 Ah yes, E3. It's back. We've talked about it. There's a big like three or four day event, like the 12th to the 15th. It starts on the weekend of all things, which is pretty interesting. Nintendo and Microsoft are going to be there. Sony's skipping out because Sony is just doing whatever the hell Sony wants to do. But really, I want to talk about this because honestly, I think that this E3 has the potential to be Nintendo's best E3 ever. And there's been quite a few bangers if you look back at E3 history. Now, for me as a Zelda fan, there's basically two E3s. Well, and now three E3s that basically stand out for me specifically. But there's been other moments along the way I want to discuss. There was obviously, I mean, who could forget E3 2006, the reveal of Twilight Princess completely out of left field. Nobody expected it. Shigeru Miyamoto on stage, pulling the Master Sword off his back. It was, dude, it was great. That was, you know, one of the best live E3 moments of all time. There's also been the other E3 moments with Iwata pulling a Wii. Remember when he reached into his jacket and pulled out a Wii? No, he did the same thing with DDS and 3DS. But it was like crazy. He's talking about, oh, we got this new next gen system and all that. And boom, he pulls a Wii, not a Wii mode, a Wii out of his jacket pocket. It was, dude, that was a crazy moment as well. There's other standout moments, you know, we had obviously E3 2016, which is always going to be special to me. Do I have my 2016 badge around here? No, I don't, I don't think I do. I got my other two badges. My E3 2016 badge is, you know, somewhere in storage because it says Zelda and former on it. And that's a sour spot for me. But E3 2016 was actually a very special place. Because one, it's the only E3 I got to attend as media. And two, it's my first E3. And because it was my first E3 in person, it was just special. There was something about that E3 that was magical and it helps that it was all about Breath of the Wild. There were other playable games that are on the show floor, but not from Nintendo's booth. Nintendo's booth, this might, I think is the only E3 today. Like they ended up having a Super Mario Odyssey themed E3 the next year, but there was other games in Nintendo's booth that played beyond Mario Odyssey. In E3 2016, it was Zelda. That was it. If you went to Nintendo's booth, you were playing nothing. You got the VIP access, the media access and got to go up the upstairs area. Guess what? You were just playing Breath of the Wild. There was no other game to play but Breath of the Wild at that E3. But it's still magical to me because Breath of the Wild was my favorite game of all time. And I knew it was going to become my favorite game of all time after that E3. The demo area alone was already, which as we now know is the starting area for Breath of the Wild. It was already one of my favorite games to ever play. And that was just a demo area of a starting area. Obviously the rest of the game went on to exceed my expectations. So there was that. And then obviously E3 2019. Again, I'm a Zelda guy. So having a press conference end with Breath of the Wild 2's surprising unveiling. That was obviously a special spot in my heart. Now some of you guys are going to have your own favorite E3 memories. Maybe it's back at E3 2018 when Metroid Prime 4 was name dropped. Although we're still waiting for that one. So like there's been a lot of special moments for Nintendo over the years. There's also been a lot of duds for Nintendo over the years. And yeah, I have a little bit of more bias towards E3 than I once did because now I attend. I've been to three of the last four E3's that have been available to go to in person. Obviously that's not the case this year. Hopefully it'll be back at E3 in 2022. So hopefully it'll be back in person for that. And I got my gamer passes here. There's some special memories I have here with Luigi's Match at 3 on this one. That was the last E3. Pokemon Sword and Shield that was at E3 2019. That's what this badge is here. And then this badge is E3 2018 which is also a special year because this is the first year I went as Nintendo Prime. You'll see Nintendo Prime even listed on the badge despite this being a gamer pass. You were able to put a business on it and so I put Nintendo Prime. I didn't do that on my 2019 one. I don't think it was actually an option to put it on this one. But yeah, we're still trying to get media passes eventually one day. I got a third lanyard in here. That's from the other E3. But here's the thing, guys. I think Nintendo is poised to have a massive E3. And the reason it isn't just because I have some bias and some affinity towards the event. It's because I think Nintendo has kind of set themselves up for it. Now, we didn't get a ton of game announcements in 2020. If we actually go back and look at it, Nintendo didn't announce a lot. They didn't release a lot. Paper Mario, obviously, we ended up with the 35th anniversary goodness, Pikmin 3 Deluxe. Early in the year, we had a bevy of Wii U ports, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, stuff like that going on. And obviously, Animal Crossing being the big one. I mean, the really the three anchor games for last year in terms of exclusives was Animal Crossing, Paper Mario, and