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Nintendo, e3 2011 Recap
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[b]Lots of stuff to be excited about here, ladies and gents...[/b]

[8:52:27 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Live Skype e3 Coverage of Nintendo's show until I have to go out for the day... then I'll just like, you know, text/harass you guys with news I get on my Tweet Feed :5
[8:52:34 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Show starts in t-minus 8 minutes
[8:52:43 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Watching it here: http://e3.nintendo.com/
[8:57:12 AM] Jonathan Frahm: @GnarlyJake Jake
@nintendolife People should stay on the toilet while they watch. They will probably crap themselves when they see Project Cafe
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[9:03:48 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Brian Corsetti opens the show going behind the scenes with Cindy McCormick. Showing Iwata's Tweets and the new Nintendo FB
[9:04:23 AM] Jonathan Frahm: McCormick says lots of new 3DS games, eShop's debut is talked about
[9:04:36 AM] Jonathan Frahm: 25th Anniversary of Zelda, "something special" planned, Cafe WILL be playable
[9:04:43 AM] Jonathan Frahm: You WILL NOT want to miss the OPENING for the ZELDA NEWS
[9:05:55 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Miyamoto's symphony is playing the Legend of Zelda theme with all of the Zelda games playing on a big screen in the back
[9:06:27 AM] Jonathan Frahm: EPIC MEDLEY
[9:06:39 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Big choir in the background
[9:07:30 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Link, Zelda, and Ganondorf all have portions of the song dedicated to them.
[9:08:25 AM] Jonathan Frahm: This is seriously the best opening of all three of the big shows.
[9:08:56 AM] Jonathan Frahm: New Ocarina 3D footage shown during the symphony
[9:09:03 AM] Jonathan Frahm: SKYWARD SWORD
[9:09:31 AM] Jonathan Frahm: BIG BIRDS TO FLY ON. THUNDERSTORMS IN HYRULE. Skyloft is "heaven," Hyrule is "hell"
[9:10:21 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Miyamoto appears to a grand intro by the symphony. Snazzy tie
[9:10:51 AM] Jonathan Frahm: "Hello everyone and welcome. Hmmmm... Well done. Brought back memories." Corsetti joins him on stage to translate
[9:11:50 AM] Jonathan Frahm: and by symphony I meant orchestra earlier. Still kind of drowzy. I know my music folk :5 The Skyward Sword theme was played at the end of the medley
[9:13:01 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Miyamoto has them play little chimes, including the Treasure Get, Puzzle Solve, and Fairy Fountain (EPIC) themes
[9:13:38 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Miyamoto "do getting an item one last time, this time with full orchestra" Imagine the big boss key getting obtained
[9:14:04 AM] Jonathan Frahm: -that isn't a TIE on Miyamoto... it's a tie... painted on his shirt
[9:14:35 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Link's Awakening available TODAY on the eShop by day's end
[9:15:07 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Ocarina of Time 3D June 19th
[9:16:06 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Four Swords on DSiWare in September
[9:16:25 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Skyward Sword in December
[9:16:30 AM] Jonathan Frahm: *November/December
[9:16:45 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Four Swords will be FREE
[9:16:58 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Zelda Wiimote being released with Skyward Sword
[9:17:22 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Miyamoto, "HAI. EXERCISU through Skywardo Sword desu."
[9:18:20 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary concert WORLD TOUR
[9:18:41 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Concert this autumn
[9:19:19 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Two music CD's being prepared: Ocarina of Time 3D Soundtrack for those who register first on Club Nintendo for free, 25th Anniversary Symphony Concert released with Skyward Sword
[9:19:42 AM] Jonathan Frahm: "Number of extra events and announcements planned for the 25th Anniversary, so stay tuned"
[9:21:08 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Takashi Tezuka, Yoshiati Kozumi, and Eiji Aonuma come on stage with Miyamoto and Corsetti. Miyamoto thanks all fans of Zelda for the ongoing support and the orchestra's at it again with a Skyward Sword medley
[9:22:04 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Satoru Iwata comes on stage.
