We’re live at Nintendo’s press conference at E3 in Los Angeles…

• 10:50 AM: Doug Aamoth Conference starts at 9am Pacific, 12pm Eastern. Stay tuned for live updates…
• 12:03 PM: Doug Aamoth and away we go…
• 12:04 PM: Doug Aamoth various shots being shown of people playing Wii bowling, DS(i), etc.
• 12:04 PM: Doug Aamoth “Every generation, the game in everyone, everyone’s game — Nintendo”
• 12:04 PM: Doug Aamoth Cammie Dunaway takes the stage
• 12:05 PM: Doug Aamoth everyone here at E3 has one thing in common — a professional connection to video games
• 12:05 PM: Doug Aamoth how are we trending?
• 12:05 PM: Doug Aamoth last year video games were just as big as home video, toys, and music + movie box office put together
• 12:06 PM: Doug Aamoth video games are different now
• 12:06 PM: Doug Aamoth maybe you’ve noticed a woman on the plane playing the DS, or your uncle asking you for tips
• 12:06 PM: Doug Aamoth it’s now “everyone’s game”
• 12:06 PM: Doug Aamoth Nintendo’s goal: create, surprise
• 12:07 PM: Doug Aamoth today we will bring you innovation in the next leap forward in game control and surprises in games where you may have thought there was no surprise left
• 12:07 PM: Doug Aamoth video playing showing old NES, Super NES, footage
• 12:07 PM: Doug Aamoth Mario
• 12:08 PM: Doug Aamoth Everyone remembers Mario in 3D
• 12:08 PM: Doug Aamoth we admit we haven’t quite figured out how to move Mario into the fourth dimension
• 12:08 PM: Doug Aamoth but the number four is the key to Mario’s next adventure
• 12:08 PM: Doug Aamoth Myamoto is working on new Super Mario Bros for Wii
• 12:09 PM: Doug Aamoth all new
• 12:09 PM: Doug Aamoth more players
• 12:09 PM: Doug Aamoth four people holding Wii-motes take the stage
• 12:09 PM: Doug Aamoth simple play control
• 12:09 PM: Doug Aamoth one to four players, item boxes generally produce one item for each player
• 12:10 PM: Doug Aamoth looks like a sidescroller, like Mario 1 or 3
• 12:10 PM: Doug Aamoth seriously, looks like Mario 1 with Wii graphics
• 12:10 PM: Doug Aamoth warp pipes, coins, etc.
• 12:10 PM: Doug Aamoth players are holding Wii-mote sideways
• 12:10 PM: Doug Aamoth like old school NES controller
• 12:11 PM: Doug Aamoth you can play single player or co-op with up to four players
• 12:11 PM: Doug Aamoth new item: propeller suit
• 12:11 PM: Doug Aamoth shake Wii-mote to go up in the air
• 12:11 PM: Doug Aamoth screen zooms out if players spread out
• 12:12 PM: Doug Aamoth propeller suit makes players look like Teletubbies
• 12:12 PM: Doug Aamoth flagpole at end of levels
• 12:13 PM: Doug Aamoth launches holiday 2009
• 12:13 PM: Doug Aamoth “New Super Mario Bros. Wii”
• 12:13 PM: Doug Aamoth seriously looks like four-player Super Mario 1 for the NES
• 12:13 PM: Doug Aamoth now onto the Wii Balance Board, Wii Fit
• 12:14 PM: Doug Aamoth Wii Fit best selling fitness game in the world
• 12:14 PM: Doug Aamoth 15 million Balance Boards sold
• 12:14 PM: Doug Aamoth looking at ways to make Wii fit more attractive to household
• 12:14 PM: Doug Aamoth Wii Fit Plus
• 12:15 PM: Doug Aamoth next version moves in added direction from “something for everyone”
• 12:15 PM: Doug Aamoth main menu, you enter Locker Room
• 12:15 PM: Doug Aamoth six new strength and yoga activities
• 12:15 PM: Doug Aamoth key is how you mix and match individual elements
• 12:15 PM: Doug Aamoth can omit interludes between exercises so your routine can move fluidly
• 12:15 PM: Doug Aamoth (thank god)
• 12:16 PM: Doug Aamoth looks more like an extension to Wii Fit, not an entirely new game
• 12:16 PM: Doug Aamoth 15 new balance games
• 12:16 PM: Doug Aamoth juggling, skateboarding, one called “perfect ten”
• 12:16 PM: Doug Aamoth swing hips between numbered balls to equal “10″
• 12:17 PM: Nicholas Deleon Nicholas/Carlos here, just checking in. I’ll add color commentary where appropriate.
