Now I'm pumped!!!

Looking forward to it. The Wii U looks like a return to form for Nintendo. Can't wait to get hold of one.

If I got a dollar for every time I saw the comment "my body is ready", I would be the richest man in the world.

@3DSonicPizza My body is ready.

@3DSonicPizza but nobody's said it yet...

I just found out about this in the forums, so I'm definitely tuning in at 6 PM tomorrow. It looks the three of them are just getting started, so it begins...

I love that picture, the three of them look like they're on a mission!
Miyamoto, triforce of courage. Iwata, triforce of wisdom. Reggie, triforce of power!

This is awesome!

Iwata

That is not how you handshake

Their bodies. They are ready.

Any chance of an earlier time? Stupid school!

alright! I'm so pumped for this. It's time for Nintendo to flex its muscles and blow out the competition!

Iwata: "On the count of three, give me a 'Whoa, Bundy!'"
Everyone: "Whoooooa, Bundy!"

What is this garbage!?! Im getting real tired of all this preE3 crap >_<

Awesome photo. XD

@Pengaweeno nevermind.

no idea what this means: 11PM BST / 3PM PST / 6PM EST

what time is that? when can i see it in mid-european time?

@6ch6ris6 It's just about 24 hours from the time I'm posting this.

@6ch6ris6 I believe it would be 12am on 4th June for Central European Summer Time.

@Swiket I just watched that like 10 times. It's mesmerizing.

Iwata sure knows how to steal all the thunder. Go Nintendo, go!

You know its going to be an awesome showing when they can't fit it all into their press conference.

Lets HOOK IT UUUUUUP!!

So, that's 5pm Central time then (US). Is it going to be streamed on the US Nintendo site as well? If not I'll just go to the UK site.

Nintendo's cheating, lol.
Please be footage of Pikmin 3!

Man that picture is awesome!

This is strange. You would think their biggest showing would be the new console, and much else will be tied to it. I'd think anything about the console will have to be repeated at the conference for those who don't watch this.

Not complaining though. Early news is awesome. But curious.

Anyone one else think Reggie carried Mr. Miyamoto's and Mr. Iwata's luggage after that picture was taken?

Lol, that's a nice pic! Shigeru Miyamoto is one of my favorite asians!!! He's AWESOME !!!

Obviously, the press conferences have too much info to say within just the 1-2 hour presentations. I always felt they should at least be 2 hours long to get out most of the info.

True rebels. Notice the 'No Stopping' sign behind the Regginator. Also is that a hummer they arrived in or am I just delusional?

I think it's a transport van, looks like duel side doors on a big van

the big thrE3.

Glad that even though I won't be seeing the actual conference live, I can still watch the other two events as they happen.

Also, just noticed "LIVE WITH CORBIE" in the top right corner. Lol.

Can't Wait!!!!!!!!!

i am so ready for e3 and wii u. I'm already saving money for the wii u . I just hope the wii u is not vary expensive.

Well, Nintendo did promise some news BEFORE E3! And now they will be doing just that! Guess I'll watch it, even if it only covers the hardware!

i hope they say something about the price and/or release date. But im not getting my hopes up.

Nintendo is getting the jump on Sony and Microsoft!

I have the Facebook page loaded and not closing it until I see the Nintendo Direct

Great, now I'm not going to get any sleep tonight! I'm pumped up enough as it is, now they throw in this juicy early tidbit? I just can't wait like this anymore!

can this be shown in the u.s.

nevermind

@Deviant_Mugen
haha! I'm watching married with children right now!
Whoooaaaa Bundy!

Excited for this but I wonder what they will announce or show considering e3 is so close! Maybe they are just building up the hype!

I would much, much rather hear about 3DS stuff with this Nintendo Direct conference. Ah well. Hopefully E3 has plenty of 3DS news.

I am loving this media blitz that Nintendo has set up... Tomorrow will rock!
and Whoooaaaa Bundy also!

@Swiket LOL @ the "Big Shirl" at the 0:13 mark...

Nintendo's going all out this year; can't wait!

I would've watched this happily but I don't think I'm awake at 1am. Have to take a look at NL tomorrow to see everything that happened and watch the video afterwards.

What time will it be on for us Australians?

Edit: 8am, Monday 4th of June AEST.

my reggie is body

I hope they don't make too many announcements with this Nintendo Direct, and instead save some of the excitement for E3!

@3DSonicPizza
Master Yoda: Ready, my body is!

I hope there are still some surprises, because so far Wii U just feels like Wii v1.5 rather than a fully formed successor.

In case anyone was curious, I have confirmed that they arrived in an Escalade.

Source along with pictures of Nintendo crates and Escalades: http://www.gamekyo.com/newsfr46956_les-caisses-de-nintendo-photographiees-a-los-angeles.html

Oh goodie, I get stay up until 11pm on a Sunday!

"New information about Wii U"? Hope you guys are as excited as I am.

@James At their site it says that it'll beginning at 11pm GMT, isn't that 12am in the UK because of the daylight saving time?

Crap, I missed it today.

11. PM. God dang it. I'll be certaintly asleep by then.
@nintendolife Please promise me you'll cover EVERYTHING, or at least post a link to the Nintendo Direct video tomorrow. OK?

