Reminder: Nintendo’s E3 2012 media briefing in three hours

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…