Tue, Jun 15, 2010 | 14:36 BST

E3 2010 – Nintendo press conference live!

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Have you got a shelter built? Have you dug a hole? Because today is serious, son.

Nintendo’s up first today after Microsoft’s E3 showing last night, with Sony to follow soon afterwards. But undoubtedly, this is the most important conference in this year’s show, as well as one of the most important within the past five years.

How so? Two very specific reasons.

One – 3DS: We finally get to see what the handheld looks like later today after months of speculation, and is the first big hardware reveal out of the big three since E3 2005, as well as Nintendo’s first massive hardware reveal since 2004 with the original DS.

Nintendo’s promise of 3D gaming without glasses does sound like a pipe dream, but there is potential for it nonetheless. EA CEO John Riccitello has already said he thinks the tech is “cool”. You can not get a bigger thumbs up than that.

We may even hear confirmation of the previously rumoured release date of October, as well as the possible first sightings of Animal Crossing 3DS and Level 5′s Time Travelers, which seems like it will support the console, according to past hints.

Two – Zelda: Twilight Princess was all well and good for appearing on Wii, but it was just a port of the GameCube version. Today will bring the first showing of a brand new, and true, Zelda Wii title.

What do we know so far of it? Other than the piece of art shown by Shigeru Miyamoto last year and that it’s a WiiMotionPlus exclusive, absolutely nothing. Unofficially? There might be this.

Hopefully we’ll get confirmation of a release this year as well. Be sure to produce something like this for a crowd reaction anyways, Nintendo.

There’s also a whole lot more that we don’t know about so far, but those are the big two. Whatever you do, keeps those eyes glued to the screen just for those two things.

Pat and Nathan will be there for us with a liveblog, naturally. Needless to say, you won’t miss a beat with us. It all begins at 9am PST/5pm BST/6pm CET.

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#151

Gekidami
15/06/10, 6:22 pm

hum, honnestly the 3DS sounds impressive shame its impossible to show off. Also one game?

I wouldnt really say they’ve ‘won’ with the actual games they shown looking pretty poor. But it was better then what we got yesterday.

#152

MushroomStamp
15/06/10, 6:23 pm

Your ON CRACK!!! There was nothing in the keynote that even got me excited.. except the personal 3D woman to follow you around.. it was sooooo mediocre it’s not funny… sad Keynote or mediocrity. Showing out of date games.. but ok for kids I guess

#153

Psychotext
15/06/10, 6:24 pm

MS gives away free 360s.
Nintendo pimps out women.
…

What’s Sony got for the audience? :D

#154

AHA-Lambda
15/06/10, 6:25 pm

i thought it was total meh until i saw that 3rd party 3ds lineup. I am interested

Wait? No date or price!??! O_O

#155

Gekidami
15/06/10, 6:25 pm

Yeah thats the main problem with everything they showed; It all kiddy-grade stuff.

#156

Filofax
15/06/10, 6:26 pm

I take it they did not announce a price and release date for 3DS yet.

#157

MushroomStamp
15/06/10, 6:28 pm

I have ZERO interest in Handhelds, so this keynote was huge fail for me. My wii will continue to sit in the corner collecting dust.

#158

Gekidami
15/06/10, 6:28 pm

@156
Yep and they only showed one game which honnestly didnt look to great. But the future line-up is stunning. Shame its only paper for now.

#159

spiderLAW
15/06/10, 6:29 pm

8.5/10 for me. Lots of stuff going on. Would have been a 9.5 but Reggies yapping about units sold was stupid. He seemed to have been trying to put himself at ease knowing PS3, 360, and iStuff is on Nintendos back.

#160

Anders
15/06/10, 6:29 pm

Probably a 9 for me. Loved it. Very few low points.

#161

AHA-Lambda
15/06/10, 6:29 pm

why was there no date or price for 3ds?

also no wii vitality sensor XD

#162

DaMan
15/06/10, 6:30 pm

very impressive selection of games for 3ds, aside from that Kid Icarus. Epic Mickey looks awesome as well.

#163

justiceblob
15/06/10, 6:31 pm

6/10 – same as yesterday. probably because I dont have a Wii, and I have no interest in handhelds. Kirby – 11/10 though, that shit was amazing.

#164

cookiejar
15/06/10, 6:33 pm

@153, Gran Turismo 5? :D

#165

AHA-Lambda
15/06/10, 6:34 pm

i would say it was decent overall

it was majority wise crap but i think the 3DS stuff at the end could really come together. MGS and resi alone made me excited O_O

#166

Gekidami
15/06/10, 6:35 pm

6/10 for me. Only Kirby looked good and they didnt show enought of the 3DS to impress me but the idea and names written on that screen are looking good. Everything else was ‘same old same old’ really.

#167

spiderLAW
15/06/10, 6:36 pm

I dont see whats wrong with this.
Zelda looked amaizing and it sounds fun. Cant count the interference as a bad thing. It looks promising and im sure it will deliver.
Metroid the Other M is old news but it looked great.
Epic Mickey sounds like a good break away from the normal action that goes on with the PS3 and 360.
The 3DS tech sounds like lots of fun to be had.

Listen, none of this stuff was Epic at all but the way i look at it, its casual for the core gamer and not just casual gamers. There’s fun to be had with all that had been shown. I like to leave the Epics with MS and Sony and leave Nintendo with the whole break from the norm scene.

#168

MushroomStamp
15/06/10, 6:38 pm

5/10 for me. NO interest in handhelds, and the Wii games are looking very DATED, with no games targeted for people over 10. Zelda looked bad with all kinds of technical issues and huge ugly invisible controller on the screen. Mickey looked like Mario Sunshine which got old FAST. Metroid… meh. Kirby looks like it’s for a 8 yr old girl. Kid Icarus looked good but it’s for a handheld so no go there.

There was nothing in this show for me.

#169

Gadzooks!
15/06/10, 6:43 pm

Ninty have won E3 by a pretty massive margin. MGS, Resi, Zelda, DK, Goldeneye, Epic Mickey. They hold all the cards right now.

#170

theevilaires
15/06/10, 6:44 pm

What about that whole wifi interference thing? That was the highlight for me. I wonder if someone from the M$ or SONY camp tried to sabotage the show out of fanboy rage :D

#171

theevilaires
15/06/10, 6:46 pm

Gadzooks you are a fucking idiot and XBOT by saying that while not even seeing SONY’s show yet you moron. Say so far yet before making statements like that you noob.

#172

SunKing
15/06/10, 6:51 pm

I’m sure Nintendo will be pretty happy with what they presented. I would. Anyways, it was certainly better than Microsoft’s conference.

#173

Blerk
15/06/10, 6:53 pm

That was a stonking show from them as far as I’m concerned. Announcement after announcement after announcement, new thing, new thing, new thing. Exactly what I wanted from Microsoft but didn’t get. Well, who’d have thunk it?

True, I probably won’t pick up many of those titles. But for the Nintendo fan, it’s hard to imagine a much better show, no?

#174

DaMan
15/06/10, 6:55 pm

very impressive really, 8/10. I would give a 9 if it wasn’t for the Kid Icarus disaster :)

#175

moon
15/06/10, 6:59 pm

8/10 here. Some damn good games listed.
But no mention of vitality sensor?

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