Of Nintendo's E3 shows of 2010-2019, which do you think was the crappiest, and (here's the important bit) WHY do you think this particular year's show deserves the nod?

2015...it was a low point for the WiiU and people were let down by the Zelda U delay. Switch was not even anything more than a pipe dream as far as fans were concerned at the time.

I mean, you know you have hit rock bottom when you decide to use puppets to open up the event...

ah crap I voted for 2014. I read the thread title wrong. My real vote is 2015 because of the underwhelming announcements of Star Fox Zero, Mario Tennis Ultra Smash and Federation Force... and also amiibo Festival lol

I dont know what year it was, but Nintendo basically only showed some breath of the wild.... I mean, what a game, but damn.... that's got to be the absolute harshest "between system" transitions I've ever seen.

To be fair, we didn’t know at the time but the puppets were kind of a necessity, because Iwata at that point wasn’t in a good shape anymore. I agree that even besides that, 2015 had nothing.

Yep, definitely this one. The feeling of "Is that it?" while Nintendo rubs salt in the wound with that terrible music outro, almost celebrating how mediocre they'd been.

I actually like the musical collab. I mean, it probably wasn’t the best way to end the showcase, but it was a nice performance. While I would choose E3 2015 as Nintendo’s worst, I don’t think 2015 was a bad year. Splatoon, Xenoblade X, Smash 4 DLC, and Super Mario Maker were highlights for me.

it was a tough year as we would eventually learn that Iwata’s bile duct growth worsened to the point of his untimely and unfortunate passing. Nintendo not only had to regroup internally due to his death, but also face a rough transition to their next system. Which led to a rough 2016 with little more than a few titles that were overshadowed like TMS#FE or rather unnoteworthy, with Pokemon Sun and Moon, the first tease of the Switch, and the E3 blowout of Zelda BOTW being the few shining lights for Nintendo that year.

While I've seen clips from E3 2011's Skyward Sword glitch-fest, at least it was trying to show a quality game. So my vote goes to E3 2015, the king of the bait-and-switch presentation. Remember how Star Fox was teased last year? Well, it looks like crap! We know you've been waiting for Metroid...here's a stupid spinoff where you play as faceless space police! At least we have Animal Crossing HD!!! ...Except it's a Fortune Street re-skin. God that presentation was depressing. I literally felt sick when it was over.

I can somewhat see why a few would hate on Nintendo's E3 2018 presentation. It was half announcements and half Smash Bros. Ultimate. There were not a lot of new announcements outside of Daemon x Machina, Killer Queen Black, Fire Emblem Three Houses (after the initial tease of a new game back in January 2017), Super Mario Party, and a few others. Some have stated their displeasure of Smash Bros. Ultimate hogging so much of the spotlight at E3.

Me, personally, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate warranted a huge presence at E3, even if it took half of the whole presentation. Along with Pokemon Let's Go, Smash Bros. Ultimate was THE holiday title for Nintendo. So far, it has shown to deserve the attention and hype as its climbing as the best-selling game in the franchise and is an evergreen system seller for the Switch. It is THE video game crossover celebration. From the pioneers like Game & Watch, the arcades, and Color TV 15 to the modern series like Splatoon, Xenoblade, and Bayonetta.

And the overall presentation, while uneven, was still pretty good and I would assume there was more positive buzz for Nintendo at E3 2018 compared to E3 2015. FE:TH is a great game with great commercial success, Let's Go sold well for what it was, Super Mario Party sold well, and Daemon x Machina will end up as a hidden gem that could have been better marketed and handled by Marvelous.

2011, 2012, 2015 and 2018 were all pretty bad IMO, but I'm gonna have to go with the popular consensus and say 2015; not only did it lack any cool announcements whatsoever, but stuff like Federation Force were insults to the fans. Still the most disappointed I've ever been by a gaming show/event, especially coming after the amazing 2014 show. I stayed up til 2am to watch it, and it was the last time I've ever done so.

While I voted 2015, 2018 isn't far behind for me. I don't like Smash so having half the show hogged by that one boring game was incredibly annoying, and the only positive thing to come out of the whole presentation for me was Torna the Golden Country; when DLC for a game released the previous year is the only good thing in your show, you know it's bad.