Isn't that what E3 is all about???? hoping for Gabe to grace us with his finely sculptured figure?

I wonder how much time will be dedicated to showing 3DS games? I imagine most of their presentation will be about Wii U's hardware and launch lineup. And yes, can't wait to see the pikmin 3 trailer, amongst many other surprises that I'm sure Nintendo have planned to throw at us ^_^.

Nintendo has too many things to show that I don't know why they have decided to make their conference only 1 hour long. There's not enough time to show everything!

But maybe because they know that, they will have that "developers discussion about the WiiU" about 1 hour later. 20' for 3DS, 5' for Wii, 20' for WiiU games and another 10-15' for other things like Nintendo Network. And then the other conference to talk more in deep about the WiiU.

Perhaps that's the reason for Nintendo Direct... so they could get information about 3DS and its games out of the way, leaving the press conference to be more about Wii U. Oh, and so 1 hour conference time is confirmed? T_T I really hope it's not that short. They have so much to discuss, and it's not like there is much else going on around the same time for them to need to cut short.

Well they're having a software showcase an hour after the conference, so that could leave more time during the conference for hardware/online/third-party discussion.

  We're down to single digit days! 

Today's hype ... thing:

(didn't know what to add as hype music... so... Wii Weather Channel theme... yay XD)

Nintendo's showing of the Wii U at last years E3 was, well, a bit anticlimactic. For some reason the console itself was left in the dark, and instead the controller took to the stage... though understandable as it is the selling point of the system. This year however, the console in all its entirety will blast into E3 full force and hopefully reaffirm fans why they should have faith in their industry. We'll find out official hardware specs, see the final console design, and watch in awe as the launch lineup is revealed :D. There are also rumours that Nintendo has plenty more to share with us regarding what the Wii U can do... so their presentation should definitely be an interesting one :D. We're only 10 days off from finding out all that juicy information, so yes, it's all getting very exciting .

Rumours:

New controller design:

Wii U will cater to Core games with a rich launch line up

Two Controller can be used simultaneously

Specs: Radeon HD 6770/2GB of Ram with 560mb+ dedicated to running operating system/Price $350-$450/More... 

Wii U name and logo will not change ... :(

50GB disc capacity + Blu-ray

Hardware:

Gearbox: "The Wii U is a powerful, powerful machine"

Final Design and Hardware to be presented at E3

Tech Demos:

Head over to the Official Wii U Thread for a whole lot more information ^_^

Hrrrrk! It's been a year and we STILL haven't gotten direct feed footage of that Zelda demo. Maybe they'll show an updated version this year.

I'm SO hyped for the WiiU final reveal!!! Can't wait to see everything!!

Yay single digit days!!!!! :D :D :D

c'mon already! Reveal the WiiU!!!!!

I realize that I really hate GIFs.