GDC 08: Nintendo details panels including Wii Fit, WiiWare and SSBB

Thursday 14 Feb 2008

Nintendo will be delivering three panels at the upcoming Game Developer’s Conference later this month in San Francisco.

Three platform developers, Takao Sawano, Takashi Aoyama and Masahiro Sakurai, will discuss Nintendo’s recent and upcoming products including Wii Fit, WiiWare and Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Takao Sawano, the producer for the Wii Balance Board development team, will talk about the development of Wii Fit on the 20th of February at 4 pm. He will discuss how the team created the Wii Balance Board and how Wii Fit is already revolutionizing homes across Japan.

Takashi Aoyama will discuss how the Wii’s internal hardware programming was developed, detailing the News Channel, the Everybody Votes Channel and the Check Mii Out Channel. His talk will also look at the problems encountered and WiiWare. Tune in at 9 am on the 22nd of February.

Masahiro Sakurai will present a talk on the creation of Super Smash Bros. Brawl at 10:30 am on the 22nd of February. He will discuss how he sought to create a unique Wii experience and how he went about including popular characters and game worlds from Nintendo and other publishers.

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