E3 Update from 6/7

Nintendo's Press Conference

The pre-conference has Nintendo trivia - with a lot of questions about Star Fox? Could there be a new Star Fox game in the works?

Orchestra playing Zelda tunes

A live orchestra is on set playing the Zelda theme. A video montage of the history of Zelda is playing. Concludes with a lot of footage from the 3DS remake of Ocarina and Skyward sword. "Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary" flashes on the screen.

Miyamoto is on stage. The orchestra is playing various music cues from the Zelda series. Miyamoto is clearly proud of the history. He's still a little kid.

Links Awakening is available on the 3DS eSHop today. Next weekend, Ocarina of Time 3DS is launching. September - Zelda Four Swords will be launching for FREE on DSi as a download. Skyward Sword launches this holiday for Wii. Special Zelda themed Gold Wii Remote will be available at launch of Skyward.

Zelda 25th Anniversary Orchestra Concerts in every region around the world. Dates coming soon.

Two music CDs - Ocarina of Time official soundtrack will be available for those who register the 3DS version of Ocarina. The other CD is a live version of the Orchestra performances.

Iwata is on stage. He's gonna announce the new console. "Equally satisfying for casual and hardcore gamers." Full details coming later in the conference, but it's coming next year.

3DS presentation

Reggie is on stage. Aiming for the wide market for 3DS - five new core titles

• Mario Kart 3DS - showing off a hang-glider attachment, underwater attachment, customizable karts, looks fun. Comes out this Christmas. 
• Star Fox 64 3D - a remake of Starfox 64. Tilt control introduced. Live cameras on each player. Comes out this September. 

Super Mario 3DS

• Super Mario 3D - first 3D Mario game created from scratch for a portable system. Looks FANTASTIC. Elements of Galaxy, Mario 64 and Mario 3. Comes out at some point in 2011. 
• Kid Icarus Uprising - Great looking story mode, 3-on-3 multiplayer battles, Looks like a kid-friendly God of War. Showing off an AR game with collectible cards. Comes out this year. 
• Luigi's Mansion 2 - Looks adorable. An entirely new game, featuring several new mansions. 

Third Party 3DS Titles

• Resident Evil Mercenaries
• Mario and Sonic Olympics
• Ace Combat
• Tetris
• Cave Story 3D
• Resident Evil Revalations
• Driver Renegade
• Pac Man and Galaga Dimensions
• Tekken
• Snake Eater 3D

3DS eShop

Nintendo eShop.

• Game demos will be available later this year
• Virtual console for 3DS. 
• Free 3D version of Excitebike is available. 
• Pokemon Pokedex 3D allows you to catch em all through street pass, or by catching them in Black and White versions. This is free.

New System Intro!!

The Wii U.

• It is called "Wii U" Watch Intro.
• Controller shown off.
• Demo time. Play full console games on the controller. Draw on the tablet. Play touch based games on the new controller. "See through" the screen to the TV. It interacts with the Wiimote. Make video calls with the new controller. 
• Backward compatible with ALL Wii controllers. 
• Showing off a new Zelda - inventory is handled on the new controller. 
• Incredible demo. 

The New Controller. WHAT?

New Controller - Watch Overview

• 6.2" touch screen. 
• Dual analog sticks, big ass screen in the middle, D pad, four standard face buttons, four shoulder buttons. 
• Camera, mic, accelerometer, speakers
• NOT designed to be a portable game machine. Images displayed on the controller are generated by the console - so you can't really take it with you. 

More details coming at e3.nintendo.com

Smash Bros for 3DS and WiiU - it will work together between the two consoles. This is a WAYS off.

Demo of graphical capabilities. Looks great. Hard to tell with the low-res stream though.

Reggie talking about possibilities:

• New Super Mario Bros Mii - play with your Mii
• Shield Pose - move the controller to block arrows. 
• Pac Man Vs. type Mario game. 
• Two fighters on the ground with Wiimotes are shooting at a space ship, the person with the new controller has a birds eye view of the other two people. 
• Lego City Stories announced for WiiU. Exclusive to WiiU and 3DS. 
• Darksiders 2 at launch. 
• Arkham City will be on WiiU.
• New Ninja Gaiden on WiiU. 

That's it. Boom.