Nintendo has slowly started to flesh out its E3 plans, and has now confirmed a couple of additional promotions to get us in the mood before and during the event.
First of all, we're contractually obliged to share some handsome concept art that Nintendo including in its press release, as it's lovely.
There's more Legend of Zelda-related goodness planned. It's a Miitomo tie-in, and as we saw with a Splatoon equivalent Nintendo is looking for retweets of the following from its official accounts.
If there are 10,000 retweets we'll get a 'Link's new hair' wig, and 20,000 will bring us a 'green Link' Wig as free rewards in the app. Beyond this there'll be Legend of Zelda-themed Miitomo Drop stages for a month from 14th June, along with a 'special item' in the app's shop. My Nintendo will also have reward outfits from that date, so it should be a fun day for LoZ and Miitomo fans.
There's more pleasing news for bargain hunters, as Nintendo of America has confirmed that it'll be triggering a 'big sale' on the eShop from 14th June, and it'll run for a week until 21st June. Whether this is an equivalent to the five year anniversary sale in Europe or something entirely different isn't clear, but it will include a 'special bonus' for those with My Nintendo accounts, so all are naturally encouraged to set them up.
We suspect the prospect of a major set of discounts is the most appealing announcement here, and it should add a little extra spice to Nintendo's E3 week.
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But what about those of us who don't have/want a Twitter?
interesting! I like the sales thing that's always nice. I'm guessing we won't have that in Europe though as we already have the 5th eShop anniversary sale?
Are there any "Miitomo fans"?
@Neon_Blues I think you can still get the wigs you just can't help reach the goals to unlock them 😕
Um, I believe this article has some misinformation. The first wig is the "Link's new hair" wig, and the second I guess hearkens back to the design we're used to. I don't think there is a Zelda wig, as the article states. But I can't blame you, Nintendo Life, he does still look like a girl!
Edit: Unless by "Zelda wig," you're referring to Zelda the series and not the character, in which case, my bad, but I would re-word that if I were you, Thomas.
I might be a Miitomo fan if it means free Zelda swag. I do still go on it every now and then
I can't help but think.........so what? Come on ninty. .......give the faithful something tangible , not some half arsed eshop sale and miitomo drivel!!!!!
I guess a Zelda U demo is looking very likely now... but I'm not going to get my hopes up.
Smart synergetic move
Umm, cool... I guess?
@Neon_Blues Those people without Twitter aren't really people.
Yes, you've entered.... the Nintendo Zone.
Sweet! I retweeted~
Hope they do another Nindies@Home!
Retweet done! Over 2,000 already. It'll easily reach those targets.
@skwiddly You must come from the future! So, how's that sale? You seem to know more than us.
"First of all, we're contractually obliged..."
Oh, what's that? On Nintendo's payroll? Holding back on NX news you actually know about?
Social Justice Warriors! Attack!
I imagine it's the same as the euro 5yr line up
So the line up is apparently on e3.nintendo.com for the sale but it won't load for me, just shows the Shiekah symbol (or whatever, the lens of truth symbol anyway).
Anyone care to scope that out and share what it has?
@TheDavyStar That was probably one of my favorite things from E3 last year. Anyways, I have a bad feeling I'm going to be dissapointed with that sale...
@Lizuka I actually think it looks great but why would you assume that there will not be a hero's tunic?
I'm not sure I want to buy anything from the EShop! As I'm sure I read that the NX will be a completely new concept with no way to transfer old ESHOP purchases over onto the new device, and no info on if it will have a compatible Wii u eShop thing. I fear that a half price EShop title will be a waste of investment.
@Not_Soos I shall double-check and correct it
@Lord Games are supposed to be entertainment, not an investment.
@Vee_Flames I don't get it. How is an eshop demo very likely?
@Freeon-Leon think the article I right.....we already got the details of the eshop 5 year sale and there really isn't a lot to write home about. Lots of virtual console games that most people already have , same with the eshop offers I'm afraid.
