Nintendo's Wii event pre-game coverage!

49 Comments by Ross Miller May 9th 2006 10:13AM
Filed under: Nintendo Wii, E3

11:05 am - We're live at the Kodak Theater in downtown Hollywood, it's the usual who's-who of the videogame journalism world. We actually just saw Miyamoto cruising around amongst the herd, but we heard he vanished down a warp pipe.

11:25 am - The crowd's obviously getting a little anxious. We're just a few of minutes away now.

11:29 am - We're shuffling in now, about to find our seats. Stay tuned as we get prepped and ready to liveblog.

11:47 am - We're in, standing in holding. They've admitted us to the theater but they're not yet seating. More to come.

12:05 pm - Still waiting ... no word yet when the delays will end and we can get seated but they have some video feeds in the hall and it looks like it shouldn't be long. Looks like Microsoft is going to have delays of their own, being that almost all of the press here is going to head over.

Tags: E32006, Engadget, Hollywood, Keynote, Kodak Theater, KodakTheater, liveblogging, pre-game

(Page 1) Reader Comments

Aaron: May 9th 2006; 11:37AM

Ready.

Donald: May 9th 2006; 11:38AM

In the immortal words of Judge Mills Lane...

"LET'S GET IT ON!"

John: May 9th 2006; 11:38AM

oh man i can't wait to hear what they have to say!! I hope we get a low price tag and an unexpectedly early release date

strat_ax: May 9th 2006; 11:39AM

Dangit, now I have to delay my project work for this... LOL

John: May 9th 2006; 11:40AM

i can't take the wait anymore!!

Momus: May 9th 2006; 11:41AM

ZOMG, teh nitedo wiiiiiii

cnant tink!!!111 plz help em..

Sean Dugan: May 9th 2006; 11:43AM

I havn't slept for 2 days in anticipation of this

mark: May 9th 2006; 11:43AM

Iwata, drop the bomb!

James: May 9th 2006; 11:44AM

Oh noez!

Joystiq, uncut, hardcore, unedited liveblogging?

Someone! Get the lawyers ready on standby!

vagabond artist: May 9th 2006; 11:48AM

i have been waiting for today for so long...

REGGIE VS. IWATA SSB:WII ON STAGE BATTEL!!!!!

oh yeah Iwata.. BOMB EL DROPPEN!!!!

Mike T: May 9th 2006; 11:50AM

When does this start again? cause I have an exam at 12CST
DAMMIT!

icantdrawanime: May 9th 2006; 11:50AM

lol, drinks and popcorn and a good old fashion beat sony senseless show. nothing beats it

strat_ax: May 9th 2006; 11:50AM

Oh man, first my project got delayed--now my lunch break too!!!! Ahhhh...the anticipation is killing mehhh!

Jon: May 9th 2006; 11:53AM

I love these constant update. Thanks and keep up the good work!

Z: May 9th 2006; 11:54AM

I can't believe its finally going to happen!! Some of us have been waiting over a year for this.

saboola: May 9th 2006; 11:58AM

Im gonna wii myself in anticipation

Alex Oenes: May 9th 2006; 11:58AM

haha. mike- luckily, this conference only kills all efforts of me studying for physics. ... no exams until tomorrow.

But still, E3 during finals week- bad timing for us.

Robola Virus: May 9th 2006; 12:01PM

And on the eighth day God created Nintendo....

Let it begin

paul: May 9th 2006; 12:02PM

ditto on bad timing for finals week

Giromic: May 9th 2006; 12:03PM

Darn right bad timing, how are we supposed to concentrate at all on studying?

samson120: May 9th 2006; 12:04PM

Would my wife be mad, if I blew off our lunch date to listen to the Nintendo show.......

Yes she would, but I think I can deal. This is more important....

icantdrawanime: May 9th 2006; 12:05PM

luckily my exams dont start till friday =)

Daxmort: May 9th 2006; 12:05PM

Come on Nintendo, hurry up! I wanna see everything you have to offer..

Man, I've been waiting since 9:30GMT for this..damn you, timezones.

Sean Dugan: May 9th 2006; 12:06PM

I've been working with Sony on the developement of the PS3 for 3 years and we've been using prototypes of the tilt controller for about 18 months. Nintendo used corporate espionage to rip off our killer idea! I can't beleive they are getting away with this...

Tirol: May 9th 2006; 12:07PM

Samson120,
LOL, classic!

Robert P.: May 9th 2006; 12:07PM

I am just glad this conference is taking place well before my final this evening otherwise I would be so screwed. Kinda hoping they Reggie makes a sly mention of Sony getting on the motion band wagon (by the way, didn't they say that was a gimmick and that they were "above that sorta thing?"). I have a feeling it's going to be a MS/Nintendo marketplace based on the negative comments I've been noticing from PS owners and lovers themselves. I kinda feel bad for them but then again I felt bad for the President on 24 last night and after what happened I'm never feeling bad for him again.

jaemz: May 9th 2006; 12:08PM

nintendo video finally came up on gamespot.com... we are getting close

ejflex: May 9th 2006; 12:08PM

22. YEAH OK Buddy. hahahaa You have to be kidding me. Sony has ripped off every controller interface idea that Nintendo has come with. Nice try.

