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Nintendo’s Wii U Software showcase is now in session. We’re rounding up all of the information shared during the event, which you can find below.

– Miyamoto out talking about Pikmin game. He calls it an AI action game, rather than RTS.
– Basically what we’re seeing is the devs talking about their games in a general sense. Not too much you can’t discern from the trailers.
– Super Mario 3D World apparently plays is closer to the Galaxy series
– It appears you can use the touchscreen to control the Wind Waker. You drag Link’s arm around.
– Also a system put in to let you move at high speed in the boat. Wind Waker HD.
– Tanabe producing Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
– David Wise is helping with sound production on the game for Donkey Kong
– Bayonetta 2 gameplay shown
– Bayonetta will have a 2 player mode
– In Mario Kart 8, Hoverkarts feel different. Spins will charge up the speed boost
– GamePad acts as the steering wheel but you can use analogue too. horn is on touch screen
– Mario Kart 8 lets you make highlight reels and share them. Uses Miiverse.

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Today’s Nintendo Direct didn’t exactly go smoothly. The stream glitched out completely, making the presentation completely un-watchable for large portions of the broadcast.

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata temporarily took over the company’s official Facebook to apologize for these issues.

He wrote:

“Hello everyone this is Satoru Iwata. Thank you all for watching the Nintendo Direct this morning. I understand that many of you experienced technical issues with the live stream. I apologize and thank you for your patience. We have a lot of exciting news that we would like to share with you.”

If you ask me, Nintendo should consider an alternative streaming path. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a complete Nintendo Direct stream without a single issue on my end…

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New Adventures in the Super Mario, Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda, Luigi, Pokémon and Pikmin Franchises All Coming This Year for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Nintendo today unleashed a strong list of powerhouse games that will be available for Wii U this year, and provided first looks at key titles coming in 2014. These include some of the video game industry’s most beloved franchises and characters, from Mario and Donkey Kong to Luigi, Pikmin and Pokémon to The Legend of Zelda, Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros.

Nintendo Global President Satoru Iwata introduced many of the games during a Nintendo Direct announcement. To view the Nintendo Direct in its entirety, visithttp://www.nintendo.com/nintendo-direct.

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There won’t be a Nintendo press conference at E3 2013 today, but Nintendo is holding a few major events that you should be aware up.

First up is the Nintendo Direct, which will take place at 10 AM ET / 7 AM PT. We’ll be getting first looks at Smash Bros., new 3D Mario and Mario Kart titles for Wii U, and a lot more. These three games alone should be better than Nintendo’s past two E3 events put together! You’ll want to visit Nintendo Everything during the Nintendo Direct for live news updates and trailers, and we’ll continue with our coverage once the presentation ends.

Next up will be Nintendo’s “Wii U Software Showcase” at 1:30 PM ET / 10:30 AM PT. This won’t be live-streamed, and it’s not really a conference, as its mainly an opportunity for the press to try out new games. But Reggie Fils-Aime and Shigeru Miyamoto will be in attendance, so there could be a few interesting nuggets.

Nintendo’s last major event is the Pokemon X/Y roundtable at 9 PM ET / 6 PM PT. We’ll be covering this one as well as things happen. Expect a healthy dose of news regarding Pokemon X/Y.

Oh, and there’s also GameTrailers’ “Nintendo Power Hour” at 2 PM ET / 11 AM PT!

If that wasn’t enough, we’ll be having extensive original content for all of the big Nintendo games – podcasts, previews, videos, and photos – throughout the show. You can find all of our plans here.

Should be a fun few days ahead.

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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…

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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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