HEY GUYS THERES A NINTENDO PRESS CONFRENCE!!!

[Vizzys]

okay now i'm confused. two fucking touch screens or not?!

just one apparently

needs wpa support, oh and having an sd slot seems very exploitable to me

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Nintendo DSi
LCD screen size: 3.25 inches
LCD screens: active TFT color LCD (260,000 colors)
Hardware size: L: 137mm, H: 74.9mm, W: 18.9mm (stylus length: ~92mm)
Power source: Nintendo DSi AC Adaptor, battery pack
Weight: ~214g (including the battery pack and stylus)
Battery charging time: ~2.5 hours
Battery charge length:
lowest brightness: ~9-14 hours
low brightness: ~8-12 hours
medium brightness: ~6-9 hours
high brightness: ~4-6 hours
highest brightness: ~3-4 hours
(This may vary from title to title.)
Playable titles: Nintendo DS software, Nintendo DSi software
Inputs: DS card slot, SD memory card slot, AC adaptor port, stereo　headphone/microphone port
*GBA games and DS games requiring the GBA slot cannot be played.

oh noes?

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuckkkkkkkkkkk

[Himu]

BARF

[Vizzys]

I can feel the burn from here

icy hot

[Sho Nuff]

With 640x480 res I can finally replace my Sony Digital Mavica

[Tabasco]

god damned gaf is too big.  i just want to read a thread and laugh at the stupid nfans.  but these threads are 2000+ posts!  that's too much work to try and separate the stupid from the truly insane   and all i have at the bore is crushed and himuro

[Rman]

god damned gaf is too big.  i just want to read a thread and laugh at the stupid nfans.  but these threads are 2000+ posts!  that's too much work to try and separate the stupid from the truly insane   and all i have at the bore is crushed and himuro

himu ain't an nfan. 

[HyperZoneWasAwesome]

Hey, Trace Memory 2, cool.

and excuse me for not sounding disappointed, but Nintendo has set the bar so frikin low for their announcements that I can't help but be pleasantly surprised when they debut a wad of new IP's, a Treasure Shooter, and a console adventure game.  These are all good things.  Hell, Punch Out might even turn out to be okay.

and Joystiq is reporting that Nintendo will allow direct Wii loading and storage off of 2 GB flash cards, starting with a Spring 2009   update.

edit: One of those new games is developed by Sandlot.  Woot.

and we've got media of the new Wii and DS games.  All the four seconds Klonoa is on screen are pretty awesome, the rest is kinda meh.

[demi]

wad of new IP's

:scratch

[Tristam]

Prope's new game "Let's Tap" doesn't need to even use the Wiimote

it's like yuji naka saw wii music and felt that he had to reassert his status as the single most disgraced game developer

omg

The S&P2 news is cool -- per drohne's recommendation on gaf, S&P was my only VC purchase till I decided I wanted to play co-op Contra III (my 15" laptop screen isn't really ideal for multiplayer). As with all Treasure games I've played -- which isn't many -- the boss battles are the highlight. The diversity, in particular, is impressive -- the close-range swordfight with that effete fellow is entertaining (although the GC's spongy shoulder triggers don't really lend themselves to consecutive presses) and the objective of the final battle is delightfully confusing for the first couple of minutes.

Why didnt they announce F-Zero for the DS? I'd be fine with F-Zero X remake.

DS. 

I'd be more interested in seeing F-Zero X plus its DD expansion pack go up on WiiWare with the ability to exchange ghosts and tracks online. But Nintendo sucks, so what can you do.

[The Sceneman]

good thread, I especially liked prole's post on the 1st page

F-Zero DS would be hot, the d-pad wont suck if youre still playing with your skanky old DS Phat

[The Sceneman]

and ffs theres some good shit there, Im all over Trace Memory 2 and Endless Ocean 2

[jiji]

Dynamic Blade is SANDLOT!

SANDLOT

Basically, from the GUI, it's plainly EDF in a Norse fantasy setting, which I have absolutely no problem with. Hell, even the engine looks the same as EDF2's. Huge hordes of enemies and giant monsters and destructible EVERYTHING confirmed. Just give me an option to play without waggle and save my wrists from all the sword slashing.





SANDLOT

[Crushed]

DSi sounds like the biggest piece of shit Nintendo produced since GameCube.

Can't wait to see nretards spin it.

you'll play it for two seconds and then instantly declare it hardware of the year

[cool breeze]

I will probably buy the DS, maybe...but it is ugly and a bit pointless.

Punchout looks pretty bad.

Sin and Punishment 2 looks good and makes sense.

A new Mario and Luigi game is cool.

Trace Memory on Wii looks good.

 

[pilonv1]

cant wait for activision to comment on the missing gba slot

[radioheadrule83]

That Sandlot game looks awesome in motion, I wondered what that was after seeing the montage video..