Andrew: May 9th 2006; 12:08PM

OMG i cant wait im not going to school because of this

Jobo: May 9th 2006; 12:08PM

What ever the Wii-wagon says, Sony can rip it in no time. So common Wii-sters, spill out your final secrets. You will just be making the PS3 stronger. We already got your motion sensitivy, yet you can never take our power. The Wii-wagon is like a free research and development team for the PS3. So give us your last secrets before we crush you. HA HA HA!

ejflex: May 9th 2006; 12:09PM

whoops I meant #23.. my bad.

Gabriel Asseily: May 9th 2006; 12:09PM

ARGGGGGGGH!!! The gamespot video feed is loading. Nooo, it changed picture and then back to their placeholder. ARGGhh.

I can't hold it anymore, I want to wiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!

Start the conference me watching and reading. And yeah break out the lawyers live blogging :-)

PorpoiseMuffins: May 9th 2006; 12:11PM

Umm... I thought that the event didn't begin until 12:30 EST. There's no delay at all. We still have 20 minutes.

ejflex: May 9th 2006; 12:11PM

Jobo.. wow you are clueless. AGAIN... the PS3's dual "shake" is an ARCHAIC version of what NIntendo is using. It is essentally the same as the Wiimotes nunchuck attachment. It is PALE in comparisson. So suck on that. Not to mention it has no rumble. not to mention your computer.. I mean console costs 600 dollars. Stop trying to make yourself feel better.. you seem retarded.

Jon C: May 9th 2006; 12:12PM

I believe any delays to be intentional in order to spoil Microsoft party.

WedgeTalon: May 9th 2006; 12:12PM

According to both Nintendo.com and Gamespot, it's suppoesd to start at *9:30* PST, not 9. So it's still on schedule, thus far.

minus_273: May 9th 2006; 12:13PM

prediction: : wii is 199

bradtwitty: May 9th 2006; 12:13PM

If you are using IE 7 Beta 2, ditch it, Gamespot video a no go with IE 7 Beta 2.

Gabriel Asseily: May 9th 2006; 12:14PM

Wedge Talon is right. The original schedule was set to 930pst. Gamespot and Joystiq must have been misled. Curses!

As for the flame wars can we get these later please? Some of us want to know what is happening! Oi bloggers, BLOG PLEASE :0)

Gabriel Asseily: May 9th 2006; 12:16PM

Using IE7 beta 2 it works fine. You got to allow the popups. It for some reason blocks all popups. Hold Ctrl whilst clicking the link and it bypasses the antipopup #36

jayntampa: May 9th 2006; 12:20PM

I wiill worship Wii if it's $199 ... a lot of people will buy it at that price -- but, my guess is $249-299.

ds3: May 9th 2006; 12:22PM

i cant wait im a sony and nintendo fanboy and this week i just might piss myself a few times o welll lol
death to m$

Jobo: May 9th 2006; 12:28PM

EJFLEX ? The Wii now has got NOTHING to offer! The PS3 motion sensitive controller is WAY better then the Wii-mote. The PS3 controller has a proven bad-ass design. The Wii wand looks sissy. Ha, Ha! We took your ONLY innovation, and now we?ll take more, and more. That?s the problem with selling innovation, it can be copied so easily. PS3 speed, power technology on the other hand ? you will never have. Never! Looser.

eidolons: May 9th 2006; 12:28PM

Price is kind of important but I really want to see some live gameplay of Zelda for example, or how they do sports titles, like that Tennis game featured in the Time article. Based on the screenshot in that article, btw, looks like Nintendo is really going for a simple, clean retro look to at least some of their in-house games. Remember Nintendo Hockey, Tennis, etc? I hope they do the same "generic" Nintendo in-house games again. Oh, sweet memories. Keep it simple, focus on gameplay!

Gabriel Asseily: May 9th 2006; 12:31PM

Hey Jobo learn to spell!

don't know: May 9th 2006; 12:32PM

"EJFLEX ? The Wii now has got NOTHING to offer! The PS3 motion sensitive controller is WAY better then the Wii-mote. The PS3 controller has a proven bad-ass design. The Wii wand looks sissy. Ha, Ha! We took your ONLY innovation, and now we?ll take more, and more. That?s the problem with selling innovation, it can be copied so easily. PS3 speed, power technology on the other hand ? you will never have. Never! Looser."

Sony have noticed the pressure and have to copy others... Sony are loosers!

strat_ax: May 9th 2006; 12:57PM

Err...I think that's what happened. Others have the live coverage right now.

Jobo: May 9th 2006; 1:42PM

Post Wii Press Conference... Ouch! As a now former PS3 fan, my tail is between my legs and I have just Wii-ed on myself. I swallow my pride and freely admit that Nintendo?s Wii is AMAZING! I thought once PS3 stole Wii?s big advantage (motion control), PS3 had won. I now realize that PS3 can?t just copy elements of Wii at the last minute because there isn?t time to integrate them properly. Now, I look forward to using my $600 PS3 money to buy a Wii and ALL the games!