• 12:17 PM: Doug Aamoth one game where you leap from platform to platform dodging swinging balls
• 12:17 PM: Doug Aamoth “so you can feel what it’s like to be Mario”
• 12:17 PM: Doug Aamoth available as package with Balance Board or standalone for current Wii owners
• 12:17 PM: Doug Aamoth no price given
• 12:17 PM: Doug Aamoth Fall 2009
• 12:18 PM: Nicholas Deleon There really should be a drinking game revolving around the word “innovative”
• 12:18 PM: Doug Aamoth Reggie Fils-Aime takes the stage
• 12:18 PM: Doug Aamoth Nintendo is great, etc.
• 12:18 PM: Doug Aamoth Nintendo has good word of mouth
• 12:18 PM: Doug Aamoth the interface is key
• 12:18 PM: Doug Aamoth Wii-mote and nunchuck changed the game
• 12:19 PM: Doug Aamoth Balance Board has opened up a separate path for millions of players
• 12:19 PM: Doug Aamoth the next advance in game control is…
• 12:19 PM: Doug Aamoth Wii MotionPlus
• 12:19 PM: Doug Aamoth new sense of realism in gameplay
• 12:19 PM: Doug Aamoth Not one that looks more real, but feels and plays more real
• 12:20 PM: Doug Aamoth Wii MotionPlus adds precision control
• 12:20 PM: Doug Aamoth video demo showing spinning Wii mote with MotionPlus adapter
• 12:20 PM: Doug Aamoth ping pong player hitting slo-mo ball
• 12:21 PM: Doug Aamoth basketball player taking slo mo shot, ball turns into Wii mote
• 12:21 PM: Doug Aamoth samurai sword turns into Wii mote
• 12:21 PM: Doug Aamoth as a Wii owner and an Xbox 360 owner, Microsoft is winning so far
• 12:22 PM: Doug Aamoth Mario looks like a dumbed down movie remake, Wii MotionPlus has already been announced
• 12:22 PM: Doug Aamoth more slow mo sports shots for Wii MotionPlus
• 12:22 PM: Doug Aamoth video over, polite applause
• 12:23 PM: Nicholas Deleon Very polite applause
• 12:23 PM: Doug Aamoth golf claps, really
• 12:23 PM: Doug Aamoth some guy here to demo Wii MotionPlus and Wii Sports Resort
• 12:23 PM: Doug Aamoth “it knows all there is to know about where and how you’re holding your controller.”
• 12:24 PM: Doug Aamoth shot of a Mii on an airplane getting ready to skydive
• 12:24 PM: Doug Aamoth Wii MotionPlus superimposed over Mii
• 12:24 PM: Doug Aamoth I can position my Mii to grab other skydivers, twist, etc.
• 12:25 PM: Doug Aamoth guy is using Wii mote as Mii, tilting, tipping, spinning, etc.
• 12:25 PM: Doug Aamoth “as you can see, it’s a lot of fun”
• 12:25 PM: Doug Aamoth it does not, in fact, look that fun
• 12:25 PM: Doug Aamoth I own a Wii and like it, by the way
• 12:26 PM: Nicholas Deleon Who else got all the gold metals in Pilotwings 64 in 1996?
• 12:26 PM: Doug Aamoth so if I come off as negative, it’s because I want the Wii to be awesome. If I were a parent right now, I’d be saying to my kid (named Wii), “I’m not mad, I’m disappointed.”
