 release
• Personal Trainer Series - Personal Trainer Cooking Nov. 24, Personal Trainer Math, Personal Trainer Walking
• Rhythm Heaven - First half 2009 release
• Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon - March 2009 release
• Mario & Luigi RPG 3 - 2009 release
• Club Nintendo to come to America

Links:
Wired Live-Blog of Live-Blogs
Gemaga Live-Blog

Screenshots:
Wii:
Wii Music




Guitar Hero Aerosmith




The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya




Tatsunoko vs. Capcom Cross Generation of Heroes




Dead Rising: Zombie Sacrifice




Monster Hunter 3 tri




Castlevania Judgment




Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time


428 ~The World Doesn't Change Even So~




Samba de Amigo




Sonic and the Black Knight




Let's Tap




Cooking Mama World Kitchen




Naruto Shippuden: Gekitou Ninja Taisen EX3




Rygar: Muscle Impact




Karaoke Joysound Wii




Fragile ~Sayonara Tsuki no Haikyo~




Klonoa: Door to Phantomile




Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces




Taiko no Tatsujin Wii




Happy Dance Collection




Family Ski: World Ski & Snowboard




Tenchu 4




Arc Rise Fantasia




Muramasa: The Demon Blade




Harvest Moon: WakuWaku Animal March




Rune Factory Frontier




Shape Boxing




Start w/ 100 Conversations! English Conversation




Punch-Out!!




Wii Speak Channel



Wii Sports Resort




Wii de Asobou: Donkey Kong Jungle Beat


Wii de Asobou: Pikmin


Another Code:R Gateway of Memory




Kensax




Cosmic Walker




Spawn Smasher




Dynamic Slash




Takuto of Magic




Sin & Punishment 2




Forever Blue 2: Beautiful Ocean




Animal Crossing: City Folk




Everyone's the Star on the NHK Red-and-White Quiz Battle




Line Attack Heroes




DS:
Gyakuten Kenji


Ryuusei no Rockman 3 Black Ace/Red Joker


Power Pro Pocket 11


Suikoden Tierkreis


Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Echoes of Time


Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days


Valkyrie Profile: The Accused One


Chrono Trigger DS


Chocobo and the Magic Picture Book: The Witch and the Girl and the Five Heroes


Let's Make a Soccer Team DS: Touch and Direct


Shining Force Feather


7th Dragon


Phantasy Star Zero


Mysterious Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer DS2


Infinite Space


DS Nishimura Kyotarou Suspense Detective Series 2


Wind of Nostalgeo


Momotarou Dentetsu 20th Anniversary


Tamagotchi's Sparkling Shop


Tales of Hearts


Avalon Code


Harvest Moon: Welcome to the Wind Bazaar!


Professor Layton and the Last Time Travel


DS Fortune-Telling Life


Know by Walking: Life Rhythm DS


World Food: Talk! DS Food Navi


Friend Collection


Kirby Super Star Ultra


Super Mario RPG3!!!


Made in Ore


Solid Body Picross


Self-Indulgent Fashion: Girls' Mode

News about Pikmin 3, Starfox, and uhh... give me a wii sequel to Kirby's Air Ride why not.

Kthx, bai.

Fatal Frame IV release date, plz.

we need moar starfox kthnx

If they do say something about starfox, I hope its a classical styled starfox, I don't want to be playing a starfox adventures type game again. It was a nice idea, but wasn't much fun.

I have an SD card but its a pain in the ass to move shit to and from it, so a fix for the storage problem would be great as well. Though I wouldn't be surprised if it was some sort of external thing that you have to purchase for $40 or so and connect to your wii.

They already announced a new Ds with Camera and MP3 capabilities among other things
so i am expecting Ultratons

Hopefully we will get some more juicy information on Pikmin 3 and new Zelda game.

Wind Waker sequel would be aweshum. =3

quote Demonfurby

I want a new franchise

Nintendo? Trying something new?

lol

Seriously though, if a storage solution and Kid Icarus get confirmed it will be a happy Thursday.

I hope they dont announce DS2. I wanna buy a 360 and a new handheld will make me put that off.

Looking back at last years press conference, it truly was spectacular! Hopefully this year's will be just as epic.

Here are my semi-realistic hopes and dreams:

Wii
Storage solution
Kid Icarus revealed
Pikmin 3 revealed
Disaster localization this year
Fatal Frame localization this year
Nintendo publishing The Conduit
Kirby Wii (the scrapped GCN game)
A trailer for either the new Mario or Zelda game (based on what Miyamoto said at E3)

DS
Fire Emblem localized this year
ASH localized this year
Soma Bringer localized this year
Metroid Dread revealed
Confirm new DS rumors?

If Nintendo did all of these things, it would be more than enough to appease all of the people complaining that Nintendo has abandoned hardcore gamers. None of these hopes are really that unlikely, so its entirely possible.