Nintendo will not hold a major press conference at E3 2013. The news comes via a financial results briefing held today in which Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said he "would like to use this opportunity to talk about this year’s E3."

"We decided not to host a large-scale presentation targeted at everyone in the international audience where we announce new information as we did in the past," Iwata said. "Instead, at the E3 show this year, we are planning to host a few smaller events that are specifically focused on our software lineup for the U.S. market. There will be one closed event for American distributors, and we will hold another closed hands-on experience event, for mainly the Western gaming media."

It's easy to see why they wouldn't bother with an press conference. They've been announcing stuff on Nintendo Direct, so anything they could hype, they've already done online. And they've had a lot to pitch over this year. All they really have is Smash 4, which doesn't need an entire press conference for.