[9:22:46 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Speech about the new types of players they brought into the scene.
[9:23:04 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Cafe is so being announced here
[9:23:44 AM] Jonathan Frahm: "What we haven't achieved yet is a game platform that isn't equally as satisfying for all players. This is what we aim to do with our new platform. Deeper and wider gameplay experiences, for even the most passionate gamer."
[9:25:00 AM] Jonathan Frahm: "Wider isn't that for Wii. As you will begin to understand this week... it will let everyone see games in a different name. We'll leave full details a little later this morning... BUT.... For Nintendo, the goal of Nintendo is to save every player a feeling of passion and some great gaming history. I believe our new platform represents a major step towards reaching our goal. Next year is our new console. Bold new experiences for 3DS."
[9:25:44 AM] Jonathan Frahm: 3DS montage now shown. Mario Kart has KITE ITEMS, Star Fox 64 3D
[9:26:12 AM] Jonathan Frahm: This is really cool. The whole presentation screen is stereoscopic
[9:26:20 AM] Jonathan Frahm: SUPER MARIO 3D. Raccoon suit confirmed
[9:26:26 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Kid Icarus Uprising looks great
[9:26:39 AM] Jonathan Frahm: OH MY GOD
[9:26:42 AM] Jonathan Frahm: LUIGI'S MANSION 3DS
[9:26:44 AM] Jonathan Frahm: YES!!
[9:27:29 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Reggie Fils-Aime comes out
[9:27:46 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Correction: Tanooki suit
[9:28:48 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Luigi's Mansion, Super Mario, Mario Kart, Kid Icarus, Star Fox all playable on the floor
[9:29:05 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Promises for Mario Kart being a new start for the series.
[9:30:02 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Looking really smooth. Donkey Kong/Bowser/Peach/Yoshi/Luigi/Mario/Koopa Troopa confirmed playable. Bowser's Castle/Luigi's Mansion stages. A course where you drive completely underwater. Looks really pretty. New Maple Leaf stage.
[9:30:07 AM] Jonathan Frahm: KART CUSTOMIZATION MODE
[9:30:37 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Stage based off of Country Returns, Tiki Tong minions stage hazards
[9:31:23 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Motion-control and button control for Star Fox
[9:31:50 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Wow, this looks LEAGUES better than Star Fox 64. Multiplayer has video chat.
[9:32:13 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Did Reggie just say something about Sauria? wtf
[9:32:53 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Super Mario 3D trailer shown
[9:33:44 AM] Jonathan Frahm: This is awesome. Looks like Super Mario Bros. 3 in 3D. Totally great. Boom Boom is back. Tanooki goombas are enemies. BIG 8-BIT MUSHROOM STAGE.
[9:33:50 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Unagi looks effing creepy.
[9:34:09 AM] Jonathan Frahm: The 3DS' depth really adds something great here. I can't explain it.
[9:35:17 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Uprising trailer shown. New character shown. Eggplant Wizard returns as a recurring boss.
[9:35:31 AM] Jonathan Frahm: WI-FI BATTLES IN URPRISING
[9:36:17 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Uprising AR TRADING CARDS CONFIRMED.
[9:36:47 AM] Jonathan Frahm: 3-on-3 local multiplayer also announced
[9:37:07 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Luigi's Mansion 2 trailer starts
[9:38:19 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Looks like a brand new mansion. Ghosts look different. Possessed knights in armor swipe down their swords as Luigi walks past them. One of the bosses is a braniac-bookish type. Mummies involved in a Pharaoh's Tomb-ish area.
[9:38:45 AM] Jonathan Frahm: I'm really excited for this. "Luigi's Mansion 2 is not a simple revision, it's an entirely NEW game. Featuring not just one... BUT SEVERAL NEW MANSIONS."