then Hyrule Warriors, Age of Calamity. That was like Nintendo's three game approach last year. And it's been a while since Nintendo only really gave us three. There's more. What was there? Clubhouse 51 games was in there as well as an exclusive. But in terms of system movers, it was really those three games. And obviously, this year, we haven't yet had an exclusive land. We obviously know, hey, New Pokemon Snap's coming pretty damn soon. Mario Golf Super Rush, hello, that's coming. I think in June, right? I'm pretty sure it's a June game. So I think right now, next month to the month, we don't really have a major game for. Either way, right? New Pokemon Snap and Super Mario, Mario Golf Super Rush, sorry. And obviously, we know about Skyward Sword HD coming. But really, we don't know about much from like Nintendo Studios. Mario Golf Super Rush, from all we can tell, is not being made by a Nintendo-owned studio, which isn't a problem. Most of the Mario sports games have not been made by Nintendo-owned studios. And obviously, we know Pokemon Snap, it's being made, I believe, by Game Freak directly. So that's great. And we know about Pokemon Legends, Arceus. Obviously, we have other Pokemon goodness later this year with the Diamond and Pearl, Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl. But again, none of this is like what Nintendo's own internal teams are working on. We haven't had a Nintendo internal team game since Paper Mario last summer. Like, it feels weird that we don't have an internal, wholly-owned Nintendo studio game since then. I mean, we've had some ports and Bowser's Fury was amazing. I think it's setting us up for the future of 3D Mario games. But at the same point, it's not technically a new game, it's just like an experimental mode tacked onto a Wii U game. So when are we going to get the new games from Nintendo? And I feel like that's why the C3 is exciting. I think there's two basic things that are going to happen that are very likely to C3. And no, Switch Pro that's been, you know, rumored and reported on for ages, that I don't think is going to be unveiled at E3. If that gets unveiled at E3, I will be highly surprised. Nintendo has not done a hardware reveal at E3 in a long time. I think dating back to Wii U was like the last time they really did a hardware reveal at E3. And on top of that, I don't think they want to nerf sales of the Switch until the system's much closer to come out. I said this at the end of my last video, but Wake Me Up when September ends. Yes, that Green Day reference. Wake me up when September ends. Copyright strike. So yeah, I think the month of September is basically when Nintendo is going to unveil the Nintendo Switch Pro. They're not going to call it the Switch Pro guy. It's going to be like the new Nintendo Switch or Nintendo Switch XL, but it happens to be more powerful. It's going to be something along those lines. Heck, maybe they even for some reason go the marketing direction of the other consoles and say it's going to be Switch 4K or I don't know. Nintendo's going to have their own marketing strategy behind that system and they're going to name it with the name. It's probably going to be something that sounds stupid, but I'll probably end up buying it anyways. I would like to see you call the Super Switch. Hello, can we get some hands raised for Super Switch? Anyone? Crickets? All right. So I do think that there is a lot to be said for what this system could be. Now, I don't think Nintendo is going to talk about the little E3. I don't think it's something on their agenda for E3 specifically, but I do think that what is on their agenda is a lot of game reveals. Now look, I think they're going to blow out Zelda. The reason we didn't get the Mario 35th anniversary blowout sooner last year was because there was no E3. I think we're going to get a Zelda 35th anniversary blowout and I think that's going to make up about half of their E3 presentation. I think we're getting a game collection. I think we're going to see Twilight Princess and the Wind Waker ported over. I think obviously they're going to cap it off with the Breath of Wild 2 trailer. Maybe they say the Breath of Wild 2 trailer. Maybe they kick off the event with Breath of Wild 2. I have no idea. I think that game is close to ready if I'm completely honest. Don't know if it's coming this year. It would be a really great announcement though if it did come this year. It is one of the major games in Nintendo's arsenal that I kind of have some vague expectations to release this year, but I don't think that's all Nintendo's going to talk about. Now I don't think we're going to see Splatoon 3 this year. I think they'll talk about that in 2022, but I do think there is some good stuff they could be showing at this event. And my personal opinion is that Nintendo is going to kind of sort of go almost all out. I think one game as an example we're going to see is Bayonetta 3. Now why are we going to see Bayonetta 3? I think the game is almost done. We've heard it from the team that, hey, we can't talk about this game because Nintendo won't let us. Not because the game isn't being developed and going well. That game's been in development probably longer than any other Switch exclusive game, not named Metroid. So I honestly think that