Just announce something fun for the core gamer. I haven't touched my Wii Console since Mario Galaxy....

...That was LAST CHRISTMAS!

Maybe I love HD and online gaming more....but Nintendo always will have my heart and Wallet

Skinney

Its going to be Nintendosg .....for Wii

steph0105

@frank0127: I wouldn't say they are notorious for that.. but they've been doing that a lot lately :/

CockroachMan

@DragonSphere: They probably didnt say anything about all those rumors (in case they turn out to be true) because Nintendo knows we will keep believing in them as long as there's hope, its like a religion for fanboy of nintendo just this one is actually hopeless.

HELLSRIDER

Pointing us to a sh%%ty time zone converter instead of just saying the time in EDT or PDT? ok...

darkbob87

As a 24 year old male I thoroughly enjoy Nintendos games and am pretty damn excited to see what they have in store.

pyl

@nobull6:

I said the same sing to myself initially. I'm still pretty naive evidently.

worthrepeating

@PercyChuggs: Then give up your seat, buddy. Standing room only tonight! ;)

Knoxximus (XBL/PSN)

@Knoxximus (XBL/PSN): haha I havent either! It may be a simple spanish exam but I also have to finish lots of homework that are due 15 min before the exam.

HELLSRIDER

I am interested but I need to get to bed. Like with everything in life, I will just keep my expectations low. That way I won't feel disappointed in the morning.

daizyujin

@Knoxximus (XBL/PSN): Money spend by nintendo on E3 to show tings nobody cares about: $1,789,231.
Cammy's reaction at the comic: Priceless

HELLSRIDER

As a 23 year old male, absolutely nothing Nintendo does, on the console front, appeals to me.

PercyChuggs

@DragonSphere: Nintendo are notorious for not announcing things until the day before they come out.

frank0127

Oh yeah! It's a muthafuckin' PARTY up in dis BEEYTUCH! FA SHEEZ!

*pops the corn!*

ROLL CALL!!

Knoxximus (XBL/PSN)

@Weirdwolf: no no, that's common sense. another pokemon snap? GENIUS, good sir.

think they'd actually bring Mother 3 over?

frank0127

I'll check on this tomorrow morning. I'm not going to gamble my sleep on Nintendo any longer.

nobull6

live blog or no kotaku? i r want it!

Coolio911911

Was wondering the same thing, cannot find anything on the net@alf717:

steph0105

@HELLSRIDER: Haha I'm in the same boat. I have an A&P practical at 8am (I'm on PST, so not too bad). The worst part?

I HAVEN'T STUDIED. O_O;

Knoxximus (XBL/PSN)

I'm not hoping for anything.. I don't really care. I was so badly burned by E3, I not going to hope for anything. It's probably more charts about Wii Sports.

GiantEnemyCrab

@RaptureScientist:

That depends if Nintendo continues the diabolical streak of avoiding a storage solution...AGAIN.

worthrepeating

@Dr.Chocobo: yeah, i just heard about those games today and it sounds interesting, to say the least.

bonus points for the Cave Story avatar. :D

frank0127

I don't get it... even if half of these big rumors turn out to be true, and god knows Nintendo needs to knock one out of the park to make up for the suckage that was their E3 press conference, why would they wait this long to do it?

Sure plans might not have been finalized/ready back in July, but with rumors swirling about an impending ressurection of an "old franchise", and an inevitable Wii-successor in the works, why couldn't they just say something about it back at E3? Then they would have avoided the epic wrath of Nintendo fans everywhere in the first place.

Of course, this hinges on the assumption that any of these "big" announcements turn out to be true, so we can only wait and see what they got up their sleeve.

DragonSphere

@dslsd64: Thats for sure, even the event were they only throwed kirby thingies in the air wwas better.

HELLSRIDER

I wonder if hating on Nintendo will be cool tomorrow. This recent stretch after E3 has been quite comical.

RaptureScientist

@HELLSRIDER: Well good 'cause I don't know about you but nothing lulls me to sleep faster than hearing Nintendo Reps talking about their ski trips and other inane crap. lol

katsujinken

Words to make any fanboy forgive Nintendo.
"A new 3D mother game."

Personally I'm hoping for a new pokemon snap, but that might be because it's 5 in the morning and I haven't had any sleep.

Weirdwolf

@HELLSRIDER: I LOL'd. That pic of Cammy and the press reaction was priceless!

