Nintendo's press conference will be presented Tuesday, June 5th, at 9:00 AM PST, 12:00 PM EST. Post all your predictions, impressions, and thoughts before, during, and after the conference in this thread! This is meant to serve as a general discussion thread. Please feel free to make new threads for game announcements, other major announcements, or anything else you'd like to discuss!
I don't know if I'd be so bold as to make it a prediction, but I'm hoping they'll release some news on the development of the new Smash Bros titles for 3DS and Wii-U. Those are the only games other than any potential Pokemon games (perhaps Ruby/Sapphire remakes?) that I know of and am interested in hearing about. Though I'm sure they'll come up with some surprises I'll get excited for; they always do!
I'm not expecting much from Nintendo this year... While we'll definitely hear of a few new generic Mario games, and likely Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, there probably won't be too many exciting things. I am, however, hoping we'll hear about Retro's new game. If it isn't a new Star Fox, I'm gonna be very disappointed, although I wouldn't mind a new Metroid either. xD Also, I'd love it if they announced a new Golden Sun game for Wii U or 3DS. I'd love if they had some info on Smash Bros., but it isn't even in development yet, so I doubt we'll see anything. :/ Might hear of some of Sakurai's ideas, though.
Pokemon games don't tend to show up at E3, so I'd really be surprised to see B/W 2. Of course, usually they don't launch in the fall either, so I might be surprised. I'm not expecting much from Nintendo. Mostly Mario stuff...NSMB 2 will definitely make an appearance, unfortunately, and I think we'll see some 3DS games. Maybe Paper Mario and Luigi's Mansion 2, which we really haven't heard much about since last year's E3. We've already been told there won't be any solid Wii U info at E3, but maybe they'll announce some launch window games, at least.
I'm really looking forward to some Pikmin 3 footage, especially since it's on the Wii U. It's going to look so beautiful!
Most likely at least...Pikmin 3, NSMB2 (meh), SMB4 (what the heck is this thing!?), Luigi's Mansion 2, Animal Crossing 3DS, Paper Mario 3DS. Pokemon B/W2 will at least be on the show floor. Aside from that, isn't Miyamoto working a new IP? Also, something from Retro (that Star Fox / Metroid crossover would be awesome although extremely unlikely XD). Oh, and some Kirby Anniversary stuff. I'd like to see the lesser used IPs resurface. Like maybe F-Zero 3DS or Star Fox Wii U. Donkey Kong Country Returns 2 for 3DS? New Metroid sidescroller?
BW2 could be in the main conference. Usually they have a snippet of whatever Pokemon spinoff is coming out later in the year just so they can say "LOOK WE SHOWED POKEMON" to get all their major IPs in. I dunno if they'll pass up a chance to show off BW2 since it is coming out later this year. Though, when they're showing off their main IPs, they do at least try to show the ones that are doing something interesting and unique and I never really think that about the Pokemon series, generally, so I guess I wouldn't be surprised if they pass it up. Lol there's nothing about Nintendo's that'll interest me much, though. I'll be in class when it's on so I won't even get to see it live and that doesn't bother me much.
I'll be at work, and I am sad. I... want to watch it live just because. But I'll PVR the G4 coverage and watch it on the TV that night. Really, anything I'm looking forward to is already announced. It's too soon for a new main Zelda or Mario title. So, I'm not particularly hyped for it this year.
Nintendo pumps Mario games out like there's no tomorrow, so I guarantee there will be plenty of Mario. Probably NSMB type crap, but still Mario.
