Nintendo didn’t go for a live presentation today, but they still had a lot to show this week—and some of that stuff was considered a megaton for fans.
New open-world Zelda. Brand new games with fresh ideas. New characters and modes in Smash. Most of what Nintendo showed during their short E3 presentation was a highlight, and most people seem hyped.
Heck, people seemed pumped before anything was actually shown—here’s a small selection of images and GIFs posted in our comments section, leading up to the presentation.
And here’s what people had to say once things got going:
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(A part of the Smash Bros. presentation was, amusingly enough, in the style of an anime show.)
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(That’s a figurine from Nintendo’s Amiibos, which is their answer to Skylanders.)
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(Did you hear? You can play as Zelda in Hyrule Warriors!)
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/— Alex Navarro (@alex_navarro) June 10, 2014
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#NintendoE3 Earthbound 64 confrimde pic.twitter.com/ZQCvUAI4Ig
— ⣿⣿⣿⣿ (@bughutt) June 10, 2014
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Also, let's be clear: Nintendo just announced a non-violent shooter.
— Just Tom (@TrueAxiom) June 10, 2014
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Nintendo killing it. A lot to be said for sharp, concise, well-constructed presentation. Live audience presentation not always best format.
— Michael Abbott (@brainygamer) June 10, 2014
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So this "Play as Mii's" in Smash means "Play as Kanye" right? pic.twitter.com/ErmKO73r3M
— Ewzzy Rayburn (@ewzzy) June 10, 2014
(You can import Miis into Smash Bros, is what this person is talking about.)
Mii confirmed for Smash Bros!!! Can't wait to play as this guy! pic.twitter.com/ANrVwyfrNd
— Orenji (@MunchingOrange) June 10, 2014
YOU CAN MAKE A GOKU MII
GOKU CONFIRMED FOR SMASH— some dipshit (@YayaSucks) June 10, 2014
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Oh god oh my Jesus new Zelda looks open and awesome and GIVE IT TO ME RIGHT NOW.
— Boogie2988 (@Boogie2988) June 10, 2014
zelda catches up to the year of the bow and the open world fad
— Patricia Hernandez (@xpatriciah) June 10, 2014
Folks seemed to be awed by the new, open-world Zelda. In fact, if I were to sum up the reaction, it would be with this GIF posted in the comments of our Zelda article:
The footage did bring up a lot of questions, though. Notably, a lot of people seemed concerned with Link’s gender.
One person on Reddit made a veeeery interesting observation about Link’s bracers: they resemble these:
Dun dun dun!!
Comparisons to Skyrim abounded:
A few people couldn’t help but ask this question, based on an early demo of the Wii U:
And one person couldn’t give a shit about theories or open worlds:
But let’s go back to Smash Bros for a moment…
People had things to say about Pokemon’s quick appearance, too—most notably, Mudkips mega evolution:
And yes, Francis has something to say about Nintendo, too:
You can check out our Internet Reacts, E3 edition for Microsoft and Sony here.