Knoxximus (XBL/PSN)

Come on I have to wake up early for an exam tomorrow but Im staying to hear some of the news, I just hope im not wasting my time. Anyone knows if we can find this live or if we can only wait to see the news posted here in kotaku?
Its only 14 minutes more for it.

HELLSRIDER

I'm not a fan of Nintendo but I'm strangely waiting up to see...I guess its like staring at an auto accident as you drive by.

KSPRAYDAD

@Knoxximus (XBL/PSN):
Should have seen it coming, I nearly spit out my drink...

Shykin

@HELLSRIDER: Nothing. I actually think it would have been hella funny!

Knoxximus (XBL/PSN)

Let's see I'm definitely expecting the new DS and the franchise revival, but nothing else.

Axass

Don't waste my time Nintendo. I keep giving these bastards more and more rope.

worthrepeating

Damn.. I was going to sleep.. but now I can't.. :(

CockroachMan

@Knoxximus (XBL/PSN): Here it is
[fanboys-online.com]

HELLSRIDER

GOD, I hope they have a storage solution. I'd pre-order that shit 1st thing tomorrow.

Knoxximus (XBL/PSN)

I'm pretty excited, I mean, I'm a Nintendo fan and the only place they can go after E3 is up, right?

TheCleaningGuy

@HELLSRIDER: Really? Gotta link?

Knoxximus (XBL/PSN)

20 minutes...

Z4N5H1N

@Knoxximus (XBL/PSN): you remind me of that fanboys comic where miyamoto comes says "were making pikmin, peace"

HELLSRIDER

Well i WAS gonna go to bed since i work in the morning....buuut i guess i can wait around for another 40 minutes or so :D Hope its something that interests me enough

DarthMetalHope

@starman jr: F-ZERO.

please and thank you

Sandbox_Emperor

Will there be anyway possible to find a video feed from this?

T3KK9

@Sir_Crocidile: Dude, the stage could be empty for the whole time, and it'd be better than E308.

dslsd64

@Axass: Nope T-Minus 23 minutes.

iamspoo

You know this is gonna end...

*Shiggy comes shuffling out like Russell Simmons at the end of Def Comedy Jam*

"Oh yeah, we're working on Kid Icarus, BITCHES! Thanks for coming out, God bless, good night."

Knoxximus (XBL/PSN)

I hope Reggie is in this... Because we need more kicking butt and taking names.... And Nintendo to make some "Hardcore" games.

CosmosGoddess

@SarcasmOD: PLEASE I really hope they do, I dont know if I can stand her saying Cute puppy again!!!!

HELLSRIDER

Can you get a live feed of the conference anywhere? It is 12:05AM over here. (eastern time zone) Time to grab a light snack and a drink.

alf717

Donkey Kong Country 4

Charlie Kelly

C'mon Nintendo and this time don't be coy.

Also, if you could possibly give more insight on Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time...

Dr.Chocobo

@Knoxximus (XBL/PSN): I thought that too, whats wrong with that anyway?

HELLSRIDER

CONFIRMED!

Brand new Zapper game!

Shoot Mii

Only for WIIIIIIIII!!

Knoxximus (XBL/PSN)

@hitokirimaru: shit, my concept of time is all screwed up, still though, x minutes of this.

hitokirimaru

@Defoliantonthemoneytree: Point to me a company that does not find a good formula and repeat it over and over again...Really show me which one does not do that.

ProfWho

So it starts in 30 minutes right? Or am I doing the math wrong?

Axass

@VakeroRokero: I already am! Watch this! I'm gonna give a clip from Friday's news!

*ahem*

"....and did anyone else NOT die laughing when Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin somehow managed to answer a question about foreign policy with a hodge podge of tap dancing that ultimately ended with a misaligned reference to My Little Pony?"

COUNT IT. ^_^

Knoxximus (XBL/PSN)

I just can't wait to see how groundbreaking games developed for a gamecube can be!

Zelda:Next, same as the first!

Defoliantonthemoneytree

And the countdown begins. I'm hedging my bets with things going in this order.

1. Thanks for giving us money (buying your ds and wii)
2. Look how much we sold (damn we're rich)
3. Where to we go from here?
4. New DS (explanation)
5. Show off games
6. What about Wii??
7. Show some upcoming casual games (snore)
8. Tease some REAL games (fill in your favorite here)
9. Announce no release dates for said games
10. End

As for which games, my guess is Kid Icarus, Starfox, and possibly, a peek at the new Zelda. Damn, all this buildup in my mind... sure hope I'm right!

starman jr

Opened up SD cards, please, please please. I don't give a damn what else they have, just that I can stop deleting stuff.

