Nintendo E3 news

Star Lord

Thought it might be worth while having a thread here just for Nintendo based E3 2012 discussion!

This was posted on Facebook by The Gaming Liberty earlier today, confirming what people have been expecting, but I didn't think we'd see it yet:

TheGamingLiberty wrote:

Between yourself and myself, Nintendo are going to show off a revised 3DS tomorrow. Much like the DSi XL, the new 3DS will be bigger than the current model. Keep and eye out for it tomorrow

Princess Peach

I think the 3DS is the perfect size! Doubt there will be much hardware changes in it, probably just bigger! Which won't upset me at all, I don't need it bigger cause I carry it around.

I r excite for games

nitromaster

Source is Nikkei:
(who are usually on with their pre-E3 "leaks")

Full rumor:
3DS revision

- 4.3 inch screen, making it 1.5 times the current size
- release in North America, Japan and Europe could happen as early as Summer

Wii U pricing and content

- 30,000 yen (roughly $380)
- will see distribution of non-game content
- this includes car navigator and books
- also mentioned is a karaoke service with around 10,000 songs

CastorTroy

So a larger 3DS wouldn't be very mobile for streetpass, would it?

Princess Peach

CastorTroy wrote: »

So a larger 3DS wouldn't be very mobile for streetpass, would it?

It's probably aimed towards those weirdos who use the 3DS for gaming :pac:

Myrddin

nitromaster wrote: »

30,000 yen (roughly $380)

Vita eat your heart out :rolleyes:

CastorTroy

Princess Peach wrote: »

It's probably aimed towards those weirdos who use the 3DS for gaming :pac:

Blasphemy! I got my Zelda branded 3DS to look at it. So purdy!

Star Lord

It's probably meant to persuade those that went for the DSi XL to jump to 3DS XL? (Guessing they're gonna go for that naming!)

richymcdermott

I thought the dsi XL was for those who had hard times seening the screen or something like that ?

SugarHigh

So the 3DS gets it's own conference
http://kotaku.com/5915648/nintendo-has-so-much-stuff-to-show-it-needs-three-conferences?tag=e3-2012

The first conference was a let down imo so hopefully they make up for it with the other two.

Star Lord

Wonder if Ubi will be allowed to show any Wii U stuff, or if it'll have to wait till tomorrow? Still like the look of Killer Freaks from Outer Space. Looks like Rabid Rabbids!

CastorTroy

I'd say with the close relationship they have I'd say they'll hold off so they don't appear to be favouring Nintendo too much

CastorTroy

Ah I was wrong. Good job

Star Lord

ZombiU looks great! Can't believe Killer Freaks from Outer Space turned into that! Probably a good thing considering how similar the 'Killer Freaks' were to Rabbids. They were like Zombie Rabbids, so guess that's where the progression may have come from!

Star Lord

MY BODY IS REGGIE!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnUbXOeJaKI

Princess Peach

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwZHWGW-F-0

He taunts me with his amazing Epona figure!!

Star Lord

The Gaming Liberty posted a video that is supposed to be a HD Majora's Mask. Looks 'Fan Made' to me, but you decide for yourself!
http://thegamingliberty.com/index.php/2012/06/05/zelda-majoras-mask-getting-hd-remake/

Star Lord

Pikmin in Miyamoto's dressing room!

Star Lord

Pikmin 3 looks really good! The textures on the grass, ground, rocks, plants etc are awesome!

Star Lord

23 games to be shown!!! O_o

Console supports two gamepads at the same time! Best news so far!

Star Lord

Batman: Arkham City - Armored Edition!
WANT!!!

richymcdermott

Was expecting more of a live demonstration

Two game pads great, i be getting the black version no doubt , pikmin 3 for me and zombi u gameplay ideas look fantastic , i be terrified when trying to snipe or scan and have a zombie jumping out at me :eek:

Princess Peach

Damo wants black and I want white, so the 2 gamepads was the best news for me :pac:

I thought they had a good mix of kids/family/ hardcore games. Nintendo aims to target everyone, so they need a little of everything. So nobody gets enough of what they want in a presentation.

Except me, cause I love everything!

One thing I hate is that stupid ass family ¬_¬

Just wish we had a date and price. But I was overall happy! Hope there's a few more 3DS games tomorrow.

PseudoFamous

DamoElDiablo wrote: »

Console supports two gamepads at the same time! Best news so far!

You'll need to explain this to me: why/how were some games, incl. pikmin, advertised as 4p co-op if you can only use two gamepads? I was under the impression that it was 4p local from the pikmin demo.

Princess Peach

PseudoFamous wrote: »

You'll need to explain this to me: why/how were some games, incl. pikmin, advertised as 4p co-op if you can only use two gamepads? I was under the impression that it was 4p local from the pikmin demo.

