Electronic Entertainment Expo 2021

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The Electronic Entertainment Expo 2021 (commonly known as E3 2021) is the 26th and final Electronic Entertainment Expo. E3 2021 is unusual as it is almost entirely digital instead of being hosted at Los Angeles like the previous years. This is due to the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic is still around and hosting a physical event in these conditions is not ideal. The same pandemic had also caused the cancellation of E3 2020 the year before. This makes E3 2021 special as it is the first E3 hosted two years after the previous one since the event never missed a year before 2020. E3 2021 took place from June 12-15. Additionally, there were similar events around the same time with the Summer Game Fest kickoff and IGN Expo.

E3 2021 followed the cancelled E3 2020 event due to the COVID-19 pandemic and after the ESA could not work out a replacement event in time. The ESA had intended to hold an in person event in 2021 during its normal June dates, as stated to partners in April 2020, but had to alter their plans due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns. E3 2021 was free for everyone to attend. While the 2021 event was entirely online, ESA planned to return to an in-person event by 2022, though these plans were scrapped and the in-person event was cancelled in January 2022, and E3 2022 was cancelled altogether on March 31, 2022, including the digital event. In July 2022, it was confirmed that E3 2023 would mark a return to the in-person event. However, the lack of interest and attendance of major publishers caused the event to be cancelled as well, leading to the announcement of the event's complete defunction in December 2023.

Nintendo at E3[]

Since E3 2021 is entirely digital, Nintendo didn't have much pre E3 events planned this year. Instead, the first notable presence of Nintendo during the event is via their usual conference, which takes the form of a Nintendo Direct since E3 2013.

Nintendo Direct[]

The Nintendo Direct took place at 9 a.m PST on June 15th, 2021. It was around 40 minutes and be focused exclusively on the Nintendo Switch software with a heavy focus on 2021 games according to Nintendo themselves. The Direct included the following games

• Kazuya Mishima in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
• Mario Party Superstars
• Metroid Dread
• Mario Golf: Super Rush
• WarioWare: Get It Together!
• Advance Wars 1 + 2: Re-Boot Camp
• Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity Expansion Pass Part 1
• Game & Watch: The Legend of Zelda
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2
• Shin Megami Tensei V
• Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin
• Life is Strange Remastered Collection and Life is Strange: True Colors
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• Worms Rumble
• Two Point Campus
• Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania
• Danganronpa Decadence
• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2
• Dragon Ball Z: Karakot
• Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water
• Cruis'n Blast
• Astria Ascending
• Super Robot Wars 30
• Power Pro Kun Pocket R
• Tokimeki Memorial: Girl’s Side 4th Heart

Nintendo Treehouse Live[]

Nintendo hosted a 3 hours long Treehouse Live focused on gameplay following the Nintendo Direct. It featured upcoming games such as

• Metroid Dread
• Mario Party Superstars
• Mario Golf: Super Rush
• Advance Wars 1 + 2: Re-Boot Camp
• WarioWare: Get It Together!
• Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin
• No More Heroes 3

Other Press Conferences[]

The other press conferences will occur over the weekend prior to the expo. These times are according to PST.

• Summer Games Fest Kickoff Live - June 10, 11:00 am
• IGN Expo - June 11, 1:00pm
• Ubisoft Forward - June 12, 12:00 pm
• Devolver Digital - June 12,
• Microsoft/Bethesda - June 13, 10:00 am
• Square Enix Presents - June 13, 12:15 pm
• PC Gaming Show - June 13, 2:30 pm
• Future Games Show - June 13, 4:00pm
• Capcom - June 14, 2:30pm
• Limited Run Games - June 14

Featured Games[]

Section set to be completed once the event is over.