Nintendo
The first game Nintendo revealed to open the press conference was New Super Mario Bros. for the Wii. It's basically an update of the old original side-scroller but built for co-op as now four players are able to play at a time. Next they showed Wii Fit Plus, an updated version of the original with new features including being able to customize your own work-out regimens.
Nintendo once again talked about the MotionPlus and Wii Sports Resort. MotionPlus was revealed last year and is suppose to give even more accuracy to the Wii remotes. The Wii Sports Resort and MotionPlus bundle should be out sometime in July.
Next up they covered the DS/DSi and showed games coming for the handheld. Some announced games were Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, Golden Sun, a Kingdom Hearts game(I love KH!), James Patterson's Women's Murder Club.....yeeaaah.., Flipnote Studio, Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again and Zelda Spirit Tracks. They also revealed another social-networking coup: Facebook for the DSi. Now if only I had a Facebook profile....and a DSi. Another announcement was how you'll be able to automatically upload photos from your DSi and share them with friends on Facebook.
A new device was featured, the Wii Vitality Sensor, which looked like something you'd stick your finger in to check your pulse. Nintendo hinted at future games with physiological feedback parameters, but said little else.
Other games announced for the Wii were The Conduit, Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles and Dead Space: Extraction.
Exciting news was made when Nintendo revealed another Mario game coming to the Wii in Super Mario Galaxy 2. The trailer demo'd a snow-coated planet, a haunted castle and Mario and Yoshi grappling with tricky environmental hazards and wondering enemies.
The biggest news was the announcement of collaboration between Nintendo and the infamous Team Ninja to create a whole new Metroid game called Metroid: Other M. The game is said to take you deeper into the story of Samus. The trailer for the game looked amazing and due out in 2010.
Sony
Sony's PSP Go confirmed, beauties like Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and Assassin's Creed 2, a Final Fantasy XIV exclusive grab, and a startling 3D motion sensor demo to match Microsoft's--Sony's message was clear: The PlayStation 3 is in the zone.
Even Sony Computer Entertainment of America President and CEO Jack Tretton couldn't resist leading with a bit of self-deprecating humor. Striding onstage before a titanic 40-by-80-foot screen, Sony President Jack Tretton got plenty of laughs when he referenced Sony's notorious pre-show gaffes.
After showing footage from games like Uncharted 2 and MAG, the company rolled out the PSP Go and--after reiterating what we already suspected--proceeded to chat up new PlayStation Store services and music management tools designed to make the PSP more platform-independent. The handheld segment concluded with revelations of two new PSP titles: Gran Turismo PSP, and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker.
Then on to a live demo of Assassin's Creed 2 and a Final Fantasy XIII video, before Sony pulled the curtain aside on a Final Fantasy XIV exclusive (it's another online-only role-playing game, like FFXI) and an ultra-precise 3D motion sensing peripheral. While all we got was a rough glimpse at the latter, it's well along in development, since Sony revealed it's due on shelves this time next year.
The Second Shoe Drops: PlayStation Motion Control. "Take that, Microsoft." Okay, that's not what Sony's Dr. Richard "Eye Toy" Marks actually said when he took the stage, but you could practically hear it whispered in the pauses as Sony divulged its own fascinating take on precision motion-control. Imagine a microphone with a translucent bulb in lieu of the mic's metal mesh, capable of lighting up and changing color, almost a wand of sorts. "Just a prototype," said Sony, and the final look will probably change, but you hold it like you're gripping the hilt of something like a sword. Now imagine that device (or devices--Sony eventually rolled out two) working in tandem with the PlayStation Eye to offer stunningly precise 1-to-1 tracking, and you have what Sony informally dubbed "PlayStation Motion Control."
How'd they finish? How else: With a live God of War III demo, of course, every bit as fierce and bloody as you'd expect from a guy who never smiles, and who swings blades attached to chains wrapped around his forearms.
Credit for the Sony press conference review goes to PCWorld.
I was too tired to write it myself and had a hard time even writing the Nintendo portion... -_- I will say that the new motion controller is really awesome and unbelievably accurate.
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