With all eyes on Nintendo's New York presentation this Thursday, the company's European arm has taken the chance to claw back a bit of the limelight.
It has been confirmed that Nintendo Europe will host a Nintendo Direct presentation at 3pm UK time (that's 4pm CEST for those of you in Europe) on the same day, at the same time as the Nintendo of America presentation in New York. Nintendo of Europe president Satoru Shibata will be hosting the presentation.
"Our Nintendo Direct Wii U Preview presentation is coming soon! Check back here on Thursday September 13th at 3 p.m. (UK time) to watch it live!"
Are you thinking what we're thinking? Global Wii U hardware release announcement GET.
Update
Nintendo has confirmed that its Australian site will publish Australasian specific info shortly after the European Nintendo Direct broadcast finishes.
In addition, it will be streamed live on Nintendo's Facebook page.
Will you be watching LIVE on Thursday? (207 votes)
- YES, I can't wait!
- Hopefully
- Nah, I'll just read about it later
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[source nintendo.co.uk]
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Satoru Chibata for the win! Can't wait.
Awesome.
Can't wait!
I'm not expecting much. To be honest, I find his lack of performing English pronunciation rather annoying.
But I'm glad they're doing something, I really wanted a stream of some kind.
I'm at work! Get James to do it.
16Uhr für alle nintendonerds in deutschland
Goodbye sleep! Too much excitement. Gonna sh*t my pants.
@6ch6ris6: Achtung! Sie können hier nicht Deutsch sprechen!
I had to test my German. Haven't used it lately. I wonder if I had any mistakes.
Good. Let's just hope it is true.
Not expecting much though.
EDIT: Oh wait - it's Wii U only. Nevermid.
We're now expecting an official announcement within the hour to confirm everything, all aboard the hype-train! We'll update this story when we get official confirmation.
Kann ich nur sagen, Deutschland, Japan und Satoru Shibata für den Sieg.
Official confirmation, sweet.
Now to impatiently wait for 48 hours.
@Late
Perfekt! Aber Sie-zen finde ich auf einer Gaming-Seite dann doch etwas überzogen
In case anyone's interested: that's at the exact same time as the US conference. You'll have to pick which one to watch =/
The poll should ask which one's everyone planning on watching!
Can we have the german conversation above translated please?
@Happy_Mask Love the new avatar!
@Knuckles? Why? Just let them have it. It looks pretty general to me anyway.
Its a global Nintendo Direct? Looks like I won't be needed for Japanese translation this time. Maybe next time.
Cool! So, is UK time the same as Greenwitch mean time, GMT?
@Moshugan Umm, I think its spelled Greenwich.
@Moshugan not quite, UK time is currently BST which is GMT+1, where as CEST is GMT+2
@Moshugan
Nope I think it's UTC/GMT+1 at summer.
Really excited for any Wii U news, i'll definitely be watching it.
That's why I'm so glad Japan doesn't have a daylight savings time.
Sweet, can't wait! (Even though I'm about 95% sure I ain't getting a Wii U at launch Nintendo could sway me though )
I preordered my Wii U I hope NSMBU is a launch game
Ooooh man, 2 days left.... so much hype...
Why 3PM though? Most people are still working at that hour, or are just leaving school.
@Knuckles: It was nothing too interesting. He just said the what the time will be in Germany when Nintendo Direct starts and I said: "Attention! You may not speak German here!" I'm not quite certain what 6ch6ris6 said then. I kinda know... or not. I'm not sure.
I hope this Nintendo Direct will be something special and full of surprises.
So we are all invited are we, will there be tea and cake?
@RupeeClock It's 3PM b/c that's 10AM New York time when Reggie will be saying the same stuff, only the US will be getting the WiiU earlier and cheaper so the EU customers won't be all excited with the US news only to be disappointed later when the EU news comes out.
Has it been confirmed or denied if Reggie is getting a stream from NY?
Off topic: Does anyone have a 3DS? Lol
Can't vote since there's no "nope, i'll watch it later" option.
At least that's what i hope for. If all goes well i'll be leaving work just when Direct starts.
Looking forward to seeing Shibata's giant Goomba imperiously looking over his shoulder throughout again
So NA will be at 9:00 a.m. (US Central)? I keep seeing Thursday, but I never see a time attached to it.
So any word on noa live streaming it.
