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Soundwave on 25 April 2013
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gigantor21 said:
Soundwave said:

I mean really, there's plenty of software to have made this Nintendo's best E3 that I can remember.

Mario 3D - Nothing shown
Mario Kart U - Nothing shown
Super Smash Bros U - Nothing shown
Zelda: Wind Waker Reborn - 3 still screenshots shown
X - Short clip shown
Bayonetta 2 - No real in-game footage shown other than like a 2 second snipet
Retro's Game - Nothing shown, nothing detailed as of yet, period.
Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem - No in-game footage shown as of yet

I mean, we've seen *nothing* basically on any of these games except X.

That's kind of the puzzling thing is the one year Nintendo has stockpiled a ton of stuff to show, they opt to not have the big stage, whereas in year's past they've had the big stage and basically wasted it by having 20 minutes of Wii Music or Batman: Arkham City port-erific demos.

That's the main thing that gets me about this too.

Why not have a big press conference where you lay all this shit out? It would be more than enough to prove that the console is still viable and has enough support to justify sitting next to the PS4 and 720 come Christmastime. More information/reveals for those games should be getting the red carpet treatment, not smaller-scale closed door events. They don't need E3 to do those--hell, they could do those after the big stage reveals to provide more specific info on each title.

The one time where they can line-up enough to make a big splash--especially compared to their previous E3 showings--and they shrink away instead? It's ridiculous.


I hate to say it, but I think privately Nintendo is starting to hedge towards a future where the 3DS is their main focus. They will certainly try with the Wii U, but they aren't going to spend money like crazy to do so, people are either going to buy the system based on the merits of a few big franchises or they're not.

3DS I think is what Nintendo views as the bedrock of their business, Iwata even said it in the investor's report that the no.1 priority for them as a business is to get 3DS sales going better in the West.

Wii U I think they'd love for it to do well, but they might be kinda preparing for a future where it sells in the GCN/N64 range and is kind of its own specialty platform. They're not going to break their back in other words (like they did with the huge 3DS price cut and incurring losses and grabbing Monster Hunter exclusivity) for Wii U.