• 12:26 PM: Doug Aamoth demo of guy shooting bow and arrow
• 12:26 PM: Doug Aamoth even minor shakes push the arrow off target
• 12:27 PM: Doug Aamoth showing that the MotionPlus is very accurate
• 12:27 PM: Doug Aamoth “it’s not about learning the control, it’s about doing what comes naturally”
• 12:28 PM: Doug Aamoth Fils-Aime and the demo guy are “vamping”
• 12:29 PM: Doug Aamoth now they’re going to play basketball together
• 12:29 PM: Nicholas Deleon That’s an incredible amount of awkward laughter right there
• 12:29 PM: Doug Aamoth three point contest
• 12:29 PM: Doug Aamoth shooting with Wii mote in hand like a basketball
• 12:30 PM: Doug Aamoth Reggie wins 19-17
• 12:30 PM: Doug Aamoth for those of you keeping score
• 12:30 PM: Nicholas Deleon And yet not as fun as NBA Jam was
• 12:30 PM: Doug Aamoth I would let my boss win, too, though
• 12:30 PM: Doug Aamoth Wii Sports Resort launches on July 26th
• 12:31 PM: Doug Aamoth EA Sports Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 demo coming up
• 12:31 PM: Doug Aamoth I have high, high, high hopes for this one
• 12:31 PM: Doug Aamoth Grand Slam Tennis will use MotionPlus, too
• 12:31 PM: Doug Aamoth Sega’s Virtua Tennis will have MotionPlus, too
• 12:31 PM: Doug Aamoth “every little mistake you make in the real world will be faithfully reflected in the game”
• 12:32 PM: Doug Aamoth “you’ll mutter the same bad words in real life”
• 12:32 PM: Nicholas Deleon And as we all know, Virtua Tennis was a fine, fine game for the Dreamcast
• 12:32 PM: Doug Aamoth available in the next few weeks
• 12:32 PM: Doug Aamoth Red Steel 2 will only work with MotionPlus (Ubisoft)
• 12:33 PM: Doug Aamoth RPGs coming up
• 12:33 PM: Doug Aamoth Square Enix
• 12:33 PM: Doug Aamoth Final Fantasy
• 12:33 PM: Doug Aamoth exclusively for Wii
• 12:34 PM: Doug Aamoth Final Fantasy: The Crystal Bearers
• 12:34 PM: Doug Aamoth Kingdom Hearts to DS on September 29th (exclusive to DS)
• 12:34 PM: Doug Aamoth graphics look pretty good for DS
• 12:35 PM: Doug Aamoth shot of Bowser
• 12:35 PM: Doug Aamoth “Bowser really does suck, and I mean that in a good way”
• 12:35 PM: Doug Aamoth Bowser’s Inside Story: Mario RPG
• 12:35 PM: Doug Aamoth for DS
• 12:36 PM: devin Hmm
  Signal is blowing it. Pictures incoming.

  /sent from my G1

• 12:36 PM: Doug Aamoth Mario and Luigi go to work exploring Bowser’s pipes
• 12:37 PM: Doug Aamoth Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story available this fall
• 12:37 PM: Doug Aamoth in North America and Europe
• 12:37 PM: Doug Aamoth one more piece of important news for RPGs
• 12:37 PM: Nicholas Deleon I’d like to see a Mario plumbing simulator. Dealing with homeowners, paying unions dues, etc.
• 12:37 PM: Doug Aamoth a franchise that’s been gone for quite a while…
• 12:37 PM: Doug Aamoth Golden Sun DS
• 12:38 PM: Doug Aamoth graphics look great
• 12:38 PM: Doug Aamoth demo over, more money talk
• 12:39 PM: Doug Aamoth DS is a great platform, lots of people have it, good money, etc.
• 12:39 PM: Doug Aamoth October 13th, James Patterson interactive novel
• 12:39 PM: Doug Aamoth Why join a book club when you can join the Women’s Murder Club?
• 12:39 PM: Doug Aamoth Women’s Murder Club: Games of Passion
• 12:40 PM: Doug Aamoth uncover hidden clues, analyze evidence
• 12:40 PM: Doug Aamoth you play a lady detective of some sort
• 12:40 PM: Doug Aamoth for Nintendo DS
• 12:40 PM: Doug Aamoth new stuff from Ubisoft…
• 12:40 PM: Doug Aamoth Cop: The Recruit for DS
• 12:41 PM: Doug Aamoth young NY cop forced undercover to unravel the conspiracy that’s gotten his partner in trouble
• 12:41 PM: Nicholas Deleon And, really, who doesn’t love grittiness?