@Swiket THAT WAS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@James You bet I am! I am so addicted to the Wii U and it hasn't even been fully revealed yet! I must learn everything there is to know about the Wii U.

Also I'll be staying up for the roundtable on Tuesday which they will be uploading at 1:30 am my time!

nooooooooooooooo its on at 11pm in the uk i want to see wiiu hardware and its features nintendo life cover everything. but stiilthis is good we get to see the wiiu hardware features today and its games on tuesday

Hope there is news of some new SNES games, not had any for ages!

@tat2 I believe that's a mistake on Nintendo's part; it's listed as 11pm GMT / 12am CET, when we're actually in BST and CEST at the moment.

At least this year I wont have to rush home from Work Experience! Tuesday can't come fast enough!

Hello from Finland, i have been using this site a lot, but finally registered here too.. here's video from me for this E3-Nintendo day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orhyS56ABdk&feature=g-upl

@a_Sniper Ha Ha. But you know the battery should have been flat when you turned it on.

@a_Sniper
u was in ur undies...

@a_Sniper Awesome video! Greetings from Denmark!

The plot thickens!
I hope it's not too long though, because I don't want to be interrupted by pesky dinner.

Seriously, I just cant wait any longer.

@MeowGravy: Rock on...

ehh...6pm, why can't they do the nintendo direct thing earlier? I'm usually gone at that time...grr!!! ><

Japan don't do daylight savings time, so I guess that the times quoted should be adjusted for an hour for those countries that do, so in the UK the broadcast will start at 2300GMT or 0000BST.

@Bobhobob Yeah, i prefer to sleep with them on.. Coffee first.

I see 3 advantages in doing so:

• It will allow to discuss more of the games during the E3 conference
• Everyone will talk about it afterwards meaning it will be harder for Sony & Microsoft to "win" the E3
• Third-party developers will be able to show their games with Wii U features and everybody will get it

Hell yeah! Can't wait!

They shouldn't be allowed to do this, I've already scheduled my whole week around the pre-arranged Nintendo shows and I'm supposed to be out with a friend tonight. Now I have to try and change that at the last minute.

It's the holy trinity

My body is ready and my mind says yes!

@guy_om I really wasn't thinking about it but your second point is so true, after all it has been said that some companies may be showing it off earlier than Nintendo at E3, so maybe this is just to open the flood gates for them by having a small discussion on the hardware first.

@Collinhall
No no no, this is like the New Trinity in Guild Wars 2

Great, more time to show more crappy Mario sequels at E3 -_-. Nintendo needs to give us a new Mother, it's been around 25 years, that game was better than Kid Icarus, and Ness has been featured in every single Super Smash Bros., it's the perfect setup for announcing a new Earthbound! I'd be pleased with the announcement of a brand new franchise, however.

Are the highlights likely to be on YouTube afterwards? I'm going to miss this >:[

@84 You do know that Mother ended in a trilogy right? and and Itoi said no Mother 4. and Mario games are doing just fine they are not crappy he's the one that knows how to do a 3D/2D platformer right and fun.

@James hehe i go bed past 11pm at around 1 - 2:30 XD

@shake_zula I will be posting news updates and possibly live texting too. We'll be tweeting important bits too so you won't be in the cold completely!

I love the sign behind them that says "NO STOPPING ANY TIME."

@guy_om: I think you're 100% right. They'll show lots of games and Ubisoft sure wants to present some rabbits you can scan with the controller in their conference ^^

very excite!!!

Aw! Im working when it happens! WAIT! I work in a video game store and Im the manager! I now make the executive decision that it will be live streamed on every available TV. All 9 of them!

Can't wait! I am pumped for this!

This is how I see it:Nintendo is clearly doing this for two obvious reasons: they want to clear up any doubt as to what WiiU actually is and to get a head start and draw attention to their early morning press conference this tuesday. Ok that was three, but basically if they didn't do this then people would view the full presentation with the same misconceptions that they left with last year or they wouldn't even pay attention to the show.

Another thing: Nintendo is going to show us the console and probably tell us exactly what it can do. Why release this information early? Probably because they are sitting on a boatload of games that they will want to focus on during the actual show. We all know it all comes down to the games and so does Nintendo.

I'm very excited about this and won't go to bed until i've heard every word they have to say

I thought your countdown timer was wrong until I realized that the 3:00pm time is for pdt and not central time. Damn. Instead of 15 minutes I have another 2 hours......sigh.

I'ld be shocked if they gave the price and launch date for Wii U. Long shot, but technically, this Nintendo Direct ISN'T E3

About the misconception that Nintendo is going too far with the Mario side-scrollers, I'd like to point out what IGN did in an article the other day. To this day, there have only been 9 original Mario side-scrollers since 1985. Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (Japan's SMB 2), Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japan's SMB USA), Super Mario Land, Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World, Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, New Super Mario Bros., and New Super Mario Bros. Wii. 10 if you want to count Super Mario World "2": Yoshi's Island, and Super Mario Land 3 starts the Wario Land series.

There was a gap of, like, 14 years between SML2 and NSMB. Two generations without Mario side-scrollers (even absent from handheld, except for Super Mario Advance remakes). So, I'd say Nintendo is finally making up for that unforgivable absence of classic Mario, and it's about time!