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Nintendo's E3 2017 Main News Briefing Is 30 Minutes Long

What are you hoping to see from Nintendo at E3? Let us know in the comments below!

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With E3 right around the corner, we've now learned how long Nintendo's main news event at the show will be. In a press release today, the company said its main event, Nintendo Spotlight: E3 2017, will start at 9:00 AM PT on June 13 and wrap up around 9:30 AM PT. We have since confirmed this timing with a Nintendo spokesperson.

As NintendoLife reminds us, 30 minutes is shorter than Nintendo's E3 briefing in recent years. A relatively short briefing is not necessarily a bad thing, and it's still enough time to reveal games and show new footage, if that is what Nintendo is planning.

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By comparison, Microsoft recently confirmed that its own E3 2017 briefing will be longer than the usual 90 minutes to accomodate more games. Nintendo used to hold live briefings that were more akin to those held by Microsoft and Sony, but the company changed to a different format in recent years.

Nintendo's Treehouse: Live at E3 event starts at 10 AM PT on June 13. This show, which returns from previous years, will bring new details on Nintendo Switch and 3DS games. Some of the titles confirmed for the show include Super Mario Odyssey and Pokken Tournament DX.

What are you hoping to see from Nintendo at E3 this year? Let us know in the comments below!

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I think this makes sense for Nintendo. I don't expect them to talk about anything new. I suspect there will be some info about Splatoon 2 and Mario Odyssey, a bunch of time wasted on 3DS and some Japanese game most people in NA don't care about. Maybe a surprise announcement about a game we won't see for a couple years (Metroid?). They don't have much to talk about but they like to waste a lot of time talking way too much about very simple and basic things. So 30 minutes sounds about right.

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@ZIMdoom: don't forget about Animal Crossing, it's getting a mobile app at some point.

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Red Dead Redemption, Diablo III, new Metroid Prime, Netflix, and Borderlands 3 or my Switch is being traded in towards a Scorpio.

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@soulfulDAGGER: If that's the case I would trade your Switch in now, you'd be extremely lucky to get more than one of those announced.

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@soulfulDAGGER: lol for a Scorpio that would be a downgrade .?

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@soulfulDAGGER: will buy

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@soulfulDAGGER: They are said to work on a couple of Metroid games if I recall correctly.

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@soulfulDAGGER: not one thing on that list is gonna happen, ever. Maybe Metroid but that's unlikely at best.

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@soulfulDAGGER: Might as well go trade it in now. None of those are going to happen. LOL. Plus why buy inferior versions of those games anyway? Out of all of those Metroid would be the only game I would buy on the Switch.

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@fig56: Why don't people understand the benefits of portability? I'd take the ability to play anywhere over a slight graphical downgrade any day!

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@fanboyman: I know what you mean. But most people on here are graphic whores. I grew up playing games that were squares on a screen you could move around. Gameplay is king.

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@soulfulDAGGER: Dude, you should've warned me. I was taking a drink when I read this and spit water everywhere when laughed.

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@soulfulDAGGER: Enjoy your Scorpio.

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Now we might think "Oh, thats not so bad, No filler!" But I promise you, there will be some kind of announcement for some kinda stupid new amiibo for Skylanders or Minecraft which they will use 10 minutes on. Just warning you guys.

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Seeing as how the average attention span is 1 to 5 minutes. I think Nintendo is moving in the right direction with the time of the presentation. It's get right to the game trailers and let the game speak for itself.

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30 minutes. Maybe Nintendo won't show much on Arms, Splatoon 2, and Pokken as they were showed off during directs the past month. Hopefully, they will spend more time on lesser known games.

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Now hang on everyone.

Remember how everyone said last year would suck too? And then Zelda won best of E3. Just saying, be wary, there may be some killer announcements

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@biggamerdude: Yeah, but the only game we know about that is even remotely as good as Breath of the wild, is Mario Odyssey, and we can't just excpect Nintendo coming out with that kinda killer game every year.

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@BlueCokeDragon: that's also making the assumption Mario will be as good as Zelda, we don't know anything about it yet, and Zelda was pretty damn good!!

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@BlueCokeDragon: Good point, but they may have a few surprises. You never know with nintendo...

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Ahh perfect... can fit it nicely into my lunch break!

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It takes 30 minutes to say "There is a Mario game coming out"???!?

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@nomadski69: no because they already announced the mario game

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As long as this is a productive time and they announce Persona 5 on Switch all is well in the world.

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30 minutes seems a bit long for what they have to offer.

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Ninendo has sold switch like hot cakes and look like won't be showing a lot games . Fans been rip off by ninendo.

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@playstationzone: It doesn't take long to talk about the same rehashed franchises

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@dreadborne: not against it I just saying could make it longer to fans that's all.

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@playstationzone: Can your magical crystal ball tell us anything else interesting?

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It should be sufficient. If they stretched it out much longer, there would be too much filler & nonsense. Just get to the point...

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@Zero_Maniac: Actually, they were concise with their last Nintendo direct. The last one in April was 35 minutes long and they got over twenty games announced with that time with little to no filter. If you don't believe me, look it up on YouTube, they go through it really fast.

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I want Animal Crossing for Switch. Give it to me or I will fill your pants with angry spiders.

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@snugglebear: well, there is that mobile app, and if they're trying to tie apps with upcoming games (like Pokemon Go did with Sun and Moon to really drive those sales), then maybe there's a new Animal Crossing game later this year (probably just for Japan while the US has to wait until 2018 since technically Japan has been waiting longer for a new installment given they got New Leaf like 8 months before everyone else).

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@jimclirad: That's been my hope, but it's a faint one. I did tweet to Nintendo that I would get a Tom Nook tattoo if they did it. And we know how important random tweets from strangers on the internet are to multinational corporations.

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@snugglebear: animal crossing or else....

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@huyi12: I will BURN DOWN their treehouse

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Shorter is fine, so they can come in, show off their games, and drop the mic. No fancy pants acting and jumping around on stage to show off tech demos that never come to light. In, out, done.

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@Phazevariance: Agreed. While I like some entertainment with my news, I'd much rather a 30 minute show with nothing but game trailers than a 60 minute show with filler "skits".

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