[9:40:12 AM] Jonathan Frahm: 3rd party games trailer. Tetris/both Resident Evils/Cave Story 3D/Ace Combat/Driver Renegade/Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions/Tekken 3D (YES)/Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D, featuring Yoshi
[9:41:14 AM] Jonathan Frahm: "ten separate 3D game trailers will be available on the 3DS after day's end"
[9:41:18 AM] Jonathan Frahm: 3DS RETAIL GAME DEMOS ANNOUNCED FOR ESHOP
[9:41:36 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Game & Watch titles may be given 3D makeovers
[9:42:41 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Pokedex 3D (free on eShop) unlocks 150 Black & White Pokemon for AR games
[9:42:53 AM] Jonathan Frahm: AR snapshots*
[9:43:18 AM] Jonathan Frahm: in order to complete your Pokedex, you need to either use QR codes, SpotPass, or trading with friends
[9:43:29 AM] Jonathan Frahm: QR codes are called AR markers here.
[9:43:46 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Some white guy shown with a GIANT AS F Pokemon in front of the Grand Canyon
[9:44:56 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Emphasis on he Wii means WE and not PEE
[9:45:04 AM] Jonathan Frahm: how*
[9:46:01 AM] Jonathan Frahm: The Cafe is now known as the "Wii U." Christ.
[9:46:14 AM] Jonathan Frahm: The controller looks VERY SMOOTH
[9:47:18 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Robin William's kid, Zelda, is in some trailer for it. You can PLAY YOUR GAMES ON THE TABLET SCREEN AND IT DOESN'T LOOK SUCKY AT ALL
[9:47:20 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Drawing tablet also confirmed for it
[9:47:32 AM] Jonathan Frahm: The Link drawing looks very professional, then it appears on the main screen
[9:47:38 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Checkers "U Ware" confirmed
[9:48:18 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Built-in accelerometer and motion-controls. I'm impressed with the tech. Looks very good. NEW Super Mario Bros. and Wii U sports in the trailer.
[9:48:57 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Retreads of lots of current Wii games shown. Ninja Star game shown.
[9:49:02 AM] Jonathan Frahm: SKYPE ON WII U
[9:49:08 AM] Jonathan Frahm: SKYPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEe
[9:49:29 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Internet Browser confirmed. You can scroll over the tv screen and see zoomed in pictures of it on your Wii U controller
[9:49:32 AM] Jonathan Frahm: YouTube confirmed
[9:49:43 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Twilight Princess looks effing AWESOME in HD
[9:49:46 AM] Jonathan Frahm: DAAAYUM
[9:50:23 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Iwata suddenly back on stage like a niiinja
[9:50:39 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Stylus also confirmed for the controller
[9:50:49 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Tablet screen is 6.2 inches
[9:51:09 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Backwards compatible with all Wii software and accessories.
[9:51:36 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Hardcore gamers are STRESSED here
[9:52:27 AM] Jonathan Frahm: ZR and ZL shoulder buttons, two analog sticks, X/B/A/Y, + control Pad, Touch Screen, microphone, accelerometer, gyroscope, speakers, camera, R and L buttons
[9:52:47 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Satoru Iwata: "The Saku pad." lolcircle
[9:53:23 AM] Jonathan Frahm: The Wii U wirelessly transmits the game images to the screen of the controller, making things more traditional
[9:53:28 AM] Jonathan Frahm: HD HIGH QUALITY IMAGES FINALLY
[9:54:01 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Games can be crafted to use both screens at once
[9:54:29 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Internet functionality is stressed
[9:54:52 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Save photos and videos to your Wii U harddrive, Video chat touched upon
[9:55:17 AM] Jonathan Frahm: "How can this new structure be incorporated into gameplay? Let's hear first from Mr. Miyamoto."
[9:55:58 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Miyamoto: We can make games you can play only in the palm in your hands even when someone is watching TV, and you can also play on both controller and the TV. I'm looking forward to new styles of play. I think there's lots of possibilities. So many. There's not going to be a shortage of ideas.