@Lord Question: was that confirmed by Nintendo that Eshop purchases can't be transferred, or is that just a rumor? I'm guessing it's the latter. And, hey! If that's true, then why not take the discount as a chance to get those games NOW? And why would not being able to transfer them to the NX affect you playing them? Do any of them interest you? Because if so, then go ahead and get them!
@SaKo well some of us do live in a budget. So for me its both
Retweeted!
@SaKo they are both, an investment as they form part of a collection, and entertainment as they give entertainment to me and my family, but my family and I like to invest in title which we can enjoy together and play again and again!
What contract?
I hope there's some sort of discount for Twilight Princess HD, as I haven't gotten around to buying it yet. Probably not, though, as the game is still relatively new by Nintendo standards.
@XCWarrior Uh, I think this sort of thing is more up the Gamer Gate alley.
I still use Miitomo for a few minutes a day and I generally find it a fun distraction. Quality of friends is paramount.
I like that Nintendo is supporting their new efforts. It gives the impression that they actually do have a plan! That, at least, is reassuring.
@Discipledoctor - all I am getting is a schedule for the two days for TreeHouse live and a coming soon for eshop discounts
Yes! The concept art looks really good!
"Probably not, though, as the game is still relatively new by Nintendo standards."
What game isn't? Lego City Undercover. Kid Icarus Uprising. Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon. No matter how old a game is, Nitneod tends to keep them at full price. Heck they are still selling the Wii U bundled w/ MK8, and that game is over 2 years old now. If people wanted to buy a $299 Wii U w/ MK8 they've had 2 years to do so, time to try something new. They're hardware price drops are non-existent as well. Oh except 2DS for $79, Nitneod's big marketing push alongside Play Nintendo tour.
If that Wolf Link amiibo works in Zelda for U and Zelda for NX I would like to see that sold separatly. Bad enough to lock DLC behind a $13 amiibo, you can't then also lock the $13 amiibo behind a $50 game. Though I suppose Ntineod can.
@ThomasBW84 Thank you! Sorry to have corrected you; you guys do a tremendous job running the site, and I love the content I find here on Nintendo Life. Keep up the great work!
@ricklongo Uh, I think I was being sarcastic. I have no clue anymore what any of those moronic groups do, but I know for sure they are all moronic.
Gotta have that Link hair... if there's a shield and sword I'll be doing some miitomo drop
Loving the concept art! For some reason it reminds me of a piece I made on art academy a couple weeks ago with the brush strokes. Weird coincidence!
Funny about people's reaction to the contractually ablidged statement. First of all it's just an expression. Second, even taken literally it would mean that the contract these writers have with Nintendo Life says they have to share Nintendo concept art... But only if it's lovely. Not exactly scandalous.
@AlanJones84 Well that's a promising start, thanks for the info. I'd be ok w/ a "sold separately" announcement when they finally get around to showing us the Cloud and Bayonetta amiibo.
Link should be left-handed. Lefties unite! Let's start a petition or threaten to boycott the game or...oh, never mind. He's gone to the dark side and we will never get him back: they have cookies.
@Grumblevolcano I just said it was a guess. Nintendo seem to be promoting Zelda U a lot so at this point a Zelda U demo might as well be the final straw.
Besides, there's also this from the article: "... but it will include a 'special bonus' for those with My Nintendo accounts ..."
Special bonus can mean many things, but I'm not going to get my hopes up!
@Vee_Flames
In Japan people with a My Nintendo account get an additional 10% off purchases, so I guess special bonus could mean people overseas will get additional discounts, too.
Looking at that concept art, I'm convinced it represents a female Link, giving further credibility that there is the option to choose the gender of your protagonist.
I'm good with this
Ooookay...?
