Update: Reggie is a poor public speaker.

I think he's a good speaker, it's just that this material is dry as hell.

140 more DS titles and 100 more Wii games coming by the end of the year.

Here we go!

100 new Wii games by the end of the year? No fucking way.

Come Reggie... smile! You're supposed to be happy.

9:14 a.m.: Competitors are calling Wii and DS a fad. "You know what? If I were in there shoes I'd be saying the same thing." Reggie convincingly points to Wii and DS sales, which continue to speak for themselves.

"Wii is poised to become the number-one worldwide in this generation very soon." Indeed.

9:12 a.m.: More data. Wii owners play more than other console owners do, in a nutshell. We're pretty sure Nintendo went over most of this data during a previous show, although the numbers have seen some changes. Yep -- now he's showing the core influencers/mass market diagram, and we're positive we've seen that thing before. Where's the blue ocean?

9:07 a.m.: 18-24 audience has more than doubled. Reggie calls this type of growth "unprecedented."

Talking female gamers. For everybody except Nintendo, it's an 80/20 split, 80% being men, of course. For Nintendo, though, it's 67% men and 33% women. "This, too, is driving Nintendo's business. In fact, the Nintendo DS may be the beacon that's lighting the way to the future of the entire gaming industry."

9:06 a.m.: DS marketshare is up to 25% of all hardware sales in the US, says Fils-Aime.

Ages 18+ now account for 53% of revenue. Bozon is only 17, and he looks sad.

9:04 a.m.: Reggie continues onward, chatting about how the videogame industry is continuing to grow. We don't see any gameplay footage, and hence we're bored. More talk about expanding audience.

"69% of all game industry growth this year comes directly from the sales of all Nintendo products," says Reggie.

Says home console and handheld sales are evening out. In 2002, it was 70% console and 30% handheld. In 2006, it's mroe or less 50/50.

9:02 a.m.: Lights dim. Show is about to begin. Bozon is crying like a little girl and clutching his hands.

"These videogamers are all alike..." says an opening. Didn't catch it all, but we think the point is to show how different Wii is. Montage of stuff. Fan-made Mario video. Someone talking about N65. News person chats about DS. DS scrolls on two screens to the left and right of the center. Montage continues. Newspaper articles. Basically, the whole thing is showcasing how all the media whoring DS and Wii have received. The piece is well-edited, we'll give them that. Nintendo fans in the auditorium applaud.

"My name is Reggie, and I am happy," says Reggie. "To us, today is more than a press conference and a business meeting. We see today as a celebration. And by that, I don't mean just a celebration for Nintendo, but for all of us. Because we think this E3 marks a turning point..." Mor

9:00 a.m.: We're up and running on our EVDO now. Mucho better. "Izza niiice!" Meanwhile, the suckers behind us are still leaching crap-speed Internet. The announcer guy just said, "Ladies and gentlemen, the show ill begin in approximately two minutes." Then he said something about turning off portable electronics -- we weren't really listening. Wait, what?

Yum.

I'm thinking he's counting VC games.

9:15 a.m. Says developers are taking notice. Between now and the holidays, NA players can expect another 140 titles for the DS and another 100 games for Wii. "The development community realizes the opportunity." To date, 14 of the top 20 Wii games in America have come from third parties. "We are now facing a wonderful new reality. Everyoene's a gamer. People who never played games before are playing now. And the very core of the traditional gaming market are saying, 'You know what? Wii is for me too.'"

Now showing another montage.

Wii Zapper looks like it got in an accident at Axis Chemicals!

Wii Zapper!

http://live.kotaku.com/gaming/e307/n...ce-5000674.php

But yeah, any major news (plus all sorts of useless minutiae) will be posted here as it happens.

A mutant-looking Wii zapper is shown.

whoa two nunchucks in the zapper!

I want that wii-zapper

Nintendo Wii Zapper packaged with this year's Nintendo 1st-party software. Available separately(?) for $20.

32 player multiplayer? That's a lot of damn friend codes to enter.

Friend codes have got to go!

that price has to be just the plastic housing that holds the nun-chucks and wii-mote

9:22 a.m. "What's even more fun than whack-a-mole? How about zap-a-zombie?" Not so sure about that one, Reggie. Also says Ghost Squad from SEGA and EA's Meda of Honor for Wii will take advantage of the Wii Zapper. Pretty good stuff.

Medal of Honor for Wii. "Up to 32 soldiers can combine in multiplayer mode," says Reggie.

Will package Wii Zapper this year along with a new game. Retail price: $19.99. People applaud, as they damned well should.

9:20 a.m. Introduces the Wii zapper. Sweet new gun mode. Nunchuk rests on back. Wii remote up front. Quasi-shotgun design. Works with Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles. Thank you, Jesus?

9:18 a.m.: The montage is not of gameplay footage, we should clarify. Rather, it's more media whoring and hardcore gamer reaction. The clips look to be ripped directly from YouTube, as they are more compressed than the videos in third-party Wii games.

IGN on the wii zapper...

Yes. The zapper is just a shell for the Wiimote and nunchuck.

Dragon Quest Swords "early next year"!

Dragon Quest Swords early next year.