| Aielyn said: Why spoil the surprise of them now? |
I can think of a lot of reasons that aren't, "Nintendo has too many bombs to throw, that they're just doing this now and saving the real megatons for E3." Clearly Nintendo Direct is a big priority for them. It lets them talk to fans whenever they want, entirely on their own terms. It could be that they just don't care about E3 surprises anymore. None of the companies really seem to. It could also be that they're responding to customer disatisfaction with the Wii U's software by assuring people that these things are coming. Or that since the Wii U has launched now they don't intend to do separate Wii U and 3DS conferences this year, so they will have rather less stage time to spend on just Wii U.
With what we know they're already working on and the fact that they have two platforms to support, it just seems a stretch to expect much new for Wii U at E3. If they only show Mario Kart and Smash Bros. and then unveil, say, Retro's new game at the end, that's a very respectable showing that easily tops any of their recent E3 efforts. It would be loads better than any of Sony or especially Microsoft's over the past few years, too. I don't see any reason to expect more than that because, realistically, it will only lead to disappointment.
