Nintendo E3 2012 Press Conference round-up
Arguably, it was Nintendo’s E3 2012 press conference that was most anticipated, given that they were the only platform holder showing off unreleased new hardware.
The company kicked off with Shigeru Miyamoto announcing Pikmin 3 for the Wii U and rounded things off with the upcoming console’s Nintendo Land feature.
In between they spent a little bit of time looking at future Nintendo 3DS titles, more time on New Super Mario Bros. U for the Wii U and an enormous amount of time on third-party Wii U titles – largely from Ubisoft and Warner Bros. Mass Effect 3, ZombiU, Batman: Arkham City: Armored Edition, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Aliens Colonial Marines, among others, were all confirmed for the system.
Here’s a breakdown of the most interesting stories to come out of Nintendo’s E3 2012 press conference.
- Nintendo announce Pikmin 3 for Wii U
- New Super Mario Bros. U announced for Wii U – first screens
- Mass Effect 3 is a Wii U launch title
- Wii U will open the doors of NintendoLand
Wii U supports two gamepads - Wii U to offer NetFlix, Hulu, YouTube, Amazon Video
- Batman: Arkham City: Armored Edition announced for Wii U
- ZombiU features detailed at Nintendo E3 conference
- New Super Mario Bros. 2 dated for 3DS
- Nintendo announces Wii Fit U
- Wii U’s social “MiiVerse” detailed
- Luigi’s Mansion 2 dated and renamed
- Lego City Undercover unmasked
- New Paper Mario coming to 3DS
- SiNG bringing karaoke to Wii U
- Scribblenauts Unlimited for Wii U brings new multiplayer mode
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