MrCkurab said:
Ok, first of all:
I am a big Nintendo Fan.
I am hyped as hell for Zelda BotW.
BUT:
As someone who is regularly at Gamescom (Trade Visitor) I gotta say:
They didnt deserve it.
Why? Because Nintendo, Nintendo of all people, still fails to understand Gamescom.
Its THE BIGGEST Gaming Expo open for Consumers. For someone like Big N that loves to let you play instead of just showing stuff thats supposed to be heaven.
And yet, year after year, Nintendo manages to have a small subpar booth with confusing and stupid layouts and, at best, one or two dozen consoles in TOTAL!
Blizzard had over 100 Overwatch Stations this year, despite the game being already out. Similar numbers for Starcraft, Diablo, Heathstone (All of which received nothing new) and WoW.
Meanwhile Nintendo has barely 30 Wii Us in TOTAL, and a similar number of 3DS.
The best part: Zelda, the game that crashed E3, despite Nintendo having a giant awesome booth with hundreds of stations; was confined to literally the smallest, closed of, 10m² cubicle in the darkest corner of Nintendos booth. During all four days of Gamescom a Total of 50 people (Press not included) were allowed to play it, this was decided mostly by some stupid "send us you best zelda picture"-Contest.
So Yes, I, as many others, am hyped as f*ck for BotW, but seriously Nintendo, get a grip of yourself! How come you manage to rock E3, only to have more stations for Splatoon or Pokken than for Zelda when it comes to Gamescom? Why do you hate Europe so much? This isnt helping your image! This isnt getting back into Gamers good grades!
Bad enough that we couldnt test NX, meaning no one will trust it when it launches early next year, but even taking Zelda from us? This was the first gamescom that I hardly even noticed the Nintendo stand, not to talk about visiting it.
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