E3 Shaun White

After EA's disappointing start for Balance Board fans yesterday I'm happy to say that Nintendo's E3 2008 debut was a great success. First up, and a big surprise, was none other than Shaun White himself giving us a brief in-game demo of Shaun White Snowboarding. We didn't get to see too much of the trick controls (Ubisoft are most probably keeping that for their own press conference) but gameplay did look smooth and pretty intuitive. Shaun definitely seems stoked about the game and kept saying how similar to real-world snowboarding it felt. According to Nintendo it will be available "by year-end" but hopefully we'll get a firm release date from Ubi later today. View the latest Shaun White Snowboarding videos at Gametrailers.

E3 Raving Rabbids

Those Raving Rabbids made a brief appearance with a bit of Beestie Boarding (which we've seen before) as well as a new mini game using the Wii Board to surf the skies on an ironing board.

E3 Wii Sports Resort

Next up, and true to form, Reggie entertained us once again this year as he got wet and wild with Nintendo's follow up to Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort. Now before you get too excited, no, there was no mention of balance board support for this game but it does seem like a logical step. Since Wii Sports Resort is only scheduled for release next Spring it's still early days so there's still a good chance it will include Wii Board mini-games - we'll just have to wait and see. Incidentally, as part of our Wii Fit Balance Board Survey, we ask users what games they'd like to see with Balance Board support and a new version of Wii Sports is right up there so please don't disappoint us Nintendo. View the latest Wii Sports Resort videos at Gametrailers.

E3 Wii Music

Finally The Shig made his appearance as Nintendo showed off Wii Music, confirming rumours that the Wii Balance Board would be used for drums, controlling bass kicks and high-hat. I have to say I really like this game, but move over Karaoke - a whole new era of embarrassing entertainment is upon us. Check out the Wii Music factsheet for more details. View the latest Wii Music videos at Gametrailers.