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Smashchu2 on 23 July 2008
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yversen said:

An argument I would accept is "Nintendo hasn't offered any NEW IPs this Gen".

However... look back at Nintendo's library... they've already offered one game for most of their most valued IPs. And there's pretty strong hints that more games are coming (Kid Ic, Fzero, more Mario/Zelda/Pik/Poke/Etc)... and they've release info about more Wiisportsie/musicie stuff as well as Animal Crossing (which I hate but lots enjoy... stupid DS game that I own... gr..) How can they be dissed, really? First party stuff for Nintendo has, in the past 10 or so months, already hit a several home runs. They've received 'breaks' before. Can't they get a couple months reprieve now? As far as I'm concerned it should be third parties who are to blame for the lack of "new" stuff for Wii.

C'mon guys. Lots of us have it, already. We like it. Give us some stuff that isn't SOOOOOO niche, thanks.

(or just announce DQ10 for Wii and I won't care about anything else, thanks)

 

 

Also... doesn't anyone else from the 80s remember just how much CRAP was released on the NES? AND the SNES??

I do agree with most of what you said (and hello)

My reasoning for the lackluster E3 was really more on that nothing else was ready after the megatom that was all their big hitters in a small time frame.

If you look at what the three giants have said :miyamoto, Iwata and Reggie, it all makes sence why nothing happened

  • Miyamoto-E3 is more casual. They could have talked about Wario Land and Rythem Heaven, but it would have been out of place in the grand scheme. As Patcher said on GameTrailers about Sony's press confwerence, that they did too much and didn't do any of it well. Nintendo stuck to one idea and did it wonderfully
  • Reggie-We aren't showing games months in advance. Back in June or so, Nintendo for the first time, Wario Land Shake, Rythem Heaven, and other titles like Band Brothers DX. They also gave the release dates for numerous titles. Nintendo's E3 press conference only showed games in the near future. Wii Sports Resort is dated for the spring, but it was shown probably for the buisness reasons.
  • Iwata-Nothing is ready yet. Core games take a while. As I said, numerous bomb shells were released in a short time frame. Now, there is a drought becuase new games are being developed and nothing is coming out. Esentully, E3 is lack luster becuase Nintendo doesn't have any games ready yet. Thus the emphises on the fact they are making Mario and Zelda games.

Take all of these into account and you see why there is nothing. Nintendo is now manking titles like they always have, but they aren't showing their full hand for games that are even done as they are waiting closer to launch. So we only see 08. Also, E3 is casual, so the games that are core were not the focus, and pushed to the side.