E3 06: Wii unveiled at Nintendo's E3 conference...

E3 06: Wii unveiled at Nintendo's E3 conference...

LOS ANGELES--This year, Nintendo held its pre-E3 conference at the Kodak Theater, which many know as the current site of the Academy Awards. The red-carpet analogy is appropriate, as Nintendo is responsible for several of the industry's biggest stars.

However, the recent years haven't been as kind to the onetime gaming giant--Sony and Microsoft have stolen a lot of Nintendo's crowd, particularly in North America. Nintendo moves forward by continuing to innovate and living by the mantra that games are supposed to be one thing: fun.

With the Wii, formerly code-named Revolution, at the forefront of this year's pre-E3 conference, there promised to be plenty of new games and ideas presented at the event.

VIDEO: full press conference...

this next-gen system looks very interesting...

surely, it will change the way gamers play their video games...