ProfWho

*Crosses fingers*

chemical_eng_mx

i'm only looking to see if they announce the so called new DS

i dont think they can have any other announcement as amusing or as valid as that

Nintendo has lost the plot completely i'm afraid

Mr.Sad

well it fit's got to do with anything wii-related, i'm out cause i sold it. on the other hand, i do want to buy another nintendo ds seeing as i sold my old one cause the mic was broke(silly right?)

dipsetboy17

Damn i was about to go to bed, working in the morning.
But i have confidence (i hope) that this will be better than E3

steph0105

Come on ace attorney.........come on ace attorney........come on ace attorney.

Yougotyourpbinmyjelly

Does anyone know where I can listen to this live?

destinrl

I hope Cammy is out with the avian flu.

Full Disclosure: I truly hope she is not deathly ill....but hopefully does have one of those 24hr, self-resolving bugs.

Knoxximus (XBL/PSN)

@Knoxximus (XBL/PSN): I like your statistical abilities. You could be a political analyst.

VakeroRokero

although I would really like to think otherwise, I have a feeling its just going to be like:

Iwata - "we've sold 2348029230498 units, here's a new treadmill dongle for the balance board, seeya next E3"

Sandbox_Emperor

Here's hoping for a two hour performance of the Wii Music Symphony orchestra with Miyamoto on Cheerleader...

manatee

@Strife56: Yeah lets all do that, they will probably be ashamed and go broke!

HELLSRIDER

@supershavin:

numba' six is right on the mark, sir.

stealthpengu

@supershavin: Cook Mii?

O_O

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA!!! +1

Knoxximus (XBL/PSN)

I just hope they tape Cammie's mouth shut.

SarcasmOD

@Darrisbob1: Wii love your money... god bless that joke.

Shykin

@Xenigma: Haha! YEAH! GO TO BED PLZ!!

*hits Xenigma with the Chloroform*

Knoxximus (XBL/PSN)

@Knoxximus (XBL/PSN): "SLAP!"

kylenalepa

sa@Xenigma: sad... but true g,night guys!!

richard733

@Vyse24: Amen to that.

ambush136

I swear Nintendo, if I hear one more Goddamn thing about "Wii Music"...

I will write a very angry letter, expressing how angry I am at that current time.

Strife56

hooray for being in the same time zone.

PAULINK

I'll wait till tomorrow :o..

Bitten_Dead

JUST ANNOUNCED!

Wii: Banking Sim
Wii: Campaign 2008
Wii: Nintendolphins
Wii Love Your Money
Wii: The Drycleaning Sim

Darrisbob1

Title should be prepare to get all your hopes and dreams broken. Dont want to have high hopes to get them crushed again like on E3.
Kid: Daddy I still have crazy nightmares about that evil lady saying CUTE LITTLE PUPPY!!
Father: We all have them son.

HELLSRIDER

@Xenigma:
then go to bed for the sake of all of us!

i'm holding you responsible if its a pedometer and wiimusic

kokiri-kid

1) DS-fit
2) Dancing in Hyrule
3) Cook-Mii
4) Mandatory Peripheral
5) Pikmin game no longer being marketed towards hardcore gamers.
6) Something just enough to make me buy the next iteration of all these systems.

supershavin

I'm gonna be a pessimist and say I probably won't be getting more use outta my wii until tales of symphonia 2.
So lets see if they bring out interesting.

Shykin

Hope this makes up for E3

Vyse24

Haha! For a second there I thought Luke called us bitches! LOL!

"So grab a cup of tea and some chocolate, BITCHES! What'd the five fingers sat to the face!?!"

XD

Knoxximus (XBL/PSN)

@Xenigma: then please go to sleep and we will tell you about it ok?

HELLSRIDER

@Shotmaker91: It's implied ;)

Luke Plunkett

@CmdrBladeHearts: me too

HELLSRIDER

If I stay up to watch this, it'll be all about pedometers and WiiMusic.

If I go to bed, it'll be about a redesigned Wii and/or DS including at least one major game announcement.

I hate these kinds of situations.

Xenigma

@RaptureScientist: lawlz

Darrisbob1

*takes a seat*

You guys know this thread is gonna be one of two things:

a) EPIC

...or...

b) EPIC FAIL

Let's do this LEEEEERRROOOOOOOOY JANK-KIIIIINNNNNNZZZZ!!

