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Frogger on 29 April 2014
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The Smash Bros. Tournament will be streamed live at the NOKIA Theatre...

So while Sony and Microsoft are having conferences with game reveals streamed live to peoples houses, Nintendo will be having 16 expert Smash Players in a tournament streamed live to peoples houses. And announcing games in a separate event. And the live Treehouse streaming event all day. And the stupid Best Buy thing I'll never degrade myself by going to.

Honestly, the big reason last year's E3 Direct was so lame was because the only things that were unexpected during the Direct were the disappointments. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze instead of Metroid and Super Mario 3D World instead of a standard 3D Mario game. And no Zelda. Everything else we were either told would be there or expected it to be there.

Nintendo told us basically everything ahead of time. We were told that we'd see Smash. (Though most didn't expect an epic Mega Man reveal) We were told that we'd see Mario Kart. We were told that we'd see 3D Mario. (disappointment) We were told that we'd see something from Retro. (disappointment) We were told that we'd see Wind Waker HD. We already knew about Bayonetta 2. We already knew about X. We already knew about Wonderful 101. People wanted a surprise, but all of that was spoiled during the months prior.

What do we know about this E3? We were told that we'd see Nintendo's new "Quality of Life" platform. We were told that we'd see Zelda Wii U. We were told that we'd see Super Smash Bros. We'll probably see Bayonetta 2. We'll probably see X. We might see Mario Kart. (which would be a fucking waste of time, but it's Nintendo) Everything else is a surprise, because they didn't tell us everything right off the bat.

Maybe we'll finally see Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem? Maybe the real 3D Mario? Maybe that HD Pokemon game that was teased last year? Maybe Metroid for Wii U? Maybe Metroid 3DS? Maybe Star Fox? Miyamoto's new IP? (don't have much confidence in that to be honest) Majora's Mask 3D? New IP altogether?

There will be a lot more surprises this E3 than last because Nintendo didn't front load this year with spoilers like last year. I want to learn more about this "Digital Event" before I get too disappointed.

Nintendo seriously needs to make sure their streaming is on point this year though. I think they will learn from last year though.