id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body"> E3 is upon us.

Josh Miller/CNET Surprise, E3 2019 is sooner that you think, and while Sony is skipping this year, Nintendo will be out in force.

This week has already been a big week for Nintendo, with the announcement of Pokemon Sleep among other things, but E3 is almost certainly going to be bigger as Nintendo seeks to cement the incredible success of the Nintendo Switch.

This year E3 takes place between June 11 and June 13, as always, at the Los Angeles convention centre. But the big announcements and news will break ahead of the show. Sony, Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft and Bethesda do this through live conferences traditionally. Nintendo used to do that -- now it runs a Nintendo Direct.

<i><u>What's a Nintendo Direct?</u></i>
It's a shortish video presentation where Nintendo display its upcoming wares. They started in 2011 and have quickly become a thing. At E3 Nintendo tends to release a major Nintendo Direct ahead of th