Your vote for this Nintendo E3?

[Aielyn]

I voted 6/10.

This conference is a lot like Super Mario Sunshine, in that it gets critically bagged, not because it's bad, but that it's bad relative to what Nintendo normally does. None of the announcements were bad, per se. They were just lacklustre compared with what people expected of Nintendo.

Realistically, if Nintendo had been smart about the Smash updates (to keep people from learning of Roy and Ryu), had ensured that KT wouldn't screw up and leak Hyrule Warriors Legends, had held the Earthbound Beginnings announcement for the Digital Event... and had cut a bit of the "developer story" length to squeeze in Fatal Frame and other titles like that, it would have been regarded as quite a solid lineup. Certainly not massively exciting, but solid.

They also could have spent some time on indie games... if they were really smart, they'd have organised with Playtonic to formally show off some stuff during the Event.

Meanwhile, this 6/10 is actually my 'neutral' state regarding the whole E3 based on where it currently resides. If Nintendo have held some big announcements back (like whatever Retro has to announce), it could get as high as an 8/10 for their whole E3. If Nintendo have nothing more to say, it could drop as low as 4/10. Realistically, I suspect a 7/10 will end up being the final position, as they're going to have something to announce, I'm almost certain.