GOT GAME? NINTENDO WOWS TOKYO GAME SHOW WITH NEW CONTROLLER/GAMER STRATEGY....stealing the spotlight at the annual Tokyo Game Show (similar to E3 Los Angeles) is no easy feat. Nintendo scored high with its new controller -- that can be used in one hand and looks like a TV remote control.
See more details in this NY TIMES story:Controller Steals Show at Game Fair.
Warcry.com's review of the controller includes:
This controller can be enjoyed in styles such as fishing, cooking, fencing, fly swatting and a million other activities that Nintendo hopes to leave to the imaginations of developers.Multiple controllers can be used simultaneously by multiple people for a round of tennis, or by a single person knocking out their favorite drum solo. In addition, the Freestyle controller can connect to the bottom expansion bay, and is expected to come as standard equipment. This nunchaku style complex controller with an analog joystick mounted on its tip is expected to finally bring consoles to the level of the PC in FPS style games. What's more, from the demo video it may finally make a first person melee rpg a satisfyingly playable possibility.
NINTENDO AIMS TO EXPAND GAMING POPULACE
Nintendo's president Satoshi Iwata, stole the limelight from Microsoft's keynoter with his speech that wowed such gamer trade pubs as Warcry Network (www.warcry.com) Here's an excerpt from their coverage "First, he talked about the past, present and future strategies of Nintendo to expand the gaming population. Believing that continuous graphical improvements and spiraling development costs are a road to nowhere, Nintendo's expansion of the gaming population is where they are placing their bets.
Nintendo's President Iwata showed how:
1) The Nintendo Micro is bringing back the old-generation gamers with nostalgic games and form factor photo
Flatscreens.bizWashington Post
2) The Nintendo DS is bringing in female consumers with their highly interactive Nintendogs
3) The Nintendo DS is bringing in elder generations with DS Brain Training
4) Creating revolutionary control systems to level the playing field between experienced gamers and neophytes.
5) The creation of free wifi hotspots for the Nintendo DS
Tokyo opened yesterday for a three day run at Chiba's Makuhari Messe Convention Center. Eager to showcase their mobile gaming platforms, DoCoMo set up a giant booth splashed in black paint over yellow for a "street style" look. Multiple mobile play stations circling the entire area had event goers lined up ten de to try out mobile games like Monster Hunter, Sonic, Gundam, and many more. Everyone who plays a game receives different free collectible badges that fit into a DoCoMo badge folder -- also free -- guaranteeing big crowds here. Last year DoCoMo enjoyed great success with a similar system that handed out collectible cards for each game. Many handsets come with games already pre-loadedGame Show 2005: Massive 3G Mobile Display Packed with international game and console makers out to show the press and public just what they can do, the Tokyo Game Showep
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AND OF COURSE BOOTH BABES:
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