What better way is there to start a Nintendo conference than with a live Zelda performance? That’s exactly what attendees were treated to in 2011. A full-blown orchestra performed a medley of tunes from the Zelda series, capped off with new footage from Skyward Sword.

A series of Zelda announcements followed: Link’s Awakening 3DS VC release that very day, Four Swords for DSiWare, Skyward Sword’s gold Wiimote, symphony concerts, and music CDs.

The 3DS received the spotlight next. Nintendo unveiled new trailers for Mario Kart 7, Super Mario 3D Land, Kid Icarus: Uprising, and Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon. Time was also taken to highlight Star Fox 64 3D.

What followed was all Wii U – the system’s name, GamePad reveal, overview trailer, and games. The very mention of Smash Bros. earned a huge reaction.

And who can forget how Nintendo closed its conference? With now-former EA CEO John Riccitiello coming on stage to announce the publisher’s “unprecedented partnership” with Nintendo. Oh how quickly things can change…

E3 photos: Nintendo lanyard, Reggie and Geoff

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Nintendo appears to be working on photo attachment option for Miiverse

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Yesterday, Nintendo’s “Tom” posted a message on Miiverse about traveling to E3 2013 on the same plane as Reggie Fils-Aime. The post contained a photo from the flight, teasing future functionality for the social network.

In his post, Tom wrote that the “photo attachment option is still in its test phase so it isn’t available to everyone.” This seems to imply that Miiverse users will eventually be able to include images with their posts. Wouldn’t you agree that photo attachments would be a much-welcomed feature?

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Nintendo at E3 – a look back – E3 2009 and E3 2010

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After Nintendo’s incredibly disappointing E3 2008 conference, the company rebounded somewhat in 2009.

Thankfully, Cammie Dunaway said nothing about smiling or breaking her wrist snowboarding. This was, mostly, all about the games.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii started things off. An on-stage demo was held so that the game could be demonstrated for the first time.

Nintendo followed with Wii Sports Resort and Wii Fit Plus.

Time was also taken to highlight RPGs for the Wii and DS – Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story localization, and one brand new title: Golden Sun: Dark Dawn.

Nintendo closed out its conference with three big reveals: the Wii Vitality Sensor (which never made it to market), Super Mario Galaxy 2, and the surprising Metroid: Other M.

Overall, not bad at all considering how horrendous E3 2009 was!

WayForward already cooking up next Mighty game, not a sequel

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Mighty Switch Force! 2 is just a few days away from launching on the 3DS eShop. But WayForward isn’t stopping the series with this new release – creative director Matt Bozon has confirmed that the next Mighty game is already in the pipeline.

Bozon told Nintendo Life that the team is “in the early stages of the next Mighty game now, which will not be a sequel.” WayForward is also mulling over a possible title with Patricia Wagon.

Bozon said:

“We’re in the early stages of the next Mighty game now, which will not be a sequel. We’re also considering another Patricia Wagon game too. I could see her moving in the direction of a high-octane action game. I’m wondering what players think about that?”

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E3 2013 photos: Nintendo boxes and more

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For the past couple of years, the gaming community has taken interest in… Nintendo boxes that have been sent to the E3 convention center. E3 preparation are well underway, and they have been detected for a third year. You can find a few photos of the boxes and E3 site in the gallery above.

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Vine video: Iwata, Miyamoto Reggie greeted by Luigi

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Update: Here’s a photo…

#Luigi lends a helping hand to Mr. Iwata, Mr. Miyamoto and #Regginator as they arrive in LA for #E3! twitter.com/NintendoAmeric…
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) June 8, 2013

Mr. Iwata, Mr. Miyamoto and Reggie greeted by Luigi #Nintendo #YearofLuigi #E3 vine.co/v/bLplLZqeQJJ
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) June 8, 2013

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Nintendo won’t be including retro games with future Animal Crossings

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Nintendo did something rather neat with the first Animal Crossing. Copies came with a number of classic NES titles that could be played directly in-game.

We haven’t seen something like that with future entries. And as far as series creator Katsuya Eguchi is concerned, this isn’t something that will be returning.

Eguchi told Kotaku:

“Please consider it’s not happening ever again. At the time, we didn’t have a Virtual Console system. We thought that playing games inside of a game is kind of funny, and we wanted to do it. But now there’s a Virtual Console where you can play classic games, so we don’t think we will be doing that in future titles.”

Kotaku later asked if he would consider letting people play the old Animal Crossing in the new Animal Crossing games. His response? “That might be interesting.”

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