Joystiq reports that in a recent Game Daily Interview with ESA CEO Michael Gallagher that Gallagher stresses that while this year’s E3 will indeed ‘more reflective of the energy, excitement and creativity of our industry’ that it won’t necessarily be the giant hype fest it was in the first half of this decade. So while we’ll still be seeing a higher level of excitement according to the CEO, those giant excess convention wall wide High-Definition screens might not be accompanying the exhibitors this time around.

Speaking of not making to the show, thanks to the Swine Flu outbreak, the Japanese branches of Capcom, Square-Enix and Koei are going to be staying home according to Kombo. While the companies themselves will still be represented at the show via their US branch counterparts, the people at the companies who make the big decisions will be sitting this one out for health reasons.

Satoru Iwata hasn’t mentioned anything about missing the expo on his twitter, so hopefully he’s still on for next month. – The Ben