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    The 2012 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on June 5-7.

    Nintendo Direct Pre E3 Conference

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    #101  Edited By Subjugation

    So ... it's kind of weird seeing Nintendo with the Xbox controller. Did they make some sort of deal? That is a seriously, blatantly obvious copy. I mean, good for them for realizing what works, but doesn't Microsoft have trademarks/copyrights that could lead to problems?

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    #102  Edited By CountMacula

    Missed opportunity to call it UMiiverse disappoints me greatly. Also that whole wara-wara thing is going to be full of dong doodles day 1.

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    #103  Edited By ImmortalSaiyan

    My favorite part was the video. It was amazing in it's own way.

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    #104  Edited By Zekhariah

    Well - homegrown facebook built into the console ftw?

    Actually, could lead to the best leaderboard and challenge system implemented so far. Like an extension onto the XBox Live side of things. It does make the tablet a lot more sensible though, you would not want to do facebook off a x360 pad (even with the little chat addon dealie).

    That said, the existence of a real game pad - assuming it is not plugged into another controller - is enough to sell me on it. Nintendo + social still seems to have a high creep factor though, so I bet this thing has amazing parental control locks that have to be set over several screen on first startup.

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    #105  Edited By kurtbro900

    @Wes899 said:

    I still don't think any of the Heads at Nintendo understand anything. This just feels like old men trying too hard.

    I said the same thing about the DS. 150 million units sold. Now I'm a Nintendo believer.

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    #106  Edited By evilrazer

    @ESREVER: I'm sorry, but I will not, Grandpa.

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    #107  Edited By CountMacula

    @Subjugation: no it's completely different, we switched the stick position! Don't sue us (please)!

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    #108  Edited By InfamousNose

    So they made every game become like Dark Souls? Sign me up.

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    #109  Edited By FinalDasa

    @Claude: And I thought the GB chat was bad, then the real internet came home to roost and FUCK.

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    @Subjugation: @Subjugation said:

    So ... it's kind of weird seeing Nintendo with the Xbox controller. Did they make some sort of deal? That is a seriously, blatantly obvious copy. I mean, good for them for realizing what works, but doesn't Microsoft have trademarks/copyrights that could lead to problems?

    Um, you're allowed to make a controller that resembles another one. Wait until you see Xbox Smart Glass tomorrow.

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    So anyone know if it'll be archived anywhere? Only got to see the last 7 minutes.

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    #112  Edited By endless_void

    Even my little brothers don't understand this shit. What audience are they even aiming for?

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    #113  Edited By jacksukeru

    @PeasantAbuse said:

    I want to play with Grandpa.

    No!! Grandpa is my best friend, not yours! Isn't that right non-specific action figure?

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    #114  Edited By bed

    anyone taking bets on the metacritic score for Zombie Boss?

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    #115  Edited By strainedeyes

    @endless_void said:

    Even my little brothers don't understand this shit. What audience are they even aiming for?

    The families that only own a Wii, and the kids have been asking for an Xbox but the parents don't want to venture into the scary world outside of wholesome Nintendo.

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    #116  Edited By baltimore

    I just had a terrible thought...that little screen on the GamePad is PERFECT for putting advertisements on it.

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    #117  Edited By Cirdain

    @CakeBomb said:

    Throwing porn at the tv screen while the family is having tea.

    I can already see it.

    Man, there's just so much... so much......

    Oh there was that bit where they dude was writing the word "My" and hit the M key and then instead of hitting the Y key, is very close to M. But instead he reaches over to the auto-suggested words instead to hit the auto-word that says My...... fuck................

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    #118  Edited By JasonR86

    Did you guys understand what Miiverse meant? Nintendo is just always so subtle that their terminology just goes right over my head.

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    #119  Edited By Hats

    Fuck me that zombie video was glory incarnate, this bodes well for the rest of E3... now Im just awaiting the remix videos

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    #120  Edited By flufflogic

    Mii verse seems to be Nintendo making a Facebook and Twitter solely for their platform that they control. Which is certainly an approach.

    That was pretty cool though, and now I'm intrigued by Tuesday rather than watching out of a sense of completeness.

