That said, it certainly lacked the thrill and tantalising wonder of previous years. I mean, who can forget E3 2010, when we not only saw our first glimpse of Skyward Sword but also 3DS, simultaneously blowing minds around the world. Those two things alone would have made any E3 press conference special, but Nintendo went one further and announced games like Kirby's Epic Yarn, GoldenEye, Epic Mickey and Donkey Kong Country Returns for Wii, Golden Sun: Dark Dawn for DS, and Kid Icarus: Uprising, Metal Gear Solid, Kingdom Hearts, Resident Evil: Revelations, Street Fighter IV and many more all for 3DS too. It was just epic announcement after epic announcement.