Assamasina is just overreacting. I'm pretty sure we'll see an awesome commercial like in the past for Metroid Prime 3. They're just trying to save some money and hype the game one week before it launches--it'll be just as effective.

Our promotional campaign for Metroid start next week and end September 16.

And that is for all EB Games in Canada.

Well put. I also find it hard to take gaming press seriously due to a complete lack of even a token effort of being unbiased. Another thing is that irritates me is most articles from gaming sites and magazine always seemed to have a false dry humor forced into it. I understand their trying to appeal to their market but it often feels like a formality and simply unnecessary in many occasions.

Reviews are hard to trust as well. Even short games tend to be much longer than long movies, and I find game reviewers don't always fully explore a game because of how much longer it takes. I remember reading IGN's review of Medal of Honor: Vanguard, and there only mention of the game's multiplayer was "pretty decent". It probably wasn't a defining feature, but if it's decent it is worthy of more than a single sentence.

IGN also complained about the lack of depth in Wii Sports, only mentioning it's training games as a good time waster for friends. No mention of the Fitness Mode, Medals in Training Mode, or how you Mii's get scored on sports they play. Neither are particularly deal-breaking, but there all simple things they were probably aware of, and considering they're complaint was lack of depth, worth mentioning. Naturally there’s also no mention of Pro Status or the Champ character in certain sports probably because they didn’t play long enough to discover either one. Again, not earth shattering but does show there’s more depth to the game. I actually kept playing boxing because I wanted to topple it’s Champion. (Dude hits like a damn truck)

I think Gamespot got yelled at once because their review of MP: Hunters complains about lack of certain features in multiplayer, despite the fact they were there, just only for people on your friend’s list.

I typically don’t read hands on impressions anymore since I find them so difficult to trust. In fact the only thing I really like about the current state of video gaming press is fast availability of videos of things I may be interested in. Watching games obviously still isn’t the best way to evaluate games, but I honestly find it a far more accurate than trusting “professionals” who business survive on endless corporate sponsorship.

The 360 having free demos for its games is a terrific feature. A friend left there’s with me for a few days and it’s great trying games for no charge with little hassle. I got try Stranglehold myself, found it mostly was I thought it was from the videos I watched. It’s fun, but kinda shallow. Came off as a solid rental for me. Also finally got to try Dead Rising, which was great since I’d been wanting to try it for a while. Really loved it’s Demo, definitely will get it when I pick-up a 360.

I find the Gaming press is only somewhat useful as a middle man for videos and occasional hard facts which just wind up on Wikipedia anyways. Both lavish praise and critical scorn coming from them means little to me due to a complete lack of professionalism. 

Well I try to read reviews from fans of said game. Why? Well lets say that I am a HUGE ICO fan [I am] and I know that the development team has created another classic, Shadow Of The Colossus. I want to read a review of SotC from a fan of ICO because I KNOW that him and me see the game from the same perspectiv and probably what he likes/dislikes about the game will be what I like/dislaike about it too.

That's why I really trust Matt's Metroid reviews.

My favorite piece by Cassie is his blog post on the Manhunt 2 bannings called "Adults not Allowed." The contents were even more ridiculous than the title, but of course it won him a lot of praise from IGN posters.

So much for no hype from nintendo. All US wii owners connected to the internet got a message stating you could download gameplay footage on the wii shop channel.

See? This article was useful for what? 2 days?

Now do you see why the games press is a joke?

This may sound unusual, but I'm not sure Nintendo needs to advertize Metroid Prime all that much (at least in 2007) ...

As sad as it may sound for the dominant console, Metroid Prime 3 will be the only game in 2007 on the Wii that has a focus on first person shooter elements that is done particularly well; there may be a couple of other shooters released but nothing on the level of Metroid Prime 3. By the end of 2007 there will be at least 6 Million Wii owners in North America of which 1/3 to 2/3 will be looking to own a high quality shooter in the first person and Metroid Prime 3 has no competition..

I could be wrong, but I expect that Nintendo Wii start advertizing Metroid Prime 3 just to constantly remind gamers who are picking up a Wii that it exists ...

 200% agreed. Also the Metroid Preview channel might be a sign of things to come.

When is MOH:H2 coming out? Thats the only Online FPS coming out for the Wii (32 players on a server) and should sell well *IF* it's got good controls which is admittly a big IF.

I think MP3 will sell well to MP fans and some FPS fans, but for the rest of the Wii owning public an Advertising campain is a must if it is to sell as well as it should.

After looking at another thread on this forum, I think Halo 3 is going to be hyped even more then KillZone 2 ....unless they get a deal with mcdonalds :)