Nintendo World tour stocked with 88 titles
by James Ransom-Wiley 
{ Nov 2nd 2006 at 5:45PM }
Nintendo World 2006 kicks off to tomorrow in Nagoya, Japan; making stops in Osaka and Tokyo later this month. The exhibition brings with it 88 titles, split evenly between Wii and DS.Visitors can expect the usual unusual assortment of "games" from Nintendo's vault, including an encyclopedia and healthy eats recipe collection. The rest of the lineup is mostly familiar, but there will be some significant debuts; the first level of (and possibly a new character from) Super Smash Bros Brawl among them. There are also plans to show off the Mii channel.
Some new DS oddities have been unearthed as well, notably Picross DS ("paint by numbers"), 100 Poems by 100 Poets: DS Shigureden (presumably based on the art exhibit in Kyoto), DS Bimoji Training (Japanese calligraphy), and Namco Bandai's Mojipittan DS, a version of the popular fast-paced word puzzler.
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Jonathan @ Nov 2nd 2006 9:39PM
What I really want is a cart to train how to write kanji. Are you listening Nintendo? Kanji. Training. On a DS cart. Japanese parents will buy it for their young kids. Geeks like me will import it. Must! Train! Kanji!!
日本語の学生だでもまだ僕のかんじがよくないT_T
FSK405K @ Nov 2nd 2006 6:06PM
Oh I so hope Picross DS is released in the US. I loved Mario's Picross on Game Boy, and haven't had any sequels come here since.
Rainierman @ Nov 2nd 2006 6:08PM
Woooo, First comment! Sweet.
The convention is supossed to start in less than an hour (Having in mind that Japan is Gmt+9). I hope that you are going to cover it like last time in that Japan Wii Conference. I hope the trailer/videos of SSBB get released in today's conference XD. Thanks and keep up the good work! Good luck =)
Steven !. @ Nov 2nd 2006 6:11PM
Hm isn't japan tomorrow technically tonight? Maybe we'll get smash bros. brawl news sooner than I assume?
FuzzyPickles @ Nov 2nd 2006 6:11PM
@2
FailGET.
I'm still pissed I missed the Nintendo World event at the NYC store. Oh well, November 19th will be here before I know it. I've been replaying all the old Zelda games to pass the time.
samsnee @ Nov 2nd 2006 7:27PM
how come everytime somes ays they are the first to commen... they end up being second... !@#$%^&*()_+_!@#$%^&*(@#$%^&*(
fate
Mr. Khan @ Nov 2nd 2006 9:42PM
Let us Pray that they give what we all know we want (if we want the Wii) RELEASE DATES
Metroid Prime 3, Super Mario Galaxy, all the Q1 '07 titles
(and Strikers Charged w/ WiFi plz)
Oh i hope... (although this may be more of an expo and less of a PR thing)
CheapyD @ Nov 2nd 2006 11:58PM
There already are several kanji training games for the DS in Japan.
Search www.play-asia.com for "kanji"
Here is one:
http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-9g-77-1-49-en-15-kanji-70-1i50.html
Jontarou @ Nov 3rd 2006 2:42AM
I want a DS specifically FOR that kanji dictionary. Writing recognition makes me drool. But of course, there's the "Mario Kart," etc., factor as well.
Jonathan @ Nov 3rd 2006 8:54AM
#8 - WOWOW I didn't even know that.
Thanks, I will be importing right away!
MetaHuman @ Nov 3rd 2006 9:56AM
Smash Bros. Update! Now with 100% more Fox! :D