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Wii were on South Beach all day!

6:59 PM on 11.11.2006   |   Niero

Wii were on South Beach all day! photo

Nintendo held a press conference today on world famous Ocean Drive in Miami today (aka tourist trap) at the swanky Penthouse suite of the Tides Hotel to give the Hispanic press and local celebrities a chance to play the Wii hands on. Here's the awesome part -- everybody brought their kids too, it was more like an all-out party than a press event. We met with Mario, spent some time with the (hawwwwwwwt!!!) anchors from Univision, the (equally hawwwwwwt!!!) PR people, and took tons of pictures and videos of the event.  We also spent a lot of time playing Zelda: Twilight Princess on the Wii and will give you some impressions on that.  Stay tuned tonight as we pump all of this through our FireWire, through the interweb tubes, and into your homes.

Wii Swag

And what's this?  We also scored some sw33t Nintendo schwag which I shall not be parting with ;)  The bag included a 64meg Wii-branded memory stick with tons of video footage from the games (press kit), the Wii badge from the picture above, a water bottle, a sweet Wii travel bag, and a squishy Wii Sports bowling pin (for stress relief/self defense).  Tons more coming - stay tuned!








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9 comments | showing # 1 to 9
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Jordan Devore's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/11/2006 19:32
Jordan Devore
Sounds cool. Can't wait.
tim's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/11/2006 19:50
tim
That first picture is great!
Fronz's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/11/2006 19:56
Fronz
ritzy!
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/11/2006 20:29
Darren Nakamura
Sweet stuff. You sure you don't want to have a mini-contest where you give me some of that swag?
Ishaan's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/11/2006 20:57
Ishaan
Fire up them Zelda impresisons, Niero! If you manage to get farther than GameSpot did, people will come flocking to Dtoid!
pizzaface's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/11/2006 21:19
pizzaface
64 megs? weak.
Gregor's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/11/2006 21:29
Gregor
When's the dtoid DIY metal helmet coming?!
Niero's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/11/2006 21:39
Niero
The travel bag is super padded, it's actually to transport the Wii
bleep's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/13/2006 23:01
bleep
DAMMMMMMN I wii give you like $5 for that water bottle...
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