[9:56:05 AM] Jonathan Frahm: HARDCORE THIRD PARTIES STRESSED
[9:56:50 AM] Jonathan Frahm: SAKURAI
[9:56:52 AM] Jonathan Frahm: SAKURAI ON WII U
[9:56:54 AM] Jonathan Frahm: HOLY CRAP
[9:57:09 AM] Jonathan Frahm: SMASH BROS IS WII UL
[9:57:12 AM] Jonathan Frahm: AND 3DS
[9:57:16 AM] Jonathan Frahm: SMASH BROS ON WII U AND 3DS
[9:57:19 AM] Jonathan Frahm: HAIL YESSSSS
[9:57:21 AM] Jonathan Frahm: YES!12nho1k
[9:57:21 AM] Jonathan Frahm: 1
[9:57:22 AM] Jonathan Frahm: BIG
[9:57:23 AM] Jonathan Frahm: BIG
[9:57:23 AM] Jonathan Frahm: BIG
[9:58:04 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Reggie comes on stage.
[9:58:09 AM] Jonathan Frahm: NEW SOFTWARE TO BE SHOWN SOON
[9:58:11 AM] Jonathan Frahm: ON VIDEO
[9:58:50 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Reggie: "Here's an early example of what this system can do."
[9:58:52 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Oh my god
[9:58:58 AM] Jonathan Frahm: This looks dayum awesome
[9:59:05 AM] Jonathan Frahm: SO MUCH BETTER LOOKING THAN PS3 AND 360
[9:59:25 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Birds flying through a Japan-esque landscape. LOOKS REAL. Sakura blossoms bloom. Pagoda in the background. THIS IS AMAZING.
[10:00:03 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Koi fish are shiny
[10:00:13 AM] Jonathan Frahm: MY GOD BIG FISH AT THE END ALMOST SCARED ME LOL
[10:00:43 AM] Jonathan Frahm: NEW SUPER MARIO BROS MII CONFIRMED
[10:00:49 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Mii's playable in this installment
[10:00:50 AM] Jonathan Frahm: NSMB Mii is just a conceptual name
[10:01:53 AM] Jonathan Frahm: "Chase Mii" is a demo game on the showfloor. Toads and Mii's playable. Wiimote and U controller both show different worlds.
[10:02:08 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Galactic shooting game also available on showfloor
[10:02:19 AM] Jonathan Frahm: NSMBMii on showfloor. Arrow blocking game on the showfloor
[10:02:47 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Lego City Stories confirmed for Wii U
[10:03:06 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Lego sold over 60 million in NA and EU, more than half of Nintendo platforms. Oddly enough, this looks very nice. Open-world. Like a Lego GTA.
[10:03:22 AM] Jonathan Frahm: 3DS City Stories also confirmed.
[10:03:32 AM] Jonathan Frahm: THIRD PARTY DEVELOPER TIME.
[10:04:40 AM] Jonathan Frahm: EA Sports' Peter Moore, Karthik Bala of Vicarious Visions, THQ's Danny Bilson, Ubisoft's Yves Guillemot, WB's Martin Tremblay, 5th Cell's Slazka, Katsuhiro Harada of NAMCO BANDAI, Ken Levine of Irrational Games, Warren Spector of Disney, Frank Gibeau of EA
[10:05:23 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Darksiders II, Tekken, Batman: Arkham City, Assassin's Creed, Ghost Recon Online CONFIRMED. LAUNCH DAY.
[10:05:43 AM] Jonathan Frahm: MY GOD. This is awesome. The only thing that's not awesome is the name, but we'll get over it.
[10:06:13 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Footage of the confirmed 3rd-party games shown.
[10:06:17 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Dirt by Codemasters conifmred
[10:06:28 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Aliens: Colonial Marines by SEGA
[10:06:36 AM] Jonathan Frahm: SPIDERS
[10:06:53 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Ghost Recon Online looks very snazzy
[10:07:08 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Metro Last Light by THQ
[10:07:10 AM] Jonathan Frahm: LOOKING GOOD
[10:07:34 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Tekken looks very nice on the new system. YOU CAN DRAW ON YOUR CHARACTERS LOL
[10:07:53 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Make professional designs on your characters using the tablet
[10:08:06 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge by Tecmo Koei. Oh hot snapple. RYU IS LOOKING GOOD.