The console uses Wii remotes and nunchuks also. If you only have one or two gamepads, the other players use the remote.

I think there's a type of classic controller also maybe?

PseudoFamous

Princess Peach wrote: »

The console uses Wii remotes and nunchuks also. If you only have one or two gamepads, the other players use the remote.

I think there's a type of classic controller also maybe?

From what I saw, the gamepad was pretty vital to gameplay, particularly in pikmin.

Star Lord

PseudoFamous wrote: »

From what I saw, the gamepad was pretty vital to gameplay, particularly in pikmin.

It can be played with a Wii-mote and nunchuck too. That's how others play.

Princess Peach

Star Lord

I did a slight edit of that...

Princess Peach

Gunmonkey

Princess Peach wrote: »

I think there's a type of classic controller also maybe?

WiiU Pro Controller, dunno if one comes with the console, but would make sense as a lot of games seem to lean to MP.



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PseudoFamous wrote: »

From what I saw, the gamepad was pretty vital to gameplay, particularly in pikmin.

In the multiplayer fro Pikmin, I think one player uses the Gamepad and oversees, while the others use the Wiimotes to control the Olimar-likes.

Ubisoft had a good demonstration at their conference with Rayman: Legends. 2 players moved the characters like normal with the controllers while the gamepad player swiped at stuff to create new routes and attack far away enemies.

Nollog

Princess Peach wrote: »

DamoElDiablo wrote: »

I did a slight edit of that...

glad I wasn't the only one to make a gif of that.
My one:


They held some meeting or whatever where they told everybody that what was shown on stage and on e3.nintendo.com is just the launch window stuff (3-4 months after launch) and assured people Iwata, Miyamoto, and Retro are working on both existing and new IP's.
https://twitter.com/#!/gibbogame
This guy says friendcodes aren't gone, but that's a mistake, friendcodes are gone, we got a point blank answer from NoA here.

nitromaster

EA titles actually ARE coming to WiiU this year!

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/30606

They need to get Activision on board with COD + the lineup actually looks fairly good.

GTR63

nitromaster wrote: »

They need to get Activision on board with COD + the lineup actually looks fairly good.

Just bung up a Logo with CODu, hey that was meant to satisfy the Vita owners.

Princess Peach

No Animal Crossing or Zelda

I'm glad a lot of the games are being launched on download also, since its region locked and I live abroad and can't but the games here

So I can get Super Mario Bros in August, thought it looked great! Multiplayer looks gas :pac:

Nollog

Princess Peach wrote: »

No Animal Crossing or Zelda

I'm glad a lot of the games are being launched on download also, since its region locked and I live abroad and can't but the games here

So I can get Super Mario Bros in August, thought it looked great! Multiplayer looks gas :pac:

Race you to a million coins. :O

Princess Peach

I'm also quite sad about no news on Layton vs Ace Attorney. I am dying for this game!

GTR63

Princess Peach wrote: »

I'm also quite sad about no news on Layton vs Ace Attorney. I am dying for this game!

I share those sentiments, I am thinking/hoping that we may hear about that next year we are always a age behind on Layton titles so maybe we will have to wait for that. Another level-5 title Fantasy Life looks great but I only seen japanese trailers of that. Good selection of 3DS titles for 2012 all the same.

Princess Peach

Another thing noticeably lacking from all presentations were hints on games in early development. Nintendo almost always announce a couple of titles that they are working on even if they have nothing to show! Playing it very carefully this year alright.

I am still pretty happy with the game selection for both consoles though, just all seemed very short term.

GTR63

Princess Peach wrote: »

Another thing noticeably lacking from all presentations were hints on games in early development. Nintendo almost always announce a couple of titles that they are working on even if they have nothing to show! Playing it very carefully this year alright.

Yeah I think we heard about Luigi's Mansion 2 & Paper Mario a few years back but it wouldn't kill me to hear of a Kirby, Donkey Kong, F-Zero, Mario Golf, Yoshi, WarioWare or Metroid title in development. I reckon next year we might see more from Animal Crossing & maybe Super Smash Bros which is a title in my head that is built perfectly for a 2 screen handheld. I'd love a title to come along similar to Hotel Dusk or Ghost Trick, i've yet to get my hands on Rhythm Thief though

Nollog

Princess Peach wrote: »

Another thing noticeably lacking from all presentations were hints on games in early development. Nintendo almost always announce a couple of titles that they are working on even if they have nothing to show! Playing it very carefully this year alright.

I am still pretty happy with the game selection for both consoles though, just all seemed very short term.

The only games they do that for are Zelda really.
And 3D Mario games.

Everything else they announce at e3 and it's usually here for Christmas.
3DS changed that... nearly a 2 year wait for Paper Mario.

andyps2.5

I am looking forward to the wii u but I was a little disappointed they didn't clear up the rumors like price or hardware.