UPDATED: Hey all, this year I’ll be live blogging Nintendo’s E3 2011 press conference from this page. If that sounds even slightly interesting then make sure you refresh this news post every now and again while Nintendo’s  press conference is going on.

The conference will kick off on Wednesday, June 8 at 2:00AM for VIC, TAS, NSW, ACT and QLD, 1:30AM for SA and NT, and 12:00AM for WA. It should also run for roughly 2 hours. Below are links to various E3 affiliated sites that’ll be live streaming the event. An official Nintendo one is even there for those who would like to see more footage of the new Nintendo stuff after the conference is over.

Offical Nintendo live stream, GameSpot live stream, Game Trailers live stream

The beauty of this live blog is that it’ll still be here after the conference is over, so if any of you don’t want to stay up late, or just can’t afford to, then don’t worry about it. All of the announcements made at Nintendo’s E3 2011 press conference will be here in the morning for you to check out when you do eventually wake up. So all you’ll have to do is turn on your computer, go to this page, and hopefully there’ll be a tonne of info, screenshots and video links here about all of the fantastic announcements made during Nintendo’s E3 2011 press conference.

On top of this, I’ll also be tweeting the entire event from the official TNB Twitter account. So keep your browsers on these two pages and get ready for Wednesday morning.

In the meantime you can also use this page to chat about anything in relation to Nintendo and the announcements they may make at this year’s E3.

LIVE BLOG:

1:50am
Nintendo’s 2011 E3 press conference is about to kick off! Hold up, Nintendo is apparently running late.

2:05am
Alright folks, the one we’ve all been waiting for has finally started.

2:06am
The show seems to be starting off with a trailer of the Zelda series. It’s probably for Skyward Sword. Oh wait, it’s for the 25th anniversary of course.

2:10am
Shigsy has just walked on stage. The translator Bill Trinen is now up there as well.

2:12am
This Zelda sound stuff going on with the orchestra is pretty funny. They’ve just recreated the noise that plays when Link opens a chest.

2:14am
Shigsy and Bill announce that Link’s Awakening will be the first Game Boy Colour title for 3DS. We’ll also be getting a free four player co-op Legend of Zelda on the DSiWare service.

2:17am
They’re now announcing an exclusive Zelda Wii Remote launching alongside the release of Skyward Sword. A Zelda Symphony will also be travelling around the world. It will go be playing in Japan, Europe and the US. No Australia dammit. Woo, it seems we’ll be getting two Zelda soundtracks as well.

2:19am
They just thanked all of the Zelda fans for sticking with the franchise over the years and have now finished their little segment.

2:21am
Satoru Iwata has now come up on the stage and is talking about expanding the marketing. He just teased the crowd and viewers at home about a little surprise.

2:26am
A teaser trailer of Mario Kart and more is currently being shown off. Luigi’s Mansion 2 seems to also be on the cards?

2:27

Reggie is now on stage. Pretty sure he always delivers. The new console confirmed again.

2:28am
A trailer for Mario Kart 3DS is being shown off. This version will feature submarines, hang gliders and buggies. Gawd, what have they done?!

2:31am
Starfox 64 3D shown off. Reggie says it will be instores this September. Presumbably for America.

2:33am
Super Mario for 3DS is announced for this year again. Looks fantastic so far. Very similiar to Super Mario 64.

2:34am
A new Kid Icarus: Uprising trailer is now on display. Looks like multiplayer is confirmed. Seems like we’ll also be getting Kid Icarus AR Cards that can battle each other.

2:37am
Luigi’s Mansion 2 officially announced. It’s an entirely new game for the 3DS.

2:39am
A tonne of game trailers for upcoming third party 3DS titles are now being shown off. Reggie announces demos for the 3DS as well.

2:42am
Pokedex 3D is being discussed. Kinda boring since I actually own it now. Jokes.

2:48am
And here it is! Nintendo’s next console is announced/revealed. It’s called the Wii U. The controller for it looks ugly but powerful.

2:50am
The Wii U controller is being shown off in a trailer. It has a touchscreen in the center of it.

2:52am
The trailer shows off what could possibly be a new Zelda for Wii U and various other titles.

2:54am
Iwata is now back on stage. Yet another trailer is shown. This one features Shigsy and Iwata discussing the potential of the Wii U with built in features such as a web broswer and more.

2:57am
Smash Bros. announced for the Wii U and the 3DS. They’ll work side by side with each other!!!

2:58am
Iwata has now left the stage and Reggie is back on. He’s showing us a trailer of what the system can do.

3:00am
New Super Mario Bros Mii revealed. Looks pretty similiar to the previous entries in the series. Reggie has just randomly announced that Nintendo will also be publishing Lego City Stories by TT Games. It will be on Wii U and the 3DS.

3:03am
A trailer is being shown of the developers interested in the Wii U. One of them just said that it was like the Swiss army knife of controllers. I laughed pretty hard at the comment. So true.

3:06am
A tonne of great third party games are announced for the Wii U: Assasin’s Creed, Batman, Darksiders II, Metro, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon, Aliens Colonial Marines, Ninja Gaiden, Tekken… the list just keeps going!

3:10am
An Electronics Arts spokesperson is now dicussing the potential of the Wii U. He reveals Battlefield 3 will be coming to the Wii. Hmm… interesting.

3:11am
John Riccitiello I think his name was. Reggie is now back on stage and is concluding the conference. He’s talking about how a tonne of developers are already working on games for the Wii U and a bit of other stuff.

3:15am
The Nintendo E3 2011 press conference is now officially over. Thanks to everyone who followed my live blog or tweets during the show. Stay tuned to TNB over the next two weeks for a full wrap up of Nintendo’s 2011 E3 press conference and more.

kksl1der
liam@thenintendobasement.com
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Many thanks to oodark, Akavashi and Oh_Man for providing me with screenshots of the conference, extra information and also the names of certain presenters.