Here is a gallery of 57 of the best pictures we took during Nintendo’s E3 2012 press conference. It was really something to see Mr. Miyamoto and Reggie in person and see what the Wii U’s graphics looks like first-hand. See the rest of the pictures after the jump!
The Nintendo conference is over, but you can still check after the jump for a replay of our liveblogging coverage of what went down during the presentation. We’ll have a gallery of photos from the conference up tonight too.
Nintendo is going to be streaming a pre-E3 Nintendo Direct regarding the Wii U tomorrow (Sunday) at 4:00PM CST. We will be on an airplane to LA at the time, so we will not be able to give our usual summary in a timely manner, so we invite you to check it out here instead.
Sorry for the lack of Nintendo Direct coverage in this instance, but we promise our E3 coverage will more than make up for it!
Nintendo announced their conference time a little while ago, but much like with the Sony conference we didn’t want to comment on it until we were sure of whether or not we are attending. Well, our invitations arrived today, so we can tell you for sure that we will be present and liveblogging at Nintendo’s E3 conference this year!
Aside from being a lifelong dream come true for us, this also means that you will be getting the best up-to-the-millisecond coverage of all the wonderful announcements Nintendo surely has in store regarding the launch of the Wii U and the expansion of the 3DS’ software lineup. The presentation takes place on Tuesday, June 5th at 10:00 AM CST. We’ll have a liveblog set-up a little before then and will be providing you with pictures as well as words telling you how much your mind is to be blown.
As E3 draws ever nearer we’ll make placeholder pages for our E3 conference liveblogs so that you know exactly where to go when the fun begins in less than two weeks.
Nintendo had a Nintendo Direct presentation again today and a lot of interesting info came out of it in contrast to the one we saw in February.
Here’s what we learned:
A very respectable Nintendo Direct indeed. After the jump there are a couple of short Youtube clips courtesy of GoNintendo that showcase what was shown of the new 3DS menu folders, New Super Mario Bros 2, and Pokedex Pro.
Google Maps is available in some form or another on most of the electronic devices that you can purchase these days. Google, never satisfied with their ubiquity, has come up with a new initiative to start supporting retro devices with Google Maps. The first classic device that they are going to support is arguably the best-selling electronics device of all time, the NES or Famicom. With roughly 62 million units in the wild, there won’t be a shortage of people willing to try out Google Maps on their old consoles. To compensate for the NES’ lack of raw processing power, Google says that they’re going to do the brunt of the calculations required on a very large array of computers and basically just use the NES/Famicom as a display device. All you have to do is pop the cartridge into your console, connect a phone line (perhaps blow on the cartridge), and then you’re all set to use all of the features of Google Maps (including Street View) in a retro-chic way on your classic Nintendo system. Google was even nice enough to but a beta preview of this new functionality into the current maps.google.com, so head on over there and hit the “Quest” button if you want to check out what your town or some international landmarks look like in all of their 8-bit glory.
As a proud owner of both an NES and a Famicom, I’ll probably buy a cartridge or two depending on the price if only just for the awesome retro-ness of it all. You can see the announcement video for the Google Maps NES service after the jump (and yes, it’s one of the Youtube videos you get GP for watching!)
Nintendo’s latest streaming “press conference” is now available for online viewing. The rumours were mighty as usual, but also as usual, it was a rather low-key affair for Nintendo to announce minor things concerning upcoming games for the Wii and 3DS.
Here’s the info that can be gleaned from the North American Nintendo Direct episode:
– Dillon’s Rolling Western ugly-ish armadillo game for 3DS eShop launches today
– (I called it!) Kid Icarus localization team member interview
– Weapon fusion
– Increase difficulty, get better weapons
– Comes with 6 AR cards and a 3DS stand for free
– (I also called it!!) Mario Tennis Open trailer
– launches May 20th
– Made by Camelot (makers of the great classic Mario Golf games)
– 4 player multiplayer local and online
– Xenoblade artwork that won in the polls was announced
– Comes out on April 6th
– The Last Story for Wii is being localized to be launched this year in North America
– Spirit Camera 3DS launched Friday, April 13th
– New trailers for aforementioned games can be viewed here or on the eShop
Even more information was released through the Japanese Nintendo Direct episode, including:
– Sega GameGear games are coming to the eShop in mid-March
– New Brain Training game is in the works for the 3DS with the working title “Devil Training”, as it is supposed to be much more difficult than its predecessors
– There is a game in the works for 3DS being made by Capcom, SEGA, Namco Bandai, and Banpresto together. A teaser site for the game can be viewed here.
– DLC will be available for Monster Hunter 3G and Fire Emblem: Awakening.
– First Fire Emblem DLC will cost money when it’s released, but then become free roughly 2 weeks later
– Kid Icarus: Uprising will feature daily SpotPass downloads and the ability to trade weapon parts with StreetPass
Overall, not a bad info haul, but it looks like Nintendo’s saving the big announcements for E3. We’ll keep you posted should any more pertinent news arise.
