Those are all awesome images.  Used the upper one as a background.   Can't wait for this game.   Hope it's not region locked for online this time.

Oh, yes you're right. Ah well, it's still cheaper than a full-priced Wii game. And yeah I'm getting kind confused too, what with all the differently priced games, but I think it's generally €40 - €50 (about 35-45 in £, yes).

Only 20 more days 'til Adventures of the Deep now!

Hmmm, this video about the Aquarium I hadn't seen before (though It's from September) but I watched it and he mentioned he could not access online with his imported version. I hope this doesn't mean it will be region locked again

I suppose Nintendo could have a way of locking the online for outside Japan until it is released elsewhere, I hope that is the case.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71ry51HUEUI&feature=player_embedded

My guess is that's because it's people who you've exchanged friend codes with only and since he's playing an imported version, no one he knows has a copy for him to play with.  So with any luck we'll be able to play this time.

Man, I watched all the videos on Endless Ocean (and Silent Hill) and what a difference from the first one.   It's like it's on a different generation of console almost.    Very beautiful game, lots of great new ideas.   Love the fact you get money from doing jobs and collecting treasure which you can then use to upgrade equipment and such.     Lots of completely different environments now.   Great use of land to interact with land based animals.   It was always pretty freaky to find a walrus or polar bear on your boat in the tropics.  WTF? A walrus?  How'd it even climb onboard?  

Shooting dangerous animals is great because now you actually get attacked (but glad a shark doesn't rip your arm off prompting an immediate halt to exploration) and defend yourself.   Shooting fish to heal them seems a little cheesy but it's probably fun to play.   Like a shoot-em up minigame.

The models were all more crisp and detailed and thrilled to see the gills and eyes moving on the whale shark, much more lifelike.  And riding smaller large animals too.  Panning around blown-up environments to find small fish is a great touch.   Feeding fish looks like a blast.  The aquarium is much better too. 

I'm so excited!   Can't wait to play it.  And Wii Speak too.   Love that.   The poor quality on Wii Speak will actually be more immersive for once.  lol.  At least until the cat meows or something.

More Joy and Awesomeness from IGN.

http://uk.media.wii.ign.com/media/142/14286532/imgs_1.html

The first 7 images are new. Though I don't believe I have seen this one myself (though it's from June so I would guess some of you will have)
http://uk.wii.ign.com/dor/objects/14286532/endless-ocean-blue-world/images/endless-ocean-2-beautiful-ocean-20090602115523405.html?page=mediaFull

Crikey! There's a salt-water croc!

^How do you know it's saltwater?

There is a river diving section after all.

He's probably right, though. 'Cos that pic with the croc shows some kind of temple background, and that same temple can also be seen in quite a few other screens and vids where it's located in a sea. Or ocean, of course.

Plus, the river section features muddy water. I'm too lazy to look up the details right now, but if you look around a bit, you can find a list with the exact areas featured in the game.

That 'temple' features what look like to be Amazon River Dolphins, and if so, that might not be a crocodile but a caiman, which is closely related but smaller in size. And those big tarpin that are swimming next to those dolphins clearly indicate that it's South America, including the temple walls. It looks exactly like this one hieroglyphic wallpaper I have of a South American temple.

this thread has made me acknowledge this game
I might buy it now =/

Nintendo...eats my munney