• 12:41 PM: Doug Aamoth looks like GTA
• 12:42 PM: Nicholas Deleon That woman’s pants are straight out of Saturday Night Fever
• 12:42 PM: Doug Aamoth run your own boutique, customize your shop
• 12:42 PM: Doug Aamoth works with DS Wi-Fi
• 12:43 PM: Nicholas Deleon I can’t imagine too many of you guys are interested in a clothes/modeling simulator
• 12:43 PM: Doug Aamoth “Style Savvy”
• 12:43 PM: Doug Aamoth should have called it Teen Girl Squad
• 12:43 PM: Doug Aamoth no onto the DSi
• 12:44 PM: Doug Aamoth interviewing tweens, etc.
• 12:44 PM: Doug Aamoth “it’s a very on-the-go system”
• 12:44 PM: Doug Aamoth “the internet’s gonna be awesaaahme”
• 12:44 PM: Doug Aamoth lots of middle schoolers drawing out their vowels
• 12:44 PM: Doug Aamoth the camera is greeeaaate
• 12:44 PM: Doug Aamoth etc.
• 12:45 PM: Doug Aamoth DSi sales have surpassed one million units since launch
• 12:45 PM: Doug Aamoth plus 400,000 DS lites
• 12:45 PM: Doug Aamoth the lady speaking has a handsome pantsuit
• 12:45 PM: Doug Aamoth it’s all white
• 12:46 PM: Doug Aamoth nice two-button blazer, white bell-bottom pants
• 12:46 PM: Doug Aamoth okay, back to business
• 12:46 PM: Doug Aamoth animation game for DSi
• 12:46 PM: Doug Aamoth simple movie maker
• 12:46 PM: Doug Aamoth FlipNote Studio
• 12:46 PM: Doug Aamoth like a flip animation video maker
• 12:46 PM: Nicholas Deleon Oh God, enough with user-generated content
• 12:46 PM: Doug Aamoth Mario Donkey Kong level creator
• 12:47 PM: Doug Aamoth yeah, DSi = personalization basically
• 12:47 PM: Doug Aamoth Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again
• 12:47 PM: Doug Aamoth available only as a download on DSi on June 8th
• 12:47 PM: Doug Aamoth “that’s right, this coming Monday”
• 12:47 PM: Doug Aamoth WarioWare DIY
• 12:48 PM: Doug Aamoth “as in, do it yourself”
• 12:48 PM: Doug Aamoth every element is user controlled
• 12:48 PM: Doug Aamoth characters, storyline, meaning, etc.
• 12:48 PM: Doug Aamoth when your micro game is completed, you can share it with other WarioWare owners
• 12:49 PM: Doug Aamoth DSi camera
• 12:49 PM: Doug Aamoth automatic photo uploads to Facebook coming this summer
• 12:49 PM: Doug Aamoth because if you have an electronic product, it MUST connect with Facebook
• 12:50 PM: Doug Aamoth new game
• 12:50 PM: Doug Aamoth The Legend of Zelda, Spirit Tracks
• 12:50 PM: Doug Aamoth playable on the show floor this week
• 12:50 PM: Doug Aamoth but little information beyond that
• 12:50 PM: Doug Aamoth the crowd is eerily subdued, your thoughts Nicholas?
• 12:51 PM: Nicholas Deleon Everyone’s game indeed
• 12:51 PM: Nicholas Deleon I’m trying to think if this woman has improved over last year
• 12:51 PM: Doug Aamoth Satoru Iwata, Nintendo president takes the stage
• 12:51 PM: Nicholas Deleon Because she was dire last year
• 12:52 PM: Nicholas Deleon Now this guy I like, Iwata
• 12:52 PM: Doug Aamoth the global gaming population has greatly expanded
• 12:52 PM: Doug Aamoth Nintendo has been doing a lot of research
• 12:52 PM: Doug Aamoth three population groups
• 12:52 PM: Doug Aamoth active game players, people who say they’ll never play, and people who say they might play
• 12:52 PM: Doug Aamoth future growth has to come from the “maybes”
• 12:53 PM: Doug Aamoth 295 million active players
• 12:53 PM: peterha
• 12:53 PM: Doug Aamoth in Japan, US, and six European countries
• 12:53 PM: Doug Aamoth 149 million “maybes”
• 12:53 PM: Nicholas Deleon That may be, but you’re annoying your Active fans with all this casual hogwash
• 12:53 PM: Doug Aamoth you don’t like Cooking Mama?
