That doesn't really mean anything :p

But I still don't think it's as bad as people are saying it is..

Thinking about it, probably because those games are rated M and they wanted to showcase E-T games. Why, I don't know.

Note that while they warned they expect #FE to be rated M, the trailer didn't show any M-rated content, which would be unavoidable in Devil's Third at least.

Very true, but what came out last year in the same window? I can only recall Captain Toad which is not a big game (and it even was delayed to January in PAL territories).

I think those games were too 'mature' for the demographic the direct was targetting....

I hope to never say that again.

Iwata must be fire-He has managed Nintendo poorly and can't innovate. Nintendo needs fresh faces to reinvigorate the company; Japanese who are not afraid to take risks and be competitive. Nintendo should collaborate with more Western developers. Look how Sony worked closely with Mark Cerny to develop the PS4. Nintendo could still retain their target audience(young children) without sacrificing innovation like offering online chat and multiplayer- I find it insulting how its 2015 and Star Fox Wii U won't have an online multiplayer mode.

It wasn't the timeframe that was the issue. It was the lineup for that timeframe.

There are supposed to be third-party partnerships galore by now. Nintendo has a huge number of internal developers, but where are their games?

Can you identify a single title within the Digital Event that would be categorised as a "big game"? The biggest we got was Star Fox. Star Fox is a fourth-tier franchise. There were two Zelda spinoffs. A Metroid spinoff. Multiple Mario spinoffs. And none of them strike us as particularly noteworthy (the new "Triforce" game looks nice, that's about it).

People expected Animal Crossing by now. Mario Galaxy. Pokken or a console Pokemon RPG. Metroid Prime 4. Heck, even just announcing more DLC for Mario Kart or one of the next batch of Smash characters would have gotten a bit of hype going. People were expecting an Amiibo equivalent of Skylanders (as in, a game that uses Amiibo in the way Skylanders has its toys). Paper Mario U, too.

And then think of all of the franchises that they could have had by now - Endless Ocean, F-Zero, Wave Race, 1080, Battalion Wars, Metroid, Luigi's Mansion, Mario Golf (which was always more popular than Mario Tennis), Animal Crossing, Pilotwings... there's just so many that you'd think would have shown up by now.

People aren't upset because the Digital Event itself was lacklustre. They're upset because of what it means. And it can't be put down to "Nintendo holding things back for NX", because they wouldn't bother holding back the other franchises, they wouldn't hold back big partnerships that were in motion two years ago (if they existed).

The only possibility, right now, for some redemption is some post-Event E3 reveals, like what they've done with games like Devil's Third.

It was disappointing. Guess all that investor pressure finally got into their heads. Rip for now..

But Zelda 3DS and Yokai Watch are 3DS' holiday titles. Wii U has Star Fox, Mario Tennis, and Animal Crossing for the holidays PLUS Xenoblade Chronicles X two weeks after.

Bad digital direct, fatak frame 5 wasnt even anounced in it and its release date was cofirmed later but not suring the digital event, star fox looks like an alpha version and seems a low budget game, no metroid announced for wii u or any other game by retro, fast racing neo not even mentioned and even a funded game like devils third wasnt even mentioned

lets see if tomorrow they show us something interesting at treehouse event

What early 2016 did they show for the Wiiu? Both AC and Mario Tennis are coming out this year! What the fuck am I supposed to play in 2016 until NX's release?