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Veknoid_Outcast on 19 April 2013
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platformmaster918 said:
Veknoid_Outcast said:
It should be a great few days for everyone. Microsoft is the big question mark. It could dominate the show with a bunch of huge revelations and exclusives games, or it could place last, like it did last year.

Sony, I'm sure, will perform well, especially if Tretton is running the show. He knows how to work a crowd and, more importantly, he knows his audience and the strengths of Sony's products.

But if I was a betting man, I would put my money on Nintendo. It needs to drum up enthusiasm for the Wii U and keep momentum going with 3DS. I expect to see a lot of software: Mario Kart, Super Mario 3D, Super Smash Bros., Monolith Soft's "X," Retro's project, Yarn Yoshi, Wii Sports, plus a few games for 3DS, including Metroid, Pokemon, and the Monolith Soft portable game.

but don't Nintendo Directs kind of spoil E3 for Nintendo?  I mean if they had held back ALttP 2 for E3 that would have been huge!  Instead it's on some site on a random April day that I see it.  Last year they showed most of the WiiU stuff the day before their conference then showed a bunch of nothing after Pikmin 3.  Not saying they don't have great content to show, it's just that they don't really tend to show a ton at E3 itself.  Sony on the other hand nailed it even with a dying console last year other than 15 minutes or so (you know what I mean) especially with Beyond being revealed.  Remember they still haven't announced what the Uncharted 3 team is doing.  It'll have been 2 years this holiday and PS4 is easy to develop for...

I won't talk about MS because when I express my very honest feelings on them I tend to get banned.  Can I get banned for saying that?  I hope not.

Haha, I definitely know what you mean. I actually think the Nintendo and Sony presentations weren't too far apart last year. Sony won, but only by a slight margin. It was The Last of Us that really pushed it over the top.

I understand your point about the Nintendo Directs -- they do steal some of the thunder that could be deployed at E3 -- but for all the surprises Nintendo has unveiled recently via Nintendo Direct it still hasn't show footage from some of its biggest series: Mario Kart, Smash Bros., and Super Mario. Plus there are several franchises that are big question marks: Star Fox, F-Zero, Wii Sports, Metroid. Nintendo could simply overwhelm Sony and Microsoft with software announcements or, in the case of already-announced games, new footage.