They don't need saving when they've still got a good amount of highly-replayable games left in just this year alone, plus long- awaited updates to existing franchises. (the smash update for level sharing is gonna extend replay value so much...)

But if Nintendo wants to knock my socks off, they'll announce another surprise exclusive on the same level of hype and controversy as Bayonetta 2 was.

My impossible hope: Nintendo bought rights to get the next Banjo game from Microsoft onto the Wii U, but they have Nintendo's internal teams working on most of the project to avoid another Nuts&Bolts-level disaster.

uh wut?

What Could Save Nintendo's E3?

Just stop being such closed minded.

A repeat of their awesome showing last year. Bring it on! I can't wait!!!!

As far as I'm concerned Xenoblade Chronicles X is a good substitute for Zelda Wii U delay. Now I'm getting Fatal Frame 5 this year??? GAME OVER! That's all I have been wanting.

Also Splatoon, Mario Kart 8, Super Smash Brothers Wii U, and Mario Party 10 will keep me plenty busy. Then their is all the great indie games coming and Virtual Console tittles. I think Nintendo has me PLENTY covered for the year.

As for E3 anything Nintendo decides to announce is just pure gravy for me. Some games I would like to hear announced are Metroid, F-Zero, Earthbound, Fire Emblem Wii U, hell another Donkey Kong Country game would get me excited. A Pokémon game for Wii U, Wonderful 102 would be exciting for me, Bayonetta 3, ZombiU 2.

Also whatever third party decides to throw at the Wii U. As long as its on par with the other systems. Feature wise not graphically. I could care less for graphics as long as the gameplay or story is good.

If they show a Nintendo direct like last year where all they showcased were their games, exclusive for their system with actual gameplay footage then it's an automatic win for them.

Throw in Starfox, Devil's Third and any other great Nintendo surprise franchise and Nintendo could easily take it.

Metroid

I would love to see a metroid game.

They need to show more Pokken tournament and announce it's coming stateside.

a 2D metroid would be nice

Announce Mario Galaxy 3 for this time next year and Shenmue 1/2 for Christmas and 3 for the new year, Probablly won't happen but i can dream, Nintendo Wiill be fine. Someone's obviously been missing each and everyone of Nintendo's Amiibo's pretty much selling out day ones apart from the standard Mario's, Link's and Pikachu's etc.

Nintendo still needs to provide 2015 release dates for the following titles:

Star Fox, Devil's Third, Fire Emblem X SMT, Yoshi's Wooly World, Mario Maker, Fatal Frame 5 and Xenoblade Chronicles X. We only know Yoshi is confirmed for fall, Mario Maker for September and Fire Emblem X SMT for winter.

- Star Fox

We are still waiting for our first look at the game. Miyamoto confirmed the game will be in playable form at this year's E3. It's apparently going to be in episodic format, so is the game going to be split into 2 or 3 pieces ?

- Fire Emblem X SMT

We got our first look at it recently, but still hardly know anything about how exactly is plays and what aspects of Fire Emblem are incorporated into this cross-over title. Atlus said it wants to cover that at a later date, so E3 may be the time to do it at.

- Xenoblade Chronicles X

It is coming out out by the end of April in Japan, but we still have no idea if its localization will be ready in time for 2015 since its currently only estimated time frame. Monolith Soft is providing a new video presentation to explain about the giant mechs and network features this Friday, so at least they'll shed more light on those topics.

- Devil's Third

We haven't seen anything about it since it was revealed last year at E3. Itagaki has provided an update on the game's development progress and reconfirmed it for a 2015 release.

- Project Guard & Project Giant Robot

What's going on with these games? Are they going to be incorporated into Star Fox, or will at least one of them become a small-scale game release of its own, possibly even a spin-off title based on a Nintendo IP? Miyamoto did mention that more small-scale spin-off games are planned for Wii U this year, but none have been announced yet.

Possibly new stuff to announce at E3:

- Masahiro Sakurai reveals the new third playable Smash Bros character, but it won't be out until fall.

- Nintendo announced Splatoon DLC for release in fall

- Maybe a new announcement from Next Level Games, but the title may not be out this year. It's last game, Luigi's Mansion:DM, came out back in March 2013, so it's been a while, but then again, Luigi's Mansion was in development for longer than expected.

- A premature new game announcement by Retro Studios. We know development only began around late 2014 according to Nintendo producer Kensuke Tanabe. Retro usually needs over 2 1/2 years to make a game, so a 2015 release would be unrealistic. We have heard, I'll list it as a rumor, that Retro is using a new game engine for its new project.

- Tecmo Koei announces new Dynasty Warriors cross-over title for release in 2016

- Bandai Namco reveals first gameplay trailer for Project Treasure, a free-to-play title that was announced back in January 2015.

- Bandai Namco announces Pokken Tournament console port for release as late spring/early summer 2016

- A brief update on status of Zelda Wii U's game development, but no video or screenshots are shown and no release month is announced. I doubt they'll even reveal the game's official title.

"What Could Save Nintendo's E3?"

Well they could start with showing up?

Didn't know the winner of the last E3 needed help for this one. Interesting.

Plenty. Earthbound, for example.