E3 2012: How to Follow Nintendo Coverage

E3 2012 is finally upon us. This year's show should prove an exciting time for gamers - and especially for Nintendo fans. Nintendo's new home console, Wii U, is set to be fully unveiled, and we'll likely get an idea of what 3DS games we'll have to look forward to in the foreseeable future. Needless to say, you're not going to want to miss a thing. As such, we here at IGN Nintendo wanted to make sure you have all the information you need so you don't miss a single juicy detail.

What's Going On At The Show

Nintendo has four (yes, FOUR) conferences and/or events happening at the show. Read on to short out which is which.

The first event is actually a pre-E3 online 'Nintendo Direct' broadcast that Nintendo literally announced just hours ago. This happens tomorrow, Sunday, June 6, around 3pm PT (that's 11pm in the UK). We'll bring you all the latest details, but the company has already given us an indication as to what's coming - a discussion about Wii U's hardware. What precisely the company will discuss is anyone's guess. Will Satoru Iwata just focus on the controller's changes? Will we get specs? Will we hear about the Nintendo Network? We'll find out very, very soon.

The main event is Nintendo's official press conference, which starts Tuesday, June 5 at 9:00 AM PT. (That's 5pm in the UK!) The show will be streamed live (click HERE for our E3 live video page), and we'll be updating the site with news stories as it happens (and no doubt making comments and such via our various social feeds - see below for more details).

What will Nintendo reveal? We'll find out soon...

That evening the company will be hosting a behind closed doors Wii U developer roundtable. That takes place Tuesday, June 5 at 6:00 PM PT. (So... 2am in the UK. Good luck with that one!) Unlike the main conference, the Wii U showcase will not be live streamed - but we'll try to bring live updates via our Twitter accounts (see below for details) as the event unfolds.

The following day Nintendo will have one final event, this time a software showcase.The possibility of a new game or two being announced at this event are pretty high, so you'll definitely want to stay close to IGN Wednesday evening. This one will take place Wednesday, June 6 at 6:00 PM PT (again, 2am for most of you in Europe) - and again, we'll be bringing live updates via our Twitter accounts during the showcase.

What To Listen To

For all you Koopalings out there, the Nintendo Voice Chat crew will try to produce special E3 editions of our podcast Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. No telling how late these will go up (or how tired and possibly belligerent we'll sound), but it's a top priority for us to keep bringing you our thoughts and commentary as we wade through the craziness that is E3.

Your humble Nintendo editors are here to bring you all the big E3 news!

How to Follow Rich and Audrey

(Live Updates, Photos, Commentary and More!!)

As mentioned, throughout all of E3 we'll be trying to keep you guys in the loop as much as possible via our social accounts. You can follow me on IGN here, and on Twitter here (@gameonaminka). You can follow Rich on IGN here and on Twitter here (@RichIGN). Both Rich and I will be labeling our E3 tweets with this hashtag - #E3NVC - so keep a lookout for those posts as they pop up.

How to Ask Us Questions

Rich and I will be working our butts off to bring you guys all the breaking Nintendo news as it happens, as well as to bring you insight as to what it's like on the show floor. Feel free to hit us up on our social feeds with questions, requests or comments, and we'll do our best to appease as many of you as we can. You can also e-mail us at NVC@ign.com.

That about wraps up what you need to know to stay informed during the most exciting week in the gaming industry. Until next time, Koopalings - Game on!

Audrey Drake is an Associate Editor at IGN and a proud member of the IGN Nintendo team. She is also a lifelong gamer, a frequent banisher of evil and a wielder of various legendary blades. You can follow her zany exploits on her IGN blog and Twitter. Game on!

Source : http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/06/03/e3-2012-how-to-follow-nintendo-coverage