Nintendo's E3 conference extended by an additional hour

[Julius Seeker]

The typical time Nintendo for Nintendo's press conferences in the past has been 1 hour; this year they are extending it to two hours.

This is likely to be for the reason of new hardware, as well as new flagship software.

What I am expecting:

* Nintendo 3DS - Nintendo's successor handheld console to the DS is most likely going to be make an appearance.

* The Legend of Zelda - Wii exclusive title will likely be the closing attraction of the conference.

* Wii Health Pack products - The Vitality sensor should be the next major addition, though there might be more than just that now. The Vitality sensor measures various internal body states including; heart rate, oxygen levels, and other such things. This is the sort of product that can potentially save lives, you can bet you'll be hearing about potential partnerships with health organizations based on this product.

* Dragon Quest IX, Xenoblade, Last Story, and hopefully Dragon Quest X will likely be previewed in terms of upcoming RPGs.

Now that's obviously not enough to fill up 2 hours, so there's bound to be some surprises.

Source

[bovine]

Wii music 2.

[Julius Seeker]

3DS will probably have a lot of features that will be elaborated on. Also there may be the potential for non-gaming applications such as streaming/downloadable video or something Health pack related. The Wii + Netflix turned out to be incredibly successful getting past 1 million subscribers very quickly out of the gate.