Big Fat E3 (and Nintendo Direct) Thread

Link to Nintendo's E3 site in the OP, stolen from Axis. Not much to see there at the moment, if I'm honest.

Spoiler:

I find it hard to get excited about E3 anymore, but I'm sure I'll be retracting this statement when the event rolls around. Perhaps it's just because of the massive changes the industry has gone through since this generation began.

As a result I'm actually looking forward more at the moment to seeing iOS 7 and WWDC 2013. Crazy, I know, but apparently Jony Ive's been working on a new UI design which removes all traces of garish skeuomorphism that exist in the operating system today (like the leather stitching in Notes or Find My Friends, or the pool table that makes up Game Center).

Can't wait to see what Nintendo have up their sleeves for Direct. I just hope they aim to show Wii U in the best light possible, really. There's a bunch of high quality indie games on the way to the system, like Scram Kitty, that Road Rash sequel that I keep forgetting the name of, Cloudberry Kingdom and 90's Arcade Racer, and I'd like Nintendo to boast about this.

Perhaps this is why Nintendo signed up app and game developers at GDC with Nintendo web framework and Unity 4 Pro tools -- to show off the fruits of their work at E3?

It'd be great to see some fresh indie titles as well as all the stuff we know. Would shut down the "no new franchises" argument, anyway (well probably not, but it would make it look more stupid than it does). Now excuse me while I shun you for your iOS-related betrayal. (shuns)

With there only being a week to go (until the Nintendo Direct), I though I'd make a list of what should be shown in the ND and on the floor:

Wii U games releasing this summer:

• Pikmin 3
  
• New Super Luigi U (DLC)
  
• Game & Wario
  
• The Wonderful 101

For autumn and beyond:

• Wii Fit U
  
• Wii Party U (?)
  
• Sonic: Lost World
  
• Bayonetta 2
  
• The Legend of Zelda: the Wind Waker U
  
• Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem
  
• Yarn Yoshi
  
• Retro’s game
  
• X
  
• Mario Kart U
  
• Super Mario Universe
  
• Super Smash Bros. 4

3DS:

• Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies
  
• Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy
  
• Phoenix Wright x Professor Layton
  
• Mario Golf World Tour
  
• A Link to the Past 2
  
• Mario & Luigi: Dream Team
  
• SSB43D (?)
  
• Pokémon X/Y (ninety minutes!)

And of course any surprises, or "megatons". Have I missed anything out? Anything in this list that shouldn't be there? Is my hype entirely unjustified? (Probably.)

Spoiler:

Prediction time.

Nintendo: Will announce a bunch of Mario related games, show off Smash Bros and spend the next decade hyping it up, and end with a tease for a 3D Zelda. Oh and Pokemon, mustn't forget Pokemon.

Sony: Playstation 4 will be revealed to introduce all the online checks the Xbox One has to the tears of many Sony fanboys around the web who spent the last week obnoxiously gloating, and will unveil the typical Uncharted, God of war, and a new IP. They will also cover Gran Turismo 6 for the PS3, and the Vita will be all but absent.

Microsoft: Will reveal several shooters, a car racing game, and something by Rare to add some diversity, along with a bunch of Kinnect games. Will spend most of the conference talking about television instead of games.

That about sums up what I expect from E3 this year. Lots of pandering to the press and the casual market as has become the norm, with a few interesting things here and there. As usual I expect the third parties will be the ones to watch rather than the console makers.

Microsoft did come out and say there won't be much TV shown and be mainly the game's which you can predict.

@Balla

I hope none of the games in your summer list are shown as they already had time in the most recent ND (apart from TW101) so time can be devoted to the new stuff.

I imagine they'll be on the E3 showfloor rather than in the Direct.

Balladeer wrote:

I imagine they'll be on the E3 showfloor rather than in the Direct.

That would be perfect.

No way are they not including New Super Luigi U in their Direct presentation - it's the perfect platform and opportunity to remind everybody that it's out in a week. Wouldn't expect Game & Wario, but I think Pikmin 3 and Wonderful 101 (two of Wii U's most anticipated games) will make an appearance. Hopefully not too much time spent on them though.

EDIT: Remember, Nintendo is the company that devoted a silly amount of time to the Pokédex 3D app that came out the day before their E3 2011 presentation.

Phillips wrote:

EDIT: Remember, Nintendo is the company that devoted a silly amount of time to the Pokédex 3D app that came out the day before their E3 2011 presentation.

Ha! I forgot all about that. Yeah, I'm sure they'll take some time at the start to tell us about games we already know, just to put everyone they actually need to convince off watching...

Oh Nintendo, what WON'T you do.

Bang goes my chances of a PES announcement on wii U.

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/06/pes_2014_will_not_be_dispensed_on_wii_u

The_Jaster wrote:

Bang goes my chances of a PES announcement on wii U.

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/06/pes_2014_will_not_be_dispensed_on_wii_u

Oh, this is getting f***ing stupid. (Not that I plan to ever buy a PES again, but... principle of the matter). I can understand their reasons, but... no-one's hyped for the XBone or PS4 either, you know...

Oh it isn't coming to those systems either, and with the next PES being a massive change (as much as it annoys me) its probably the smart thing to do.

Spoiler:

Thank you CVG.

Spoiler:

Thank you Neogaf.

Reggie uploaded a video thing. https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10100914455256357&saved
Nintendo added an E3 miiverse thing.
They also released a schedule thing. http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=578852&highlight=e3+schedule

Basically, a lot of stuff happened, all ending in "thing"...

Thanks for the Reggie video, Axis! Not sure about "Facebook, Youtube and Twitter" becoming the major focus, but oh well. (goes to post more epic Nintendo music on Facebook)

Pokémon Direct at 2 AM... might skip that.

Balladeer wrote:

Thanks for the Reggie video, Axis! Not sure about "Facebook, Youtube and Twitter" becoming the major focus, but oh well. (goes to post more epic Nintendo music on Facebook)

Pokémon Direct at 2 AM... might skip that.

I'm gonna be all over that. That's the kind of shit I booked a week off for.

Dammit... I'll be at work at 3PM. Looks like I'll have to play "weave through the spoiler pages".

Iwata, Reggie and Co arriving (official Vine video).

https://vine.co/v/bLplLZqeQJJ

Boxes have arrived!

Wii U version of Super Crate Box confirmed!

@Balla If you wouldn't mind adding Treasure's 3DS game to your list that'd be great -- it's the only other game I can think of that we know of which we should see more of around E3.

A brief Google search for "Treasure 3DS" doesn't turn up anything later than November 2012: anything on it since then? Any confirmation of its presence at E3? Regardless, I've put it, along with everything else, into the OP.

Double posting, sorry: it begins...

Anyone catching the MS conference at 1730? Or staying up for the Sony conference at 2 a.m.?

Yes, and EA and Ubisofts. Bring on the conferences!