Earlier this morning, Nintendo finally revealed an official list of all the Best Buy store locations that will be participating in their E3 2013 demonstrations. The list below features several of the U.S. stores involved in the festivities so far. Roughly 110 Best Buy locations ranging from 89 stores in the US and 21 stores in Canada are all expected to participate. Theses demos will be playable from 4-8pm local time on Wednesday, June 12th and 1-5pm local time on Saturday, June 15th. You can find more up-to-date information on the event right HERE.
Alabama
Birmingham
Huntsville
Arkansas
Fort Smith
North Little Rock
Arizona
Phoenix
California
Culver City
Elk Grove
Emeryville
San Jose
Tracy
Visalia
Colorado
Denver
Connecticut
Manchester
Delaware
Wilmington
Florida
Brandon
Fort Myers
Gainesville
Kissimmee
Miami
Pensacola
Georgia
Augusta
Duluth
Savannah
Smyrna
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
West Des Moines
Illinois
Bloomington
Schaumburg
Indiana
Greenwood
Kansas
Overland Park
Wichita
Kentucky
Florence
Lexington
Louisville
Louisiana
Harvey
Massachusetts
Cambridge
Dedham
Worcester
Maryland
Frederick
Glen Burnie
Wheaton
Michigan
Ann Arbor
Flint
Grand Rapids
Rochester Hills
Minnesota
Eden Prairie
Missouri
St. Louis
North Carolina
Cary
Fayetteville
Pineville
Winston-Salem
New Jersey
Iselin
West Paterson
Woodbury
New York
Albany
Amherst
Long Island City
Syracuse
Valley Stream
West Nyack
Ohio
Fairborn
North Olmsted
Reynoldsburg
Toledo
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Oregon
Portland
Pennsylvania
Erie
King of Prussia
Pittsburgh
Reading
Whitehall
South Carolina
Greenville
North Charleston
Tennessee
Brentwood
Knoxville
Memphis
Texas
Arlington
Austin
Houston
McAllen
The Woodlands
Tyler
Utah
Sandy
Virginia
Charlottesville
Glen Allen
Virginia Beach
Vermont
Williston
Washington
Lynnwood
Wisconsin
Greenfield
While Nintendo is going all out with this Best Buy E3 Demo strategy, I can’t help but wonder why they aren’t showcasing all these games during the normal daytime hours of the full E3 expo itself. Opting to have these games available for only the two days listed above just seems like a foolish decision when they clearly could have benefitted from having everything playable for the duration of E3 and maybe even the weekend afterward. Still, I guess if you’re a Nintendo fan that couldn’t attend E3 then anything is better then nothing.
Do any of you plan on stopping by your nearest Best Buy to see what these Nintendo demos has to offer? Feel free to let us know your thoughts on the matter in the comments section below.
