Nintendo held a small press meet for Mario daddy Shigeru Miyamoto at E3. Last year, I showed up five minutes late for this thing and was literally locked out by LA Convention Center security. This year, I made sure to show up extra early....

Miyamoto revealed he was this close to unveiling a new Legend of Zelda game (not pictured here) for the Wii at Nintendo's E3 press conference. The game just wasn't ready enough -- and it's not like gamers didn't get enough fan service with the announcements of New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Super Mario Galaxy 2, and Metroid: Other M.

He did, however, reveal some tiny tidbits on Link's future console-sized adventure:

1. Miyamoto will show it at next year's E3.

2. It will support the Wii Motion Plus. In fact, that may be a required accessory to play the game, depending on its consumer acceptance.

3. He wants gamers to "think of this Zelda" when playing the upcoming Wii Sports Resort, hinting that the Wii Motion Plus-powered archery and fencing events will give everyone an idea of what they'll be doing in this new Zelda. Let's hope it won't be too much first-person sword swinging and all. That's getting into Resident Evil: Survivor territory.

4. Concept art showed a mature Link with his back to us, looking over his shoulder, shield in hand. A dainty, ghostly, caped female figure with a pointy head stands in the foreground, facing us with her alien-like eyes closed. Both are standing in a broken wall opening, one possibly caused by Link and an oversized bomb.

Zelda fans should go ahead and start going nuts with the speculation now. But it'll be a year before they get any more hints or answers.