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"11:00: Welcome to our live blog of Nintendo&amp;#039;s European 3DS press conference held in Amsterdam. This afternoon we&amp;#039;re going to find out the UK launch details for the device - the price, the date, the lineup - and perhaps witness a few new game announcements as well (Metroid 3DS, perhaps?). The conference is due to start at 2pm GMT. 13:55: Hello! We&amp;#039;ve arrived and sat nice and snug in the auditorium. Press, media and more are here waiting for the event to begin. 13:59: Jonathan Ross is confirmed to be hosting today&amp;#039;s event. Should be starting shortly. 14:01: Lights have dimmed, music is blaring, Ross heads on stage - in comical, oversized 3D glasses. 14:02: Ross says that as a gaming fan he was &amp;quot;thrilled&amp;quot; to be invited over by Nintendo. 14:03: Nintendo&amp;#039;s head of marketing Laurent Fisher takes to the stage. He explains that the firm has been exploring the possibility of 3D since the days of the NES. It has kept challenging itself to find out how it can work on its systems. 14:05: There&amp;#039;s more to the 3DS than gaming, apparently. A video plays. It appears that the European model will be the blue and black model. The analogue nub is called the Circle Disc, while the Home button allows you to jump into system options at any time. 14:07: The video ends. Ross and Fisher have a back and fourth explained its features; the top screen is bigger than that seen on the DSi while, the system will be backwards compatible, and the controls will be more or less the same. 14:09: With the Circle Disc and gyrosensor, developers will have plenty of options for fun experiences, says Fisher. Now onto the cameras; one camera on the inside, and two on the outside for 3D photos and in Fisher&amp;#039;s words &amp;quot;a new form of game design&amp;quot;. This is stuff we already know, but nice to have a recap. 14:10: SpotPass, meanwhile, will communicate with other 3DS systems to share content. In terms of WiFi partners, a bunch flash up on screens - BT is the British partner. 14:11: Ross asks about the kind of online content that will be available. EuroSport has been announced as a partner to deliver 3D video. &amp;quot;This is the perfect Pan-European partner&amp;quot;, explains Fisher. Nintendo is also talking to Sky 3D for short-form content, with news coming at a later date. 14:13: Co-founder of Aardman David Sproxton is introduced to the stage. He discusses the firm&amp;#039;s 30 year history, and the many partner it has worked with. &amp;quot;And now, Nintendo,&amp;quot; he says. 14:15: Sproxton explains that Nintendo&amp;#039;s innovation goes hand-in-hand with Aardman&amp;#039;s direction. Aardman is to create a series of Shaun The Sheep one minute shorts in 3D that&amp;#039;ll be exclusive to the handheld. 14:17: He says the team &amp;quot;can&amp;#039;t wait to start&amp;quot; on the content. The room is shown a few clips from the latest series of the show. 14:20: Afterward, a quick video of SpotPass plays. Bio information, last game played and your Mii can be shared with others, and they&amp;#039;ll run around in a parade, much like they did on the Wii. You won&amp;#039;t need a game to use this, and you can omit certain information if you want to. 14:22: &amp;quot;You never have to put in a code to play with friends online,&amp;quot; says Fisher. YES. Apparently adding friends will be automatic - how you&amp;#039;ll get to that first step I&amp;#039;m not sure, but this is fantastic news. 14:24: Capcom&amp;#039;s Yoshinori Ono comes on stage. He asks everyone to raise their hands, cross them and shout &amp;quot;Hadouken!&amp;quot; He then jokes that we&amp;#039;re here to see the Virtual Boy 2. 14:25: Ono&amp;#039;s appearance between here and the New York event was down to a coin toss by Nintendo of Japan&amp;#039;s president, apparently. 14:26: Ono is not here for Street Fighter. He explains that previously battles are fought one-on-one, face-to-face, next to each other. 14:28: Scratch that, it is about Street Fighter IV 3D. A feature sees Figurines fight others via SpotPass mode. So, set the mode, close the lid and roam the streets, and the game will figure for you. 14:30: Four multiplayer modes for the game; Online Vs, Local Wireless, Channel LIVE and SpotPass. 14:32: Street Fighter IV 3D to feature 35 fighters, including many original characters so that anyone can jump in. All these new features and modes are only possible due to the new features seen in the 3DS. 14:34: Shibata-San, Nintendo of Europe&amp;#039;s president, takes to the stage. So, are launch details imminent? 