Knoxximus (XBL/PSN)

oooh! maybe the new ds will have the thingy where you plug it in and play it on your tv... D:

kokiri-kid

I only hope it's not 95% Wii Music demonstrations* with a "WearealsomakingKidIcarus" quickly tossed in at the very last second. ;(

(unless it's the cheerleaders!!)

dalvatron

So not getting my hopes up. Nintendo is pretty much dead to my interests.

maybe there will be something though.

ZenGaijin

15 minutes of waiting to get your hopes crushed... come on F-Zero

hitokirimaru

Hopefully you don't mean "commence Hopes and Dreams self-destruct sequence"

Shotmaker91

By the way, Kotaku... are you going to be liveblogging the event, or just posting frequent news stories?

~phil

less than an hour. this is it nintendo. its do or die time!

bigman88zz

damnit.. i guess i'll just wait to see in the morning.. stupid school =(

heres to a new ds! so i can update from my phat...

kokiri-kid

Well, here's to hoping its better then E308.

Sir_Crocidile

Man I can't wait to wake up and read about Wii music and Wii sports.

RaptureScientist

No sleep for the weary...

Darrisbob1

I've been staying up for it ^^

~phil

I...I.... don't want to get hurt again.

NiGHTSSTUDiO

Dont let us down you Nintendo!

Soyerzz

I dunno what to wish for... Maybe a pedometer in different colors? Can't wait for one!

Mayu-mayu

Damn, and I was just about to go to sleep, too.

CmdrBladeHearts

Dual touch screens.

crunks

Damn, I dunno how I feel about the removal of the GBA slot. Other than that, looks like it's in a flat finish as opposed to gloss. Hope so, I hate gloss!

jaymac

- bigger screens, better speakers, 300,000 pixels cam

crunks

[bb.watch.impress.co.jp]

Crosswayboy

Wow, what's up Kotaku? The DSi was just announced. Update much?

Crosswayboy

Eye spy a built in camera!

crunks

Engadget just put up a picture.

[www.blogsmithmedia.com]

crunks

@Axass: +50 points to you, my friend!

BlueWizard422

@Axass: Is this true? Where are you getting your info?

BlueWizard422

@Axass: [media.coveritlive.com]

Axass

@jaymac: Yeah, I can only use my imagination for so long!

BlueWizard422

Info about DSi: The size of the unit has been reduced by 12% and 2.6 millimeters -- and the Game Boy Advance cartridge slot is gone

Axass

@PercyChuggs: I'm a 23 year old male, and Nintendo has the only console that has games I play. Neat how that works.

Smash_Bro

PS: CANT WAIT FOR PICTURES AND SPECS!

jaymac

OH SHIT! Not only did Nintendo NOT fail us this time, they got straight to the good stuff at the beginning. Going good so far.

jaymac

@frank0127:

CONFIRMED! Sweet. Now they should tell us what it has and what it can do.

crunks

Nintendo DSi announced!!!

Axass

they just announced DSi. OMFG.

frank0127

@Axass: 1000 internets to you as well! my F5 key is going to be shot at the end of the night. xD

frank0127

@Defoliantonthemoneytree: I've been playing the same Zelda game for almost 20 years and loving it. I see no reason to change now!

Smash_Bro

@frank0127: Heh, thanks.

Funny story that was actually my first avatar. For some strange reason a couple of months back Kotaku resurrected this one back instead of the one I had been using currently (which was a pic of you guessed it:a chocobo with that weird doctor thing doctors wear on their foreheads).

Maybe it's a sign I gotta get back into playing Cave Story again?

Dr.Chocobo

I will die a happy man if they announce an F-Zero Wii. Where's that Neo Blue Falcon they promised? Where is it?!

Oh, and a new DS model would be interesting too.

Karisu-Zero

[www.gamekyo.com]

Live blogging I think.

Axass

Ouch! Heavy traffic.

worthrepeating

@HELLSRIDER:

Hmm, nightmares/puppies!
I know, they are going to announce,
Wii:Silence of the Lambs!

Appeals to the hardcore and fits right in with the new motion plus.
Just imagine the scene, Cammi talking about the cute puppy while Reggie starts shouting "it puts the lotion on its skin" showing the wiifit board integration as he dances round in drag.
Meanwhile in a side room Miyamoto starts the conversation with,"good evening Crecente".

