Next Nintendo conference is on Thursday, but will anything come of it?

The word on the street is that Nintendo is set to hold a retailer briefing/conference this coming Thursday. But will there any significant revelations from the event?

The thing is, these types of conferences are fairly standard for Nintendo. Just about every month, the Big N participates in retailer meetings so that upcoming first and third-party games can be displayed. Most recently, the release dates for a few games (including Sin and Punishment 2) were announced at one of the conferences, but other than that, there was nothing too noteworthy shared.

Also, it was made publicly known in 2008 that there would be a “Fall Conference.” But unlike this year, that information was published about a month before the event took place.

Taking all of that into consideration, in addition to the fact that Nintendo’s Denise Kaigler told IGN that the company is “not planning to do another big summit for all media this year,” the possibility of a big conference on Thursday doesn’t seem entirely likely. However, Kaigler’s statement was somewhat ambiguous, therefore one has to wonder whether or not that includes Nintendo’s annual conference in Japan.

Right now, no one can say for sure what will happen on Thursday. Will this just be another simple retail meeting, or will it shape up to be an event filled to the brim with announcements? Well, we’ll find out for sure in just a matter of days.

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