E3 2017 Floor Plans Show Another Sizeable Nintendo Booth

Smash 4 Switch perhaps?

I mean as long as all that real estate isn't a replica of the Mushroom Kingdom, I think I'll be excited. (nothing against Mario, I just hope more than that will be the focus)

There could be a few things to demo here, Mario Odysey, Splatoon 2 if it isn't already out, new Retro project, Bayoneta 3?, BG&E2? Lots of possibilities, exciting

Just give me announcements for Animal Crossing and Monster Hunter and I'll be happy.

Animal Crossing Switch, please.
And also more physical release for Switch.

As long as Nintendo and ATLUS make some good announcements then I'm happy.
I won't be at E3 so they could livestream from the back of a van for all I care, I don't find floor space interesting...

In before the "Only Mario" joke.

I really like the momentum that Nintendo has this console release... You had Initial announcement, TV guest appearances, The Game Awards, Super Bowl, Switch Releases and then we get E3 then the holiday launches... this is looking quite good

Nintendo have to go big at E3 to draw in the people who didn't see enough to preorder for launch. I hope Nintendo go all out and make it a memorable E3 with loads of new and upcoming games

Oh, Nintendo should reveal some 3DS games during this year. We still have no idea when is Ever Oasis or possibly Miitopia English version released. Still quiet about 3DS...

A big E3 could seal a successful 1st year for the Switch.

A great E3 will probably help Nintendo keep its momentum until the holidays. It will be exciting to what they have cooked up.

I think the main difference here isn't the size of Nintendo's booths, since they're they same ones they got last year, but that Microsoft has significantly decreased the amount of space they booked this year. For reference, E3 2016: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1194203

@KirbyTheVampire Monster Hunter is a definite =)

I would also love to see Metroid, of course, more of Xenoblade 2, some WiiU ports of Xenoblade X and Tokyo Mirage Sessions. Ports of FF15 and 7 remake would be great. Dark Souls collection would be awesome as well.

My question is will they finally go back to a stage presentation? They did some good things on stage with the Switch reveal. They can build on that.

I'm really excited for what Nintendo and Sony has to share at E3. Hopefully Microsoft also has some great surprises, but I'm not so optimistic about them since there's not many upcoming Xbox games that has me hyped.

I've been to E3 a couple times in the last several years and these booths are the exact size and places the Nintendo booths were during my experiences, one of which was last year's Breath of the Wild showcase.

I can't wait. I got a pass so I'll be there!! I can't wait to see what Nintendo has in store this year!! 😁

Of course, I'll follow all three companies. This year though I'm gonna focus on Nintendo and Sony. Nintendo cuz... well, Nintendo and Sony because I now have a PS4 and will be looking onto them for interesting Sony exclusives.
At least at this point it's looking better than it was last year. Hopefully my hopes aren't let down.

Yes, i want more titles for Nintendo Switch, for now we have bit titles confirmed.
My hope is Metroid, i want to see what are doing Retro Studios.

February, and we're talking E3....I'll take it!

I'd assume MS is doing a separate event like they did with XBone (and that way E3 doesn't have to worry about the furious customers with torches and pitchforks when they announce they're going to give their customers the middle finger again...)

Then again, maybe they really don't need that much space for Scorpio. They already told us all its games will be backward compatible with XBone, so the only thing they can say about Scropio is that it's simply a machine that plays the same games as XBone, but makes 'em prettier. Same as PS4 Pro. There's no real software lineup to announce for it that doesn't apply to the existing console base.

I'm surprised sony is going so big at the booth considering they usually do their big stadium show outside. Unless they're skipping that this year which I doubt.

Nintendo has quite a bit of space though. I'm sure a huge chunk of it will be Switch demo stations with various games for the press to try out. The big question is if they'll have a Digital Event this time or if that as an Iwata thing....

Retro please show us what you've been doing for the last few years.

It will be interesting to see what announcements they have, a few surprises I'm sure.

