Nintendo Announces Three New Games, New Hardware

Though Nintendo’s E3 conference may have not held as much flare as Microsoft’s, the company did unveil three new games for the Wii: Animal Crossing, Wii Sports Resort, and Wii Music. Clearly in an attempt to create more demand in the casual market, Wii Sports Resort and Wii Music focus on bringing your Miis in new situations, which including jet skiing, and, well.. playing the drums.

New peripherals were showed off as well, the previously announced WiiMotion Plus, which adds 1:1 movement sensing to the Wii remote, and WiiSpeak, which is a speaker for voice communication that sits atop the Wii’s sensor bar.

A lot of hardcore Nintendo fans were left disappointed at the company’s ignorance to their own dedicated fan base, and the lack of an impressive or surprising showing. Even games that were heavily rumored to make a showing, such as New Super Mario Bros. 2, Nintendogs 2, and Kid Icarus for the Wii, were suspiciously absent.