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    #121  Edited By Winternet

    Where is the Wii Wara Wara concept page?

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    #122  Edited By Mr_Skeleton
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    #123  Edited By rachelepithet

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    #124  Edited By AngelN7

    What's up with that controller? I can now imagine someone trying to play a TPS or action game trying to use your index finger under your thumb to press B? ... yeah good luck with that.

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    #125  Edited By ZenaxPure

    I love how self aware the video for miiverse was, legit was laughing out loud at it. My god whoever wrote/produced that was a genius.

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    #126  Edited By Ducksworth

    Getting past the Wara Wara Miiverse Grandpa stuff, I think the New Super Mario Bros. Mii looks a bit better visually.

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    #128  Edited By Hamz

    The Pro Controller looks like it could prove fairly annoying for long gaming sessions. The button and stick layout seem awkwardly placed.

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    #129  Edited By alibson

    See that, Microsoft? You turn on the system and BAM, GAMES, RIGHT THERE IN YOUR FACE.

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    #130  Edited By scarycrayons

    It weirds me out when I read comments on other sites/chats saying things like "That video made me SO EXCITED for the Wii U!!!! NINTENDO HAS WON E3!!!!" from so many crazy people.

    I mean... all they really showed was a message board and user messaging system.

    I could understand if someone was new to the internet and had never heard of messaging friends before... except they were singing its praises on a message board in the first place, so I don't think it's that. I am really quite confused!

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    #131  Edited By liako21

    i think it has a lot of potential, and could be great. but we will have to wait and see if it will all pan out. As far as the controls I dont think anything is "final" yet. Seems like in game Nintendo Twitter.

    That video was hilarious, but it was a little self aware not taking itself too seriously.

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    #132  Edited By apathylad

    Their promise for more social network features is really ambitious. It's a strange move for Nintendo, considering how limited their networking features was this generation. And now they want to have their own Twitter-like service? I'm intrigued, but it's I want to know more about how games will implement it.

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    @Mr_Skeleton: Thanks, dude.

    @zyn: And you as well!

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    #134  Edited By thesquarepear

    I can't wait to see how Ubisoft's conference will top this in awkwardness...

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    #135  Edited By Superkenon

    @AngelN7 said:

    What's up with that controller? I can now imagine someone trying to play a TPS or action game trying to use your index finger under your thumb to press B? ... yeah good luck with that.

    I've never done that, on any controller. My index fingers stay on the triggers while my thumbs alone take care of the sticks and face buttons. I'm trying to imagine what you're talking about. You're holding your right hand like a claw or something?

    Perhaps I'm odd one out here, but doing that seems wildly uncomfortable anyway.

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    #136  Edited By BonOrbitz

    It's great to see the whole Friend Code thing thrown out the window and Nintendo embracing a much easier way for players to connect.

    ...now that we got that out of the way there better be a shitload of games on Tuesday and at launch. My body is getting ready.

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    #137  Edited By AngelN7

    @Superkenon said:

    @AngelN7 said:

    What's up with that controller? I can now imagine someone trying to play a TPS or action game trying to use your index finger under your thumb to press B? ... yeah good luck with that.

    I've never done that, on any controller. My index fingers stay on the triggers while my thumbs alone take care of the sticks and face buttons. I'm trying to imagine what you're talking about. You're holding your right hand like a claw or something?

    Perhaps I'm odd one out here, but doing that seems wildly uncomfortable anyway.

    By that I mean when you hold a controler (Xbox , Dualshock) your thumbs are always down while you fingers take the upper part of the controler , but in this case one of your thumbs needs to be higher than the other? ... I don't know looks kinda weird to operate to me.

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    #138  Edited By BPRJCTX

    BUHAHHAHAHAH!!!

    I had to pause when i saw the Wii U Pro Controller!!!

    HAHHAHAA!!!!

    Oh my, it's just, i don't even know what to say, it's like they thought, "ok so, Sony has both analogs down, Microsoft put one of those analogs up, so we will take the next step forward and...

    PUT BOTH ANALOGS UP!!!

    BUAHHAHAHA!!!

    It just looks so funny!!!

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    #139  Edited By Dalai

    So that zombie video... Eternal Darkness 2 confirmed?

