Nintendo World 2006 announced

  • By Walt Wyman, GameSpot
  • Posted Oct 11, 2006 10:44 am PT

Nintendo event focused on Wii and DS slated to hit Japan throughout November in three key locations.

Although Nintendo skipped the Tokyo Game Show, Japan-based Nintendo fans will have an opportunity to see what the big N has been working on at a series of shows planned for November. The event, which was announced on Nintendo's Web site today, will be called Nintendo World 2006. This name recalls both the Nintendo World Touch DS! event held across Japan prior to the DS launch in 2004, and Nintendo's old Space World shows, which haven't been held since 2001.

The event will take place November 3 and 12 in Nagoya and Osaka, respectively. The event will also visit the Makuhari Messe, the very site of last month's Tokyo Game Show and a previous Space World site, for two days on November 25 and 26. There is no admission charge. Visitors will be treated to hands-on Wii demonstrations and sneak peeks of the newest DS titles.

105 Comments

  • snoxxx13

    Posted Nov 1, 2006 12:56 pm PT

    Why have you the same avata as me???!?!?!?! just kidding
    Change it!

  • rondof

    Posted Oct 27, 2006 7:36 am PT

    hopefully will see something good

  • MarioMainic

    Posted Oct 15, 2006 1:58 am PT

    Japan is made up the compony Nintendo in the first place!.

  • g-master999

    Posted Oct 14, 2006 4:14 pm PT

    lucky japanese.

  • Nickster_11

    Posted Oct 14, 2006 5:57 am PT

    i dont know why some of u ppl care, its nothing special

  • Lithavalon

    Posted Oct 13, 2006 7:02 am PT

    nice...very puaken nice.

  • link3ri

    Posted Oct 13, 2006 1:01 am PT

    Any of these events coming to Costa Rica??? ...just joking...lol

  • thisisjosh

    Posted Oct 12, 2006 11:05 pm PT

    i'll definitely be there. i'm going. oh and, pre-order? nah, no thanks, but the Wii will be mine launch day.

  • jakeboudville

    Posted Oct 12, 2006 7:31 pm PT

    sweet

  • _Sam_

    Posted Oct 12, 2006 6:50 pm PT

    sounds cool

  • booyakashah

    Posted Oct 12, 2006 6:39 pm PT

    Ryuku- I work at an electronics retailer. A major one. I've seen/heard stories about console launch days.

    -YES- you need to pre-order.

    Either that or wait in line starting the day before.

    Or buy it on eBay for an inflated price.

    Or wait a month or so. That's a choice too. Nintendo doesn't have the shortage problems that the 360 had and the PS3 is going to have, so you shouldn't have to wait too long...

    But if you expect to walk in at like noon after the store's been open a couple of hours and find a Wii- I laugh at you.

  • Ryuku

    Posted Oct 12, 2006 5:42 pm PT

    lol do u really need to pre order ??

  • RogerC44

    Posted Oct 12, 2006 10:13 am PT

    I love Wii!

  • j_vega07

    Posted Oct 12, 2006 9:28 am PT

    Wii pre-orders Tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!

  • GCN49

    Posted Oct 12, 2006 9:26 am PT

    i wish Nintendo would hold an event in the US... I would definitely go to it...

  • Berem

    Posted Oct 12, 2006 9:23 am PT

    The quick brown fox jumped over the fat lazy dog over and over again and because of this he went into a great depression and forgort who ehe was in another world besides the fact that the white borad has an erasert on it and the screen is a blue box with a huge source: Computer 1 (RGB) Value in it that stands for red green and blue for a few different reasons and because of this the fact of the mouse has a red laser in it.

  • cjcr_alexandru

    Posted Oct 12, 2006 9:21 am PT

    Looks like GameSpot crew will go back to Japan. And we will hear more news about Wii and DS. Good!

  • eric2mrng

    Posted Oct 12, 2006 7:25 am PT

    nice..

  • LosDaddie

    Posted Oct 12, 2006 6:38 am PT

    Good luck, Nintendo!


    Go, Wii60!!

  • jwallace

    Posted Oct 12, 2006 5:46 am PT

    Pablo620: like usual Nintendo cant compete with MS and Sony so they hide until the two players are done

    to Pablo620: they can't compete with Microsoft and Sony because MS and Sony are multi-billion dollar internationl conglomerates while Nintendo was formerly a family-owned privately managed company until 2002. Nintendo only makes games and proprietary hardware while MS makes billions per month on software and Sony make billions on consumer electronics. So no, Nintendo can't compete. Also, it's because of the Sony/Nintendo free-motion debacle that took place at E3 earlier this year that Nintendo should wait until the others are finished before arranging their market strategies, as Sony has long been known to borrow or "reverse-engineer" (I use the term loosely for the benefit of the Sony fanbase) Nintendo's ideas. And like the previous Space World shows, expect Sony and Microsoft staff to appear anonymously at the show.

