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tarheel91 said:
TheLastStarFighter said:
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.

Megaman isn't a bomshell?

Not even close.  Megaman's just a character in a game.  Few will buy Smash for Megaman, fewer still will buy Wii U for Megaman in Smash.

Bombshells:  Retro makes amazing new game!  GTA coming to Wii U!  Mario 3D is like nothing you've seen before!!  Wii U gets a price cut...tomorrow!!!

Even the Sonic exclusivity was somewhat of a bomshell.  This direct had little if anything shocking/amazing.  Titles like Kart and Mario and DK were at best solid but at worst unoriginal.  I guess the biggest thing close to a bomshell is that DK is coming early this fall.  That's quick and exciting if you really needed a new DK this soon after the last one, and after NSMBU.