North American 3DS owners may have noticed that a new person has arrived in the StreetPass Mii Plaza today. Through SpotPass, Nintendo has sent out a Mii of Scott Moffitt, Sales & Marketing Executive Vice President for NOA.

Additionally, the following notification was delivered:

Greetings from E3 2012!
A surprise visitor from Nintendo is waiting to greet you in StreetPass Mii Plaza. Check it out by selecting “Launch Software” on the Touch Screen below. For E3 news, videos, and information, go to e3.nintendo.com or visit the Nintendo eShop.

You can find photos of Moffitt’s Mii in the gallery above.

Miyamoto on the future of the games industry, Wii U/3DS connectivity, more

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1UP has gone live with a new interview with Shigeru Miyamoto. The legendary Nintendo designer commented on the future of the games industry, plans for Wii U/3DS connectivity, and more.

As usual, we’ve rounded up the questions and answers for you below.

Nintendo All-Access day 1 roundup

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Reggie on making Pikmin 3 a success, Wii U launch window, more

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IGN has published the extended, written version of its interview with Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime.

In the discussion, Fils-Aime comments on how they’ll make Pikmin 3 a success unlike its two predecessors (which starts with Nintendo Selects: Pikmin 2), what the Wii U launch window is, and more.

Head past the break for the full Q&A.

Don’t expect news on Retro Studios’ next game anytime soon

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EAD Tokyo. Monolith Soft. Retro. These are just three first-party Nintendo studios that were absent from E3 this year.

Retro is particularly important, as they’ve worked on some of Nintendo’s most beloved franchises – Metroid and Donkey Kong. There was a lot of hope that the studio would be bringing a new Wii U game to E3 2012, but as we all know, that didn’t happen.

Reggie Fils-Aime was asked about the status of Retro in an interview with IGN, but the Nintendo of America president remained tight-lipped.

Fils-Aime said:

“… if I disclosed what Retro is doing, I would have the president of Retro literally calling me right now saying, ‘Reggie, what are you doing?’ We love that people are interested. We love surprising people. I remember getting the questions before we announced Donkey Kong Country Returns. And I loved unveiling that. So… Rest assured, the team is hard at work. But I’m not gonna tell you what they’re working on.”

And when asked if we’ll hear about Retro anytime soon, Fils-Aime said, “Um… Likely not.”

E3 2013, then? Please?

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A look at Nintendo’s E3 2012 booth

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12 accounts on Wii U, no Friend Codes, launch colors talk, more

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Okay, now it sounds like we have an absolute confirmation that Friend Codes won’t be on Wii U. I don’t know what happened during that analyst meeting, but it sounds pretty concrete that the console will be making use of accounts (of which twelve are supported), and that’s it.

Watch the video above for the discussion on Wii U’s online and Friend Codes talk, along with other topics.

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Reggie on Wii U third-party support and price, competition, more

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The first of many interviews to come from Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime…