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TGS 2005: Iwata Keynote

September 15th, 2005 (10:07pm) - Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo, has just made his keynote address to kick off the Tokyo Game Show. The Revolution’s controller was revealed,

Here is a detailed list of what was said:

- Iwata says Nintendo has constructed a larger game population through three techniques: the Famicom Mini, the GameBoy Micro, and the Nintendo DS.

- Iwata touches on the "touch generation" games, like Nintendogs and Brain Trainer. He says Nintendogs has shipped one million units in Japan already.

- Sixty percent of Nintendogs buyers bought a DS as well, according to Club Nintendo statistics.

- A giant Wi-Fi logo appears on screen in the background. Iwata says he will reveal much more on next-generation Wi-Fi in October.

- Iwata unveils the Revolution controller.

- The controller is glossy white, and resembles a remote control; looks very iPod inspired.

- Attatchments hook up to the bottom of the "remote." Iwata shows analog control attatchment. The "remote is held in one hand, the analog attatchment in the other.

- The controller acts like a mouse in 3D. Iwata says they’re considering packing the two attatchments together with the Revolution.

- They showed a video designed to higlight the controllers features. The video was shown as though you were in the TV watching people play.

- Footage shows people using the remote in various ways; Playing instruments, Cutting sushi, Making Mario jump by tilting the controller, Swinging a sword, Using it like a light gun, Performing surgery, Conducting music, catching bugs, and showed one person playing with two remotes.

- Audience audiably loved it.

- Praise came from Hideo Kojima and Square-Enix.

Reported by Anthony Swinnich on September 15th, 2005 (10:07pm)

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