14:36: Shibata explains that it&amp;#039;s important that both hardcore and more accessible games are available on the device for a wide audience. Now welcomed is Yves Guillemot from Ubisoft. 14:38: Ubisoft to have eight titles prepped for the system&amp;#039;s launch period; Rayman 3D, Spinter Cell, Combat Of Giants: Dinosaurs 3D, Asphalt 3D, Rabbits 3D, Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars, James Noir&amp;#039;s Hollywood Crimes and Driver Renagade. 14:41: Konami is now welcomed on stage to present Pro Evolution Soccer.  14:42: One of the developer says he&amp;#039;d like to &amp;quot;re-invent&amp;quot; many of the firm&amp;#039;s franchises to &amp;quot;surprise&amp;quot; players using the 3D visuals. 14:43: Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 3D will be the game&amp;#039;s official title. A trailer plays. 14:44: Aside from a title change, it&amp;#039;s exactly the same as the trailer we posted earlier this month. 14:46: As shown in the trailer, the game plays with a new camera position called Player View. One of the developer says that in the past, playing the series on a console felt like you were watching a game on TV. Now, it feels as if you&amp;#039;re watching it from within the stadium. 14:50: Tecmo Koei and Team Ninja are now welcomed to the stage. 14:52: The teams have been &amp;quot;carefully planning&amp;quot; a fighting game for sometime, but no suitable console has been available so far. However, the 3DS provides them that platform 14:53: The game is Dead Or Alive Dimensions will be a resurgence of the series and the first handheld outing for the franchise. 14:54: A trailer plays - it looks pretty representative of the console games, with some dynamic camera work and cutscenes. The developers explains that this is a &amp;quot;best of&amp;quot; version of the franchise. 14:56: As well as 3D visuals, players will be able to use a Move List on the touch screen to easily unleash combos. It&amp;#039;ll also make use of the system&amp;#039;s communication features. 14:58: Round of applause for all the developers so far. Fisher returns to the stage to introduce Nintendo&amp;#039;s line-up. 14:59: First up, Pilotwings Resort. Players can choose to casually explore the island from the air or complete objectives. Nintendogs + Cats will feature both titular animals, and like the DS games, it appears that there will be multiple versions available with exclusive breeds. It also seems that both a dog and cat can be on-screen at one time. 15:01: Remember the submarine tech demo from the original DS? This will appear on the system as Steel Diver. Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time 3D and Kid Icarus: Uprising are also mentioned. 15:02: Ross asks when we can get our hands on the device. Fisher says there&amp;#039;s a trailer coming first. More waiting! The trailer shows someone using the 3DS camera to quickly create a Mii, and augmented reality via playing cards on a desk. 15:04: NOE&amp;#039;s president Shibata is back on stage. More about these features. The Mii camera software is called Mii Maker. On screen is a Mii of Jonathan Ross which looks pretty amusing. 15:06: While the Mii Maker will be pre-installed, the Internet browser will be available via a firmware update at a later date. 15:07: Another trailer, now of the software lineup. Nintendogs + Cats, Steel Diver, PES 2011 3D, Street Fighter IV 3D Edition, Super Monkey Ball 3D, Resident Evil Revelations, Dead or Alive Dimensions, Rabbids 3D, Ghost Recon: Shadows Wars, Samurai Warriors: Chronicles, Driver Renegade... 15:09:... Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars, Paper Mario, StarFox 3D, Zelda; OOT 3D, Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D, Splinter Cell 3D, Asphalt 3D, The Sims 3, Ridge Racer 3D, Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater, Animal Crossing, Pilotwings Resort, Mario Kart, Kit Icarus: Uprising are shown. Phew. On or near launch. 15:10: Here we go. It&amp;#039;ll launch across Europe on March 25. 15:11: No price - that&amp;#039;ll be up to specific countries and retailer trade prices. Cop out! We&amp;#039;ll bring you the UK launch price on our gaming section as soon as we find it out. 15:13: So that&amp;#039;s it! Everyone is leaving to go hands-on with the device, and so am I. Be sure to follow @DS_Gaming for on-going impressions and pictures from the conference floor. What did you think of the conference? Add a comment to the space below! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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