Nintendo E3 2011 Press Conference Roundup: Wii U with Tablet controller announced as official name of Wii 2. Games are Smash Bros, Darksiders 2, Tekken, Ninja Gaiden 3, Battlefield 3, Batman, Aliens, Assassin’s Creed, Ghost Recon Online, Lego: City Stories. New 3DS games are Luigi’s Mansion 2, Tekken, Ace Combat

Nintendo Wii U system and controller
The E3 2011 Nintendo Press Conference revealed a megaton of announcements, the biggest being the reveal of the Wii 2 as the almost-phonetically-the-same-sounding Wii U (which I prefer to write as WiiU, but I digress).

As with our other Roundups, you can click the Table of Contents below to skip ahead to the main announcements from the show, with my exact notes listed beyond that.

Don’t forget to check out our E3 2011 Schedule and Showtimes/E3 history page to see all of the E3 2011 publisher-held conferences and when they are scheduled, and to read our Electronic Entertainment Expo coverage going back to 2006!

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