Does anyone know if Nintendo is opting out of the actual conference again? Last two years they didn't have much to show but now I'm sure they do (if the rumours are true and they announce Pokemon, that would be hype enough regardless of the other games)

I'm hoping for some "extreme sports" games, in the vein of 1080° / Pilotwings / Waverace. These used to allow Nintendo into a more "realistic" territory.

LOL Plan current as of 02-09-17, CONFIDENTIAL, Not for Distribution? I understand these things are always tentative but I guess the cat's outta the bag on this one!

On topic though, cautiously hopeful. While I did certainly enjoy last year's full coverage of Breath of the Wild, the departure from providing a Nintendo Direct focusing on the 3DS left me wanting more. I mean we did get a few reveals, but nothing on the scale that say, 2015 or 2014 provided. I am hoping that them reserving more space means they're revealing more content this year to demo and not focusing on one or very few specific items. I suppose only June will tell though.

Watch it end up being nothing but Breath of the Wild DLC this year.

They can't afford to screw up the reveals here. Those not buying a Switch on launch day are counting on E3 to give them more if any reasons to pick the system up. A New Metroid or F Zero is probably not likely, but tons of reveals and announcements should be the minimum.

@Joeynator3000
That would be so sad. Yet if it did happen, I wouldn't be too surprised lol

While I don't mind the Nintendo Directs, I really hope they go back to having an actual stage show at E3 this year. I know E3 isn't the end-all, be-all of events in the video game world, but it IS big, primarily in the West, and an audacious, muscular presentation like the ones Sony has put on for years now would project confidence.

Should be a good year. Now that the Switch is announced, the gloves can come off and they can show a ton of games they've been working on.

They'll probably have it done up as New Donk City.

@Joeynator3000 I got a good laugh out of that, thank you.

@zionich My work here is done. owo

@azelf

It needs to match the likes of E3 2006 to explode.

And with the current image of Nintendo to the still uninformed, it needs to explode.

@Equinox

Oh hell yes.

Xbox must die. With fire. Immediately. And the fan base needs to go extinct so there will be less domestic disturbances over Halo 9. Don't even get me started with the little children on Xbox Live.

Oh, and I feel like leaving this here, just for the lulz, because I can.

Another year, another e3

I'm obviously excited about he Switch, but E3 is almost as hype for me. I haven't been interested in 2 years, but I wish so much that I could go. I have mentioned how badly I wish E3 was open to the public again, and then a month after I find out my girlfriends mom has cancer, it is open. I would be a jerk to go across the other side of the country at a time like this.

In lighter news, I will be tuned in to see as much as I can. I predict 2 AAA Ninty titles to be announced(Switch smash and Metroid on a limb). I think their will be footage of Xenoblade 2 and Fire emblem. Bonus points- VC info, one AAA 3rd party announcement, and a bundle announcement/alternate joycon colors.

Let's see how close I am.

Guaranteed Metroid reveal this year, even if it's only as long as the Zelda reveal in 2014.

The entire floor space will be dedicated to the highly anticipated sequel: 1, 2, 3 Switch

Keep it up Nintendo!

I need more information and gameplay about Xenoblade Chronicles 2

I am going to E3 this year with my brother and you can you bet I will be checking Nintendo's booths out in particular! This will probably be the only time in my life I will go and I plan to make the most of it!

Oh boy
I wonder what the Big N will bring to the table this year.
With the Switch being hyped, theres some many possibilities that can spring up now

@KiWiiU_Freek I wouldn't be surprised if Retro has 2 games in the works. I think a 3ds and a Switch game could be a possibility. Maybe a new DKC for 3ds and Metroid for Switch.

I honestly think there is still one huge 3DS game Nin has up there sleeve. Maybe new mario or a new starfox or a pokemon game. Just one big time game we haven't heard about before.

@Morph Platinum is not working on a Bayonetta 3. Games are not made overnight. Platinum had their hands full working on two AAA titles. Scalebound was just canceled last month ago. Bayonetta 3 doesn't exist.

Also, please Nintendo Life actually check the facts first. This is the same exact space Nintendo had last year. It's nothing new.

