So after a solid power nap I’m awake and ready. My body is ready – of course. My cup of tea is ready. I’m very excited about this conference in particular, and excited to see what the next console cluttering up my living room will look like…
Stick around folks – this is going to be good! Thanks to Sughly, who always delivers, for the above pic!
3.15am Alright! That’s a wrap for the Nintendo conference! Thanks for sticking around folks! Look for my impressions on the site soon!
3.14am Also – design of the new controller. Not too keen on it.
3.13am Well. Pretty sure this is all anyone will be talking about this E3. A flawed victory for Nintendo.
3.12am Also – any Wii games? LOL!
3.11am Oooh! Open online functionality!
3.10am Good that EA are thinking of ways to move controls onto the touch screen.
3.09am Busting out Zombie Christopher Walken. Great call! Moar cowbell!
3.06am Still – I literally can’t believe that Nintendo hasn’t shown a proper first party game on this device. Completely bizarre.
3.05am Batman: Arkham City, Assassin’s Creed and Darksiders II on the console. Maybe this third party vid is for real. Maybe they will get on board?
Also – Yves – stop pretending to be French. The gig is up!
3.03am Nintendo LEGO Stories. Wat. Go away Reggie. This is rubbish.
3.02am Nintendo want dat Apple money.
3.01am NSMB Mii! Good idea. Wow. You can peer into the world.
3.00am This console needs a Wii Sports style killer app to simultaneously explain and sell the device.
2.59am Wii U playable at E3. But only interactive demos – not actual games.
2.58am 3DS Smash Bros and Wii U version will work together.
2.58am Smash Bros is a great fit for Wii U – good announcement Iwata.
[Laughs]
2.57am Alright – show don’t tell Nintendo. We need to be shown how this works with a new title.
2.56am I think there will be some interesting uses for this tech. Can’t wait to see what Nintendo do with this.
2.56am Explain to me Miyamoto! EXPLAIN TO ME!
2.55am Alright! Here come the games.
2.54am Honestly – my main issue is the controller itself. It’s truly huge. Is it really going to be comfortable?
2.53am Wii U is not a portable games machine.
2.52am Actually, when I think about it. It kinda is quite incredible.
2.51am Hmmm maybe I’m being a little cynical. This should be awesome actually.
2.50am This is… kinda what I was expecting which is disappointing. Hold on is that Zelda game for real?!
2.49am Also – not liking the design.
Oh, but gyroscope stuff is cool.
2.48am Is this even a new game machine? Why are they showing Wii games on it?
2.47am This is impressive – but is it really something that can’t be done with an iPad. Hmm…
2.46am Touch screen/tablet controller confirmed. Don’t know about this…
2.47am Oh Reggie you magical wordsmith.
2.46am Wii U? Wat.
2.45am Oh something big is coming…
2.44am Nintendo not really giving the 3DS the kick up the arse it needs. Get me my kicking boot!
2.43am Ah Pokemon. Please go away Pokemon. BOO THIS MAN!
2.42am Unprecedented 3rd party support is slim pickings. Let’s be totally honest here…
2.41am Come on man. Where are the 3DS surprises? [Sad face]
2.40am Even the 3DS third party developers need a montage.
2.38am Alright let’s move beyond nostalgia Nintendo – my kidney’s hurt.
2.37am Luigi’s Mansion looking fantastic. I want this game in my life.
2.37am Luigi’s Mansion 2! Hahahahaha! Yeah boy!
2.36am Kid Icarus AR cards. Nice.
2.36am First negative post – we better see some surprises for the 3DS.
2.35am Here’s that Kid Icarus franchise that everyone pretends they care about for some reason.
2.34am Before the year is over – music to my ears.
2.33am This looks good – 3D TANOOKI.
This is exactly what it should be. Simple, easily navigated 3D environments. Striking bold art. Love this trailer. I’m already in love with this game. [Moonwalks on mid air.]
2.32am Yes – give me the Mario 3DS trailer. Make it go! Press play. I want this. Give it to me.
2.31am Alright Reggie. Blast my face off with something new. Make my face melt. Ark of the Covenant console please.
2.30am Great news – in stores this christmas.
2.29am Mario Kart looking like… well precisely as you would expect I suppose. Nah – looks good. Track design looks stellar.
2.28am 3DS games? They still make those?
Mario Kart. About time Reggie!
2.28am Yes Reggie I like games. And I like new stuff. Talk to me big man. I want a Don Draper style presentation here! Break my heart into a million tiny pieces!
2.27am REGGIE MOONWALK FAIL. NOT READY.
2.25am DO A BARREL ROLL! What is this! Argh! What is going on!
2.25am Oh for god’s sake – technical difficulties FFS! We’re BACK!
2.15am Link’s Awakening on the virtual colour! Swoon…
2.14am Miyamoto loving this orchestra a little too much!
