Editing Electronic Entertainment Expo

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The '''Electronic Entertainment Expo''', better known as '''E3''' or '''E³''', was an annual game conference that has been held in Los Angeles, California; Atlanta, Georgia; and Santa Monica, California since 1995. In addition to their hardware and other series, [[Nintendo]] has showcased many new developments concerning the ''{{b|Super Smash Bros.|series}}'' series since 1999 until 2021. In December 2023, ESA declared that E3 was no longer going to be held.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/video-games/2023/12/12/e3-permanently-canceled/</ref>

==E3 1999==

Despite already releasing in North America, ''Super Smash Bros.'' was one of the major games displayed at the event with demo kiosks. [[Masahiro Sakurai]] also publicly announced that a sequel to the seminal entry was in development for Nintendo's upcoming home console, then codenamed ''Dolphin''. No further information was given.

==E3 2001==

[[File:Sakurai E3 2001.jpg|thumb|[[Masahiro Sakurai]] at E3 2001, outside the LA Convention Center.]]

At E3 2001, ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' was announced, complete with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thn-KLhZbeo#t=228s a trailer] and playable demo. The trailer consisted of an early version of ''Melee''{{'}}s opening movie followed by a series of character demonstration shorts similar in execution to the [[Special Movie]].

===Characters===

*{{SSBM|Mario}}

 

*[[Pokémon Stadium]]

===Items===

*[[Green Koopa Shell]]

*[[Freezie]]

===[[Adventure Mode]]===

*[[Underground Maze]]

*[[F-Zero Racers]]

 

*Oddly, every time a character uses a [[grab]] in the trailer, they are shown to shield first, meaning that the actors are always using the shield+attack inputs instead of the grab button.

*While Sheik was revealed as a playable character, the trailer does not mention [[Zelda]], and the demo did not allow Sheik to be played. As a result, Zelda's playability was a secret until November 6, 2001, when her page was added to the ''Melee'' [[Smabura-Ken]].

*This is the only E3 demo that features an {{uv|F-Zero}} fighter.

 

At E3 2005, the [[Wii]] was unveiled as the Nintendo Revolution. Alongside a few other games, ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' was announced by [[Satoru Iwata]], with no title or details given save for that it would feature online play. Sakurai was surprised at this announcement, since Iwata had not contacted him about development of the game. However, he later accepted Iwata's offer to become the game's director.

==E3 2006==

At E3 2006, ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' was officially announced at the After-Hours Press Conference with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4XrmjZQRQs a first trailer]. This came as a bit of a shock, since traditionally all major games are unveiled in the main press conference.

 

===Characters===

 

===Items===

*[[Nintendog]]

====[[Final Smash]]es====

*{{b|Zero Laser|Samus}}

*{{SSBB|Battlefield}}

*[[Battleship Halberd]]

*[[Castle Siege]] (first two areas)

At E3 2007, a 15-second representation was shown to showcase the things already known about ''Brawl'' as distributed by the [[DOJO!!]]. However, the representation also accidentally showed {{SSBB|Donkey Kong}}, who was unconfirmed by the DOJO!! at the time. Aside from lacking character voices, the footage appears identical to the game's released form. The first confirmed release date for ''Brawl'' for North America was announced to be December 3, 2007, but was later delayed twice.

After much anticipation, a [[Super Smash Bros. 4|new ''Super Smash Bros.'' game]] was finally announced to be an upcoming title for both [[Nintendo]]'s [[Wii U]] and [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]] systems. However, at the time of this conference, development on the game had not begun, and thus no further details were announced other than that the two games may be able to connect to each other.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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