Punchout doesn't look very far along to me. And it looked like canned animation instead of motion controlled punches... I'm not sure. Could be a good thing, could be a bad thing.

Sin & Punishment 2 looks amazing. The first one is still good, but the visuals are hideous. It was a great idea to bring a new one out.

Trace Memory is a good fit for Wii... I'm glad to see that's been made into a franchise.

Why is everyone on GAF assuming that both cameras in the new DS are 0.3MP? My LG phone has two cameras, the inner one on the face of the phone is completely naff (0.3MP actually) but the one on the back is pretty good quality. They definitely look like different lenses which would each have different sensors... I think people have jumped the gun on that one.

[pilonv1]

well theres no need for a better camera on such a shitty screen

[cool breeze]

Dynamic Blade looked lame.  Even in that video meant to make it look good the controls looked janky as hell.

[Phoenix Dark]

give me a fucking break. lo-fi camera, no GBA slot? the only thing i use my DS for is GBA games

[tiesto]

Gimme a new Wrecking Crew plzzzzzz... and of course StarTropics, Mach Rider and Kid Icarus. But who am I kidding? It's gonna be another Star Fox or F-Zero or Pikmin or some Nintendo series I don't really give a shit about. I wouldn't mind a Punch Out w/Balance Board. How could you hate original Punch Out... it's got battling against ethnic stereotypes, the nicca stole my bike scene, an awesome theme song, challenging pattern-memorization gameplay, and a cool soundtrack.

you don't care about fuck-awesome games like f-zero but you want fuck-awful games like mach rider and kid icarus

Ehhh, Wipeout does what F-Zero does, much better to boot. Mach Rider and Kid Icarus are definitely ripe for re-exploration.

[TakingBackSunday]

Will my acekard 2 still work? 

[Don Flamenco]

Sin and Punishment + Punch Out = WIN
DSi = blech

still, not enough for me to consider a Wii purchase.

With 640x480 res I can finally replace my Sony Digital Mavica

DSi needs to get a floppy drive before I can consider replacing my mavica.

[Phoenix Dark]

punch out looks shitty wtf is wrong with you guys

[TakingBackSunday]

punch out looks shitty wtf is wrong with you guys

?





Ho-kay.

[Crushed]

ho. lee. fuck.

[Himu]

pretty positive pd has never played punchout

[tiesto]

Punch Out looks pretty shitty 

Haven't seen the Sin and Punishment 2 screens but the original is one of my favorite games of all time, so FINALLY something good is coming out for Wii and I won't have to sell it. This conference is infinitely better than the shit E3 conference.

DSi is pretty distinguished mentally-challenged though. What the hell is the point of a 640x480 camera? My $100 Samsung phone has a 3 megapixel camera in it.

[Crushed]

Haven't seen the Sin and Punishment 2 screens but the original is one of my favorite games of all time, so FINALLY something good is coming out for Wii and I won't have to sell it. This conference is infinitely better than the shit E3 conference.

[Don Flamenco]

OKAY.   holy fuck at the Marvelous game (forget what its called.)   and Sandlot. 

If these games end up playing as good as they look, I will have to own them...

[Himu]

Shows where your priorities are, my man. Considering that rail shooters are the one of the few genres that would be PERFECT for wii.

Also, how the fuck CAN you complain about Sin and Punishment 2? HOW?

That just crosses the line of being passionate about games and caring a lil too much about what company makes what hardware.

WHO CARES.

This is a time for celebration and our hobby!

rail shooters
treasure
wii giving the best shooting genre EVER another shot

Give me a fucking break, himumu. I've never cared for S&P on the N64 or VC or anything anyway. And I don't like games I do care about being released in shitty SD when I have an HD machine. It might not make a difference to luddites like you who are still stuck in the fucking 20th century, but once you've enjoyed stuff on a 32" in 720p, it's difficult to play stuff in 480p. Understand? If Wii HD comes out, I'll bite and all will be forgiven, but fuck that 480p noise.

this is the most hilarious reason to shun a game I've ever seen.

what the fuck happened to gamers.

today's gamers are a fucking joke.

lmao

[tiesto]

Haven't seen the Sin and Punishment 2 screens but the original is one of my favorite games of all time, so FINALLY something good is coming out for Wii and I won't have to sell it. This conference is infinitely better than the shit E3 conference.

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n/m I didn't realize my email was hidden. I just PMed Himu to hook me up. 

[Himu]

tiesto, your email is HIDDEN.

[y2kev]

well that looks pretty good.

[Great Rumbler]

Punch-Out Wii, Sin and Punishment 2, Trace Memory 2, Endless Ocean 2, Dynamic Blade, Vanillaware's game, and Cosmic Walker.

Pretty good show, overall. Too bad most of those don't come out until next year. 