Weirdwolf

@bass28:

Thanks for that.

worthrepeating

@bass28:
Thanks man!

Mooga

@bass28: Who da man? YOU DA MAN!

alzheimers

WHERE IS MA INFOMERCIAL?

Knoxximus (XBL/PSN)

@bass28: a thousand internets to you. thank you.

frank0127

@HELLSRIDER: oh forget it I just saw the post of liveblogging....

HELLSRIDER

@HELLSRIDER: look above. :)

frank0127

@iamspoo:

What? It started like an hour ago... New Punch Out! looks pretty tight, I might add!

stealthpengu

G4 is showing some old movie, so it's not being broadcast there. AOTC is next, but I'm guessing it's a rerun from earlier. Ahh hell.

alzheimers

Luke tell us dammit! are there going to be updates here showing the news?!

HELLSRIDER

[gonintendo.com]

bass28

@Skinney: Nintendo will always have my hearth too....or whats left of it. But my wallet? never unless they show something good.

HELLSRIDER

I'm glad that I've been going to bed at like 3 am for the last month or so - I don't even have to force myself to stay up (heck I probably would be too awake to sleep anyway until around 3)

nintendomaniac64

You lovely Kotaku editors aren't going to be liveblogging are you? Because that would be amazing.

TheCleaningGuy

Anyone find a good live blog? JUST started and nothing yet :(

Mooga

Is Bashcraft covering this, or what??

What's the deal?

papercube

Get ready "MAJOR DISSAPOINTMENT!" THURSDAY! THURSDAY! THURSDAY!!

DontCrossMyanimals

@frank0127:It should have started 3 minutes ago, where are my news?!

HELLSRIDER

I am so glad to be on Japan time so I don't have to sleep through this!

Sparkle Biscuit

Ah yes, the annual time of the year where my hopes raise like a helium balloon and then come crashing down to earth,

Nintendo, you tease, how about something good this year.

Olimar7

There will be nothing exciting - that's my prediction.

GrandfatherParadox

yeah, is anyone at least liveblogging it?

alzheimers

Hopefully this makes me forget about the psych test i'm going to fail tomorrow.

Here's hoping for some......anything!

supershavin

Are we getting live blogging?

CockroachMan

@darkbob87: Well I did a little work and found a nifty little add-on for Firefox called "FoxClocks". It is a pretty sweet program that lets you set up an icon in the bottom of the browser where you can just hover over it to find out times in any assortment of cities you choose. So far it looks promising. It is very customizable. Give it a shot.

daizyujin

So how are we going to be seeing updates on this?

Is Bashcraft covering it or something?

papercube

I hope it's Wii MotionPlus 2: Now with a micro-SD card slot!

108

@Skinney: And Mario Galaxy was easy-as-hell rubbish!

Swift_

it has begun!...now where can we watch it? :(

frank0127

It's 1:31 Tokyo time kotaku.

Come on, you better step your game up, where's that coverage?

ninjablaze

@katsujinken: It kind of hurts yet at the same time you can laugh about it so hard you should be able to sleep well ;)

HELLSRIDER

@worthrepeating: i say they avoid it because it's not necessary. you play a game, you finish a game, you delete said game. simple as that. you can always re-download them free, can't ya?

having storage issues with the Wii is like attempting to eat cereal with a fork. come on.

frank0127

Here we go boys.

IDort

It should start NAO!

HELLSRIDER

Should be starting right now.

papercube

@darkbob87: I dont have a problem with that, what I do have a rpoblem with is Luke never told us if he is posting the news or if there is any live blogging =/

HELLSRIDER

Probably something about holiday releases? Maybe spring a jack in a box on us?

Para

Nintendo needs to pull a rabbit out of their sleeve. I'm so disappointed with Nintendo after this year's E3. Come on give us some news for us hardcore fans that have been with you since 1985.

armandxp

@frank0127:

OH god I don't think I could stand another pokemon snap.
I got a copy for my daughter as a present, my girlfriend and I ended up playing it till 6a.m. trying to photo-em-all and then trying to improve on each others scores and then finally just staring at the screen screaming abuse at that blind talentless critic hack fuck, Professor Oak.
(sniffsniff)
I felt just like a real artist, well you know without the smack habit and utter pretentiousness.

Weirdwolf

@HELLSRIDER: just wait a few more minutes. ;)

frank0127

So, who's on EST here?

worthrepeating