No October conference in America, no more surprises

[trestres]

Looks like Kyoto Cross is replacing the October Conference, I'm quoting from the original source:

http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2009/09/12/nintendo_kyoto_event/

"Hope you weren't expecting too much from Nintendo's showing at the Kyoto Cross Media Experience 2009 Event. The company detailed its plans yesterday, and... well, this seems to be a small scale event as far as game shows go.

As detailed earlier this month, the Kyoto Cross Media Experience 2009 event, or Kyoto CMEX 2009 for short, is one part of the Japan International Contents Festival (CoFesta) event series. The event highlights Japanese media content, including manga, movies, and games, through exhibits and sessions targeting both professionals and the general public.

Nintendo will appear at the event in the creatively titled "Nintendo Game Event." This will be held on October 3 and October 4.

The event will feature three corners.

A Wii demo corner will offer playable Mario & Sonic At Vancouver Olympics, Wii Fit Plus, Wii Sports Resort, and Pokemon Scramble. All but Mario & Sonic will be out by the time the event starts.

A DS download corner will offer a downloadable build of the DS version of Mario & Sonic at Vancouver Olympics. The demo will feature such events as bobsledding and giant slalom.

Of perhaps greatest interest is the DS data download corner, which will offer some sweet Pokemon downloads. Those who bring their copy of Pokemon Diamond & Pearl or Heart Gold & Soul Silver will be able to take delivery of an event-exclusive Pikachu with a "Totte Oki" skill, which the character cannot normally learn. The internet translates this skill to "Last Resort" (but I wouldn't know because I don't know nothing about no Pokemon). Heart Gold & Soul Silver owners will also be able to download a special "Kiiro no Mori" (Yellow Forest) course map for their Poke Walker. The Kiiro no Mori is, it seems, home to a large number of Pikachus.

Also on offer in the DS data download corner will be a special event-exlusive DSi photo frame. This frame can be used for framing pics you take with the DSi camera.

The event will also have special stages, details about which will be shared in a future update.

And that's it! This doesn't seem like a major event, so it's presumably of interest only to the local crowd."

http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2009/09/12/nintendo_kyoto_event/