Earlier today, Nintendo's E3 press conference brought us news of new titles for Wii as well as the official unveiling of the 3DS and its.. President of Nintendo of America, Reggie Fils-Aime, took to the stage and started the presentation with a slide that was clearly focused at their competitors. He said that while technology is useful, it is just a tool and it is the game experience that matters.

The first game demonstrated was The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, announced for a 2011 release. Miyamoto appeared on the monitors discussing the Zelda series and what he wanted to do with it. The sword and shield from Twilight Princess made a reappearance as he described how he wanted players to be able to control Link. Bill Trinen was introduced on stage, and made an attempt to show off the new play controls. Miyamoto thought he wasn't up to the job, though, and came bursting through the wall onto stage, where he started to give a demonstration. Unfortunately, technical problems, possibly caused by wireless interference, hindered the demonstration and caused the controls to jump around when they weren't supposed to, but we were assured that the game controls worked very well and we would be able to try this out on the show floor.

Reggie Fils-Aime returned, and next came the sports title announcements. Third party games Madden, Pro Evo, MLB 2K10, NBA Jam were mentioned before a trailer for Mario Sports Mix, with a release in 2011, was show. Games in the trailer included volleyball, , hockey, dodge ball, and basketball.

He continued with sales figures. Last December, America set an all-time record for sales of any video game system of any kind in a single month. More games were sold for Wii than any other platform ever. Wii owners play their systems more often, and more people intend to buy Wii in the future than any other system. Nintendo wants to create more "bridge" games.. With this statement, a trailer for Wii Party was then shown. It is an all-new party game with many different party game modes. Board game, balance mode, house party modes were shown. There are 13 party games and 70 different mini-games. The title will be released this holiday season. Following this was Ubisoft’s Just Dance 2, the sequel to last year’s surprise hit dance title.

Back to Nintendo titles, a new trailer was shown for Golden Sun Dark Dawn for DS, stating that the game’s original world had been reborn in this new iteration of the RPG series.

The next announcement was Goldeneye 007, developed by Eurocom and published by Activision. Features mentioned were split-screen and online multiplayer, 8 classic Bond characters, and 16 game modes. The face of Bond in this version of Goldeneye is Daniel Craig, the actor who has been playing James Bond in the last few years.

Continuing with third party software, Disney's Epic Mickey was demonstrated on stage by Warren Spector and Adam Creighton from Junction Point. The landscape is a world populated by retired, forgotten Disney characters and attractions. Characters in the demo included Smee and the pirates from Peter Pan, the Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse, and the Enchanted Tiki Room. Mickey draws and erases parts of the world by using paint and paint thinner. The Wii Remote is used as a paintbrush. Play style matters, and quests can be solved with different solutions. Some zones have side-scrolling, platforming levels inspired by classic Disney cartoons. A Steamboat Willie stage was shown to demonstrate this gameplay element. More information can be found online in the edition of Iwata Asks with Warren Spector.

Next was a new Wii game announcement. The new Kirby game by Masahiro Sakurai game is titled Kirby's Epic Yarn. It looks very different to past Kirby titles and the main concept is that Kirby, enemies and surroundings are all made from thread that can unwind and reform in different shapes. The trailer concludes with a holiday release date.

A release date was given for Dragon Quest IX followed by a new trailer for Metroid: Other M with a release date of August 31. The next game was Donkey Kong Country Returns by Retro Studios, rumoured before the game’s unveiling, with gameplay very reminiscent of the Super Nintendo games developed by Rare. Donkey Kong Country Returns will be released this holiday season.

The conference moved onto handhelds with the unveiling of the Nintendo 3DS by Satoru Iwata. A lifestyle video showed how it feels to play the 3DS. It featured Satoru Iwata, Shigeru Miyamoto and Reggie Fils-Aimed being sucked into the system. The 3DS has two cameras on the outside, a 3D depth slider, 2D touch screen on the bottom, an analog slide pad, motion sensor, and gyroscope. Iwata also confirmed that the 3DS was capable of playing 3D video, and mentioned that movies from Disney, DreamWorks and Warner Bros. would be available.

Iwata then announced the 3DS’s third party titles, which included , The reveal of Project Sora (Sakurai's group) soon followed. They were formed for the reason of creating a game for 3DS. That title was Kid Icarus Uprising. The trailer featured 3D gameplay while Pit himself looked like his Super Smash Bros. Brawl counterpart. Eggplant Wizard was also seen at the end of the trailer.

Other games announced included Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle, Kingdom Hearts 3D, Saints Row, Madden NFL, FIFA Soccer, Samurai Warriors, Dead or Alive 3D, Ninja Gaiden, Resident Evil Revelations, Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition, Batman, Assassin's Creed Lost Legacy, Ghost Recon, Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, Ridge Racer, and Metal Gear Solid. A video was also shown with some of the developers of these games giving their opinions on the 3DS.

Wi-fi features of the 3DS were then revealed, with communication possible in sleep mode allowing exchange of data such as leaderboard scores. The online services will have no monthly fee.

The show closed with Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword and 3DS images for demonstration. More information on these can be found in our impressions, and more detail on the press conference in the E3 2010 event images, so please check out the rest of our coverage.