    I loved the Space World coverages in past Gamespot and Game Informer articles myself and will be looking forward to this year's coverage. Maybe we could see updates of the late November shows on the Wii channels!

    JW

  • Nintendus

    Posted Oct 12, 2006 4:32 am PT

    "I better see Metroid Dread. "

    And SSB:B.

  • metdevthegamer

    Posted Oct 12, 2006 1:47 am PT

    Awesome. Wish I could go (fat chance).

  • Beymaster1

    Posted Oct 12, 2006 1:31 am PT

    looks good cant wait to see how it turns out

  • mithund

    Posted Oct 12, 2006 1:25 am PT

    I guess Nintendo will have similar events here in the US as well. Unless in Japan, Satoru Iwata announces something big, there's no need for GS editors to fly out there again.

  • daqua_99

    Posted Oct 12, 2006 12:24 am PT

    Sounds good ...

  • music_guru

    Posted Oct 11, 2006 11:48 pm PT

    So the GS crew is going to go back to Japan for this right? RIGHT?!

  • guldlox

    Posted Oct 11, 2006 11:16 pm PT

    i hope we will see some new games like resident evil: uc

  • Game13a13y

    Posted Oct 11, 2006 8:14 pm PT

    forget the show, i want one already. :p

  • imbacon

    Posted Oct 11, 2006 8:03 pm PT

    *Does a backflip out of a bowl of rice* YAY! It's Nintendos turn to show off the goods!

  • Blazer88

    Posted Oct 11, 2006 7:53 pm PT

    Sure this will interesting, and fun,...in fact everybodies shows but Sony's seem to be these days,..lol.

  • ClaudeLv250

    Posted Oct 11, 2006 7:51 pm PT

    I better see Metroid Dread.

  • Sonic2batt

    Posted Oct 11, 2006 7:21 pm PT

    This is a slick move, EVERYONE in Japan loves/wants a DS. So why not do a show that has the DS... AND the Wii? This show will say "Here look, the DS and Wii are related, if u like the DS you'd certainly like our Wii as well. Come and play, don't be shy, its FREE"

  • 16tony16

    Posted Oct 11, 2006 7:10 pm PT

    exactly y do they get everything first

  • rbarahona

    Posted Oct 11, 2006 6:56 pm PT

    This are the kind of events that makes me wanting to get a plane ticket to Japan!!! Hopefuly we will be able to get more information about the Wii just days before they launch the console. Less than a month...

  • nintendorocks

    Posted Oct 11, 2006 6:56 pm PT

    i wonder why nintendo would focus on the wii and ds..............

    i was also pretty sad they skipped the tokyo game show -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Uhhh....what else would they focus on?

  • TryMe01

    Posted Oct 11, 2006 6:33 pm PT

    need tickets to japan, and money to buy them

    sounds lika an awesome show put on by Nintendo, is this to go against the sony event held sometime around this time?

  • comthitnuong

    Posted Oct 11, 2006 6:14 pm PT

    i wonder why nintendo would focus on the wii and ds..............

    i was also pretty sad they skipped the tokyo game show

  • pspkris

    Posted Oct 11, 2006 5:12 pm PT

    HMMM, what does Nintendo have up its sleeve this time?

  • GreeN-StorM

    Posted Oct 11, 2006 5:07 pm PT

    Wait for it !

  • B-HunterX

    Posted Oct 11, 2006 4:54 pm PT

    ...(tear) i wanna live in japan even more now....

  • EMAN2g

    Posted Oct 11, 2006 4:34 pm PT

    xD

    NINTENDO FTW!!!

  • gokunj2

    Posted Oct 11, 2006 4:14 pm PT

    Yay!!!! Space World is back in spirit.

  • blackthegame

    Posted Oct 11, 2006 3:04 pm PT

    CaptainDingo
    SolidFear, this isn't System Wars. i aggre. solid fear? y even bother

  • shockwave04

    Posted Oct 11, 2006 2:58 pm PT

    How much is a ticket to Japan ???

  • CaptainDingo

    Posted Oct 11, 2006 2:51 pm PT

    SolidFear, this isn't System Wars.

  • -CR7-

    Posted Oct 11, 2006 2:41 pm PT

    Nice! Nintendo invests alot in shows!

  • Mark2099

    Posted Oct 11, 2006 2:33 pm PT

    word of mouth is exactly what nintendo needs

  • R3DN1N3

    Posted Oct 11, 2006 2:26 pm PT

    I've been deeply dissapointed with Nintendo's last 2 generation consoles but I've got to say, I'm getting goosebumps just thinking about playing a Zelda game on the Wii. I have a feeling this is gonna be a "comeback" generation for Nintendo.....the FORCE has forseen it lol.

  • gamer_10001

    Posted Oct 11, 2006 2:15 pm PT

    *buys ticket to Japan*

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