yeah, that game is going to get unveiled at E3. It's going to be a big deal. It's going to be advertised as the next major game from Platinum Games. And I'm cool with that. We're going to see Bayonetta 3. I don't unfortunately, guys, I don't think we're going to see Metroid Prime 4. I wish that was something to expect this year, but I just don't see Metroid Prime 4 making the cut. I still think that's an unveil for 2022, whether it's at E3 or a Nintendo director or some other event. I think it's almost too big to just drop on social media, but I thought that about Hyrule Warriors, Age of Calamity as well. And well, maybe it was just COVID. Who knows? Maybe they wanted it or direct for it. So I do think that we are going to see Bayonetta 3. Beyond that, I think Nintendo's just got a bunch of games to talk about. We know that Monolith Soft has been factually working on at least two games. One of them is likely the sequel to Xenoblade Chronicles 2. The series is gaining in popularity, not shrinking. They just had Pyra and Mithra out of the smash. I think it's a great time to start talking about a sequel to that game. It's also been out for a while, so it would make a lot of sense that Torna DLC has been out for a while as well. So to start talking about a sequel to that game, since I also think Platinum Games has been working on a new IP. Not Platinum Games, sorry. Monolith Soft has been working on a new IP. I have no idea what that IP is, but there's been reports on hiring posts over the years about this new IP that seems unrelated to Xenoblade, so that is something to think about as well. It's also possible that the hiring posts we're referring to Zelda because Monolith Soft basically has an entire team right now dedicated to helping the Zelda team with games like Breath of the Wild, obviously Breath of the Wild 2. So maybe that's really what was being referenced, but it's just worth noting that they could be working on a new IP. I do think that Retro Studios right now is working on two games. I don't know if we're going to see either of them. Metroid Prime 4 we know for sure is one. I do think there's a second game they're working on. They've been hiring a lot of people, and if you read the hiring posts, it doesn't look like they're just talking about Metroid. It looks like they're referencing a potential different game entirely, whether or not that's that old rumored Star Fox racing game or whatever else. Retro Studios has been working on something for years and years and years and years and years, and we have yet to see it. So I presume maybe it's a continuation of the project before Metroid Prime. Maybe it's not. I don't know what the turmoil is exactly like at that studio. I hope it's not as bad as I fear it is. Then beyond that, we've got to start talking about some of the Nintendo's other IPs. We get a Kirby game every year. Could see a Kirby reveal. Are we going to get a Smash Fighter reveal? That's always possible. We're going to get a Smash Fighter reveal. It wouldn't be out of the norm. It would actually fall in line with our normal release and announcement of Smash Characters. So seeing one announced at E3, I don't think would be too unexpected. I think we're going to see some third-party games. But from Nintendo, I'm going to set third parties aside because I feel like we're going to hear about some new third-party exclusive games and other third-party ports that are going to surprise you. I don't know what those are, but we're going to hear about some of them, especially from studios that aren't doing their own press conferences because they're just not. We've heard about Capcom is going to be there and WB is going to be there, but Square Enix isn't going to be there. Does that mean we're not going to see Square games at E3? No, they're just going to be the ones that are coming to Xbox Series X and S and the ones coming to Switch. So we'll probably see Project Triangle Strategy again and whatever else Square might have in the works before Nintendo. I also think this is where we get some things like Resident Evil Revelations 3 or whatever they're calling that game unveiled for Switch because I fully believe that's coming this year. There's been a lot of rumors about that. But from Nintendo's side of things, I think we're getting a Mario game announcement. I don't know if it's going to be Mario Odyssey 2, but it's going to be something Mario. I just don't know what. I don't know that it's coming this year either. I think it's going to be a slated for 2022, but I do think we're going to be getting a lot of Nintendo goodness. By the way, when I say Mario game, I don't mean Mario Kart. There's been a lot of people wondering about Mario Kart 9. I do think Mario Kart 9 is a possible surprise reveal for this year. I do think it would be, I mean, think of how killer the holiday would be if you had Breath of the Wild 2 and Mario Kart 9. Are you kidding me? I mean, that's repeating the Switch launch. Remember Switch launch, a Breath of the Wild, and then Mario Kart 8 Deluxe? Imagine repeating that, but during a holiday period, and then during that same holiday period, you're also launching Switch Pro. Holy crap. I mean, you want to talk about shortages and scalp or heaven with Switch Pro. You want to talk about one of the most high demand