• 12:54 PM: Doug Aamoth “we still have a long way to go to expand the gaming population”
• 12:55 PM: Doug Aamoth previously the best games were considered those that required the most advanced skills
• 12:55 PM: Doug Aamoth makes it harder for newcomers to join, though
• 12:55 PM: Doug Aamoth if we lower the bar, we won’t satisfy highly-skilled players, though
• 12:55 PM: Doug Aamoth hard to determine experienced player vs. novice
• 12:55 PM: Doug Aamoth we were all new gamers once, though
• 12:56 PM: Doug Aamoth need to be intuitive enough to be enjoyed by everyone
• 12:56 PM: Doug Aamoth make both skill levels happy simultaneously
• 12:57 PM: Doug Aamoth MarioKart with Wii Wheel is a good example of a game that’s easy to pick up yet appeals to experienced gamers as well
• 12:57 PM: Doug Aamoth Wii Sports Resort will be a similar game
• 12:57 PM: Doug Aamoth “Everyone’s game”
• 12:58 PM: Doug Aamoth Brain Age and Wii Fit have attracted the most new players
• 12:58 PM: Doug Aamoth what’s next? sneak peek…
• 12:58 PM: Nicholas Deleon mind, body and soul?
• 12:58 PM: Doug Aamoth Wii Vitality Sensor
• 12:58 PM: Doug Aamoth you put your finger in it like a pulse monitor
• 12:58 PM: Doug Aamoth is it April Fool’s Day?
• 12:59 PM: Nicholas Deleon I dare him to test the audience’s vitality!
• 12:59 PM: Doug Aamoth measures nervousness
• 12:59 PM: Doug Aamoth the sensor, on any audience member, would register outrage
• 12:59 PM: Doug Aamoth use the Vitality Sensor to achieve greater relaxation
• 1:00 PM: Doug Aamoth so fire up the Wii, stick the sensor on your finger, and try to get your stress level to fall
• 1:00 PM: Doug Aamoth I’m assuming there’d be some sort of breathing exercises
• 1:00 PM: Nicholas Deleon Unless Nintendo has a game where Link and Abraham Lincoln team up to race the Indy 500
• 1:00 PM: Doug Aamoth that’s all we get to see, though, just the Vitality Sensor
• 1:01 PM: Doug Aamoth lady back on stage
• 1:01 PM: Doug Aamoth “We still have some stimulation to show you.”
• 1:01 PM: Doug Aamoth there’s more Mario news…
• 1:01 PM: Doug Aamoth for the first time ever…
• 1:01 PM: Doug Aamoth a SECOND FULL 3D MARIO TITLE
• 1:01 PM: Doug Aamoth on a single Nintendo console
• 1:01 PM: Doug Aamoth this one looks much better than the first one they showed
• 1:02 PM: Doug Aamoth more like Mario Galaxy
• 1:02 PM: Doug Aamoth may be Mario Galaxy 2, there’s a fair amount of space stuff
• 1:02 PM: Nicholas Deleon Well this is more like it
• 1:02 PM: Doug Aamoth running sideways across globes, etc.
• 1:02 PM: Doug Aamoth similar to Mario Galaxy
• 1:03 PM: Doug Aamoth wait for it… wait for itttttt.
• 1:03 PM: Doug Aamoth Super Mario Galaxy 2
• 1:03 PM: Doug Aamoth Reggie Fils-Aime back on stage
• 1:04 PM: Doug Aamoth SMG 2 looks a lot like the first one
• 1:04 PM: Doug Aamoth but the first one was a good game, so that’s okay
• 1:04 PM: Doug Aamoth “I read the blogs, too” — Reggie
• 1:04 PM: Doug Aamoth people are saying “I want more”
• 1:04 PM: Doug Aamoth and more is generally publishers not named Nintendo
• 1:05 PM: Doug Aamoth exclusive titles from third-party publishers
• 1:05 PM: Doug Aamoth three weeks: The Conduit – Sega
• 1:05 PM: Doug Aamoth first person shooter
• 1:05 PM: Doug Aamoth was that Will Smith’s voice?
