JWeinCom said:
MTZehvor said:
KHlover said:
MTZehvor said:
I'd announce more than one new game at the first E3 after the system releases. |
I counted more than one...
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Really? What was there that we didn't know about beforehand? We already knew there was a 3D Mario, we already knew that an RPG was coming from Monolith, we knew of a new Smash Bros, Mario Kart, Retro's Project, Pokemon X&Y, Wind Waker HD, and Bayo 2. WF 101, Pikmin 3, Yarn Yoshi, and Wind Waker HD had already been shown. The only thing at their E3 that we didn't know would be there ahead of time was the new Yoshi's Island game.
You can, of course, argue that we didn't know what some of these titles were beforehand, and I'll grant you that. We didn't know all the basics of X, or whether Retro was making Donkey Kong or Metroid, and I guess if that's what your definition of "announce" is, then that's fine. My point is that everyone knew (to some extent) of every single game that Nintendo was working on ahead of time before E3 (besides the new Yoshi's Island). If you're trying to generate excitement for a console, especially one where the biggest knock on it has been a lack of software, you should probably try for more than that.
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So... games don't count if they weren't announced specifically at E3? Is their objective to build a lineup of games, or surprise people at one show in June?
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Preferably both. The Wii U had so little in the way of "big, surprise" announcements before E3 that it was important to throw some surprises out there at E3 in order to compete with all the hype surrounding other next gen consoles being announced.
The Wii U's upcoming lineup was considered rather sparse before E3, and that's not a perception that the Wii U can thrive with. Something new and surprising would have been an excellent way to build hype and set the Wii U up to compete this fall. Even if the game doesn't get announced for, say, two more years, there's certainly a point to announce it as it adds one more reason for a potential customer to buy the Wii U (they can buy that game somewhere down the road).
