Characters grabbing jerseys and more high definition characters on the screen are among the changes being brought this year, along with even more detail to the faces of each player. Mind you, these are the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions we're talking about, so they're bound to push graphics as far as they can go. World Soccer Winning Eleven Wii is shown off in the form of two screens and is announced for spring 2008 worldwide.
— Kazuhiko Uehara of Pawapuro Productions hits the stage to talk on the Jikkyou Pawafuru Puro Yakyuu (or Live Power Pro Baseball) series. If you haven't heard on this before, it's a well-respected and high-selling game series that has been around for over 13 years. The characters have a very unique style - short figures with large heads and big eyes. In the past, the series hasn't made it to North American shores except through import sites.
A short clip from Jikkyou Pawafuru Major League 2 is shown, and guess what? This one is making the jump acorss the Pacific. 2K Games is publishing the title for the PS2 and Wii, where it'll be known as MLB Power Pros. It's about time! Powerpuro-Kun Pocket 10 for Nintendo DS also gets shown, along with its mini-games.
— And now, it's on to the Bemani rhythm game series, which is comprised of Beatmania, Pop 'n' Music, Guitar Freaks, Dance Dance Revolution and Drum Mania. Konami's Yoshihiko Ota, the man behind all of these rhythm games, mentions that it's the tenth anniversary of the Bemani series, so there will probably be some special anniversary game or something like that, since gaming companies like to do that. Ota talks about how U.S. schools, like those in West Virginia, are integrating DDR into their physical education programs and how it is still selling very well. About a million units a year well.
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