Nintendo reveals a schedule of events and Pre-E3 announcements. Nintendo will be showcasing its software lineup for the upcoming year and a few for 2016.
Nintendo World Championships 2015 Pre-Show and Competition were held, for the first time in 25 years, at L.A. Live in Los Angeles on Sunday, June 14. Out of eight winners from regional qualifying event, only one will be crowned 2015 Nintendo World Champion.
New Content for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS & Wii U was announced during a special video presentation with Masahiro Sakurai, the game’s director. New characters, downloadable content, amiibo figures and three fighting game franchises unite for the very first time are available now.
The New Fighters
• Ryu from Street Fighter
• Roy from Fire Emblem
• Lucas from Mother 3
New Mii Fighter Costumes
• Akira and Jacky from Virtua Fighter
• Heihachi from Tekken
• Isabelle from Animal Crossing
• MegaMan.EXE from Mega Man Battle Network
• Zero from Mega Man X
• Inkling Girl, Inkling Boy and Squid Hat from Splatoon
New Stages
• Dreamland and Miiverse Stages
Tourney Mode
• Two new Tourney modes scheduled to launch in August
New Super Smash Bros. amiibos
In addition to the amiibo figures coming in September, these have just been revealed:
• Mii Brawler
• Mii Swordfighter
• Mii Gunner
• R.O.B.
• Duck Hunt (duo figure with Duck and Dog)
• Mr. Game & Watch (comes with three figure attachments)
• Falco (available during the holiday season)
• Mewtwo, Lucas, Roy and Ryu will, eventually, have corresponding amiibo figures
Bouns Trophies
• Ryu and Ken from Street Fighter, Roy, Lucas and Splatoon
YouTube Replays
Coming for the Wii U at a later date, will allow players to post replay videos of their matches on YouTube. Must have a Google account to use this feature.
Nintendo Digital Event
Online video coverage, Tuesday, June 16, live at 9 a.m. PT.
Tune into the live stream at http://e3.nintendo.com
Nintendo Treehouse: Live @ E3
Scheduled to run daily at 9:55 a.m. PT, throughout the show, Tuesday, June 16 – Thursday, June 18.
Tune into the live stream at http://e3.nintendo.com
Nintendo Access: Mario Maker at Best Buy
On Wednesday, June 17 (4-9 p.m.) and Saturday, June 20 (noon-5p.m.), over 120 participating Bust Buy locations in the United States and Canada will feature hands-on sampling for the upcoming Mario Maker game for the Wii U. Play through levels in a variety of Super Mario Bros. styles. Everyone who demos the game will receive a button commemorating the 30th anniversary of Super Mario Bros., while supplies last. My Best Buy members who pre-order two select Wii U or nintendo 3DS games from the participating Best Buy stores will get a free limited-edition Mario Maker seven-button set, while supplies last.
Find a location near you at www.bustbuy.com/nintendoaccess
Special Mii & Miiverse News
To celebrate E3 week, your Nintendo 3DS may receive a series of special Mii characters via SpotPass. Make sure you have SpotPass enabled and have your system turned on or in sleep mode during that week.
Aside from these official announcements by Nintendo, there is a leaked promotional image of some new amiibo figures. The official Nintendo of Europe Twitter account accidentally tweeted out the image which shows an 8-Bit Mario and four Animal Crossing figures of Tom Nook, Isabelle, Mabel and K.K. Slider.
For more news and information, visit www.nintendo.com or www.smashbros.com/us/.
