Nintendo's E3 was underwhelming

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RolStoppable said:

Zim said:
Well this is depressing. I just saw a list of games that were shown at the E3 before the Wii's launch. Apparently it was:
Zelda: Twilight Princess
Metroid Prime 3
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Wario Ware Touched
Wii Sports

That's 4 BIG core titles, a very high quality mini-game collection and the new casual experience of Wii sports.

I do wonder if Nintendo's attitude in the last few years of only wanting to show games close to release has messed them up. They really needed to show some games that are outside the launch window for Wii U. Coming out next year etc.

I think had they shown Retro's title, switched NSMB-Wii U with 3D mario and perhaps shown a tease for Monolith's game then they could have wowed people. Still not really sure why we are getting two 2d mario games so close to each other. Seems the 2d one for 3ds and 3d for Wii U would have made much more sense.

Your list is missing Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, Excite Truck and the GC game Super Paper Mario which was moved to the Wii later on.

The Wii was a celebration of gaming. The Wii U is just something else that tries to sell based on its brandname and trends outside of gaming.

I agree after E3 in 2006 I was wondering which how I could afford all the games at launch since there were so many I wanted. This E3 There's pikmin 3 and then nothing I couldn't get on another console I own. I'm sure there are gamers who only own a wii and would love to play those year old ports but those gamers are few and far between. I bet Pikmin won't even be available at launch either. We didn't even get a taste of the future like we got with the 3ds.