Nintendo's worst-case scenario for E3 2009

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Let me say this I do not think the showing will effect Nintendo either way. I think they have gotten all the core users they were going to get by this point. So all the console is moving on now is the family gaming, and the casual market. Which doesn't need core games to motivate purchasing.

That said I am reasonably certain if they repeated last year this year that a great many loyalists will go into a foaming at the mouth frenzy, and disavow the console and the brand. We have seen some serious discontent already. That might hurt Nintendo in four years when their new console isn't the only console that seriously supports casual gaming.

Speaking to the humor if you cannot imagine how MarioKart cannot be ten times better your brain is on the fritz. Every fan of the series knows what they would truly love. They want to have a variety of weapon sets. They want new game modes like capture the flag, oddball, territories. All of which would work perfectly well in a battle mode arena. Even giving the characters more innate abilities could be a real boon. Yet is was a phoned in sequel. There was a lot of room for improvements, and Nintendo decided not to. Having a lot of options wouldn't have hurt the game.

The humor overall was pretty good especially the rationalizations, because that would be the second bug that would crawl right up your ass. First your disappointed, and then you have that big smile telling you that you should be excited. That is like rubbing salt in an open wound.

Do not get me wrong I would be happy either way a piss poor showing, or a showing that would exceed expectations. Either way would get the Nintendo community invigorated one way or the other. Either super happy or supper pissed. Right now its like they are just milling around on the front lawn like zombies. Kind of boring since they have stopped trying to break into the house to eat the other gamers.