Nintendo to “provide more gamer-centric announcements at E3,” says research firm

Macquarie Research has issued its E3 preview for Nintendo. According to the equity firm, Nintendo will “provide more gamer-centric announcements…such as a new Zelda or Mario title for the Wii.”

“We understand WiiFit Plus will be launched at E3, which will be sold separately from the board and in a bundle and will capitalise on the 17m existing WiiFit users. We expect Nintendo to learn its lessons from last year and provide more gamer-centric announcements at E3 such as a new Zelda or Mario title for the Wii (in addition to the new Zelda for DS). We do not expect a price cut and see an outside chance that new accessories for Wii could be announced.”

All of these predictions seem pretty accurate. Wii Fit Plus looks to be Nintendo’s casual highlight for the year, there could be a new Mario or Zelda, and a price cut still does not seem likely.