Joystiq [Nintendo]

First, we reported the imminent keynote speech from Nintendo entitled "Wii Prove Our Promise" at a relatively unheard-of show called the Leipzig Games Convention. Then, we told you that Nintendo would unveil five new Wii games at the conference. And now, yet again, more big news: later in the day, after the keynote, there will be a joint presentation between Nintendo and Electronic Arts, of all companies.

A bit of a personal story: on the day that the Wiimote was unveiled at the 2005 Tokyo Game Show, a speaker from EA had come to the University of Florida to speak about game design and coding details of several upcoming games, notably the Xbox 360 version of Madden 2006. At the end of the presentation, he fielded some questions; I, of course, raised my hand and asked him what he thought of the then-called Revolution and its wacky new controller. He looked at me with disdain and shook his head, commenting that he strongly doubted EA would be supporting such a thing.

How times have changed! Or maybe that man was an uninformed idiot, I don't know. Still, it's very obvious that many companies have turned from cold to raging wildfire for the Wii, and a presentation with the biggest third-party in the business can only mean good news. August 23rd! Mark it!