In case you've been living under a rock, Nintendo held a press conference today in which they announced that their forthcoming console, the Wii, will launch on November 19 in North America with an MSRP of $250 US. Both Kotaku and Go Nintendo were at the conference taking videos. Below are highlights of the day:
Here's a quick tour of the event room:
A demo of the Wii Channels:
A demo of the Wii Photo Channel:
A demo of the Mii channel, during which the presenter creates an avator for Samuel L. Jackson:
It was announced that Wii Sports would be included with the console at launch. Here's a demo of Wii Sports Bowling game:
As well as showing off some of the gameplay for Zelda: Twilight Princess and Excite Truck, this video also shows the Wii games packaging:
Here's a new piece of footage of Super Mario Galaxy from the event:
Not for the faint of heart, here's some new footage of Trauma Center: Second Opinion. This guy should not be a doctor:
And lastly, Nintendo announced a new addition to Wii Sports: Boxing! Here's a video of a couple of guys duking it out:
UPDATE: Gamespot provided video of the entire conference: