Nintendo E3 Conference

Posted by: Tiara Sleight

Legend of Zelda

• Presented by: Shigeru Miyamoto - Creator of The Legend of Zelda
• Presentation begins with orchestral reproduction of the music from The Legend of Zelda
• Links Awakening will be available for download
• Next weekend, The Legend of Zelda 3D will launch for the 3DS' around the world with the frame rate improved, graphics revamped, a mirrored Legend of Zelda master quest mode, and new boss challenge mode
• Legend of Zelda Four Swords will be available for a free download in September of 2011

Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

• Will be released worldwide during the holiday season for the Wii
• Use the Wii Motion Plus to swing your sword and to use your bow and arrow
• Nintendo will be creating a special gold Wii remote which will be available as a promo when they launch the game

Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary

• Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary Symphony concerts in each region around the world starting in the Fall of 2011
• There will be more announcements about the specific dates of the concerts
• Nintendo will be preparing 2 music CD's: Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time soundtrack and another CD based on the 25th Anniversary Symphony

Nintendo 3DS Details

• Presented by: Reggie Fils-Aime - President of Nintendo America
• There will be 5 new games coming to the 3DS
• Mario Kart - tricked out version, a lot more features such as underwater racing, "car parasailing", multiple ways to fix up your car (choosing body, wheels, etc)
• Due to hit shelves this holiday season

Starfox

• You can use buttons for traditional controls or you can use the turning and tilting of the system to make it feel like you're actually flying yourself
• The faces and voices of pilots are real this time, the 3DS records your friends reaction via the camera in the handheld console
• Will be hitting US stores in September 2011

Super Mario 3D

• There will be new Mario suits to enjoy (you can turn into a raccoon)
• Unique maps such as a keyboard on a piano
• Intense boss battles
• Will be released before the end of 2011

Kid Icarus: Uprising

• You will be able to battle other players
• You can choose your weapons
• Have the capability to defeat team angels of opponent's teams
• Battle both on land and in the air
• 3 on 3 multiplayer
• Will be released later in 2011

Luigi's Mansion 2

• Fun take on horror adventure
• Luigi is basically a ghost buster in a haunted mansion
• You have to zap up ghosts using your vacuum
• You also have to shine your flashlight on them to stun them and then suck them up
• There will be several new mansions to enjoy

Third Party Developer Work

• Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D: Capcom
• Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games: Sega
• Ace Combat 3D: Namco
• Tetris: Tetris Online Inc.
• Cave Story 3D: NIS America
• Resident Evil Revelations: Capcom
• Driver Renegade: Ubisoft
• Pacman and Galaga Dimensions: Namco Bandai
• Tekken 3D: Namco Bandai
• Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D: Konami

Nintendo eShop

• Where you will be able to search for game info and purchase other game related products

This Week's System Update

• Will include 10 separate 3D game trailers
• Game demos will also be available later this year (either downloadable or retail software)

Virtual Console Service

• Will give you classic portable games including those from the Gameboy and Gameboy Colour
• Will give you classic console titles such as those from the NES but in remastered versions
• You will also receive a free 3D version of Excitebike

Pokemon

• Pokemon will be in 3D and also in the "real world"
• If you have a 3DS, an enhanced Pokedex has arrived
• The Pokedex will come with 16 Pokemon already registered
• You will have to collect the data for the other Pokemon via Spot Pass or receive them from friends or scanning AR markers
• Each Pokemon has a special AR marker, the Pokemon image can be super imposed in real world backdrops
• This is a Nintendo 3DS exclusive
• You will get it for free once you perform the system update this week

Wii U (Wii 2)

• The new controller is unveiled
• Will be a brand new console but Nintendo focussed the most on the controller aspect
• It is perfect and complex simultaneously
• You will be able to switch from the TV to the controller to play a game
• It will have a drawing tablet integrated onto the controller
• Use the controller as a console
• Use movement to control controller
• Use it simultaneously with the wired console/TV
• Use the controller alongside other Wii accessories (nunchuck, steering wheel, etc)
• Aim the controller at your TV
• Make video calls
• Use the controller to browse the internet or to magnify text
• Share from controller to TV
• 6.2" screen built in
• Will be backwards compatible, all Wii accessories can be used on the Wii U
• Will include 2 analog circle pads, d pad, ZL & ZR  buttons, rumble feature, touch screen, microphone, speakers, accelerometers, gyroscope, camera
• It is not designed to be a portable console
• The controller is generated only by Wii U, wirelessly transmitted without latency issues

Super Smash Bros. / Super Mario Bros. Mii

• Will be released for the 3DS and for the Wii U
• They will be linked together in some fashion
• You can play using your Mii character

In Development for Wii U

• Lego City Stories in partnership with Tt games
• It is a new open world game
• Full of action and it is humorous
• Will be exclusively to Wii U and Nintendo 3DS
• Darksiders II at launch
• Tekken
• Batman Arkham City
• Assassin's Creed
• Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Online

EA & Nintendo Partnership

• Presented by: the CEO of EA
• EA Games being put onto the Wii U as well