Metroid please. Oh wait... every time I get my hopes up it doesn't happen. So yea. Here's to another disappointing E3. Can we at least find out what Retro Studios is doing for heavens sake?!

I haven't seen what previous years floor plans have been but that's a rather sizeable floor space for Nintendo. Likely one of the smaller areas will be dedicated for the 3DS, since there's Fire Emblem Echoes coming out later this year for the system. Mario Odyssey is a given, and Splatoon 2. Not sure what else may be in store, I know there were rumors of a new Pikmin game and a new Smash so maybe those will be showcased.

@RazorThin It's not only a rumor, Miyamoto confirmed in September 2015

@Rumncoke25
Sorry to hear about your gf's mother, I wish them the best and stay positive, it helps.
I know exactly what you're going through, I've lost too many relatives to the horrible thing.

On a lighter note I think your predictions will be pretty close.
Oh and btw, Rumncoke is my favourite, I'm a bit of a rum pig.

I just want PIKMIN 4!

@KiWiiU_Freek PLOT TWIST: Retro hasn't been up to anything.

Wait I thought Nintendo wasn't competing with Sony and Microsoft!!

@ZurapiiYohane
Psst... don't forget Ever Oasis & Miitopia for 3DS.

@KiWiiU_Freek
Always appreciated, I lost my grandmother to it 7 years ago, so I want to be there for her and her family as much as I can.

As for the predictions, I hope I'm right lol. I doubt Metroid, but stranger things eh? Just to hedge my bets, if Metroid falls through, a Pokémon or Monster Hunter tease would still get the hype train moving at bullet train speeds.

We aren't even two months full into the year, and I have played several top notch games, and less than a week from a new console with ANOTHER top notch game, and we are talking E3. What a time to be alive 😎

@KiWiiU_Freek
I didn't even see the rum part, quick story, I had never even HAD rum before 2016(I only was able to drink as of 4 years ago, and have just drank long islands), but we took a cruise to the Bahamas, where I got to go to a refinery. Long and short of it, they gave out samples and I was hooked!

It was called Cruzan rum, smooth as a baby's bum, and readily available in Miami where I live. Vanilla rum and coke is my forte, but strawberry rum and lemonade is refreshing on those south beach summers(which is basically May-October lol)

Next time I sip, I will hoist a glass to you my friend.

@Rumncoke25
I can totally understand you wanting to be there, my wife lost her mother when we first met and I was her rock, so kudos to you.

I've got my fingers crossed Metroid makes an appearance, I absolutely love the Prime series and could only imagine what a Metroid with HD Rumble would be like.
A Pokémon game will definitely happen and will boost sales immensely, surely Nintendo took note of the Go phenomenon, well I hope they did.

As for rum, yeah, I've been drinking it for a fair while now.
I live in Australia and we have Bunderberg Red Rum, so smooth.
Also, Rum with Ginger beer (not ale), a dash of freshly squeezed lime and heaps of ice is known as a Lazy Bear here, delicious on a hot day!
I will also raise a glass to you to my friend, probably this weekend whilst playing Switch.

I would love to see a new Mario maker announced. More backgrounds, more enemies, more power ups, more vertical level creation, being able to direct the scrolling of auto scroll levels, over world map/continual level progression with retaining power ups from previous level, and of course slopes. I would literally melt with this announcement.

Bah, Nintendo's space is a whole .36 sqft smaller than last year! Get your act together Nintendo.

In all seriousness though, why is Microsoft's booth so tiny (compared to the other two)?

@iGen Relax man, if you don't like MS, fine. Maybe dial it down a bit with extinction and fire.

Splatoon 2 tournament at E3 this year mayhaps? Hopefully Capcom will have Ultra Street Fighter 2 for demo as well.

Monster Hunter and Smash!

Seriously... Animal Crossing just needs to get revealed already. I'm hoping for that.

