Nintendo’s Post E3 Event in Zaandam

On the 29th of July, NiSuTe reporter and columnist Chi Wong and myself had the opportunity to travel to Zaandam in the Netherlands to visit the Nintendo Post E3 Event. This was the first time that Nintendo’s E3 demos and hardware had been shown in all of Europe, so we were quite lucky to have had the chance to check it out.

The obvious focus of the event was showing off Nintendo’s recently unveiled 3DS handheld which has the ability to provide a 3D effect similar to that seen in recent films, but without the use of any 3D glasses. Though it may sound farfetched, I can guarantee you that it works, and it looks amazing.

The event was held in a beautiful building, and looked as professional as ever. There were staff members to guide the groups around to all the different rooms, and there was coffee, brownies, muffins and other assorted goodies to enjoy while taking a look at all the awesome demos. The staff was friendly, the atmosphere was lovely and all in all the event was an awesome experience.

A lot of games were played, and the Nindendo 3DS was thoroughly investigated and enjoyed.

Below you will find a list of all the hands-on articles that have been written about everything seen at the event.

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The Nindendo 3DS

Metroid: Other M

The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword

Kirby’s Epic Yarn

Donkey Kong Country Returns

Wii Party

GoldenEye

Golden Sun Dark Dawn

Assorted DS and DSi titles

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IGAD Gamelab Roundup 2010

What is IGAD?

The International Game Architecture and Design course is one of the many courses available at the nearby Breda University of Applied Sciences, and specializes in the production of video games from either a visual art perspective or a programming perspective. The course spans four years, and the students go through a variety of different classes all relevant to the design, creation and production of video games.

What is Gamelab?

Gamelab is a class in which the IGAD students must work together in groups of both artists and programmers, and create a game from scratch, making use of the knowledge they gain in their other classes.
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Nintendo 3DS: Hands on

NiSuTe Europe was invited to the Nintendo Post E3 Event in Zaandam and we were lucky enough to have a hands on experience with Nintendo’s still-in-development technology: the Nintendo 3DS. Whether or not the results were popping out of the screen, continue reading to get to know what our experiences were with the handheld.

The Nintendo 3DS was the main attraction of the day, launching the event with showing how the handheld looks like now, and get this: the design is still not decided, it can look much different from the endresult. The handheld looks very sleek and has the shiny surface like the Nintendo DSi’s. But the handheld wasn’t the only thing that shined, the showroom was decorated in a very stylized manner that complimented Nintendo’s presence, with blue ambient lighting that changed into red when the show started.
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Microsoft: Natal the most spectacular of our collection!

Steve Ballmer, Director and CEO of Microsoft describes Project Natal as the most spectacular product that they are going to sell this year.

According to Ballmer, Natal is unique: our players won’t need controller or another big accesoy. its new technology, they will only need to make gestures and their voice will also be recognized, also according to Ballmer he thinks that natal can be used for other things to!

Demonstration

This fall project natal will be for sale and microsoft is planning to give a demonstration on the E3 this year. On June 13 the World Premier Project Natal for Xbox 360 Experience event will be held, and on June 14 Microsoft will let us know of their other plans during a Press conference

Nisute Presents: Game programming essentials

Today I get to be the guy to proudly present to you a special event that we have been working on here at nisute. With our unique look at the gaming industry, and all of the people we meet, we often hear our members and outsiders express their interrests in pursuing a career in game development or media. Interestingly, they all come to us with the same question, and so we’ve decided to set up an event to cater to part of this question: is making videogames something for me, and what does it take?At this point we have the knowledge for organizing a game programming essentials course in-house, and so that’s exactly what we’ve set up. For us, the goal of this 2-hour pilot-course is to see if there is enough interest from people to warrant organizing more sessions, and if we can arrange some guest speakers on various topics. Read more

The NiSuTe Benelux Street Fighter 4 championships.

Think you have what it takes?

People have been training for this all year long, and not for nothing with great prizes to win who doesn’t want to take on the challenge. And we did this before and we already had a great time, but this time we want to do it bigger better and bolder! You can bring your arcade fighting stick or use one of ours.

To participate as a player you have to register with a small fee of 5 euro or 3 euros for pre registration, but you will get a free welcome gift!

When: 21 Feb from 10:30 to 17:00 CET (Yes if you continue to win you will be there till the end!)
Where: Breda in the Netherlands inside the awesome ForeGames store located in the NieuwStraat 31.
Where to register: Pre registrations are done here for only 3 euros. Or at the day of the tournament meaning that you need to sign up on-site between 10.30 and 11 CET for 5 euro per person.
What are the rules: We have not fully set them yet but you can help with discussing about it here.