Nintendo Wii News

E3 2008: Nintendo reveals 3 new Wii games

By Hector Cortez Jul 15, 2008, 21:48 GMT

At the E3 Media & Business Summit today, Nintendo unveiled an enhancement for its Wii Remote controller along with three new games for Wii.

At the E3 Media & Business Summit today, Nintendo unveiled an enhancement for its Wii Remote controller along with three new games for Wii.

Wii Sports Resort is not just a simple sequel to Wii Sports. It is the first title to make use of another Nintendo advance, the Wii MotionPlus accessory, which plugs into the base of the Wii Remote controller to provide a more realistic motion experience. Scheduled for release in spring 2009, Wii Sports Resort includes games such as Sword Play, Power Cruising on a water scooter and Disc Dog, along with the new Wii MotionPlus accessory and Wii Remote Jacket at no additional cost.

Also announced was Animal Crossing: City Folk for the Wii. A new feature in Animal Crossing: City Folk is the ability to visit friends’ towns and chat with one another using the new WiiSpeak microphone. The WiiSpeak microphone is sold separately for $29.99 and allows Internet voice chat among Wii Friends – not just from person to person but from room to room.

Wii Music makes it easy for people to jam to tunes, even if they don’t know anything about music. Wii Music transforms the Wii Remote and Nunchuk controllers into more than 60 different instruments, including a violin, steel drums, electric guitar – even a cowbell. Players strum, shake, tap and drum along to the music in a pressure-free musical playground where there are no mistakes. They can improvise on their arrangements by skipping a note – or adding 10. The music always sounds great, but it’s up to players to come up with creative arrangements that they can then send to friends and family who have Wii Music. Those Wii Friends can then put their own spin on the arrangement and send it back and forth over WiiConnect24. Wii Music will be available in the United States for the holidays.