• 1:06 PM: Doug Aamoth The Conduit
• 1:06 PM: Doug Aamoth looks like a futuristic, apocalyptic FPS
• 1:06 PM: Doug Aamoth Resident Evil Darkside Chronicles
• 1:06 PM: Doug Aamoth graphics look superb
• 1:06 PM: Nicholas Deleon Does Leon punch boulders? I think not
• 1:07 PM: Nicholas Deleon Yeah, this looks pretty good
• 1:07 PM: Doug Aamoth guns + Wii MotionPlus = good
• 1:07 PM: Doug Aamoth Deadspace…
• 1:07 PM: Doug Aamoth Dead Space Extraction
• 1:07 PM: Doug Aamoth exclusive to Wii
• 1:08 PM: Doug Aamoth kind of a prequel to Dead Space
• 1:08 PM: Doug Aamoth graphics look great
• 1:08 PM: Doug Aamoth people finally clap
• 1:08 PM: Doug Aamoth politely, again
• 1:09 PM: Doug Aamoth end of third-party publisher announcements
• 1:09 PM: Doug Aamoth an edgy game coming from Nintendo? absolutely says Fils-Aime
• 1:09 PM: Doug Aamoth preview of…
• 1:09 PM: Doug Aamoth Team Ninja + Nintendo
• 1:10 PM: Doug Aamoth yama hama, this looks nice
• 1:10 PM: Doug Aamoth Metroid: Other M
• 1:10 PM: Doug Aamoth a grittier, darker Metroid
• 1:10 PM: Nicholas Deleon Satisfied, hardcore gamers?
• 1:11 PM: Doug Aamoth I still didn’t see any blood
• 1:11 PM: Doug Aamoth maybe in the future, people don’t bleed
• 1:11 PM: Doug Aamoth coming 2010
• 1:11 PM: Doug Aamoth people finally clapping normally
• 1:11 PM: Doug Aamoth sort of
• 1:11 PM: Doug Aamoth “Passionate Metroid fans may have found surprise in that trailer” — Reggie
• 1:12 PM: Nicholas Deleon Speculate: what does M stand for?
• 1:12 PM: Doug Aamoth deeper into Samus’ story
• 1:12 PM: Doug Aamoth MURDER, muwahahahaaaa
• 1:12 PM: Doug Aamoth no idea
• 1:12 PM: Doug Aamoth Mintendo
• 1:12 PM: Doug Aamoth MotionPlus?
• 1:12 PM: Doug Aamoth Myamoto?
• 1:12 PM: devin /sent from my G1
• 1:12 PM: devin
• 1:12 PM: peterha
• 1:13 PM: Doug Aamoth “We remain committed to making Nintendo everyone’s game.”
• 1:13 PM: Doug Aamoth thank you and good bye
• 1:13 PM: Doug Aamoth wow, that was… um… not all that great
• 1:13 PM: Doug Aamoth where’s the Wii Zelda?
• 1:13 PM: Nicholas Deleon They should have just showed the last 10 mins
• 1:14 PM: Nicholas Deleon Instead of all that other nonsense that I’ve already forgotten about
• 1:14 PM: Doug Aamoth they should have had James Cameron come out and talk about his new movie for an hour and a half
• 1:14 PM: Nicholas Deleon Oh that was really great
• 1:14 PM: peterha
• 1:14 PM: Doug Aamoth okay time to wrap it up, thanks for stopping by everyone
• 1:14 PM: Nicholas Deleon With his Meryl Streep haircut
• 1:15 PM: Doug Aamoth we’ll let all of Devin and Peter’s late-ass photos trickle in
• 1:17 PM: peterha
• 1:18 PM: peterha
• 1:18 PM: peterha
• 1:20 PM: peterha
• 1:20 PM: peterha
• 1:21 PM: peterha
• 1:22 PM: peterha
• 1:24 PM: devin
• 1:26 PM: Doug Aamoth Quick Update: Super Mario Galaxy 2 won’t be available until 2010