So I just re-watched it. Some of my rage is gone. The quality is much better in HD. Soo...
Positives:
-Mariokart 8 looks excellent.
-Mario 3D World looked solid, polished and - with the locked camera - accessible. 4 player is a great addition.
-WWHD looked beautiful, with tremendous improvements.
-X was an absolute stunner, some of the best graphics anywhere. Can be sure the gameplay will be solid too.
Cons:
-No bombshells. Nothing.
-No price drops, nothing to spur the hardware.
-Mario 3D is very safe, very bland.
-Retro's doing another DK. Seriously? We just had one. And a Mario. And another Mario is coming. It looks like a solid game, but come one. Variety is needed.
-Nothing exciting in the Wii-game category.
-Third party support is truly poor. There are some solid games, but nothing new. Without COD and some others, WiiU truly can't compete with PS4 or X1.
Nintendo really had a chance here to grab the market. Instead, it really looks like Wii U is moving into "secondary" console status, or - like Gamecube - one mostly for kids. Good games were shown and I think Wii U will do OK, but this e3 was not what Wii U needed. It needed more.
