As you’ve heard, the Wii Fit part of this story is the most solid. In the Japanese Trademark Database, a Wii Fit Plus comes up. Great name, Nintendo. Very inventive. We’ll act totally surprised at the announcement on Tuesday’s press conference at E3. Siliconera also found a couple of other interesting title names in the database: Art Academy and BonsaiBarber, with the latter being a domestic WiiWare release. I wonder what Art Academy is.
The Mario and Zelda rumors come from an analyst firm that seems to be making sh*t up — sh*t that just about anyone in this industry could’ve guessed. According to GamesIndustry.biz, They echo the Wii Fit Plus thing, but then go on to say that we should expect announcements of a Mario or Zelda game. Macquarie Research’s reason? They “expect Nintendo to learn its lessons from last year and provide more gamer-centric announcements.”
Yeah, so do we.
I’ll be up at the ass-crack of dawn to liveblog the Nintendo press conference next week. Maybe we’ll get something more interesting than a new Wii Fit game. Stay tuned.
