Since this week has become the unofficial UGTV Nintenstravagana™, it’s only fitting that the weekend would start off with an announcement from Nintendo of America and their fall line-up. And though this holiday season doesn’t see the release of a slew of secret “hardcore” titles as some may have hoped for, they’ve already made sure to let the fans know about next year and made sure to wrap up 2008 as strongly as they could.

Good news for those who lack any of Big N’s latest gadgets at this point, they’ve promised that their supply for the holidays will be much greater than last year for both the Nintendo DS and Wii platforms. Considering the clamouring that still goes on for the systems around the holidays, and having experienced that chaos in the retail sector for many years, it’s only natural for them to want to step it up a bit. Anyone who hasn’t picked up either one at this point should probably considering doing so now, before the mad rush of the holidays, but considering the new DS that is on its way just be weary of buyer’s remorse.

A new channel is going to be release this November 16th, the Wii Speak channel is meant to go along with Nintendo’s eponymous microphone peripheral which will be included in the upcoming Animal Crossing: City Folk for the Wii. The channel will allow you to communicate with up to four friends (once you’ve swapped codes) and your Mii will actual mimic your speech on the screen. While the jury is still out on the how well this system will work, considering the traditional use of microphones usually being through more personal headsets and not a speakerphone style system, it’s still a big leap into the communication landscape for the company. The attachment will retail for $29.95 (USD) separately, and you’ll be given a code to download the channel along with it.

For the loyal, Club Nintendo is finally making its way to our shores. The club is meant for fans who are willing to complete surveys, register their products, and basically show off just how much money they throw at Nintendo and they are rewarded occasionally with some pretty cool stuff. In Japan they’ve been known to dole out digital content like wallpapers, or even swag like t-shirts, keychains, etc. Basically fan fodder, but for any collector it’s a great bonus. No exact date for this one, but keep an eye out.

Of course, on the software front look out for Wii Music and Animal Crossing to hit this Fall on October 20th and November 16th respectively, along with a slew of WiiWare titles. We’re especially excited for World of Goo being released in the coming months, and for anyone that has played the online game or seen any of the videos, it should be a lot of fun on the platform.

While there’s not a whole lot coming out of Nintendo’s press conference for this year that we didn’t already know, it is good to see things like Club Nintendo making its way over to North America. The general impression that Nintendo has abandoned its loyalist fans seems to be propagating quite a bit throughout various communities, and since we touched on it earlier this week it’s still a hot topic that they look to be trying to diffuse at least somewhat. Regardless, even stacked up against a PS3 with LittleBigPlanet, Resistance 2 and Valkyria Chronicles, as well as the Xbox 360 with Gears of War 2, Fable II and Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, Nintendo is still poised to sell a hundred million games and systems.

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