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Nintendo’s Wii appeared at E3 2006 in
a playable form for the first time. Attracting the most attendees of
any demonstration at this year’s show, its expansive self-contained
unit
 on Nintendo’s stand, much like the
The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess stand from last year,
saw queues all day long – often up to a reported four hour wait!
However, through an immense amount of skill and display of
authority, your beloved
Electronic Articles once again
managed to slip through with enough time on the clock to scale
through all twenty-seven of the playable software titles.
Facing SONY’s paltry nine playable
PlayStation3 titles and Microsoft’s onslaught of near-complete
software, Nintendo managed to hold their own with impressive
showings from both well-known franchises and new Intellectual
Properties. The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight
 Princess was
obviously one of the most sought-after stands, with the likes of
Red Steel, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, ExciteTruck,
WarioWare: Smooth Moves, Spongebob Squarepants: Creature
From The Krusty Krab, Sonic Wild Fire, DragonBall Z:
Budokai Tenkaichi II, Project H.A.M.M.E.R., Elebits,
Super Mario Galaxy and, of course, the Wii Sports
series providing more than enough support; and it doesn’t end there.
Although no release date or pricing
strategy has been announced, the many clues Nintendo have given mean
the puzzle is all-but pieced together. With SONY’s plans looking in
pretty bad shape, Christmas 2006 looks likely to belong to the Wii.
In-depth reports on all the Wii’s biggest titles are linked below
for your reading pleasure, just be careful about exactly how much
you want one…
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