Nintendo Direct at E3

Nintendo will present its Nintendo Direct event from E3 in about 90 minutes. In a break from previous tradition, Nintendo has decided to forgo a big-budget large-scale presentation in an auditorium at E3. Instead it will disseminate information about upcoming hardware and software via a series of small-scale presentations.

As always, I will keep this post updated as the Nintendo Direct goes on. The Direct can be viewed here.

Previous events:
Microsoft
Sony

• Satoru Iwata showed off a new trailer for the new title in the Pokemon series: Pokemon X and Pokemon Y. They will launch worldwide on October 12.
• Super Mario 3D World! For the first time in a 3D Mario game, there will multiplayer for up to four players. Playable characters: Mario, Luigi, Toad, Princess Peach. Each character has unique abilities, much like the North American version of Super Mario Bros. 2. There is a new power-up called "cat Mario" that allows players to climb walls. The game is available in December.
• Mario Kart 8! Nintendo has implemented anti-gravity in the game, so racers can drive on walls and upside down. The game will launch in Spring 2014.
• Next up: Wii Party U, with 80 brand new mini-games. It will release in October. Wii Fit U will release in December.
• A new installment of the Art Academy series in under development for Wii U. One of the drawing tools from the game will be available on the eShop this summer for Miiverse artists.
• 2013 3rd party games include: Assassin's Creed IV, Batman: Arkham Origins, Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Disney Infinity, Just Dance 2014, Rayman Legends, Disney's Planes, Shin Megami Tensei IV, Sonic: Lost World, and Watch Dogs.
• Iwata showed off new footage from The Wind Waker remake, as well as footage from The Wonderful 101. The Wind Waker will feature a new item called "Tingle Bottle," which allows players to send and receive messages in bottles from other Miiverse posters. There will be a cooperative multiplayer mode that supports five players in The Wonderful 101. Wind Waker arrives in October, Wonderful 101 arrives on September 15.
• New Donkey Kong game for Wii U! Two player simultaneous multi-player includes playable characters Donkey, Diddy, and Dixie. The game is called Donkey Kong Country: Jungle Freeze. It will be available in November.
• Bayonetta 2 will launch in 2014.
• The "large scale open world" game "X" by Monolith Soft will launch in 2014.
• The final trailer of the Direct was the new Smash Bros. game, available in 2014 for 3DS and Wii U. Mega Man joins the battle!

The entire presentation can be viewed here.