E3 2011 Day 1

The first real day of E3 begins early with the Nintendo press briefing. They started with a whole bunch of Zelda related stuff for the 25th anniversary. All sorts of new games and re-releases on other platforms. They had a few new games for the 3DS to announce but the majority of the their time was spent talking about their brand new console the Wii-U. It's another pretty silly name but we've come to expect that from Nintendo. The console itself is nothing special and look very similar to the original Wii, no specifications have been released but it will have more powerful processor and graphics capabilities. What they have got like last time is another new innovation in controllers. The new controller has got a touchscreen on it among other things. My first impression was that it looks a little large but apparently it's quite light. It's a bit tricky to describe so I'll include a picture below. After the Nintendo briefing is over the floor show opens and we get to virtually via Gamespot's Live Cam tour. This is the second year they've done this and it's really cool. One guy carries a camera around everywhere which is streamed on the web, he is a proxy for us and asks/answers questions via email.