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Nintendo Direct Pre E3 2012 Livestream

by James Jones - June 3, 2012, 1:00 pm EDT
Total comments: 10 Source: http://www.nintendo.com/nintendo_direct

Join us as the Wii U bomb dropping begins early!

Nintendo's surprise E3 pre-emptive Nintendo Direct broadcast focuses on the Wii U hardware concept. Join us here for the livestream, liveblog, and chatroom. The broadcast begins at 3 pm PDT / 6 pm EDT / 11 pm CET / Midnight GMT / 7 am JST / 8 am AEST!

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2:55:04: James Jones running the live blog for the Nintendo Direct Pre E3 2012

2:55:14: We're 5 minutes from the start of the show.

3:00:26: Iwata talking

3:01:16: Iwata giving Japanese lessons: "Dokuso" - Creating something unique

3:01:38: Nintendo will make you say this week "Well that certainly is unique. Hopefully you will think of that in a good way"

3:02:33: Nintendo Direct today is an introduction to the Wii U hardware.

3:03:31: Iwata referencing book "Alone Together" - new tech have made life easier but have created separations within people. Presumably Nintendo assumes they can fix this.

3:03:48: "Unite people in the same room or great distances" INTERNET IS A THING!

3:04:18: Wii U controller has a name - "Wii U GamePad"

3:04:58: NES controller was flat - so people called it a "GamePad." Wii U is also a "Pad"

3:05:40: Wii U GamePad has replaced the CirclePads we saw last year with the regular sticks. They have clicky sticks.

3:06:03: Back of controller now has grips on the back and a new button layout.

3:06:18: NFC Reader/Writer added below the D-Pad: HELLO SKYLANDERS!

3:06:45: TV Control button on the Wii - SWEET! A NEW DEVICE TO CONTROL MY TV!

3:07:34: Wii U golf demo video returns. This is probably a game.

3:08:04: Iwata is talking about Asymmetric gameplay. Showing WiiSports Baseball. So yes, we have a WiiSports.

3:08:32: Same videos as last year continues. The Wii U GamePad they have even has the old button layout. AT LEAST REPLACE THE PAD WITH THE NEW ONE!

3:09:02: Iwata reconfirms Motion and Gyro in the Wii U GamePad. Shows more WiiSports Baseball.

3:09:59: Play on the GamePad even when the TV is in use "sometimes." interesting caveat.

3:10:39: Replaying Zelda footage from last year. Now next to a fruit bowl

3:11:12: Wii U Pro Controller - looks JUST LIKE a 360 controller with the PS3 layout.

3:12:03: Old images of families "play together" with Wii.

3:12:18: "Wii U does what Wii did, even better. But it also does something entirely new."

3:12:37: HEY AN EXAMPLE!

3:13:00: "Something totally unique when you hear the term Game Video."

3:13:26: Video of a nerdy dude playing a zombie game. His "punches are ineffectual."

3:13:44: "If I can't beat this zombie boss I'll end up talking to myself as a crazy person" End up?

3:14:05: He just posted to his "peeps" looking for his help on how to beat that game.

3:14:28: Wii U feed is on this annoying guy's phone.

3:14:44: "It's a pain in a capital B" - Warren.

3:15:06: Todd just dissed Warren. Somebody posted to Todd's feed how to beat the Zombie.

3:15:17: Something about swollen glands.

3:15:43: VIDEO CALL! OLD DUDE ON A RASCAL SCOOTER

3:16:11: "Have you upgraded your scanner ding-dong." What is this!? JUST SAY WE HAVE VIDEO WII SPEAK!

3:16:48: Todd beat a zombie. 80s success metal. Somebody just won an arm wrestling contest.

3:17:10: Mii Plaza seemed to have people crowding around game logos

3:17:46: Oh wow, that's the Wii U Menu. They call it, I'm serious, "Mii Wara Wara"

3:18:32: "Wara Wara" is Japanese for the general noise of a crowd milling about. The Miis making noise are not random. It is you, your family on your wii U, your Wii Friends, and people from your country playing the games

3:18:55: They launch speech bubbles of people talking about games. Apparently you can draw too. This will end badly.

3:19:24: Characters gather around games they're playing and talk about them. This is the "Miiverse"

3:19:53: Iwata felt the need to tell us that Miiverse is not a real world. It is a place where Miis from around the world can meet and connect.

3:20:13: Miiversse can be used while games are currently in-play.

3:20:55: Miis can communicate via "simple text messaging." However the touch screen can "make some difference." Online PictoChat? Oh dear.

3:21:54: You can add a facial expression of your Mii to convey "emotions."

3:22:21: Gameplay screenshots and user created content can be sent via Miivers.

3:23:05: Miiverse speech bubbles can show up in game. New Super Mario Bros Wii U shown with pop-up speech bubbles showing strategy.

3:23:16: Miiverse will "attempt to avoid spoilers."

3:24:06: Iwata called the small screen on the Wii U GamePad a "Social Window"

3:25:06: The Miiverse will be available via any internet enabled device. Including 3DS.

3:25:25: Part of Nintendo Network. Future devices will use it

3:26:13: Wii U GamePad is designed to "enhance" connections fostered by Wii.

3:26:50: Wii U GamePad shown with a browser. It can be shared with the TV content.

3:27:16: You can hide content on the TV screen via a curtain. I'm serious.

3:27:56: "A great idea solves multiple problems at the same time." Shigeru Miyamoto

3:28:32: Iwata feels the Wii U does this. It will help solve the issue of "alone together." In enables the sharing of "more smiles, more laughs, and more empathy."

3:28:55: "Together. Better." - Iwata on Wii U

3:29:42: Sounds like he's wrapping up. Iwata is selling the on-stage meeting.

3:30:22: Sounds like the 3DS is going to get sold a bit short at the press conference. News for it will be offered at "other opportunities."

3:30:33: Iwata selling a hasttag #IwataSays

3:30:45: And we're done.

Talkback

UncleBobRichard Cook, Guest ContributorJune 03, 2012

NWR Mario Kart 7 Community - 15-771-2023-1792  Come join while we wait!

ShyGuyJune 03, 2012

friggin' NWR site is getting overloaded. error code 504

BlackNMild2k1June 03, 2012

i missed it, did someone record it?

It's now embedded at the bottom of the blog.

CericJune 03, 2012

Quote from: BlackNMild2k1

i missed it, did someone record it?

Nintendo Normally does have it up on Youtube no long afterwards.

BlackNMild2k1June 03, 2012

The horribleness of that zombie video was grossly understated in the liveblog.

He was using a Black uMote! but that doesn't make up for that video.

If I had more time I would have murdered it, but I have to be semi-professional

ShyGuyJune 03, 2012

Props to the Crimm-Snark on the feed. I hope we get more livestream play by play this e3 season. You guys should do an audio version, release it as an alternate audio track.

Well, we can't talk when we're at the actual events, so it'd have to be people at home. Maybe set up a Google+ Hangout or something.

I have something in the works for our audience. I want it to be a surprise, but expect it Tuesday night/Wednesday.

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