I know it's off-topic, but who's the artist of the picture of Link on Epona? I'm assuming it's the same artist that did the previously used picture of Link in the blue tunic with the new bow and arrow from Zelda Wii U / NX... Love the style of both of these pics
@ottospooky I'm going to take the opposite stance and say that while Link's clearly not female there (to be crass, there's just nothing going on in the breast region), he's androgynous as all get-out, which suggests a single protagonist that's trying to be relatable to both males and females.
@rjejr I believe they said the separate version would be available in July. I just went and bought the separate Japanese one off the japanese amazon site. Got lucky because it was on sale for 890 yen, about $9 USD, and with the $7 shipping I only spent $3 extra compare to going to the store. Now I'm not tied down to getting TP and wasting $60.
Nobody cares about no dang Miitomo
The character in the art is definitely a female. That alone will make a big splash at e3
@Uzuki I never heard July, thanks for that. I think it's the best amiibo they've done so far, by far, but not $60 good. Though those MH Stories amiibo may be better.
Nintendo Wii U. I remember, that used to be games console back in the day, before Nintendo abandoned it in favour of gimmicks.
@rjejr I think it was said on one of the articles on this site, but I can't remember which one. Might have been the actual announcement for the bundle or to one of the other Amiibos coming out around that time.
As for that MH amiibo, I'm super hype! Not a fan of the Main Title games, but Stories is right up my ally. I've been stalking the Capcom Japanese website since the live stream. They won't go up until July, but I don't want to miss my chance to grab the two riders.
I hope the "big sale" isn't the European equivalent because there was nothing "big" about it. Wasn't it just like... 5 VC games?
So now there's two mysteries: what that "special bonus" is for My Nintendo users, and what they plan to show in that "Pokemon Special" on day 3.
Unless Xenoblade Chronicles is under $20 CAD during this, I'll probably save my money for the Steam Summer Sale.
This means nothing to me........oh Vienna!!!
@Vee_Flames Probably an extra 10% off the discounts, just like the Japanese sale.
Hoping Twilight Princess is one of the discounted games!
Nah... not interested with Zelda stuffs at all.
I need the discount but i don't want to get any Zelda stuffs.
That Elf looking is very irritating for me. Not even my taste.
I prefer something cute, adorable but not too girly.
My fave is Sporty looking.
Well, I live in Mexico and NOA rarely shows us any love down here... so... well.
@Lord Then you buy the game and play it on the platform you bought it for. That's like saying you think buying a game on the ps4 is pointless because the ps5 won't play it.
That's a really strange and silly way of thinking about things
@Zapazoid No it is not, every female character, specifically a Japanese one, has breasts, I don't see any breasts, do you?
Really trying to keep expectations down and Ninty have made that easy so far. Loads more VC games with an initial discount would be nice though...
Not expecting there to be discounts on things I don't own, but it's cool they're trying to rope in some more people to buy things I've already bought.
I'm curious about the "special bonus" for My Nintendo accounts. I wonder what it could be?
If the mentioned eshop sale is the equivalent of the five year anniversary eshop sale going on in Europe, that would stink if that's the case. I prefer to have two weeks of discount access. I'm kind of hoping it's something different, but it would seem unusual for Nintendo to run two huge sales at once.
See what did I tell you NA eShop sales during E3 to offset what could very well be Nintendo's least impressive showing in recent years.
...That said, I'm really hoping to see Lego City: Undercover on discount (I already have a good number of the games which interest me in the EU sale).
The only true Zelda promotion that they really need to have is a demo of Zelda U RIGHT after E3, just to show us something. It doesn't even have to be in the overworld, it could be in a linear dungeon and you fight some enemies leading to a boss and end it right there. The dungeon could be something simple, but truly leave you wanting the actual final product. Just my 2 cents...
Cool cool.
But seriously Nintendo, if you're going to show off concept art like that you damn well better release an 'Art of' book for this game! And bring it West this time! Can't believe we didn't get the Splatoon one, super lame.
Yay! Zelda X Miitomo! Discounts! Mariokart DLC?
