I'm going to judge this from a different point of view. Presentation wise, this was as bad as last year's performance. I think I was spoiled with the manner in which Microsoft presented their conference. Balls to the wall demos, videos, etc. and short on the talk. I liked it. Nintendo just spends far too much of the conference talking about blue ocean strategy for my tastes. It's fine for those not in tune with it, but I get their strategy and I don't watch E3 to hear more about new slogans and new surveys conducted. Also Nintendo speakers seem to milk time when they speak. That whole survey section could have been a lot shorter, just like the numbers section could have been last year.
As far as the announcements, some good stuff, but I definitely get the feeling that Nintendo takes the DS far more seriously software wise than they do the Wii. That's fine by me because I'm a DS whore for life, but considering the two best Nintendo Wii announcements are 2010 titles, Wii owners are still looking at a fall lineup consisting now of Wii Fit Plus and New Super Mario Bros. DS. They produced a DS fall lineup three times larger than that at E3 and DS already had a significant fall lineup as it was. I just don't get what those Nintendo teams are working on nowadays that games aren't flowing faster out to the market. I mean Metroid is even outsourced to a third party studio.
For once Trestres is going to show up half glass empty and I'm probably going to agree with every word he says. Here's hoping for a stellar October conference.
P.S.-Don't get me wrong, I love Metroid: Other M and Super Mario Galaxy 2 as much as anyone, but they're still 2010 titles and Nintendo in my mind has not created a significant fall lineup for my tastes on the Wii, and I'm sure for some others on here also. That's not to say they aren't making good business decisions. Wii Sports Resort and Wii Fit Plus are the real bread and butter, so obviously Nintendo is financially sound for the year, and NSMB Wii only helps matters. It's still thin in quantity though and Nintendo has far too many financially viable franchises to not be exploring more of them.
Tag: Became a freaking mod and a complete douche, coincidentally, at the same time.
