No problem Hound!
I'll probably update this post with news as it comes. So just refresh the thread (I don't wanna make hundreds of posts in a row
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http://wii.nintendo-europe.com/
"12:24.24 -
I'd estimate about a third of the seats are still waiting to be filled. Give it time. /impatient"
12:36.09 -
Apparently it's going to start "in a few minutes". "Please take your seats," the PA asks hopefully.
12:46.07 -
The last few stragglers are taking their seats. There's a danger it might actually start soon.
12:55.22 -
"Introducing Wii". Quotes flying up from various sources. Magazines, CEOs, old women. Video of people playing with it.
12:55.56 -
I Don't Feel Like Dancing is playing. Gerhard Florin from EA has a quote up: apparently Wii is ace!
13:09.20 -
Nintendogs: 4 million in Europe alone. 60, 000 sold a week even now. Responsible for the upsurge in women gamers on the DS he says.
Brain Training: half of the owners are over 26 years old, he says, which is very unusual.
In Japan, the series sold over 5 million copies since May 2005. In nine weeks it's sold 500k in Europe, which took 17 weeks in Japan, he says.
In Germany, Brain Training is on top of the charts two months after launch, he tells us. DS software has dominated European charts in July and August.
He's showing Nintendo's favourite graph: the one that shows sales spiking in later weeks, and not just big sales in the first week that tail off.
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Virtual Console now. Offering an "instant library" of games - 15 VC games available during launch period. Roughly 5-10 titles will be added per month. When purchased, always accessible and will become a new channel on the main screen.
Europe gets a "toned down" VC, or whatever you want to call it.
13:31.13 - Some stuff that you can use the Wii for:
Calendar, househould bulletin board and family message centre for organising family scheduling, he says. Leave post-its for your friends and family. Or Tom Nook.
Online access to international weather forecasts. Constantly updated worldwide headlines, too. Plus seperate net channels powered by Opera.
Virtual Console. Mario World, Zelda Link to the Past, Mario 64 flash up. 15 in launch period in Europe. With 5-10 titles a month.
Donkey Kong shows up too. Now we're on WiiConnect24 - offering Nintendo news or "other features", "even while you sleep".
He points out that you can do this without Wii, but argues not everyone has the same advantage. For many it'll be the first time they're comfortable doing it.
Channels will be good for people who aren't as technically able, baisically.
With Touch! Generations software coming to Wii, Iwata believes everyone in the family will give Wii a go. And now he's off. Gabby's back.
Two tennis players, Tim Henman and Greg Rusedksi, are playing Wii Tennis on stage. They're playing against Shibata. Some Nintendodude.
13:42.44 -
WarioWare: Smooth Moves (just after launch).
Third-party: around 15-20 games from launch. Red Steel. Rayman. Need for Speed Carbon. Tony Hawk. Super Monkey Ball.
Date: 2006.
December 8th 2006.
EUR 249 / GBP 179
Bundles is white console, one Wii remote, one Nunchuck, Wii Sports.
Between 49 and 59 Euros for software. 34 for 39 pounds.
Launch titles: Zelda, Wii Play, Wii Sports. WarioWare soon after launch. Wii Play comes with a "free" Wii Remote. 15-20 third-party titles at launch.
13:47.04 -
The enormous Wii software trailer reel shown on Nintendo's website is now playing, showing off many titles including Resi Evil, Zelda and countless others.
13:48.09 -
Iwata's back. He's inviting us to stand up and enter the demo area behind the stage. So that's it folks!
Can't believe I'm still here.
Also, they're going to be releaseing a souped up 2D version of the Metal Slug Trilogy, would that be worth getting from the virtual console perhaps? I've heard that Metal Slug is stupidly fun.
At this rate we'll no doubt have a 50$ price-hike for the european version! 
Terribly upset. Someone please explain it sensibly. 