I'm hoping to see something from Retro (at last! hopefully in the shape of a new Metroid game, no need to be a Prime though), from Capcom (Monster Hunter 5!), from SE (FFVII and KH3 would be soooo welcome! and also Project Octopath, sure), Ubisoft (BG&E2 and Red Steel 3, please), and well, of course I want to see more of that Mario Odyssey, Fire Emblem & FE: Warriors, and Xenoblade 2. Also Animal Crossing is very likely to appear. And if we finish seeing a new exciting Pokemon game, we are totally sold... So excited for this E3!

@Podoboo Yes, also a new Mario Maker would be sooo cool (specially if they add what you say about the overworld). But I think we won't see it this year though, with Mario Odyssey around the corner... For next christmas it's definitely a safe bet.

@Phin68 : That goes without saying. There will almost certainly be a Smash port for Switch to coincide with the release of the final amiibo figures.

@NickOfTime90

Oh no, I'm OK with MS, (even though Windows 10 is crap) it's just the fact that they're in the console race that I hate. Honestly, don't people use their "master" PC's enough? Isn't them possessing the most people using their OS enough? WHY do they need to constantly ATTEMPT to DOMINATE EVERYTHING?

I just really, really…really hate Xbox.

F is for fire to burn the whole fan base, U for uranium bombs to blow up DirectX! N is for no survivors, WHEN YOU DOMINATE MICROSOFT!!!

@3MonthBeef Thought you were asking for R2D2 for a moment - now that would be worth hearing about. But RDR2 would be nice too.

Snes mini on E3 that i can buy in store 2 years later

It's time for more metroid surely? I'd take either a 2D or 3D title, but preferably prime 4. And how about another sports title that really benefits from local co-op? 8
-16 player waverace / 1080 or even F-zero with download play running off one game cart. Imagine. The F-zero DLC in MK8 was, I'm convinced, a tester for a new F-zero title. It was well received so hopefully Ninty have been working on it since then. Come on time to reveal all this E3

As others have mentioned, just give us a new Metroid game, even if it's only as a sign of good will. At this point, I'm even willing to wait until the Switch'a last year on the market and then waiting another 5 years for the next one. Just put out Metroid 5 or Prime 4.

(Monkey paw: Metroid will be there, but it won't be any of those titles. They'll outsource it to a third-party, like they did with Other M)

Xenoblade 2, mario odysee, and new games they did not anounce yet.
New metroid, Fzero, starfox, Pokemon, FireEmblem, Kid icarus, smashbros etc.

I hope we get a blueprint of the Switch's next 12-18 months. I think we will get an idea of what Nintendo means about third party support. Will it be AAA, will it be indies, does it mean ports of older games or does it mean bespoke versions with the platform in mind. Sure I cannot wait for Nintendo's announcements (there will be bucket loads of reveals) but E3 will also give us a clear indication of the level of support the Switch is actually getting.

Why does XSEED get its own booth? That's adorable

E3 has been a huge joke the past couple of years, and I hope Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo get off their butts and get to wowing us again with new, awesome games like they used to. I'm not as worried about Nintendo being able to - with Switch dropping this week, I'm certain that anything we're given will be good. Nintendo's been typically good at doing that. Just show all the games on Switch -both in the works or otherwise- to keep us happy. A few surprises would be great too, in fact. #KirbyForSwitch

As for Sony and Microsoft - No more cars from the ceiling, no more celebrities acting like they care about being there, no more footballers and no more dancers acting like they're from the circus! Just. Show. The. Games.

Gameplay, trailers, maybe a devlog or two and just a few surprises. Cycle between these throughout and it'll be the best E3 I've seen in ages. Don't mess it up.

Microsoft's floor space is shockingly small given that they are going to launch Scorpio this fall.

Classic Nintendo booth - they've even installed those moving spinning spikes from the Zelda games just above.

I hope that visitors have the Pegasus boots!

Well since people are sharing what they want Nintendo to announce at E3 for the Switch, I guess I will too!

o Animal Crossing
o Metroid
o Paper Mario (like the first two)
o Mario Party (like the originals)
o Pokemon
o F-Zero
o Fire Emblem (already technically announced)
o Pikmin
o Smash Bros.
o WarioWare

Well, that's just what comes to mind from the top of my head. Here's to a great 2017!

