Nintendo Not Hosting 'Large-Scale' E3 Press Conference

Details on Nintendo's E3 plans will be discussed in the future.

By Alex Osborn

Nintendo has confirmed it will once again forgo a traditional press conference at E3 2017.

The company shared the news at the end of its latest financial results briefing. "Again this year, we will not be hosting a large-scale press conference for institutional investors, analysts and the media," Nintendo said of its E3 plans.

With regard to what Nintendo has planned for this year's expo, the company didn't specify, only saying, "Nintendo of America will present further information on our plans at a later date." So far, we know that both Splatoon 2 and Super Mario Odyssey will appear at E3 2017.

Nintendo Switch has done incredibly well since its launch in March, with the console selling an impressive 2.74 million units in under a month. For our thoughts on the console's initial success, read up on what Switch's sales tell us about the console's potential.

Switch isn't the only new piece of gaming hardware Nintendo is launching this year. Just yesterday, the company announced a new entry in its family of portable systems, New Nintendo 2DS XL, which releases on July 28 in the US and June 15 in Australia/NZ.

Alex Osborn is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter and subscribe to his YouTube channel.

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