E3 2016: Nintendo Outlines its Plans for E3

<p>Nintendo seems to mostly be focusing on the new <em>Legend of Zelda<&sol;em> game for E3&comma; which will most likely be the system&&num;8217&semi;s swan song&period; However&comma; that isn&&num;8217&semi;t stopping them from bringing a number of titles to E3&comma; and giving fans a few ways to interact with the company from their own home&period; Starting this week there will be activities in <em>Miitomo<&sol;em>&comma; followed by digital sales on the eShop and streams from E3&period; Below is a breakdown of what to expect from Nintendo&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;107910" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-107910" style&equals;"width&colon; 800px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-107910" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;06&sol;03151244&sol;E3&lowbar;Zelda&period;jpg" alt&equals;"The Legend of Zelda&comma; Nintendo" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"800" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-107910" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">The Legend of Zelda&comma; Nintendo<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><strong>June 8<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Nintendo tweeted <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;NintendoAmerica&sol;status&sol;740514463875497984">this<&sol;a> out on the 8th&comma; and the goal was to get 10&comma;000 global retweets&comma; which Nintendo would then issue a &&num;8220&semi;Link&&num;8217&semi;s new hair wig&&num;8221&semi; as an in-app gift to all <em>Miitomo<&sol;em> users&period; If it hits 20&comma;000 retweets then Nintendo will give all Miitomo users a &&num;8220&semi;Link wig&&num;8221&semi; in the Miitomo app&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>June 14<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Nintendo will kick things off on the 14th at 9&colon;00 AM PST with the first look at live gameplay of <em>The Legend of Zelda<&sol;em> for the Wii U&period; The introduction will be made by Nintendo of America President and COO Reggie Fils-Aime&period; They will continue throughout the day with live gameplay of the new <em>Pokemon<&sol;em> games&semi; <em>Pokemon Sun<&sol;em> and <em>Pokemon Moon<&sol;em>&period; You can watch these live via Nintendo&&num;8217&semi;s channels on <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;c&sol;nintendo">YouTube<&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;twitch&period;tv&sol;nintendo">Twitch<&sol;a> and on <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;e3&period;nintendo&period;com">http&colon;&sol;&sol;e3&period;nintendo&period;com<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There will also be more <em>Zelda<&sol;em> coming this day to the <em>Miitomo<&sol;em> app&period; There will be a new themed <em>Legend of Zelda<&sol;em> drop in <em>Miitomo<&sol;em> that will give users the ability to win <em>Legend of Zelda<&sol;em> themed items for their Miis in the app&period; Players will also be able to use their <em>Miitomo<&sol;em> coins to buy <em>Legend of Zelda<&sol;em> collaboration items&comma; in addition to a new item on the My Nintendo website that will use players&&num;8217&semi; My Nintendo platinum points&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Lastly&comma; starting on the 14th at 11 a&period;m&period; PST and running until 8&colon;59 a&period;m&period; PST on June 21st there will be a sale on the Nintendo eShop&period; Nintendo will be offering discounts on some of its most popular games&comma; and My Nintendo users can also get an additional discount during the sale&period; Nintendo is encouraging people to sign up to My Nintendo in advance if they haven&&num;8217&semi;t&comma; to avoid any E3 rush&period; To receive the discount&comma; My Nintendo users need to link their Nintendo Account to their Nintendo Network ID and access the eShop at least once before they make their purchase&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>June 15<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On the second and last day of Nintendo&&num;8217&semi;s Treehouse coverage&comma; Nintendo will be showcasing some of its biggest upcoming titles&period; <em>Tokyo Mirage Sessions &num;FE<&sol;em> for the Wii U&comma; <em>Monster Hunter Generations<&sol;em> and <em>Dragon Quest VII&colon; Fragments of the Forgotten Past<&sol;em> for the 3DS will be highlighted&period; As well&comma; the day will start with a special <em>Pokemon GO<&sol;em> Q&amp&semi;A with the developer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While it seems that Nintendo is mostly all-in as far as <em>Legend of Zelda<&sol;em> is concerned&comma; it is still nice to see that they are giving their fans some new info on games as well as hopefully some deals to tide them over until new games release&comma; or until the NX launches&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;businesswire&period;com&sol;news&sol;home&sol;20160608005551&sol;en&sol;Nintendo-News-Nintendo-Fans-Ways-Stay-Engaged">Businesswire<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;