I read on the official press release that there is an additional Zelda "collaboration" gift will be available June 14 on the My Nintendo site and can be redeemed with platinum coins. I am hoping that this will be something actually cool like a small demo or an exclusive trailer or something like that since you are not using miitomo coins but Platinum coins, I guess we will see soon enough.
@ottospooky like always looked feminine. .. link in the picture has a male body. I dont think they'll add gender options :/
Why do I need a free Phone app to try and sell me games for my Wii U and 3DS? I'm a Wii U and 3DS owner- I already buy everything they produce because there isn't much to buy in the first place.
My heart skipped a beat when I saw that image! So lovely. :3
Can't wait for next week!!
Omg I forgot all about Miitomo! I was using it to get points and then just totally forgot. It's been weeks!
Bring on the discounts
@Kiyata gosh I haven't played Miitomo in a month. I have enough points for the Legend of Zelda pictochat game but I'm hoarding points for hopefully something better.
Hopefully a bunch of vc discounts on Wii u! Especially Nintendo brand
Cool, if I remember correctly, they had some good sales last year
Ugh I don't use social media. Perhaps the rest of the world will pick up the slack.
@Lord How is buying digital content of video games an investment? You are surely investing your 'time' into these games, but your talking about investing money, how are you going to see profitable returns if you buy these games digitally?
@NintendoFan64 No Nintendo hasn't confirmed anything besides a NX release month and that Zelda NX is a thing. Everything else is simply speculation and rumours. So the NX is still a complete mystery.
I hope this system isn't backwards compatible with physical games, as I hope they completely leave behind the Wii U (I love my Wii U but Nintendo needs to stop making hard to develop for systems).
Nintendo could easily update the eshop and it's games to allow for digital game transfers, but my guess it will just be VC titles that end up backwards compatible as these would take the least amount of effort to do.
@Endisend Haha but I doubt they would make a big breasted link protagonist. They'd wanna keep her as generic and link-like as possible to avoid backlash.
yes omg this is so awesome i cant wait for the miitomo event and for e3. so excited!
oh dear, I just uninstalled my Miitomo
I hope the eShop special has a special deal on a harddrive so I can actually download a game XD
Nice artwork! I wonder if Link will obtain his green tunic in this title at all. Maybe there's so much grass in this title, they made the tunic blue. Otherwise Link would be almost invisible. Just a silly theory!
@Windy I know what you mean! I have like 1200 points and there's absolutely nothing I want. And I got the free Wario game back in April with the points I earned the first week of Miitomo. I wish Nintendo would give us some nice stuff to choose from!
I was tempted by the 5 year eShop deals in Europe but now I feel like we should wait it out and see what happens on the 14th.
@crystaletter join the club! I wonder how many other users have deleted it!
@XCWarrior You're right, people with out twitter aren't people they are heroes
does anyone even care about miitomo anymore?
@zornthgrt In all seriousness, the only reason NOT to use Twitter is if you are an extreme introvert who doesn't like talking to others. You can taylor Twitter to give you whatever you want. Mine is 90% sports and video games, I don't have to worry about seeing other stuff. It's nice, and you barely notice the ads. I no longer have to waste time going to my most visited sites because if they have something I want to read, it will be posted on Twitter.
You should try it. I mean your personal data has already been stolen by now, having a social media app won't change it.
@XCWarrior so now you just waste time looking at twitter? Not having a social media app means i dont stare at my phone all day hoping for re tweet of my dinner.
@zornthgrt Don't own a smart phone. Smart people don't own smart phones. Twitter is also ingrained in my job, so I have my perosnal and work accounts side by side.
Most of my tweets are RTs or complaining about Cleveland sports since I rarely can hang out with others to watch games. I don't really care if people do anything with them.
It's a source of information. If you want it to be about cat pics and your dinner though, that's yours to make it that way.
@Lord My problem with Miitomo is I found the app itself just really, really boring...
Star Fox 64 3D and Mario Kart 8 on sale, this would make me happy
@ThomasBW84 and everyone else: FYI the sale is now live!
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