- Project H.A.M.M.E.R. and Disaster: Day of Crisis are both very close to finalization. Nintendo plans to use them as drought fillers.
- The Virtual Console will be getting some major additions soon, not just Classic Game wise.
- The Wii-Specific Zelda is currently in the works. It is not currently planned for release within the next two years. It will differ greatly from former Zelda titles.
- Mario Kart, Various Sports are also currently in development. Currently being worked on with online in mind.
- No word on StarFox.
- Even more surprises in terms of new IPs are in store.
- Wii Music and Fitness Pack are still set for release this year.
- All going according to plan, Animal Crossing will be released in ’08.
- Kirby is not on hiatus, contrary to some people’s belief.
- No word on a non-bongo DK yet.
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games has had more man-power put into it since the expectations for the game are becoming greater.
- Nintendo is working closely with third parties this time around, to ensure that Wii will not go unsupported.
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption:
- Players will not have to re-gain all of their abilities.
- Players will have a corruption mode, similar to hyper mode, that will only be available to use for a limited amount of time.
- Players will not have to switch beams, as they combine.
- The developers are working closely with Nintendo themselves to include some sort of online functionality.
- Planned to be released this year, “sooner than most are expecting.”
Super Mario Galaxy:
- SMG is planned to boast some sort of multiplayer functions.
- No online functionality is planned to be included.
- Will be released this year. No word on when.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl:
- Players will be able to choose from multiple control options. Main focus is on GC controller, and Nintendo is currently considering redistribution of them.
- No motion-sensitive controls in main game.
- Game will feature no more than 50 characters.
- “Since there’s a huge fan-demand for online play, the game will almost definitely feature it. That’s the plan. We pay a lot more attention to the fans than you would think, and we think it would be pretty dumb to ignore it. What’s funny is if we had never addressed the rumor, people wouldn’t be so expectant of it as they are.”
- They wouldn’t tell me any new specific characters.
- “Fans will be extremely pleased with the quality and number of characters we’ve brought around, as we made this very much a fan-desire project. There won’t be anymore ‘clones’either. There are definitely characters that will be huge surprises too, one of which happens to be my absolute favorite.”
- Not all characters will return. The original smash bros. will.
- Alternate Costumes/Color Schemes will be included.
- No comment on third parties.
- The game has been made “more balanced”.
- No comment on N64 like intros.
- No comment on “advanced techniques”.
- There will be new items, and some have been taken out.
- Super Smash Attacks are not immediately activated, can be reserved.
- Adventure mode will be much larger, classic mode will be featured.
- Will include more game modes, some from N64 will return.
- Events will be included.
- This game is scheduled to release this year.
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