The O2 Arena, London

From 10am onwards we'll be live-blogging from Nintendo European Gamers Summit 2010 at the O2 Arena, London. What will Nintendo have in store for us? Mario Galaxy 2? Sin & Punishment 2? Or perhaps a shock announcement, like Pilotwings Wii or Pikmin 3?

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15:49

Who'd like to buy a 4GB Nintendo branded USB stick? Only joking, as if we'd sell http://twitpic.com/159klm

15:27

We hope you enjoyed our live text report. Stay tuned for more a more detailed report later today

15:25

Well that's it for us for the day. We're gonna go hit Starbucks and charge the iPhone

14:59

The Zapper control scheme works really well, there's lots of variety in the gameplay... One to watch out for!

14:58

I really enjoyed S&P2. It's as manic as ever, but is much less confusing than N64 original

14:41

Now all that is left to do is play Sin & Punishment 2

14:40

More impressions to come later tonight. Watch this space!

14:39

So is another stage where you have to jump from red tiles to blue tiles which disapear as you spin

14:38

The chilli eating Yoshi stage is fiendish beyond belief

14:37

Galaxy 2 is amazing. Feels bigger and better than ever

13:48

Back in line to play Galaxy 2

13:48

Lunch was very continental and hearty! We're both stuffed now

13:29

Need to grab some lunch now. More Metroid insights later today in our big write-up

13:28

Other M is really cool. It's still "Metroid" but with a refreshing twist. Perfect reboot perhaps!

12:52

Samus is a curvey babe

12:51

Watching trailer on 60" LCD. Looks amazing. Almost HD!

12:50

But point Wiimote at TV and it goes FPS

12:50

Controlled with Wiimote NES style. 2D style

12:49

It's cinematic action, lots of cutscenes

12:48

Other M story follows Super Metroid

12:31

Abort mission!! Orange wristbands going to playtest Metroid Other M

12:27

Just joined the queue to play Mario Galaxy 2. It's VERY long!

12:23

Looks good for a Wii game thou. Lots of stuff to see and do

12:23

Just uses classic controller. Lots of annoying loading times between areas

12:22

Played some multiplayer Monster Hunter Tri... Controls take a while to get used to

12:04

It's region locked for the moment thou. Euro can't play USA

12:02

Monster Hunter Trihas free wifi play

11:54

She was a good sport about it though

11:53

Dazza just kicked Pandora's ass on Photo Dojo!

11:48

Not our timeslot for Metroid yet. Can't wait though!

11:44

Take custom sound effects too. Could this be the next big thing in social handheld gaming?

11:42

Have to take photos for each move. Daz is doing a virtual Hadouken!

11:41

Ready for the Nintendo Life grudge match now, @DaddyNewts versus @darrencalvert!

11:40

Playing all of these on XL by the way. It's huge!

11:38

Looks quite fun if a bit simplistic and not especially skilful. Looks like a modern Rockem Sockem Robots with photo and custom audio support!

11:37

Darren is on Photo Dojo now getting beaten up by a girl!

11:35

WarioWare DIY hands on now - seems very versatile and quite powerful for a DS game. Sharing with Wii is easy and looks like it could deliver. Very long training mode though!

11:16

Create your own Warioware minigames on DS then play on WiiWare

11:14

It links with the DS version

11:14

Checking out WarioWare DIY on WiiWare

11:12

It's kinda like a Kirby game. Bouncing the ball around screen, smashing blocks

11:11

Dazza got an A-rank. He's a gaming legend!

11:10

It's a disc game that looks very colourful, motion controlled

11:08

Darren is about to play Flingsmash, a MotionPlus pinball platformer with one to one movement.

11:02

Will keep you guys up to date with anything interesting

11:01

We're gonna go play some games now

11:01

The speech is over, no more news!

10:55

We're gonna get hands on with Other M later

10:54

Metroid Other M due Q3 in Europe

10:54

5th March DSi XL launch date

10:53

DSi XL 93% bigger screen

10:53

Fling Smash due summer

10:52

S&P launches 7th May in Europe

10:52

Sin & Punishment looking awesome, very frantic

10:50

Dragon Quest due in summer

10:50

Monster Hunter Tri, free online play, 23rd April

10:49

SMG2 to be released on 11th June in Europe

10:48

Bigger and better than before!

10:47

Mario Galaxy 2 on screen. Looks amazing

10:46

We've got orange press bands, except James' is green with "orange" handwritten on it! lol

10:43

Woohoo it's starting!

10:42

The complimentary Danishes hit the spot. Might have another cup o' tea soon

10:40

Sade playing in the background, it's like waiting for a movie in the 90s

10:32

Sadly we're not allowed to take any photos during the event. Press packs will be given later

10:30

Sin & Punishment logo on one of the screens. Gonna be a big hitter on Wii this year we hope

10:24

Just waiting for the event to kick off....

09:52

We're finally here!

09:37

Dec has just fallen into the Thames

09:37

We just saw Ant & Dec teaching a middle class Chinese family dressed in white how to use Wii Fit

09:34

We've just heard a rumour that the O2 Arena has been redecorated to look like Samus's spaceship!

09:29

We're still alive guys. Out in the open again. James still the worst hotel booker EVER!

09:21

Nintendo Life HQ starting to get worried as to the whereabouts of our roving reporters... are they LOST?!

08:22

It appears that the hotel which @daddynewts booked for us is about an hour away from the 02!

07:40

The breakfast of champions! http://twitpic.com/157s5u

07:20

Morning all. We're going to enjoy the finest breakfast known to humanity in our luxury hotel... then we're setting off to the 02

02:10

Hey, at least he didn't ask you two for beaver shots. Be thankful for small favors!

23:52

This is Prosody updating to say that he and Darren are in fact in separate rooms, and will not be sharing a bed. Thanks for those homosexual insinuations though, Damo.

23:14

Beware of roaming hands and noxious body gas releases under the covers.

23:11

In fact, he said he was relishing the chance to get a bit closer to his good friend Darren.

23:11

Sadly due to budget cuts they're having to share a bed, but James has told us he doesn't mind one bit.

23:10

We're getting reports here at Nintendo Life HQ that James and Darren are snuggled up in bed with their teddies getting some much-needed sleep before the big event tomorrow

22:19

We also hear there's gonna be a bigger DSi... amazing scenes - love James x x

22:19

I thought Miyamoto said "I need to get a life FTW"

22:18

NEWSFLASH: Mario Galaxy 2 and another Metroid game coming soon...who'd have thought it?

22:15

Miyamoto just drove by in his Humvee shouting "Nintendo Life FTW!"

22:13

Hello Nlife fans! Dazza and Prosody are in London camped out Nintendo's London Media Summit waiting to report all the news to you lovely people tomorrow

The live text is due to start at 10:30am GMT (05:30am EST, 02:30am PST) on Thursday, 25th February, 2010.

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