systems of all time happening when we're supposed to be getting the first real high demand holiday for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X where they should be in normal supply. I honestly think that all three systems this holiday, all three major platforms are going to be very hard to get. I think they're all going to have killer games, Hivell Infinite, I believe is going to be a holiday title for Microsoft this year. That's going to be obviously big. They can't keep the Xbox and stock as it is, let alone this holiday. And I know you'd be like, well, they're not going to sell a lot of copies. No, they're going to sell a lot of systems. Game Pass. It's real. It's a thing. And maybe I'll do a video like this from Microsoft too down the line, what they're going to do. I am going to miss the old Reginator, of course. He's not part of Nintendo anymore. I do think we might see Doug Bowser on camera. He seems to appear on camera for E3s. So I do think we'll see him during this presentation. And the thing is, Nintendo is really well equipped for the way E3 is going to be this year. I do think we're going to have Nintendo Treehouse developer interviews. I do think that Nintendo is going to kill it. They're probably going to have the best of the digital product. I think Microsoft is going to show the most games because they have a lot of studios that we haven't heard from. And plus they just bought Bethesda. So I think there's going to be a ton of games shown there. So they might have the best games presentation. I think Nintendo will have the best cohesive presentation. Microsoft always gets a little wordy at times. Phil Spencer likes to talk and as much as I appreciate it, I mean, we all know Microsoft's presentations always fall a little bit flat. But it's going to be about the games. And they're going to have a lot of games. We'll get into that later. But Nintendo, I think, is going to have a lot of games too. So when I say this is going to be like the best E3, I think it's just the kind of games Nintendo is going to talk about at E3 from the Zelda anniversary stuff that's going to hype up all Zelda fans. And let's be honest, every Zelda that they've unveiled at E3 has always been like a major highlight E3. So when we talk about, we're going to see Breath of the Wild 2. Breath of the Wild 2 is going to get blown out. When you hear stuff like that, that already tells you this is probably going to be a very exciting E3. The only Zelda reveal E3 that wasn't quote unquote hyped was Skyward Sword. Well, you can argue people weren't excited about the Wind Waker either. That wasn't revealed at E3 though. But here's the thing. With Skyward Sword, the reason why I think the hype died for that is because the motion controls didn't work on stage. It just didn't work. So it made the game like, oh my god, this is what they spent five years making. And it's a broken hot mess. Ouch. Turns out to not be the case, but it didn't matter. That's what it was during the show. That was our first look at that game. Wasn't a good look for Nintendo. As long as we don't get a Wii music repeat, like, can we not please go away with Miyamoto? Dance. I mean, as funny as it was watching Miyamoto basically dance on stage as it looked like he was trying to play Wii Music. That didn't sound good by the way. Miyamoto sounded like the coolest song ever. And it was just horrible. It was mega bad. Like, they could have a pre-recorded track or something. I mean, I guess Nintendo doesn't do. That's one thing you appreciate about Nintendo. When they make blunders, you see it live. Now, granted, this is all pre-recorded, so there's not going to be these kind of blunders unless they're intentional. Unless there's an intentional My Body is Ready moment, which they could do. Nintendo doesn't really hit with the jokes these days, but you never know. I do think we're just going to get a lot of game reveals. You know, I know I didn't talk about a lot of specific ones, because I don't really know what Nintendo has in the pipeline right now. They have to have something. All their teams aren't just sitting on their hands not making games. They're clearly making games. Mario Kart 9, a new Mario game, you know, a new mainline Mario game, something new Xenoblade, New Zelda, but like, there's more than that. Nintendo has so many teams making games. I think we're going to hear probably at least about 12 new games in addition to Breath of the Wild that we didn't know about before. 12 brand new exclusive games for Switch. That might sound crazy, but I don't think it really is, because Nintendo hasn't really been talking much about games. So, Tune 3 was like the first major, you know, in-house built game they've unveiled in forever. They clearly have more than that going on. So, stay tuned. Actually, you know what? Don't stay tuned. Screw that. If you don't like this video, unsubscribe from the channel. It's cool. I'm a very wordy guy. I like to talk. I like to have these open conversations. I know not everyone likes it. I've seen the comments lately. There's been a few comments where, oh, man, why don't you just get to that point? The point is the conversation. The point is the conversation. I'm going to tell you something right now. 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