Nintendo wrapped up their special press conference in Japan a few hours ago, making a number of announcements for both the DS and Wii in the process.
Most notably, the company confirmed the rumors of a new DS model. Dubbed the Nintendo DSi, the upgraded portable will have a 3.25 inch screen, an inside/outside 0.3 megapixel camera, and a SD card slot as well as onboard memory. The new model will also come with a web browser and feature an app store similar to Apple’s iPod, aptly named DSi Ware. The DSi will go on sale in Japan next month for 18900 yen, and follow in other territories next year.
In addition, Nintendo also revealed their storage solution for gamers looking for more memory on their Wiis, saying that they will support WiiWare and software downloads to SD cards sometime next year. Alongside this news, other games and the Japanese release schedule was announced as well. All of that, in addition to video footage of the event, can be found below.
Other Nintendo Japanese Press Conference Details:
New Software:
- DS Pedometer, Miis on DS
- Mario and Luigi 3
- 3d Picross
- Let’s Tap by Prope.
Wii Software:
- Punch-Out Wii
- Trace Memory Wii
- Sin and Punishment 2
- Sengoku Musou (Samurai Warriors) coming to Wii.
- Animal Crossing Wii interacts with AC DS
- New mainline Tales of.
- Wii getting rereleases of GCN titles, beginning with DK Jungle Beat and Pikmin. There will be no upgrades to the titles.
Wii (Japan) Release Schedule:
Wii
2008
Wii Music (Nintendo) 10/16
Animal Crossing: City Folk (Nintendo) 11/20
The Melancholy of Haruhi (Kadokawa Shoten) 11/27
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes (Capcom) 12/11
428 (Sega) 12/4
Samba de Amigo (Sega) 12/11
Let’s Tap (Sega) Dec. 2008
Cooking Mama 2 (Taito) 12/4
Rygar: Muscle Impact (Tecmo) Dec. 2008
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith (Activision) 10/16
Karaoke Joysound Wii (Hudson) 12/18
Sky Crawlers (Bandai-Namco) 10/16
Happy Dance Collection (Bandai-Namco) 10/23
Family Ski: World Ski & Snowboard (Bandai-Namco) 11/13
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile (Bandai-Namco) 12/4
Taiko Drum Master Wii (Bandai-Namco) 12/11
Tenchu 4 (From Software) 10/23
Harvest Moon: Exciting Animal March (Marvelous) 10/30
Rune Factory Frontier (Marvelous) 11/27
Shape Boxing (Rocket Co.) 10/30
2009
Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) Spring
Start w/ 100 Conversations! English Conversation (Nintendo) 2009
Punch-Out!! (Nintendo) 2009
Trace Memory: R, Gateway of Memory (Nintendo) 2009
Kensax (Nintendo) 2009
Cosmic Walker (Nintendo) 2009
Spawn Smasher (Nintendo) 2009
Dynamic [illegible] (Nintendo) 2009
Takt of Magic (Nintendo) 2009
Sin & Punishment 2 (Nintendo) 2009
Forever Blue 2: Beautiful Ocean (Nintendo) 2009
Everyone’s the Star on the NHK Red-and-White Quiz Battle (Nintendo) 2009
Line Attack Heroes (Nintendo) 2009
Castlevania: Judgment (Konami) Winter 2008-2009
Dead Rising: Zombies’ Sacrifice (Capcom) Winter 2008-2009
FFCC: Echoes of Time (Square-Enix) 1/29
Sonic and the Black Knight (Sega) Spring
Fragile (Bandai-Namco) Winter 2008-2009
Arcrise Fantasia (Marvelous) Winter 2008-2009
Oboro Muramasa (Marvelous) Spring
Nintendo DS (Japan) Release Schedule:
DS
2008
Self-indulgent Fashion: Girls’ Mode (Nintendo) 10/23
Know by Walking: Life Rhythm DS (Nintendo) 11/1
Kirby: Ultra Super Stars (Nintendo) 11/6
World Food: Talk! DS Food Navi (Nintendo) 12/4
Power Pro-kun Pocket 11 (Konami) 12/4
Mega Man Star Force 3: Black Ace/Red Joker (Capcom) 11/13
Valkyrie Profile (Square-Enix) 11/1
Chrono Trigger (Square-Enix) 11/20
Chocobo and the Magical Picture Book: The Witch, the Girl, and the 5 Warriors (Square-Enix) 12/11
Mysterious Dungeon: Fuuren no Shiren DS 2 (Sega) 11/13
Let’s Make a Soccer Team DS: Touch and Direct (Sega) 11/27
Phantasy Star Zero (Sega) 12/25
Wind of Nostalgeo (Tecmo) 11/6
DS Nishimura Kyotarou Suspense Detective Series 2 (Tecmo) 11/13
Momotarou Dentetsu 20th Anniversary (Hudson) 12/18
Tamagotchi’s Sparkling Shop (Bandai-Namco) 11/27
Tales of Hearts: Anime Movie Edition/CG Movie Edition (Bandai-Namco) 12/11
Harvest Moon: Welcome to the Wind’s Bazaar (Marvelous) 12/18
Avalon Code (Marvelous) 11/1
Prof. Layton and the Last Time Travel (Level 5) 11/27
2009
DS Fortune-Telling Life (Nintendo) 2009
Friend Collection (Nintendo) 2009
Mario & Luigi RPG 3!!! (Nintendo) 2009
Made in Me (Wario Ware) (Nintendo) 2009
Solid Body Picross (Nintendo) 2009
Gyakuten Kenji (Capcom) 2009
FFCC: Echoes of Time (Square-Enix) 1/29
Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days (Square-Enix) Winter 2008-2009
Shining Force Feather (Sega) Spring
Seventh Dragon (Sega) Spring
Infinite Space (Sega) Spring
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