Nintendo Europe said it will present at this year's Edinburgh Interactive Entertainment Festival. Nintendo will showcase playable demos of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Nintendogs, Battalion Wars, as well as several other titles. The festival will occur August 10-14 at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre.

In other news, Nintendo Europe and video game retailer GAME have announced the 'Nintendo All Stars 05 Tour'. Nintendo will be showcasing several upcoming titles at these events across the United Kingdom including games such as Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (GameCube), Nintendogs (DS), Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory (DS), Need for Speed Underground 2 (DS), Pokemon Emerald (GBA), Wario Ware: Twisted! (GBA) and Mario Party Advance (GBA). Locations and dates are as follows.

  • Guilfest 15-17 July
  • Royal Lancashire Agricultural Show 26-28 July
  • Sunderland Air Show 30-31 July
  • Nottingham Riverside Festival 05-07 August
  • Eastbourne Air Show 11-14 August
  • Northampton Balloon Festival 18-21 August
  • Town and Country Festival, Warwickshire 27-29 August

As part of this partnership, GAME stores will be offering gamers a chance to pick up a Nintendo All Stars 05 GameCube Pak, which will contain a platinum GameCube, controller, Mario Kart: Double Dash!! and any of the 'Nintendo All Stars' games. For more information on the 'Nintendo All Stars 05 Tour' visit Nintendo UK's official website.