So us in North America get nothing unless we're actually at the conference?
Nintendo has not sold me on the Wii U yet, but I'm excited to see what they'll bring.
@Emaan I'm sure it will be streamed.
Yeah I'll try to watch online, I just hope the Wii-U price in Europe isn't in Euro's because the cost here in the UK will differ. Looking forward to what's going to be talked on thursday....
I'll buy a Wii-U next April...
No more Hype Trains, please! They just burn excess coal and never arrive on time. I'm completely neutral for the Wii U launch details event. No emotional investment whatsoever... None... I DON'T CARE----not one bit.... jjjjjjjjj ok maybe I'm excited just a tad (!!).
excitement GET!
@Pj1 In past events and on their site, I'm pretty sure they give their prices in both £ and €.
I HAVE LITERALLY NEVER BEEN SO EXCITED ABOUT ANYTHING EVER
Maybe they'll also have a surprise in store for 3DS. Since at 17:00 CEST the eShop gets updated.
Small chance though.
Well, I'm looking forward to it to say the least.
http://www.nintendo.com.au/nintendodirect/
Australia is getting one too.
Whenever some Nintendo event thing happens I just watch it when I have time on the Wii Nintendo channel.
I'll totally watch it if I have time.
@Bof: Yes, check my sig(nature), but (the) flash (file format) is unsupported in the current build of the 3DS web browser.
However, there probably will be videos on the Wii Nintendo Channel, & 3DS eShop! More than likely later that day of course, not live.
I'll try to be on top of the NYC press event
@InternetBowser @antdickens @Tsuchinoko Heehaw, I knew that. blush
This time zone thing is a bit confusing. I'm in Finland and we're GMT+2, except I'm not sure how this daylight saving time will affect the exchange. I think it shouldn't affect it anyway because UK and Finland both change the time for summer?
If UK is GMT+1 can I count on this being 4 p.m. Finnish time? :I
Oh, apparently Finland is also in CEST, so it is 4 p.m.! Oh joy!
@SMW Considering it's at midnight it's most likely the same one as Europe's.
Rargh, now a Finnish gaming site said that it will be 5 p.m. Finnish time.
Is there no other Finns here?
This must be it! Are we finally getting a date?
So if it's at 10 AM New York time, does that mean it's going to be 4 (or 5) AM Hawaii time??? DX
i'll try but i have school,but then again,i get out early if there is enough people are going to our football game so i will buy 5 tickets to watch this
@dUstin I'm an adult. I requested off.
I just realised that that's 11:30 PM for me, so I don't think I can watch it live...
What a shame, but It'll be good when I wake up in the morning the next day; there'll be a whole lot of new Wii U news!
At what time is the American one? And will you be streaming?
@SMW That's at the exact same time as the Europe one!
I'm looking forward to this!
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I'm looking forward to prices. Hoping it is at most $349.99. That way, I can still get the system even if I can't get the games yet.
So it will finally happen!!
EHRMAGERD!
ugh im so confused about the times >.< like someone else mentioned they keep saying thursday but not times and if there will be a live stream and if so what websites? xD
im in california so yeah if its central time i know its 2 hrs earlier here .-.
Good for europe. Cant wait for the event!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME, EH?
England: 3pm
California: 7am
Finland: 5pm
New York: 10am
Hawaii: 4am
I think that covers everywhere mentioned
shake_zula wrote:
But according to my findings there's gonna be two: The american and the european. Am I right? And if I am, are they gonna happen at the same time? And if they do, where can I watch one or the other?
@Sherman
I don't think NoA has announced a Nintendo Direct. Just NoE, so I'm assuming it's just Europe thus far.
@shake_zula Me liking you many much!
Yes because it's 4pm for me. So ef yeah, i can!
Meh, I guess I'll just see the announcements and video later anyway. Hopefully they'll at least record the NY one as a Nintendo direct too, so I can watch it after work.
i'll try and catch it tomorrow at 3pm
I'm at work all day starting at 7am and I don't get home until 9pm
19Robb92 wrote:
It seems Nintendo of America is gonna give a press conference only. That sucks =S Well, Japan just confirmed their Nintendo Direct, so, we're still on time, right? right? RIGHT? T__T
Ok, I just saw this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyGo4Tbd7O0&feature=youtu.be
Will it be streaming for the entire conference?
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