[10:08:13 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Lots of gore and stuff. "Hardcore" to the max.
[10:08:44 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Oh yeah, this is totally appeasing to both casual and hardcore markets. Iwata and Reggie join each other on stage.
[10:09:44 AM] Jonathan Frahm: CEO of EA comes on stages
[10:10:16 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Madden confirmed
[10:10:33 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Draw on the controller to make sharper, more personal plays
[10:10:35 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Battlefield confirmed
[10:11:18 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows Part 2 confirmed
[10:11:25 AM] Jonathan Frahm: "EA is undergoing transformation"
[10:11:29 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Sims confirmed
[10:11:52 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Reggie returns
[10:12:24 AM] Jonathan Frahm: "DS, Wii, 3DS, and Wii U. think about what they represent together. Each platform is unique, but they share a common pedigree: it's called innovation."
[10:13:03 AM] Jonathan Frahm: DS changed gaming, Wii changed gaming, 3DS changed gaming, and Wii U will change gaming. "You'll have the chance to hold Wii U's new controller in your hands."
[10:13:12 AM] Jonathan Frahm: They haven't shown the actual system yet. Curious.
[10:14:09 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Reggie thanks everyone for joining the live feed.
[10:14:49 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Nintendo Network now availabe at http://e3.nintendo.com and facebook. Keep checking for new updates from E3 and otherwise.
[10:15:11 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Capcom and Square-Enix confirmed as Wii U
[10:15:17 AM] Jonathan Frahm: MARIO PARTY 9 CONFIMREd
[10:15:21 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Kirby Wii re-confirmed
[10:15:54 AM] Jonathan Frahm: New online special program showing the new controller in action
[10:17:04 AM] Jonathan Frahm: JC Rodriguez and Kristina Yang show off the Wii U controller in action with Chase Mii (which looks awesome). Big, immersive world to play a game of tag in. A Mii dressed as Mario is "it," Miis dressed as Toad must find Mario. Apparently the Toads seen in the footage earlier were actuall Miis. liek omg
[10:17:11 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Awesome Mario remix music playing in the bg
[10:17:18 AM] Jonathan Frahm: WII U SHOWN
[10:17:20 AM] Jonathan Frahm: It's like a smaller, white SNES
[10:17:26 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Sleek, very sleek
[10:17:49 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Yang is annoying
[10:18:14 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Battle Mii is now shown. Also wide and immersive in the world. Looking all spac-galactic here.
[10:18:16 AM] Jonathan Frahm: space*
[10:18:40 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Wii U controller controls a UFO to shoot the two - three players using Wiimotes.
[10:19:13 AM] Jonathan Frahm: The Wiimote users have to shoot targets while the UFO shoots them to impede in their progress (there's a time limit)
[10:19:20 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Metroid music in the background. Target-shooters dressed as Samus
[10:20:12 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Shoot Mii now shown. Use the Wii U controller to look around and catch suction-tipped arrows a ghost pirate shoots at you from his ship. Looks kind of like "Radar Mission's" Game A-mode for the GB/eShop.
[10:20:35 AM] Jonathan Frahm: The pirate tells you where to look. Looks like a rhythmic game. Very paper-cut-outty-looking
[10:21:04 AM] Jonathan Frahm: http://e3.nintendo.com will continue to have e3 news throughout the week.
[10:22:12 AM] Jonathan Frahm: Coming Up: A LIVE Update from the Nokia Theatre at LA Live
[10:23:00 AM] Jonathan Frahm: This is the exact same place they tape American Idol and Dancing With the Stars. Except it looks nicer with the big screen saying "NINTENDO" and a whole bunch of excited, sweaty bloggers around
[10:23:18 AM] Jonathan Frahm: That's the show, folks!
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