2.13am MOAR ORCHESTRA! Wow! Love the puzzle sound! Ahahaha! Nostalgia. The sweet pain!
2.12am Yes. Orchestra music in Zelda confirmed. But surely that was no brainer. Can’t wait for this.
2.11am Yes! Miyamoto. Zelda does bring back memories. I LOVE YOU. Please be my Dad.
2.10am MIYAMOTO MOONWALK INCOMING!
2.09am Wow, that Zelda section looked amazing. Yes. Please be good. I need this!
2.07am This orchestra is boss. MY TEAR GLANDS ARE READY!
2.06am Orchestra dropping mad zelda beats on us. I’m tingling all over!
2.06am Force feed that sweet nostalgia down my throat… I want to taste it!
2.05am SHAZAM MOTHERBITCHES! LET’S DO THIS!
2.04am ONE MINUTE!
2.03am Zelda – please don’t be rubbish. Also. Help me grow a decent beard.
2.01am Internet: [laughs]
1.59am Any late predictions? Will Nintendo’s new console actually be the discovered Ark of the Covenant?
1.57am Alright – Nintendo running about five minutes late apparently. Looks like Reggie is currently working out the kinks in his moonwalk. HIS MOONWALK IS NOT READY!
Sughly always delivers.
I’m ready. Sleepy, but ready.
I love that picture.
YES! I love that picture.
Ready for the combined power of Serrels and James Mac wit.
Pressure.
after ms last night, then getting up early for sony, im gonna be screwed for work in the morn.
Pffft Ninty, we have win here with Sughly already!
Let’s do this
I woke up, no coffee, feel half dead, but it’s all for you nintendo!
*turns off Dirt 3*
alright i’m in!
Just did the same! *chin bump, awkward moment*
Haha woo! Thanks Mark! Let’s see what these bad boys have for us…
Inspired by your example, Mark delivers when he can.
First cup of coffee after a nice little hour power nap.
First of many..
conference will be 5 minutes late 🙁
lol the gt clock went negative 😀
LETS DO THIS 2: THE AGAINENING
lol
Iwata: (laughs)
Let’s go! New Pikmin please! JUST START!
Woah, woah, woah! Shouldn’t you be at E3?
Although i’m all for melting faces, i’ve got a feeling that will come from the price of the thing.. Not silly Nazis
Had my first intake of caffeine, comeon Nintendo conference!
Last minute prediction: Nintendo is proud to unveil the next generation of casual gaming… the ball and cup. Simply tie the ball to the inside of your cup and enjoy for hours with the entire family!
MadCatz announces a ball and cup with flashing LEDs in the ball for exciting night-play.
Lol.
Start already!!!
Late prediction.. Uhhhh… Zelda and Mario launch titles.. Super Metroid remake.. I’m out, my brain is fingered at this hour of the morning..
WHOAH WHAT A CLASSICAL MASTERPIECE
I am armed with a cup of tea and ready to go!
Glad I came across this, was just about to go to sleep! *waits patiently*
Also, i’ve never understood conductors.. They wave a stick? New motion control game?
I’m all for Zelda and I know its the 25th anniversary and all but is this a bit too long of an intro considering their slated for a 60min press conference?
I think I just giggled like a schoolgirl
the Nintendo feed is really quiet.
SHIGGY
Sharp suit.
Maybe it’s just my dirty, dirty mind… but your comments are unusually suggestive/sexual, Mark. XD
Nintendo to release their press conference on vinyl later today.
MY FAVOURITE ZELDA GAME YEAHHHHHH
*ahem*
but seriously, links awakening was the bees knees
AMAZING GAME.
watching this reminds me of jeff bridges foot being on fire in dumb and dumber.. “JUST GIVE ME THE GODDAMN NEW CONSOLE!”
Watch it live!
http://www.spill.com/features/E3
Luigi’s mansion, I am so firing that up again now.
TRICKED OUT
RAD DUDE
GNARLY
I’m not going to lie, motion control in a handheld is a pain in the ass…
Super Mario looks good, I was expecting just a sidescrolling platformer in the vein of NSMB. That being said, where is the new stuff Nintendo!!!
F*** kid icarus.. give me a Metroid II remake with 3D metroids sucking me off.. my face off, sucking my face off…
Kid Icarus looks good, but the graphics are already dated compared to what PS Vita will be able to offer. So my question is, considering the $249USD price point of the base Vita model, will Nintendo be pressured into a price drop before Christmas? Or maybe the launch of the Vita will be the perfect time to announce a price drop….
Luigi has inherited another mansion!
“It better not be haunted this time!”
snake eater 3d yeeeeahhhh boiiiii *picks leeches off manly pecks then eats rotten food*
Pectorals.. but surely being up this late allows me some typing mistakes.. right guys?
