Nintendo of America Executive Promotions - All Hail President Reggie
Posted by inpheaux on May 25th, 2006 at 5:44 pmApparently we get two rather hefty Nintendo press releases today. We already covered the first one earlier today where they announced the top-price of the Wii, and where Nintendo basically announced that they're still making quite sizable and growing profits. Now one from Nintendo of America.
Three promotions have been made at the top of the [...]
Roundabout Wii Pricing: Less than $250
Posted by inpheaux on May 25th, 2006 at 12:46 pmIn a financial press conference today, Nintendo let loose the first ballpark estimation of the Wii's price tag. Technically they said "Less than 25,000 Yen ($222)", but when has something launched across regions for the same actual monetary value? Due to fluxuations like that, most outlets are pegging the US pricerange at $200-$250. I am [...]
“The Wizard” Slated for Summer DVD Release
Posted by King_Andy on May 23rd, 2006 at 8:17 pmIf you're, like me and the one thing you like more than an excellent movie is a horrible one, then you're in luck! One of the best video game related movies ever is headed for DVD. This August 29th "The Wizard" will hit store shelves. You might not be thrilled about [...]
DirectionalPad’s E3 2006 Coverage wrap-up
Posted by inpheaux on May 21st, 2006 at 2:18 amI know, I know . . "So inpheaux what's the deal? You get back from E3 and then don't post anything for a week?"
I've been busy, ok? 12,300 words of coverage and editorial insight don't write themselves. Even if they did write themselves it wouldn't be an incredibly fast process. It took me a week, [...]
E3 2006 Pictures are all up
Posted by inpheaux on May 14th, 2006 at 3:31 pmSeveral days late, but it's finally all up. 313 pictures spread over four days. All these sets can be seen over in our stylish image gallery, but in case you're lazy, here's a nice descriptive list of what we've got to offer:
inpheaux's E3 Galleries
Day 0 - Scouting the lobbies on Tuesday afternoon
Day 1 - Nintendo [...]
E3 Pictures / Wrapup / Impressions / etc - SOON
Posted by inpheaux on May 13th, 2006 at 7:38 amWell, I just got back home from my week in LA. While boarding my flight out of LAX, a guy next to me was having some guarded conversation with his wife. They kept looking at me intently and going back to their conversation. As I had just finished three incredibly exhausting days, and was not [...]
E3 Day One Pictures
Posted by inpheaux on May 11th, 2006 at 9:37 amI promised I'd find time to do a proper E3 Daily recap, but yesterday afternoon I quickly found that I had seriously over-exerted myself and was accordingly the most exhausted I've been in years.
So while I don't have a ton of time to say everything I want to at the moment, as we're getting ready [...]
E3’s Main Event - The Wii Line
Posted by inpheaux on May 11th, 2006 at 9:17 amE3 is all about epic larger-than-life things. It's about taking everything normal and making it 50 feet tall so no one can miss it. Of all the things I saw during the first day of E3, one was clearly the largest: The line for the Nintendo Wii exhibit.
Nintendo's exhibit has two main parts this year. [...]
Nintendo @ E3 - Playing = Believing
Posted by inpheaux on May 9th, 2006 at 11:52 pmThismorning's Nintendo Press Conference had a rather simple focus: Software. It wasn't big on release dates or prices or new Wii features. In fact, the only new thing we learned about the Wii was that the controller has a speaker in it now, and that the formerly poorly named "a" and "b" buttons have been [...]
Square Enix @ E3 - All Final Fantasy, All the time (plus mobile phone games)
Posted by inpheaux on May 9th, 2006 at 5:29 pmI meant to find time yesterday evening to write up a report on Square-Enix's Press conference, but right as I sat down to start it, the Sony press conference started up. Luckily, I'm in the middle of a five-hour flight across the country right now, and that's plenty of time to write a recap.
Squeenix's Press [...]