Nintendo fails 2012: I blame everyone

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Oromashu said:

happydolphin said:

Oromashu said:

The Wii U has a good line-up for the holiday, probably better than Xbox 360 and PS3, but the problem I see is what they have to offer for early 2013. Maybe some 3rd Party filler, who knows, but hopefully it's enough steam to make it to E3 2013, when I'm hoping some core franchises will be revealed.

Nintendo has always been a mysterious type of gaming company. They want the awe factor to be there when they release their HD Zelda and 3D Marios and Smash, but if it isn't ready to be seen, sadly they won't show it. Though, I was half-expecting a HD Zelda at this E3 because of the tech demo.

So I'm not angry or anything. Nintendo just wanted to cover the casual base first, offer teaspoons of core offerings with Pikmin, and hope it rides them into next year. Which is fine, but I'm earnestly hoping for some real meat that makes me really want to keep my Wii U in the living room and not in the closet.

If it's any consolation, the 3DS is looking incredibly good now. Looks like I'll be getting one soon.

It's NOT FINE!!! They said at the last financial briefing that they would FIRST cater to the core, then to the casual. If they are, they showed us the EXACT opposite at E3's keynote.

I want to knee reggie and Iwata in the nuts several times.

True enough, but what got what we got. I want to tell myself they're pushing the casual games/etc out of the way first, for the holiday launch, and will subsequently follow with more core franchises and the like. Considering the core also wanted 3rd party support as well, they did establish some bases with Batman, AC3, ME3, so I think it's a good start.

Actually, I think the number of games for the core side is greater than their casual showings.

The big problem however is that the games you just mentioned , as well as titles shown like Just Dance are also coming out on the consoles it supposed to compete against. Not a good strategy when you try to convince people to spend $300+ on a new console to play games you will already have available on the console(s) you already own.

Then on top of that you had, in the same conference no less, someone showing a fitness title to compete against your own.

 

Batman had some uses for the tablet, but nothing I would call revolutionary. The baterang can be done with the PS3 controller and I don't even think they showed additional functionality for Mass Effect 3 or Assassin's Creed 3 did they?

Then on top of that they are supposedly skipping Gamescom in August. Gamescom, a conference that is being expanded upon this year and will have companies like Sony showing a ton of stuff and possibly even dropping price cut news for Vita and/or PS3 along with new announcements, so guess who the media is going to be covering. Not Nintendo.

 

If this thing is truly releasing within the next 4-6 months then they seriously have much to get done in that span and they certainly are not doing themselves any favors.