[Crushed]

MH3 video:
[youtube=425,350]-7Dr-9VhN4U[/youtube]

DQIX video:
[youtube=425,350]GTPXawq0ioo[/youtube]

[Himu]

great. the dq9 trailer is a fucking anime trailer.

just great.

[AdmiralViscen]

any hardware graphics performance or resolution improvements

Bigger screens, thats about it

so big ugly lo-fi pixels get bigger?

watch how old DS games will have black bars nintendo lol.

OMG THEY DO

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What the fuck, does this mean that all games released after thsi doofy thing will look squished on my existing unit?

oh right, same res.

[MrAngryFace]

Yuck, DSi apparently has only 1-6 hours battery life. Fuck that.

[TakingBackSunday]

Yuck, DSi apparently has only 1-6 hours battery life. Fuck that.

Wtf serious?

 

[MrAngryFace]

Depends on the brightness I guess, but going by comparison the battery took a HUGE hit:

• Battery Life
Nintendo DSi: The lowest brightness (9-14 hrs), low brightness (8-12 hours), medium brightness (6-9 hours), high brightness (4-6 hours), highest brightness(3-4 hours)
Nintendo DS Lite: The lowest brightness (15-19 hrs), low brightness (10-15 hours), high brightness (7-11 hours), highest brightness(5-8 hours)

source articles
http://kotaku.com/5057883/lets-compare-the-ds-lite-and-the-dsi
http://gizmodo.com/5057971/the-dsi-new-nintendo-ds-drops-1+6-hours-in-battery-life

[treythemovie]

It was a good conference overall. Some big announcements (DS-i) and a number of game announcements. Plus much to my surprise there was a decent number of new IPs and IP revivals

[Third]

I'm getting the DSi.
Still have the fat DS.

[Mr. Gundam]

Sounds like they're doing the same conference in the US right now.

[y2kev]

The DQ9 trailer is from last tGS.

[TakingBackSunday]

I think I'll get the DSi, just cause I like new products.

I'll sell my Lite, cause I gots a Micro now.

[Jabberwocky]

I can't fucking believe I won't be able to play Trace Memory 2. Why isn't the sequel on the system it started on?

Fuck your bullshit up the ass Nintendo.

[TakingBackSunday]

I can't fucking believe I won't be able to play Trace Memory 2. Why isn't the sequel on the system it started on?

Fuck your bullshit up the ass Nintendo.

I don't get this.  You blame Nintendo for making a good looking game on Wii.

I like this place, but sometimes you guys confuse me.

[cool breeze]

I have no beef with Trace Memory 2 on the Wii.  The game actually looks good.

[Jabberwocky]

I can't fucking believe I won't be able to play Trace Memory 2. Why isn't the sequel on the system it started on?

Fuck your bullshit up the ass Nintendo.

I don't get this.  You blame Nintendo for making a good looking game on Wii.

I like this place, but sometimes you guys confuse me.

It looked fine on the DS, it would probably look better now that devs have a better grasping of the system. I love Trace Memory and I've always wanted a sequel, but now it's on a system I don't own (for no good reason) and I won't be able to play it. CING should just make another adventure series for the Wii, give me back my Trace Memory.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

this conference has confirmed my decision to sell my Wii this Christmas more than ever

[Oblivion]

this conference has confirmed my decision to sell my Wii this Christmas more than ever

It took THIS conference to do that? Thought that would have been a sure thing after E3.


This conference didn't have anything that I particularly care about, but it seems you femmys would have complained either way.

[Crushed]

from the press release for wiiware releases:

• Cave Story: This title is an action-adventure game with new, exclusive content and features created only for the WiiWare version.

 

[demi]

Oh shit, free Cave Story

I'm down for that

[TVC15]

Don't bother arguing with Himu about how shitty it is that S&P2 is doomed to Wii.  Keep in mind he plays games on like a 12 inch TV.  

[Rman]

You know Nintendo *always* does the same thing in the end:

marries very cool games with ubershitty hardware.

This Sandlot game looks very fucking nice!

To be fair this is the first console generation where Nintendo has eschewed contemporary graphics tech.  Gamecube had a decent graphix processor for its time.  It was handicapped by the GC disks, though, resulting in low quality 3rd party ports.  And the SNES was pretty awesome at its time, too.  N64 was an abomination from a hardware point of view.

[Rman]

Don't bother arguing with Himu about how shitty it is that S&P2 is doomed to Wii.  Keep in mind he plays games on like a 12 inch TV.  

It's very hard to go back to 480p and analog stereo I must say.  720p and 5.1 surround have spoiled me.

[Phoenix Dark]

Don't bother arguing with Himu about how shitty it is that S&P2 is doomed to Wii.  Keep in mind he plays games on like a 12 inch TV. 

his dick is bigger than his tv

[demi]

I'd like to see this guy's dick

[cool breeze]

I'm sure he wants to as well.