It'll be the closer for Treehouse Live

Tomorrow's Treehouse Live will get a little bit bigger, including yet another 3DS RPG.

A recap of today's events included a note about tomorrow's Treehouse Live that confirmed Rhythm Heaven Megamix and Yo-Kai Watch 2 would be on the stream, but also included at the end:

The broadcast will also include the introduction of a new role-playing IP for Nintendo 3DS.

All prices quoted before the 10% for My Nintendo

As promised, the big E3 sale for the eShop is now live. Slated to run until next Tuesday at 9 am Eastern, there are specific sales for Zelda and Pokémon plus a large general sale.

The sale prices (US/Canadian), before My Nintendo discounts, are as follows:

Legend of Zelda

Pokémon

Everybody moves at once at the latest Party

If it's E3, it means there must be Mario news.

Paper Mario: Color Splash has received a release date of October 7 for North America, and will be shown in the Treehouse Live presentation tomorrow at E3. The Wii U game was first announced back in March.

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The limited-time missions give MyNintendo members an easy way to grab a couple more platinum points.

Nintendo has added three new limited-time missions to their MyNintendo rewards program to allow players to earn more Platinum Points just for doing things on their E3 website.

There are three new missions, and by finding the named hidden icons on e3.nintendo.com MyNintendo members can bag another 60 Platinum Points.

Daisy, Waluigi, and Boo debut as amiibo, and another four characters get new poses in this expansion.

Nintendo has revealed an expansion to the Super Mario amiibo line, marking the amiibo debuts for Daisy, Waluigi, and Boo. There will also be new figures for Wario, Rosalina, Donkey Kong, and Diddy Kong.

The Super Mario lineup of amiibo originally debuted alongside Mario Party 10. Incidentally,... Read more...

There's a lot of shrines.

Nintendo has released some new details about the new Legend of Zelda game, Breath of the Wild.

A fatal four-way, one fall to a finish.

During the Treehouse Live segment today, Pokémon Sun and Moon received two new Pokémon and a new multiplayer battle mode.

The new Pokémon are Yungoos, a Normal type "Loitering Pokémon" with the abilities Strong Jaw and Stakeout (no description given) and Pikipek, a Normal/Flying type with the abilities Keen Eye and Skill Link. Pikipek is based on a woodpecker and was shown in the February Pokémon Direct video.

Seamless movement and massive adventure

After three and a half years of questions, we finally have a name for the new Legend of Zelda title: Breath of the Wild.

The trailer video showed Link cutting down trees, climbing mountains and using spears, bows and axes in a open world, as well as combat and environmental puzzles. A voiceover was included as well as a male Link.

Get ready to run, slash and slay Norse beasts

Nintendo's Damon Baker appeared on a segment of Geoff Keighley's Youtube Live @ E3 to help make some indie game announcement.

The old and the new will be down to dance.

Just Dance will be making another return engagement on Nintendo systems this fall.

The rhythm title will debut this fall for Wii U and "all video game consoles", with a separate NX version launching next year. No new features were shown during the presentation, but the musical performance at Ubi's press conference was set to "Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen.

The game makers are interested in using the console's special features too.

Developer ConcernedApe has announced that their indie farm simulator Stardew Valley is coming to consoles in Q4 2016, including the Wii U.

The developer also expressed interest in the "possibility of utilizing special console features like the Wii U’s second screen."

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An absolutely insane twin-stick shooter that's all about time.

The eShop is about to pick up a major programming challenge.

4 Corner Games announced first details of their new title tonight on Nintendo World Report's live stream for E3 - Monochrono, a shaded twin stick shooter. The game will feature ten second levels with the option to slow time by one-third to plan shots and evade large quantities of enemy fire, while the player's ship moves at normal speed the whole time.

CoroCoro and various national championships bring the news

Two separate sources have confirmed newcomers and long-rumored additions to Pokémon Sun and Moon.

The first group of information came from CoroCoro Magazine, confirming two new Pokémon. The magazine revealed Nekkoara, a Normal-typed Pokémon who looks like a koala and has the ability "Sure Sleeper"... Read more...

This is your chance to win free amiibo, or WiiU or 3DS games, just for tuning in!

Nintendo World Report's Home Team will be live-streaming and live-chatting our way through E3, but while you're following all our breaking Nintendo coverage, why not win some prizes too?

Read on to find our schedule of giveaways, the assorted amiibo, Wii U or 3DS game prizes, and discover just how easy it will be to enter to win!

It's a lighter year for Nintendo, but we're still keeping busy...and chiming in on the other major E3 news.

DAY 1 IS LIVE NOW! CHECK IT OUT!

We've alluded to it in spots the past month, but we're going to try to do something goofy for E3 this year with our staff that's staying home. While our intrepid travelers will be heading off to LA to play Zelda and check out the 10ish other games on Wii U/3DS from third parties, our home team will mostly be twiddling our thumbs. OR WILL THEY.

Emphasis on "panic".

Although Nintendo did cross a milestone with hardware, May was a historically weak month overall for the company in US stores.

Nintendo announced with the sales results that the 3DS family of systems (including 2DS, which had a price drop this month) had crossed 60 million units sold. However,... Read more...

Not shipping a new big box this year

In lieu of shipping a new game this year, LEGO Dimensions will instead stick to adding new franchises, including some Nintendo fan favorites.

WB Games has announced the next wave of play sets will launch on September 27 and work with existing copies of LEGO Dimensions:

You will be sucked.

The biggest release of the week in all territories is Kirby: Planet Robobo(bobobobobobobo...)t hitting 3DS at midnight local tonight. Neal reviewed the game a couple of weeks ago, practically an eternity in review terms, and we're all waiting to hop in the power armor and blast some fools.

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Further things to waste time and money next week.

Nintendo has announced a sale and some new mobile promotions for next week.

There will be a big E3 eShop sale beginning at 2 p.m. Eastern time (11 a.m. Pacific) on Tuesday featuring "some of its (the eShop's) most popular games". My Nintendo members will also receive additional rewards for buying the sale games, but the nature of the rewards hasn't been announced.

The friendly farm wars continue on the 3DS

XSEED's E3 lineup has rounded out with an anticipated localization announcement.

The newest Story of Seasons/Bokujō Monogatari title, known roughly in Japan as "Good Friends of Three Towns" was announced for a North American release today as Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns. Releasing next year, the new farm simulation will set your farm in the middle of three towns and set you to exploring them to grow your farm.