More to the point, what's going on with Microsoft? Looks like they've reserved a shed!

@Nin_Myski Oh yay! I would be rather happy with a new Pikmin game this year.

@iGen
Wow, hatred against Xbox so much.
Ah, well... me too. Don't worry. You are not alone. I don't like xbox at all.
Ironically, Microsoft use "Scorpio" label for their xbox as matter as fact it also use my Zodiac sign to be humiliated.
Why you microsoft use my Zodiac sign for such a thing like that.....

Ehmm.... it's the same amount of floor space as last year and we all know what they did (more like not did) with that space.

So I don't see the hype. Don't expect much surprise, as they haven't used E3 for that in a long long a time.

It's much more interesting to see the significantly reduced space Microsoft reserved for this year's E3.

2D Metroid, plz!

I'm just hoping Nintendo aren't focusing on already-released games such as Mario Kart and Zelda, and have moved on by then. Need some new games!

As long as there is some major third party games, Taiko Drum Master (hopefully with drum peripherals), hidden surpises(new smash bros ,metroid,etc.) and some Mario action it will be a good presentation.

Am I the only one here who thinks that those contacts for the people responsible should be blurred?

@Spoony_Tech I highly doubt a live stage event as we already know all about the hardware and they haven't done one in years (and after last night nobody will ever do a live event ever again) but I do really hope they do a NDE or ND or whatever they want to call it, 45 minutes of game trailers they can put up on YouTube after its over. Picking thru 3 days of Tree house live is nice but I think a 45 minute video is better to get people to watch.

Games I'd like to see include the usual suspects, Wii U had some great games but it was still missing a bunch - Pikmin 4, Luigis Mansion 3, Kid Icarus Uprising 2 - what has Sakurai been doing since SSB, you know? - a real Animal Crossing, SSB:Complete. They don't all need to be out this holiday we already have Mario but I can't think of any Switch games currently scheduled for 2018 and they need to avoid the droughts.

It'd be pretty cool if one of those big chunks of space was turned into an Animal Crossing village for the (hopefully) inevitable Animal Crossing Switch. I'm still bitter about the lack of AC on the Wii U, especially after the plaza and Festival were released. I mean, they clearly have all the assets to do an HD Animal Crossing so it has to be coming...right?

@Sir_JBizzle My guess is that you're going to be disappointed. With the new Mario game scheduled for "holiday" release, it'll be their big game at E3.

It is definitely nice to see Nintendo stepping up their game this year because of the Nintendo Switch

@G-Boy

Privacy concerns, bad UI design, too much integration with Xbox stuff, Windows store is a rip off of the App Store, Cortana is a rip off of Siri, the terrible grey task bar, too game centered, too much integration with your MS account, really, most of these are personal nitpicks, but I could go on regardless.

Windows 7 was just so much more professional and futuristic. It's absolutely amazing, and is my second favorite OS. (Like I said, personal opinions.) I feel like Microsoft catered too much toward the gaming crowd with Windows 10. Like, I'm serious here, ISN'T IT ALREADY ENOUGH THAT THEY OWN AN ENTIRE DIVISION IN THE CONSOLE RACE? NOT ONLY THAT, THEY ATE RAREWARE, KILLED MOJANG, AND DESTROYED THE REPUTATION OF VOICE CHAT IN GAMING!

BURN EVERYTHING! IT ALL MUST DIE! D:<

F is for fire to burn the whole fan base, U for uranium bombs to blow up DirectX! N is for no survivors, WHEN YOU UNDO MICROSOFT!!!

If Metroid Prime 4 is announced then I am buying a switch. Tbh I expect a new luigi mansion game reveal

@G-Boy

I care because I use Windows too, and I wish they made better choices with their newest OS. OK to everything else.

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@iGen K.

@RazorThin Echoes comes out on April 20th in Japan, May 19th everywhere else.

And the Xbox hate on display in the comments is pathetic.

Nintendo usually reveal their plans for E3 at the end of April / start of May, so it'll be interesting to see what they do.