Yeah, apart from Metal Gear, the rest of the 3rd party montage was a bit lackluster….
POKEMONS
Oh, a Pokedex.
Disappoint.
oh god here it comes!
Wii U… Really?
woah that golf thing was pretty radtastic
Here’s the Wii U trailer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPU-Ud48evc
Thanks to this I’m never going to be able to take this console seriously
cycling! yeah that’s awesome!
Haven’t been much of a Nintendo man since I reached the age of 12 but I have to admit the tablet controller looks interesting. Wii U though? Seriously guys, fire your marketing department.
Wat.
I am *so* confused about what’s going on here 😛 wish I could stream this thing like normal people. Being at work sucks.
Ha ha, I know. It’s kind of fun spamming F5 and reading these updates, but I’d rather be watching it.
haha, yeah. Reading the other posts that have gone up since has helped clear up a lot of things so far… but reading Mark’s comments with almost no context was pretty hilarious sometimes
that’s what i’m thinking mark.. where’s the actual new console? is this just a new controller for the Wii? If so then they are making a huge mistake.
that other photo they put up showed a Wii under the TV… -_-
it looks like it’s going to be a pain to hold for a long period of time.
Why does wii u, sound like it should be some sort of university… And why does it still use the wiimote 🙁
The name is dumb, but that’s what I thought about Wii originally. The controller is awesome, and the stuff shown in that montage was totally BOSS!!
whats with the sticks both up the top, that’s not ergonomic!
WiiU is sort of crazy but that’s what makes it so great – not playing catch-up like Kinect or Playstation Move.
He said console..
and what’s with circle pads instead of proper analogue sticks?
Smash Bros = must buy!
Lego Cities Stories?
The Wii U GTA?
Either i’m really tired or just stupid.. Where did that bird demo come from? Surely the Wii can’t create these graphics.. *scratches head*
so what is it? is it a touchpad that syncs to the Wii? is it a new console? will it make homefries? how ugly is it? I should have just called in sick today….
More French people.
/o\
I don’t know when they show the wii and the wii u in the same video the wii looks different its more rounded so maybe just maybe they are keeping somethign from us. *crosses fingers*
RETURN OF THE ZOMBIE
Open Online… Good stuff.
Was not expecting all the 3rd party titles.
What in the hell does the Wii U even look like?! All they’ve shown is the controller
I’m trying to decipher what’s been going on based solely on what Mark and the commentors have been writing… at work and all video-streaming and most gaming sites are blocked 😛
… so I’m not even sure what it is yet… is it a controller for the Wii or is it a console that is going to replace the Wii?
There was a flash of it in the controller video they showed, next to a TV.
Looked like a Wii, lying horizontally, but curved corners. I guess they haven’t finished with the aesthetic design of it so didn’t show it?
The console has been visible in all the shots of the TV. A rounded looking Wii (seems to not have the blue disc drive light).
But assume if they didn’t concentrate on it, then design may change.
My bad, too tired to be observant and now I feel like a fool seeing as there’s an article on kotaku with a picture of it
It seems to me that Nintnedo jumped the gun on announcing this console so early. The controller is cool, but no mention of the actual console itself? It’s obviously not ready to be shown at all. No first party demos? I know they have to pimp the 3DS, because they need to keep it selling, but surely some sort of live demo of the Wii U is a must?!?! And no teaser trailer to close out? What about a CGI trailer at least for a new Mario or something?!?!?!?
Well that was pretty badass!
A new console is always exciting but an underwhelming conference all in all
Until i can hold a Wii U controller in my hand i’m not convinced.. It’ll be interesting to see how the latency between the console and controller will be..
Also no first party game announcements for the Wii or Wii U? (apart from skyward sword which we already knew about)
Anyway, time to crawl back into bed i reckon.
Also looked like a sensor bar on top of the TV again when they were pointing the new controller at it..
Must stop dissecting press conference with such little brain function left…
*zombie drools all the way to bed*
I’m more concerned about the sticks been above the dpad and face buttons, with no offset (like the 360).
It looks like it might be uncomfortable, and the opposite way around to how the face buttons are interacted with on the right side of the 360 and PS3 controller.
The console was in the background in the demo reel, looked like a chunker Wii with rounded edges.
I’m a little dissapointed to be honest, might be due to no actual games for the thing being shown and what was shown could easily be seen on the 360 or PS3.
Plus the controller, the circle pads look like they’re in weird positions, they need to swap the right one and the face buttons around.
I knew I was heading for inevitible disappointment because that’s happened on every Nintendo conference since the Wii.
sigh.. time will tell I suppose.
Pfft they don’t need the stupid xbox layout.
but they seem like that are a little high up.
since when putting pressure down ones gonna rend to tilt the controller forward with it up there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JElywbkSbY
I was just completely confused by this live blog. I guess I’ll have to chase down the video.