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E3 2012: Nintendo's E3 press event live blog

John Callaham Neowin @JCalNEO · Jun 5, 2012 11:00 EDT with 2 comments

Today E3 2012 officially opens its doors but before that happens, we have one more press conference to attend. Nintendo will hold its Wii U event at the Nokia Theater, next door to E3's home of the LA Convention Center. Nintendo is expected to show a lot of Wii U games It will begin at 9 am Pacific time (Noon Eastern time) and we will be live blogging from the event. Stay tuned!

NeoGamr and Neowin's coverage of E3 2012 is sponsored by War Inc. Battle Zone.

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Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Welcome to this Neowin.net live event. Coverage will begin shortly.

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham We are about 20 minutes from the start of the event..lots of folks here

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham About 10 minutes from the start now

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham We should start any moment

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham We are starting!

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham We see "My Myamoto" in his dressing room

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham With lots of Pikmins

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Miyamoto is on stage

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Oh u..Pikmins have invaded the theater

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham He brings in his translator

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Game machines had to be connected before now to the TV

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Nintendo wanted to have a dedicated screen

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham (apparently portable consoles don't count in this example but oh well)

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Pikmin 3 announced

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Pikmin find materials to build bridges

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Rock Pikmin break objects

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham On the Wii U Gamepad, you will see the game's overall map

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham It's more like an RTS game

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Four leaders in this game

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Challenge mode at E3..gatther as much fruit as you can

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Reggie is on stage

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Reggie is on stage

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham 23 Wii U games on stage today

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham in just one hour

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Netflix, Hulu, YouTube and Amazon Video will be on Wii U

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham We will see more non-gaming info on Wii U in the future

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Wii U to support two Wii U GamePads

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Not just one as had been reported before

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham A video showing off the features of the Gamepad is next

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Talking about Miiverse again

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham A repeat of what was revealed on Sunday

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Still no games aside from Pikmin 3..odd for a conference that's about games

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Super Mario Bros U

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Miis in the Miiverse will chat about the game

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Gameplay

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Very much like a cool 2D Super Marion game

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Players can use the Wii U Gamepad can create blocks for other players

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Batman: Arkham City!

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Armored Edition

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Wii U GamePad can be used for detective work for Batman

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Apparently the gamepad can help Batman do more damage

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham The new features are, well, eh?

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Scribblenaunts is next

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Scribblenauts Unlimited

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Using the GamePad to make content

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham If you like this franchise, this is something that might be of interest

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Mass Effect 3

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Tank Tank Tank

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham tekken tag tournament 2

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Trine 2

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham darksiders 2

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Ninja Gaiden 3

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Aliens Colonlan Marines

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham WiiFit presentation is next

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham 43 million copies of WiiFit/WiiFit Plus have been sold

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham WiiFitU

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Sking on the WiiFitU

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Jumping

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham The new Fit Meter

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Overall, it looks like a good upgrade for WiiFit

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Sing (working title)

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Gamepad offers lyrics

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Its a combo of singing and dancing game

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham 3Ds news

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Wednesday at 6 pm PT; a webcast for 3DS games

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham New super mario bros 2

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Coming August 19th

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Paper Mario Sticker Star

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Coming holiday 2012

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Luigi

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Back catching ghosts

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Also coming in late 2012

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Third Party 3DS Titles

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Lego City for the WiiU is next

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Open world Lego game

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham GamePad is used to comunicate with players

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Crime fighting cops

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Matrix parody

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Looks pretty fun

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Ubisoft CEO is up next

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Just Dance 4

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham More dancers coming on stage

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Eh....its another dancing game

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Actual gameplay now for ZombiU

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Gamepad can be used as a scanner

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Sniper weapon

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham The GamePad can even be used to turn a person into a zombie

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Just in picture form of course

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham NintendoLand

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham A virtual theme park

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham A Mii visits the theme park

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham 12 different attractions in the final game

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Based on Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong, Animal Crossing and more

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Gathering place for Miis and Miiverse

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Luigi's Ghost Mansion gets a NintendoLand demo

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Find ghosts with the GamePad

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Looks a little like Pacman

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Not sure this game is going to be popular

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham But I could be wrong

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham It's a launch title for the Wii U

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham Reggie ends the Nintendo E3 press conference

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham All in all the presentation was,well, underwheling

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham none of the games were all that impressive

Jun 5, 2012 John Callaham That;'s all..time for E3 to finally begin at Noon PT

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