Let's face it, the Microsoft press conference was awful, and while the Sony stage show was an improvement, both shows were clearly intimated by Nintendo's presence.
We're coming to the end of an era of this generation of gaming. Both Sony and Microsoft want to hold off on anything big (or interesting) until there's more of their next-gen consoles to show off.
The game plan for Nintendo is the polar opposite to Sony and Microsoft's. Nintendo have their new console ready to go, and while it may lack the power of a next-gen console, it's definitely something to be hugely excited about.
So stay tuned, and keep hitting refresh to see VGI's Wesley Copeland's live commentary on what is hopefully going to be the stage show of E3.
- The show opens with Miyamoto sitting around with a few Pikmin causing havoc.
- Great opening
- He's heading to the stage
- He's on!
- Pikmin appear in the audience--Brilliant!
- Bill Triven is up to translate
- Wants a console that isn't relient on a TV
- He's got a Wii U tablet controller -- Looks sexy!
- 2 Screen play now a possibility
- Play while not watching TV -- Awesome!
- Pikmin 3 Announced
- Graphically it looks fantastic!
- New types of Pikmin! Rock Pikmin!
- Basic controls use wii-mote and nunchuck
- On the Wii U gamepad you get a 3D map
- Wii U pad uses tactics
- Control upto 4 leaders
- Check the status on the pad
- "Do you understand Pikmin 3 for Wii U?"Yes! It looks great!
- Pulls a Pikmin out of his pocket!
- Reggie Fils-Aime appears!
- "This is about the games" THANK YOU!
- 23 Wii U games on show today
- Wii U does 3 things: games, social and entertainment
- Revolutionise your living room
- Lots of current apps coming: YouTube, Hulu etc
- Tells audience to spend more time on Nintendo's Facebook and Twitter -- EPIC
- Asymetric Gameplay tagline is announced
- Wii U hardware supports two seprate gamepads! THANK GAWD!
- Guided tour of the gamepad
- Back trigger ZR and ZL
- Gamepad has rumble and motion control
- And a camera, volume, headphones socket and mic
- Looks so, so, so, so good!
- Onto the Miiverse
- it's like a social "main street"
- Your Mii is joined by your firends and family
- Miis gather around tiles
- The Miis communicate!
- Speechbubbles! Text messages!
- Share screen images!
- Not availible on launch day...
- New Super Mario Bros. U
- Connect from the game
- Talk with friends in the game
- Real-time social window as you play
- Onto the game!
- Mario Cape!
- Looks very slick!
- Up to four players
- Game can be transferred to gamepad
- Boost mode
- Use gamepad to place blocks
- Arkham City!
- Harley Quinn talking to Reggie! WIN!
- Martin Trembly takes the stage
- Arkham City: Armoured Edition
- Unique Experience to Wii U
- Detective mode with the gamepad: OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!
- B.A.T mode via the gamepad
- Use the gamepad to fly gatterrangs (think he meant batterrangs
- This looks phenominal!
- Scribblenauts Unlimited next Urgh!
- Looks entirely adequate
- Video highlights roll
- Darksiders 2 Mass Effect 3!!!!!! TANK! TANK! TANK! Tekken Tag 2 Trine 2 DC
- Ninja Gaiden 3 Razor's Edge Aliens Colonial Marines
- Wii U to make music and fitness better
- Heard people laugh at the balance board
- 43 million copies of Wii Fit sold worldwide
- Wii Fit U Perip incoming
- Makes you sweatier
- Actually looks fun, new and dynamic games to play
- The guy burns 140 calories in 10 seconds!
- That's probably a lie.
- Includes "off TV" play
- Music up next
- new game SiNG from freestyle games
- Gamepad shows lyrics
- Dance along
- Sing along
- Looks like cross between singstar and just dance
- SiNG [Working Title]
- 3DS Now
- Scott Moffitt takes to the stage (Stephan Moffitt's brother?)
- Asks where's the love--Gets ignored--Tool!
- 3 Nintendo 1st party titles
- New Super Mario Bros. 2 for 3DS
- All about the gold
- Raccoon suit is back! YES!!!!!!!!!!
- Auguest 19th is the release date
- SOLD!
- Paper Mario Sticker Star
- Game has evolved
- Game enviroments can have sticker you collect
- They then become battle commands
- This isn't an RPG by the look of it
- Released digitally? Hmm
- Luigi's Mansion 2
- Woooo!
- Multiple mansions
- New ghost types
- Errier in 3D...Out this holiday season
- loads of third party games coming -- Announcement tomorrow
- Cue the video!
- Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
- Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion
- Scriblenauts Unlimited
- Kingdom Hearts 3D
- LEGO City coming to Wii U
- Generic LEGO game, but the gamepad once again, looks great!
- Based around LEGO and crime
- Go undercover
- Did I mention it's a generic LEGO game?
- Looks more open-world
- Exlusive portable version in the works for 3DS
- Their goal for Wii U is to revive new and engrossing gaming experience
- Ubisoft are Nintendo's bitch we're told
- Yves Gullimot (spelling is wrong, sorry) crashes the party
- Talks with a heavy french accent
- "Pick up the pisses of paper!"
- Allo Allo reference by Wes there
- He likes the console (Wii U)
- Says thank you to Nintendo -- Kiss ass!
- Xavier Poix appears
- Just Dance 4
- Oh bloody hell, they're dancing to moves like jagger!
- Fail!
- Reggie controls the dance moves by clicks the on the gamepad screen
- Dancers were awful!
- "Ow do you laak bein de puppy master! How do you like being the puppet master?
- Zombie U now
- 1 bite and you're dead
- Makes full use of the gamepad -- gets bitten loads
- Use the pad to shake off zombies and enter codes
- Looks really good!
- Camera on pad turns you in to a zombie! Awesome!
- Video rolls
- AC III Rabidds Land Your Shape Rayman Legends Sports Connection Avengers battle for Earth
- Nintendo Land is up now
- Play it and you begin to understand
- Katsuya + translator take to the stage
- Your Mii visits a theme park
- 12 attractions in total
- Zelda Battle quest is one of them
- Mini games via the gamepad by the look of it
- Looks fun! Isn't Wii French for fun? Or was that Japenese?
- A place where everyone around the world can gather
- What happens when gamepad plays with three others with Wii-motes?
- Shows off Luigi's Ghost Mansion in Nintendo Land
- Gamepad player can see all players, all players can't see gamepad player
- Wii-motes rumble when ghost is near
- Looks like Bomberman, only with Boos and people
- Looks like fun! [I need to copy/paste looks like fun!]
- Video shows off Nintendo Land
- [Note] This is shaping up to be a very strong launch
- E3.Nintendo.com has more details on everything
- Reggie re-hypes the Wii U
- Ends show with a walk through the themepark of Nintendo Land
