E3 2012 Tuesday Recap

Today, Nintendo unveiled some of their new games for this year, most of them for the Wii U. Some of high points include:

• Nintendo Land – This mini-game collection shows off the brilliant uses of the Wii U Gamepad. The games are themed around classic Nintendo titles, such as Mario, Zelda, Metroid, and (squeee!) F-Zero!!
• Pikmin 3 - Finally, 8 years later, the third entry in the revered series will be released. New Pikmin include gray Rock Pikmin and pink Flying Pikmin.
• A lot of third-party titles were shown, including Batman: Arkham City, Assassin’s Creed III, Castlevania: Mirror of Fate, and Rayman Legends.
• A new series from Platinum Games called Project P-100, where players find citizens in distress and recruit them, making larger and larger teams of heroes.
• New Super Mario Bros. 2 – This Mario game is for 3DS, and has a distinct “gold” theme. Lots of coins, a new Gold Flower, and plenty of gorgeous 3D backdrops.
• New Super Mario Bros. U – Two Mario games in one year? Yes! Not unlike New Super Mario Bros. Wii, this game lets up to five people (4 Wii remotes, plus 1 Gamepad) play simultaneously. The footage shows the use of Baby Yoshis, which looked hilarious. There is also a new Flying Squirrel suit, which looks so awesome on the little Toads!
• Wii U Fitness – This new iteration of the classic Wii Fit series uses the same balance board, but adds the use of a pedometer. You can also use the Gamepad to check your weight so other people in the room can’t see how fat you are.

All in all, a pretty good show so far. But it’s not over yet! In fact, today (Wednesday), there will be a show specifically focused on new 3DS games. So there’s still hope for a proper new F-Zero game (and Metroid, and others). It starts at 7pm MT, so log on to E3.Nintendo.com and prepared to be dazzled!

-benjamines