Keep up with all the latest news from Bethesda's E3 2015 press conference in the video stream below. You can also scroll down for our liveblog of the event.
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Before , there was an NES role-playing game called Mother. That game has never been released outside of Japan, despite having had a fully finished translation ready to go. That's all changing soon; Nintendo announced today during the Nintendo World Championship that Mother will be released as Earthbound Beginnings on the Wii U eShop.
The trailer didn't come with a release date or any other details, and just like the Earthbound Virtual Console release last year, it will only be available on Wii U.
But on the bright side, the release of this game and Lucas as Smash Bros. DLC at least gives us hope that an American release of Mother 3 isn't completely impossible.
Given this announcements timing, could Nintendo announce that re-release during its Tuesday Nintendo Direct presentation? We'll find out soon!
[UPDATE] During today's event, Nintendo announced Street Fighter's Ryu and Fire Emblem's Roy are coming to Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS as DLC characters. The character model and moves are based on Ryu from Street Fighter II, Nintendo explained in the video. He also has two final smashes, becoming the first character ever to have two powerful finishing moves.
Ryu and Roy are available right now in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS as paid characters. Nintendo warns that the game's servers may experience heavy strain, so you may want to try again later.
Nintendo made quite a few more announcements today during the briefing, including the fact that Ryu and Roy (among others) are getting their own amiibo toys.
New Miiverse costumes: Megaman EXE, Zero, Isabelle, Splatoon Inklings, and Heihachi from Tekken
Suzaku Castle from Street Fighter will be available as a paid stage
New Miiverse stage will show posts that appear in character-specific communitites
All 51 Smash Bros. characters will eventually have Amiibo toys
Upcoming DLC stages will include DreamLand from the original game on Nintendo 64
New elimination-style tournament mode coming in August
New feature will let you post replays directly to YouTube (Wii U only)
Pricing details for all of this DLC is available on the for everything you need to know about the show.
Bethesda may have inadvertently revealed Dishonored 2, just a day before its E3 press conference.
What sounds like the word "Dishonored" and "Harvey" were picked up by an open-mic broadcasting to a Twitch stream, and then posted to YouTube.
Although this seems accidental, Bethesda has since tweeted "Twitch test a success. Tune in tomorrow night...for more surprises," indicating it was planned. Though this may just be damage control.
The mic doesn't pick up any details about the game, simply that apresentation by Harvey Smith, co-director of the first game, is happening.
Smith moved to Lyon, France to work with Arkane Lyons, though it wasn't clear on what.
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There were a lot exciting new upcoming games and accessories that gamers were hoping to hear more about at E3 2015. However, a good number of developers and publishers have already announced that some of their biggest titles wont be appearing at this year's big event. Here's a full list of everything that has been confirmed so far to not be at E3 2015.
Scalebound
Microsoft confirmed that Platinum Games' Xbox One exclusive title Scalebound has been pushed to appear at this year's Gamecom conference. The game was first announced at E3 2014, but no other details have been revealed since. | Platforms: Xbox One
Crackdown
Microsoft confirmed that the newest entry in Crackdown series been pushed to appear at this year's Gamescom conference as well. Crackdown was first announced alongside Scalebound at E3 2014. | Platforms: Xbox One
The Legend of Zelda for Wii U
Nintendo's upcoming The Legend of Zelda game for the Wii U will not be appearing at E3 2015. The news was confirmed via Nintendo's Twitter account following the announcement of the game's delay by series producer Eiji Aonuma. | Platforms: Wii U
Nintendo NX, Mobile, and Quality of Life
Nintendo disclosed during a meeting with investors that it would not be sharing any details about the NX, its next gaming console, at E3 2015. The company stated that it does not plan to fully reveal the console until 2016. Furthermore, Nintendo stated that they would not be divulging further information about its plans for mobile or quality of life tech at E3 2015 as well.
Titanfall 2
Respawn Entertainment has ruled out the possibility of an appearance of Titanfall 2 at E3 2015. Studio head Vince Zampella confirmed the news on his Twitter when he said that the company would not be showing anything this year. | Platform: TBA
Final Fantasy XV
JRPG fans who were looking to see more of the much anticipated Final Fantasy XV will unfortunately have to wait until after E3 2015. The game's director Hajime Tabata announced that they were instead planning to unveil more about the game at this year's Gamescom conference in August. | Platforms: PS4, Xbox One
Quantum Break
The time-based third person shooter Quantum Break will not be showing at this year's E3 2015. Like many others on this list, Remedy Entertainment also decided to reveal formation at Gamescom 2015. Platforms: Xbox One
Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
This Telltale Games produced series, based on the immensely popular Minecraft game, will not be appearing alongside the company's other E3 offerings this year. Telltale Games' director of PR Job J Stauffer confirmed the news via Twitter. However, he teased the game could possibly be appearing at another convention this summer. | Platforms: PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS VIta, PC, Mac, iOS, Android.
ViveVR
There will be no big announcements at E3 2015 about Valve's and HTC's contribution to the virtual reality headset pool, Vive VR. This was confirmed when Valve told publication GamesBeat that they would not be taking any meetings at E3 for any of its upcoming games or products. However, we are likely to see the ViveVR headsets around E3 seeing as development kits were recently sent out to some developers.
Check out E3 2015 trailer for Earth Bound Beginnings coming to the Wii U.
Masahiro Sakurai goes into how Ryu will incorporate all the complex Street Fighter mechanics you know and love in Smash Bros.
Street Fighter’s Ryu enters the Smash Bros. arena to beat the crap out of all your favourite Nintendo characters.
Masahiro Sakurai breaks down how Fire Emblem’s Roy in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS has changed since Melee
Fire Emblem’s Roy blazes back onto the Super Smash Bros. scene. Hope you like more swords and counters!
Rob shows you how to pimp out your lifestyle with the new Ill-Gotten Gains update for Grand Theft Auto V.
