Eurogamer med liverapport fra Iwata-keynoten:
- The Wii system software has been updated so that
you can download stuff to, and run stuff from, SD cards. This appears to include all channels, WiiWare and VC games.
- It's a new WiiWare game!
Rock and Roll Climber! A chap called Jonathan has come on stage with a balance board to demonstrate it. here's a sound of rain. He is pointing his arms upwards. His character, a human, is climbing a wall, grabbing handholds.It looks not unlike Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. If it was on the Wii. He's tilting and pointing the controllers and stepping on the balance board to pull himself up a waterfall. At the top of the waterfall is a guitar! At the end of each stage, you're given the rock and roll payoff."
- "This may not be as exciting as a new game, but we feel we have a complete storage solution for Wii, and for that reason it's very important." Especially for "our most loyal fans". Wii Menu System 4.0 will introduce a number of improvements, such as an SD card icon that takes you to an SD card screen. It's got the same layout as the Wii Menu. But a single SD card can hold up to 240 titles. "The Wii
can now handle high capacity SD cards" so you're no longer limited to 2GB.
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My Life as a Darklord Final Fantasy Chrystal Chronicle is coming this year. The early Final Fantasy games are coming to Virtual Console, and the first will be available in May.
- Trinen is on stage with a DSi. He's going to show us two DSiWare titles. The first one is called
Moving Memo in English for now. "You start by just drawing a picture, or in my case a very simple picture." Now we can see his animation. You can slow and speed animations up and add background sounds - he's recording "brrm brrm" into the mic. You can upload your animations to a central server and download others', and edit them yourself.
- Time for the second game -
WarioWare Snap. This one makes use of the camera. Then line up your hands and face on the top screen and follow the instructions - in this case, he has to grab some coins. Then when the game is over you get to watch a video of yourself waving your hands and waggling your face about.
- He's announcing an expansion of the VC -
Virtual Console Arcade. Space Harrier, Mappy, Star Force, Emeraldia, Return of Lishtar. Six games will be available in Japan, four in Europe and America. The four for Europe are Mappy, Star Force, The Tower of Druaga and Gaplus (Galaga 3), all of which are confirmed on the European Virtual Console for 500 Nintendo Points (approx GBP 3.50 / EUR 5) apiece.
- Time for one more video. It's for a DS game. It's a choo choo train going down a track. Zelda? There's a glimpse of yellow hair... Yes, it's Zelda. Link is zapping enemies from a top-down perspective. Looks like it's similar visual style to Phantom Hourglass. The
Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks - that'd be what it's called then. The game will be out "later this year".