Well I'm very suprised I'm the first person to think of this, well obviously not first Nintendo demonstrated it at E3 but it seems very few picked up on its future implications. Nintendo didn't just offer us a cute tech demo at E3, they showed us how game trailers will be released for the next five years if not for longer.
Gone will be the days of watching a single screen trailer where all you can see is what the developer shows you. In are the days where you will actually be able to interact with the trailers you are viewing. Think of the bird tech demo not as a tech demo but a trailer. We saw Nintendo do this with the 3DS now you can download 3D trailers of your games off e-Shop and woolah you have a 3D trailer.
When WiiU launches, trailers will never be the same. Think about the next Zelda, a trailer is released showing Zelda on horseback then fighting a monster in the jungle...etc...etc.. you could then using the WiiU controller pan around the enviroment to see the rest of the level. Imagine panning around hyrule on Links back then being able to look around the forest while link battles a monster being able to see other monsters coming in and stuff.
Heck Nintendo could release easter eggs in their trailers. What if they said in a future trailer we will hint at our next big game coming this fall. Everybody scowers the trailers one by one spending half an hour or so searching through each trailer to find in one game its a starry night and if you look closely enough you notice part of the Lylat system. Suddenly it occurs to you, the next game must be StarFox. Trailers could change for ever now that the developer won't just be showcasing the game in one dimension but now be showcasing it in all dimensions, gamers will be able to look in all directions and see everything the trailer has to offer.
Imagine a first person shooter. Where instead of looking forward as the trailer shows a fire fight. You can instead look around everywhere on rails seeing all the enemies and enviroments the level and game have to offer. Or an RPG where the writing is on the lower screen allowing you to see everything in its glory. Or how about a rails game obviously it will be just like playing the game.
I'm suprised nobody else came up with this, every game trailer could potentially be like the bird tech demo, Nintendo was really tipping us off to the future. This will be as close to actually playing a full fledged demo as were going to get. Man I'm excited to see what Nintendo and third parties can do in their future trailers what about you?
Imagine downloading the latest interactive trailers off the e-Shop and playing around in them for hours seeing the trailer from each vantage point. Its just mind blowing.
-JC7
"In God We Trust - In Games We Play " - Joel Reimer
