Nintendo @ E3 2012 | The Mayans Were Not Ready | 5 Days

[Patticus]

Welcome to the official topic for the Nintendo 2012 E3 broadcast. I'll update this post more over the coming days and during the conference to make it easier to find the big news related to Nintendo at E3.

STREAM LINKS:

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(Links in here)

WHAT TO EXPECT?

- Hordes of adoring fans, rushing to the stage to get a glimpse of The Regginator

- Games, games and more games

- Wii U information

- More amazing .GIF material

- Sales figures of how well the 3DS is doing this year

- Finalized Wii U Design

- Castlevania: Mirror of Fate trailer

- Pikmin 3

What we want:

- 3D HD Pokemon RPG

- Mother 4

- New Mario

- New Metroid

- New Star Fox

- New Zelda

- Reggie one-liners

- More games

Hardware

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• Controller to be called 'Wii U Game Pad'.
  
• 'Proper' analogue sticks with 'click button' rather than 3DS-style thumb pad.
  
• Game Pad is also a TV remote.
  
• Wii U Pro Controller (above) - looks very much like 360 controller with right stick and buttons swapped.
  
• Some sort of Wii U internet hub for discussion on help for games and what-not.
  
• Smartphone app for Nintendo network/Wii U internet hub shown.
  
• 'Mii Wara Wara'/'Miiverse' - the home screen for the Wii U is akin to 3DS' Streetpass Plaza.
  
• Miiverse can be accessed by all games - e.g. after dying on Mario speech bubbles will pop up on the black screen saying 'Can't believe I died there!' etc.
  
• Can post screenshots from your Wii U.
  
• Curtains.
  
• Not all features at launch.

Software

Castlevania: Mirror of Fate - (Thread Link)

(Info from E3 in here)

Software

(Info about games in here)

Downloadable Titles

(eShop info in here)

But Patticus, how do you make sure you're ready?

[Carbo]

Hey Pat

We want a new Star Fox too

[Patticus]

Hey Pat

We want a new Star Fox too

I think I know what the people want, and it's not some damnable anthropomorphic Fox.

Just kidding. Everyone loves the furry bastard.

[Cola]

Pat

We all know there's gonna be a new Mario. Hasn't it been announced already? Whether it's NSMBMii or a brand new 3D title, we know there's one coming.

[Soniman]

Better something regarding Paper Mario and Luigi's Mansion 2

Edited June 1, 2012 by The Groosenator

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Sonic Generations DLC, Rayman Legends, New 3D Mario, Paper Mario Wii U or MandL4, normal Wii U controller, Sonic on Vita or gtfo

[azoo]

Come on, Tuesday, bring it on. My hype levels are soaring through the roof right now.

[Indigo Rush]

Sonic Generations DLC, Rayman Legends, New 3D Mario, Paper Mario Wii U or MandL4, normal Wii U controller, Sonic on Vita or gtfo

Nintendo @ E3 2012

I just want to see what the Wii U can do, and what new 1st party games are coming out for it. Should be epic!

[Jango]

I only looking forward to the new Mario.

[Echidna Adventurer CC14]

Absolutely HYPED for it. I can't friggin' WAIT to see what Nintendo has planned and I am ready and waiting to be blown away.

[Winston]

Can't wait to see the new Mario games...and hopefully Star Fox and Metroid. Also more Luigi's Mansion and Paper Mario 3D info.

Edited June 1, 2012 by Reggie Fils-Aime

[Patticus]

I'm being told that a Wii U edition of Scribblenauts may make an appearance at the show. That's not a confirmation or anything of the sort, but it does exist as a possibility... because of this:

http://whois.domaintools.com/scribblenautsunlimited.com

[Ekaje]

That would be really cool, especially if they made it work in 3D and not just have it be just like another one of the DS games, but prettier.

Edited June 1, 2012 by Ekaje

[Kokonoe]

I'm hoping the Wii U is 1080p native for games, and it has decent online.

