Nintendo builds on winning formula at E3
June 3, 2009 by Eric
Filed under Gaming, Nintendo WII
Nintendo laid out videogame offerings that build on the winning momentum of its popular Wii consoles and DS handheld devices.
The Japanese videogame star touted a host of homemade and third-party titles it hopes will appeal to everyone from neophytes to hardcore veterans.
Nintendo also showed off hardware that makes Wii motion-sensing wand controllers more precise and a new “Vitality Sensor” that measures players’ heart rates for future games crafted as stress relievers.
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“Wii has continued to attack the games market like no system before, pushing into the mainstream of culture,” Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime said at a press conference at the opening of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles.
“The primary weapon for all of this is the interface.”
Wii offers motion-sensing controllers shaped like television remotes, car steering wheels, guns, and bathroom scales.
The new Wii MotionPlus gadgets, essentially cubes that plug into bases of existing wand-shaped controllers, will be available in the United States on July 26, Fils-Aime said.
US videogame giant Electronic Arts (EA) has tailored its next Tiger Woods golf game to MotionPlus devices and will sell the software bundled with the gadgets in a sales coup for Nintendo.
EA has also made a “Grand Slam Tennis” videogame for the more sensitive motion-sensing controllers. France-based Ubisoft has made a “Red Steel 2″ sword-fighting game exclusively for MotionPlus play.
