Nintendo has shared some fresh details regarding its plans for E3 next week, revealing just a handful of the games you can expect to go hands-on with at the event.
Major games confirmed to be playable so far are as follows (expect there to be plenty more dotted around the showfloor, too):
- Pokémon Sword
- Pokémon Shield
- Luigi's Mansion 3
- The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
- Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order
Other details have surfaced, too, including news of a variety of activities being hosted at the Nintendo NY store. There will be viewing parties for the tournaments, Nintendo Direct and Nintendo Treehouse: Live shows, hands-on gameplay with some of the games featured at E3, and the chance to receive exclusive premium items from the show via giveaways. All of these events are free to attend and will be running a first-come, first-served basis.
Also, if you have a Nintendo Account, you'll be able to sign up to receive a Warp Pipe Pass. This pass will reduce your queueing time at E3, letting you get to games like Pokémon and Luigi's Mansion quicker than usual. If you're attending E3 and want one of these, you'll be able to sign up for those later today right here.
We've also gathered a full schedule of Nintendo's main presentations throughout E3 right here. Make sure to stick around with us next week to watch all of the action unfold!
Are you lucky enough to be attending E3? Are you looking forward to seeing hands-on impressions of these top games? Tell us below.
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Well i'd hope so, if their not in a playable form by E3 then where in trouble for a 2019 launch.
In before all the Animal Crossing is delayed comments!
YES! YES!
now i'll i need is Astral Chain and Animal Crossing. but i'm already happy on what i'm seeing!
I was relieved to see the “and more” at the end. I’d be pretty disappointed if there aren’t at least a couple games coming that we don’t know about.
@Spoony_Tech I surely hope that's not the case. >,<
Animal Crossing not being on that list is a bit concerning. Hope they can stick to 2019 as my son is very excited about it.
@Spoony_Tech No, dont' egg them on!!!
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Edit: FYI I'm pretty sure all of those times are Pacific time.
Hoping to see that robot/cyborg game from Reggie's farewell portrait!
Luigi's Mansion 3 nailed on for a Halloween release.
What about Star Fox racing?!? Or F Zero Adventures?!?
Excellent news to see Luigi's Mansion and Link's Awakening are playable. They must be well on track for release.
Also if you think about it all the titles mentioned above are far more suited to a playable demo than Animal Crossing, which is too sedate to be fully appreciated in a quick hands-on demo on a busy showfloor. I would be perfectly happy with just a gameplay video and a Christmas release date.
Something tells me that Luigi’s Mansion 3 & The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening will be shown off during Nintendo’s E3 direct.
We got the release date for Pokemon, we already know about Fire Emblem and Mario Maker 2.
Now I just want dates for Animal Crossing, Luigi's Mansion, and Link's Awakening.
Im Calling it right know ik it makes since to drop Luigi's Mansion 3 in October but i have a strong feeling we get this in august because its Ready and Nintendo is excited as well as i am
Really wish I was going this year
Can't wait for Luigi's Mansion, and really HATE Link's Awakening
@redd214
I wouldn't worry about Animal Crossing, it's not the sort of game you can have a 15 minute demo for.
Man, I love the look of Link's Awakening.
@Monkeido I dont believe it will. It's just AC doesn't make for a good demo. More like a deep dive from the Treehouse.
this is such good news. It basically confirms LM3 will definitely release this year!! Can’t wait!! Also Links awakening looks so good. Gonna be a good E3 me thinks
@Spoony_Tech That's what I thought (and hoped) as well! I'm assuming you meant "doesn't" btw.
@Monkeido I do that a lot lol. Yes doesn't.
TBH I read that as “Luigis Mansion 3!!!! And some other stuff....”
And more = Witcher 3? Maybe?
This confirms that Luigi's Mansion 3 is definitely getting a full reveal next Tuesday then! I keep telling myself that I will go to E3 one year, but getting to LA is more of an inconvenience than I'd hoped.
The "... and more" must include animal crossing :}
Yes! Luigi's Mansion 3 is playable! That list definitely tops last year's playable games at Nintendo's place.
But I hope that's not all the playable first-party games (not counting MUA3), I mean, why wouldn't SMM2 be playable the same month its launching? And what about Fire Emblem?
LM3 and LoZ:LA are the 2 I'm excited for.
It's weird that they can't just say that Animal Crossing is even being mentioned. I'm excited for many of these games, but the silence on AC has been a bit wild considering it's slated to be out sometime in the next few months.
E3 is just about trailers and maybe some game footage for me, absolutely no desire to go demo unreleased games, it surprises me how popular that is with people.
This pretty much confirms those titles for the E3 Direct. Can't wait!
I’m honestly not worried in the slightest for the lack of Animal Crossing in the list; it’s not a game that demos well due to how slow it is, and would be a much better fit for for an extended Treehouse segment IMO.
That aside, I have a feeling E3 is going to be awesome this year. All aboard the hype train!
Well my wallet won't survive 2019.
WHY IS THERE A CHAIN CHOMP?!?
@ForgottenArctic was in the original game boy game.goombas are also in it
@redd214 How would an Animal Crossing demo even work?
It's probably getting extensive coverage by the Treehouse.
Instead of playable at E3, they could had said playable during E3 so we at home could download a demo from the eShop and try it for the Switch instead of going to stinking LA to do it.
@retro_player_22 Well, you don't know that they won't for some titles. Wait and see, it could happen.
Zelda Link's Awakening and Luigi's Mansion 3 are tied for my most anticipated game of the year so hyped for these two games
Thanks Nintendo, for your E3 contribution, we lowly peasants are so grateful 😅
It probably won't happen but it would be great if some of these were released as demos. Pokemon will probably have one down the line, though, since AS/OR had one.
@Slim1999 Why is that? I never played it, so I don't know.
The "and more" is what has me interested 😊
@RevampedSpider your teaching has been read
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