Just as a sidenote:As Im playing The Legend of Heroes: Trails in The Sky SC, I feel like an announcement by Falcom that they are bringing all Trails in the Sky and Trails of Cold steel to the Switch would be a great get for the system.

Less than 24 hours to go til it begins! Naturally I'll be hoping the U.S. team can make it two in a row.

Put me down for cautiously hyped.  Here's what I expect to see.

-A lot of talk about the new online service.

- More details on games that we already know about including release dates: Smash Bros., Pokemon Let's Go, Metroid Prime 4, Octo expansion, etc...

- One or two previously unannounced titles that are also due this year.

- One to three previously unannounced third party exclusives (might not be due this year).

- A huge crapton of ports.  Ports, ports and more ports.  First party ports.  Third party ports.  Tons of ports.  2018 will be the year of ports.

Personally those games you mention do nothing for me as I know they are coming so I am already excited by them.

I am more worried about what we don't know and whether we will be surprised with new games. Will there be 3rd party announcements at Nintendo's E3, or will we be left with nothing from them again.

You do realise that is how Sony sold the PS4? The hype for a strong future is what made the console sell fast out of the gate.

All we know about Nintendo is the regular usual games are coming, cool, great, whatever. It will be as good as Nintendo has done things with their previous games.

What about outside that? What is the long term strategy? what exclusives have they got that will excite me be it 1st/3rd party?

Oh boy. After seeing the xbox conference with so many suprises, nintendo really have to show us metroid gameplay, star fox gameplay and at least 2 world premiers with tgi or/and gameplay. So many good games also from bethesda but just shelter and legends for the switch. I know fallout could be announced for at the direct. Even doom inf. Could yeah. But we all know that wont happen. At least not infinite. So nintendo, do something. Pay to get exclusives. Plz.

Why? Because thats nintendos strategy? I love it to see games before release. Also 2 or 3 yeats a head. I want to know what my investment into a console will bring me in the future. E3 is about selling your console and not showing your games comming out next week. Nintendo should use their regulary directs for that. Look at the sales charts. Its the switchs 2cond year and the ps4 with its 5 years is still competing with a brand new console. You know why? Horse power, games and good marketing and hype. Nintendo dont understand what the word hype means since the Twilight princess reveal. 

You do realise I am saying I want to see games from the future not what has already been announced and we know about. Those should be expected anyway so not really a wow moment. It is the new unknown what will sell consoles beyond the known.

Because he basically said we shouldn't wish beyond what is coming. Why not? Before the PS4 launched it was sold on hype of games coming. That is how heir first 2 years sold the console. Now that they have so many out there, they don't need to promise game they have established faith with gamers and gamers know a flow of constant great games will come.