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Over the past week, Comic-Con International has been updating its four-day program scheduling and floor plans. Today we checked their updated floor plans, and apparently only Pokemon and Nintendo DS will be present at this year's Comic-Con, there will - as of now - be no Nintendo Wii or Twilight Princess. We're still waiting to hear back from the general events manager, though.

Nintendo of America, Inc did give us a statement on Friday that I just now read through since I've been busy transisting between jobs, and it stated Nintendo Wii and Twilight Princess for Wii were not scheduled to appear at Comic-Con International, and there were no plans to further showcase the hardware or software to the public until September 2006. This means PAX, the other big chance for Wii to show up, might not be getting Wii or Twilight Princess, either (they recently announced Nintendo would set up shop there).

It seems Nintendo is pushing the Nintendo DS as much as it can before September, when most of Wii's last remaining details will be finalized. So although there may be no Twilight Princess at Comic-Con, Phantom Hourglass may still be at the show. Again, our contact at NOA said that the DS lineup for Comic-Con was still be finalized, but it would be focusing on the most popular titles already out now, as well as titles coming out later this year.

This comes as a bit of a dissapointment to many, seeing as Comic-Con is open to the general public, and last year Nintendo showed off Twilight Princess at the event, albeit via only two kiosks. This isn't a final nail in the coffin, as nothing is ever final till you show up to the event, but it seems like the chances of Wii or Twilight Princess showing up at Comic-Con International are next to none.

We'll still be at Comic-Con International to cover the event as there are tons of big name events going on, including a lot of gaming lectures given by industry professionals. There's also the Cosplay stuff.

Source: Comic-Con International \| Nintendo of America, Inc

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