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Well, folks. We’re just three hours away from Nintendo’s E3 2012 media briefing. It’s been a loooooooong road to get here. There have been rumors, tons of developer quotes, and more surrounding Wii U.

We received a small tease as to what the the Wii U could do during Nintendo Direct on Sunday, but this is really the big day for Nintendo. After all, as Satoru Iwata once said, “gamers care most about games”.

Pikmin 3 and Mario are locks for the show, but what else? Will Retro Studios show off a new project? What about Nintendo’s other subsidiaries? And how much third-party support will there be? Nintendo is dedicating almost all of its conference time to games, so most – if not all – of these questions should be answered by the end of the day.

Let’s also remember the 3DS, which still needs support from Nintendo. Wii U will be taking up most of the E3 media briefing, but maybe Nintendo will quickly highlight New Super Mario Bros. 2 and a few other games. I wouldn’t mind a Zelda 3DS announcement either…

Anyway, I’ll be here as usual to cover news during and after the show starting at 12:00 PM EDT / 9:00 AM PDT. Be on the lookout for announcements, trailers, and more.

P.S. – NE shouldn’t die like it did last year, and couldn’t be accessed basically five minutes before the show. You may remember that we got things up and running just one minute before the conference started, but nothing like that should happen again. We’ve taken some precautionary measures…

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Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Rumors, Wii U | 0 comments

We’re just a few hours away from Nintendo’s E3 2012 media briefing, where Wii U will take center stage.

Interestingly, if a new Facebook page is any indication, the console may see a game from one of EA’s most popular franchises: Mass Effect.

The German Mass Effect page posted the following notice less than an hour ago:

“Don’t forget: Tune into the Nintendo press conference today at 6 pm…
http://e3.nintendo.com”

It’s worth mentioning that the same page made no mention of Sony or Microsoft’s conferences, so this wasn’t just a random post to promote E3 in general. Could this be a sign that Mass Effect is finally coming to a Nintendo console?

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Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 0 comments

We’ll be posting tons of Wii U (and 3DS) video content throughout the rest of the week, but if you’re looking for the first live demos of titles, you may want to consider watching GameTrailers’ “All Access” stream.

Immediately following Nintendo’s E3 2012 media briefing today, Reggie Fils-Aime will be on hand for an interview with Geoff Keighley. The site will additionally be showing demos of Wii U games.

All of this will take place between 1:00 and 2:00 PM. GameTrailers is teasing this hour as something “you do not want to miss”.

“After the Wii U is fully revealed, ALL ACCESS is back live for instant reaction from our experts. Plus, we’re joined by Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot, and Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aime is live with us for another classic interview with Geoff. Plus, stay tuned for the real live demos of new Wii U games on our stage! We cant’ tell you more, but believe us you do not want to miss this hour.”

Thanks to Jake for the tip.

Posted on 12 years ago by Patrick(@Patricklous) in 3DS, News | 0 comments

If Australia’s Office of Film and Literature Classification is anything to go by, we’ll be seeing Nintendo’s classic puzzle game hitting the eShop shortly.

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Posted on 12 years ago by Patrick(@Patricklous) in News, Random, Wii U | 3 Comments

Ubisoft’s ZombiU might have wowed audiences with an interesting trailer, but I’m sure plenty of people were confused about the game’s bizarre-sounding title. There’s more to this Wii U launch title’s name than a terrible pun, which should be apparent if we take a look at the first game Ubisoft ever published:

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Posted on 12 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in Features, General Nintendo | 0 comments

This is my obligatory “Here’s what’s going on at E3 just so you know” post.

So, just one day into the pre-E3 shows and we’ve already seen the effects of last year’s presentation by Nintendo. I don’t know if it’s just my imagination, but it seems like as time goes on, more and more people are waiting for Nintendo’s “OK” before they start trying out new things, as though they’re using the big N as a guinea pig for them to invest in new ideas. This year it was probably the most prevalent, save for perhaps the year we saw Move and Kinect revealed.

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Posted on 12 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Screenshots, Wii U | 0 comments