Zero999 said:
MTZehvor said:
Zero999 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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Mario 3d world, Mario kart 8, donkey Kong, bayonetta 2 and smash brothers were revealed for the first time at e3 direct. Saying those games were announced before is the same as saying square announced FF 15 in february.
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You're just quibbling over the definition of words. My point is that, if I was Nintendo and going to make a system more appealing, I would, at the very least, have more than one game ready to reveal that no one had any idea of beforehand.
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Irrelevant. Nintendo showcased first footage for all those games and that's what matters.
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It's hardly irrelevant, and if you had read the rest of the explanation in my following posts you would have already realized that. The issue here isn't whether or not there was footage shown; the issue at hand is the lack of major new surprising games that would appeal to others besides the standard hardcore Nintendo crowd.
Even if you were to count every single one of those games as first being announced at E3, the problem is that none of those games will make the Wii U appeal to much besides those who have bought Nintendo consoles in the past. In order for the Wii U to be more appealing; read as: appeal to more people, it needed to announce new games that weren't your typical Nintendo affair. Perhaps some more third party exclusive deals like they did with Platinum, or even (heaven forbid) a new first party IP.
The Wii U's lineup coming into this E3 wasn't enough to convince people to buy a Wii U, and said lineup hasn't really improved coming out of E3.
