Post E3 2006 | Wii Sports, ACWii, Starfox DS and WiiConnect 24 info

Wii-x2's interview with Katsuya Eguchi gleamed some new information about several Nintendo projects. Firstly he spoke about Wii Sports and commented on the possibility of there being new sports added:

"Within the Wii Sports category there are action sports like tennis, baseball, golf and then we have motor sports, so you might see something like a jetski or a bike. There could be various applications within motor sports but they will all exist within the Wii Sports title.

"What's on the show floor is just kind of a sample. We don't know exactly what we'll have yet. There will probably be more action sports and motor sports."

He then went on to talk about ACWii, stating that whilst he couldn't say much that the Wiimote would feature heavily in chopping trees, digging holes and fishing. No surprises there. He went on to talk about the WiiConnect 24 service with an intriguing idea...

If a player is playing a game where they have a score, it could be posted to a scoreboard showing all the rankings of people throughout the world. That might be one application. Unfortunately I can't really share any more than that because right now we're still very much in the planning stages.

"Also, you know the caricatures of Mr Iwata and Mr Miyamoto playing Wii Sports Tennis at the media briefing? Miyamoto-san has actually expressed a desire to allow people to create several such caricatures and send them out over WiiConnect24. That could be a possibility. Maybe if you have a member of your family that's particularly good at art, they might be able to pick up the Wii controller and create a caricature very simply. The images of Miyamoto-san and Iwata-san were also created very easily."

So the possibility of having yourself as a character playing as a computer on other people's consoles? Instantly updatable high score tables from lal over the world. Seems like WiiConnect 24 is beginning to take shape.

Finally he commented on the wifi structure of Starfox DS, likening it to Mario Kart DS.

"It'll be similar to Mario Kart in that you can play online with friends and strangers, with four pilots in one match and everyone using an Arwing. So just think of Mario Kart as a guide to how StarFox will work."

Interesting stuff indeed, stick with C3 for more info post E3.