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    #140  Edited By strainedeyes

    @AngelN7 said:

    @Superkenon said:

    @AngelN7 said:

    What's up with that controller? I can now imagine someone trying to play a TPS or action game trying to use your index finger under your thumb to press B? ... yeah good luck with that.

    I've never done that, on any controller. My index fingers stay on the triggers while my thumbs alone take care of the sticks and face buttons. I'm trying to imagine what you're talking about. You're holding your right hand like a claw or something?

    Perhaps I'm odd one out here, but doing that seems wildly uncomfortable anyway.

    By that I mean when you hold a controler (Xbox , Dualshock) your thumbs are always down while you fingers take the upper part of the controler , but in this case one of your thumbs needs to be higher than the other? ... I don't know looks kinda weird to operate to me.

    The thumbs are still in control of the entire face of the controller, exactly like how controllers are now except the thumbs have to go down to press buttons instead of up. Index fingers are only used for shoulder buttons and triggers, unless you're crazy.

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    #141  Edited By SpartanAmbrose

    I'm definitely intrigued by all this Miiverse business, but it's about time we saw some damn games running on this system. Tuesday should be very interesting.

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    #142  Edited By Julmust

    I think it looks cool, but it's all about tuesday. Wanna see dem games.

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    #143  Edited By CountMacula

    @rebgav: The left stick was also elevated on the Gamecube controller. I don't really see this configuration as being anything too unusual.

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    #144  Edited By BPRJCTX

    Ok, that video with the Nerd was just offensive.

    I laughed at the part with the old man, though.

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    #145  Edited By Maajin

    @BPRJCTX said:

    Ok, that video with the Nerd was just offensive.

    I laughed at the part with the old man, though.

    I thought it was pretty self-aware, as marketing videos go. I laughed at the generic action figure stuff.

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    #146  Edited By Superkenon

    @AngelN7 said:

    @Superkenon said:

    @AngelN7 said:

    What's up with that controller? I can now imagine someone trying to play a TPS or action game trying to use your index finger under your thumb to press B? ... yeah good luck with that.

    I've never done that, on any controller. My index fingers stay on the triggers while my thumbs alone take care of the sticks and face buttons. I'm trying to imagine what you're talking about. You're holding your right hand like a claw or something?

    Perhaps I'm odd one out here, but doing that seems wildly uncomfortable anyway.

    By that I mean when you hold a controler (Xbox , Dualshock) your thumbs are always down while you fingers take the upper part of the controler , but in this case one of your thumbs needs to be higher than the other? ... I don't know looks kinda weird to operate to me.

    Ah. "Upper part" means the triggers, then? My mistake.

    It's not as weird as you think, though. In the case of the Dualshock, the only time your thumbs are so aligned is when they're on both sticks at once. Arguably most of the time, but certainly a lot of it, your left thumb is on a stick and your right thumb is hitting the higher-placed face buttons -- and as such, are horizontally unaligned. The same is true if you're playing an Xbox game with the d-pad as your primary module (fighting games, in my case). Granted not many people do the latter.

    Back in the day, I had the same concern as you, only with the Dualshock. Seemed weird indeed, but it turned out not to be an issue at all once I got my hands on it. Seeing as how this is just the Dualshock upside-down, I think it'll be fine. It'll only be the left thumb above the right, instead of the other way around.

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    #147  Edited By BPRJCTX

    I like the idea of reading in-game text and going through the game menus on the controller screen.

    But all that talk about Miiverse, and that part about the old man, in the nerd video has me worried about the children...

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    #148  Edited By Hailinel

    Well, I'm sold on the hardware. Just need to see what software they have in store.

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    #149  Edited By Cirdain
    @SpartanAmbrose Just incase you didn't know Miiverse is a combination of Moo and universe together. Just incase you couldn't work that one out.........
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    #150  Edited By TheHT

    That was a pleasant video that should have been at least 10 minutes shorter. I'd still probably find myself hanging on every word he's about to say. Despite that, it was successful. I'm looking forward to what Nintendo's gonna be showing this week. Hopefully it won't just be a rehash of these 30 minutes and that one purpose of this was to get some of the boring stuff out of the way.

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