Bonus points if they make a normal controller specifically for it.

[Ekaje]

Well, it's still compatible with Wii controllers, so the Classic controller could work as a "normal" controller (though the LZ/RZ and sticks don't have as many functions as on the PS3/360).

[Kokonoe]

Well, it's still compatible with Wii controllers, so the Classic controller could work as a "normal" controller (though the LZ/RZ and sticks don't have as many functions as on the PS3/360).

Classic Controller Pro is alright, but at the end of the day it's still a 20$ controller that attaches to a wiimote to function.

The Wii U is confirmed to have L3 and R3 as well so it won't be enough.

The other thing is that only 2 is rumored to work with the console at the same time, so it'd be nice to get a solid piece of hardware.

[azoo]

I'm really hoping that instead of having to use the Wiimote for everything that isn't the tablet, we get a specific WiiU controller. Heck, I won't care even if it is just a wireless version of the Classic Controller Pro; just give us a WiiU controller alongside the console and the tablet. Please?

(is it really that obvious that I don't wanna use the Wiimotes ever again?)

Edited June 1, 2012 by Azukara

[Patticus]

I'm really hoping that instead of having to use the Wiimote for everything that isn't the tablet, we get a specific WiiU controller. Heck, I won't care even if it is just a wireless version of the Classic Controller Pro; just give us a WiiU controller alongside the console and the tablet. Please?

(is it really that obvious that I don't wanna use the Wiimotes ever again?)

The tablet pad functions as a traditional controller. You shouldn't need anything else.

[azoo]

Well, the reason I bring that up is because I thought it was made a point that you can't play multiplayer with more than two tablets, and the other two controllers would have to be Wiimotes.

[Megabox!]

I want my Super Smash Bros.4 teaser Nintendo............pretty please

[Marcello]

F-Zero, Star Fox And Super Smash Bros. At E3?

Gaming Unwrapped has heard news from a source of theirs “who is extremely close to Nintendo” that a Star Fox, F-Zero and Super Smash Bros. will be at E3 next week. The source is confident that they will be at E3 in some form whether it be teasers, artwork or gameplay videos. The source doesn’t know whether the titles will be for the 3DS or Wii U. A Pikmin sequel and a Super Mario Bros. title will be shown at E3 – will Nintendo’s other blockbusters join them?

http://mynintendonew...ash-bros-at-e3/

Hopefully it's true.

Edited June 1, 2012 by MarcelloF

[Kokonoe]

The tablet pad functions as a traditional controller. You shouldn't need anything else.

Except only two are going to work unless there are some moderate hardware changes shown at e3. Either way, the controllers are rather big themselves and not everyone wants to use a touch screen controller. That doesn't mean they don't want to play console Nintendo games, though.

[#EndyGate]

Im personally hoping for a bit of celebration for Kirby's 20th

F-Zero, Star Fox And Super Smash Bros. At E3?

http://mynintendonew...ash-bros-at-e3/

Hopefully it's true.

But this would be absolutely lovely as well

[Sean]

F-Zero

I want to believe.

[Patticus]

Except only two are going to work unless there are some moderate hardware changes shown at e3. Either way, the controllers are rather big themselves and not everyone wants to use a touch screen controller. That doesn't mean they don't want to play console Nintendo games, though.

Well, for singleplayer games you should never need anything but the tablet, unless it is otherwise stated. And not everyone wants to use every pad; tablet, dualshock, 360 or otherwise, but usually that's a pretty big 'tough titty' situation (e.g. there are no dualshock-style pads available for the 360). The tablet and Wiimote and probably the Wiimote's more prevalent add-ons will all be usable, likely including the CC if it hooks up to it, but in situations where under 3 players are participating you may very well be missing out on something special if you eschew the tablet.

F-Zero, Star Fox And Super Smash Bros. At E3?

Interesting if true. I'm rather curious as to how Smash and F-Zero would function with the tablet pad.