Nintendo fails 2012: I blame everyone

[Oromashu]

Euphoria14 said:

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.

 

If this thing is truly releasing within the next 4-6 months then they seriously have much to get done in that span.

I think Ubisoft mentioned some things the Gamepad can do for AC3, but they didn't actually show it at Nintendo's Conference. You are correct in that it is not a good strategy on Nintendo's part, but if anything, the launch proves how much Nintendo is relying on 3rd Parties now. The thing with Nintendo's IPs is that they're so good, they typically squash any hopes for 3rd Parties on their systems, but with only Pikmin 3 and Mario Bros I think of it as a more favorable position for them.

The only thing Nintendo really has to convince people to drop 300 dollars at the moment are Pikmin 3 and Mario bros, along with the U-ness of ports. One thing that wasn't mentioned by Nintendo, which should have imo, were the Wii U app offerings, their games like the e-shop on the 3ds. Some of the games on the e-shop for 3ds are really good, so I'm hoping Wii U recieves the same treatment.

I really hope there are a few more Nintendo Directs that helps ease these problems, because it seems Nintendo enjoys using that to announce new games.