Nintendo E3

[mrstickball]

Bad.

I was worried that what MS did during their conference, with banking everything on the XIII megaton announcent, that Nintendo could easily drop 2-3 bombshells that would of negated what MS did (which was give one of the best E3 shows they ever have. Not saying a ton, but they did very good).

They spent 50% of the entire conference talking about the DS/Wii, and not about games. And even then, when they showed the games, they spent half of THAT time talking about how great the Wii/DS was, and not about gameplay mechanics.

For me:

Good:

• GTA DS was obviously the biggest announcement for gamers.
• DS functionality. Honestly? It seems that Nintendo is pursuing the DS as a multifunction device just like the PSP has, and it's very interesting. I fly a lot, so the airport stuff is rather neat.
• 1:1 is obviously a real good thing for Wii owners.

Bad:

• Total lack of any relevant core titles that are new, or something truely awesome.
• Far too much focus on casual games. That's not bad, but when 90% of the gametime shown were games targeted to the family...It caters to (at least) me less.
• Presentation was boring. Again, most of it was how the DS/Wii are doing well in the marketplace, and how women and the elderly buy DSes.

Now, I'm going to say this: Wii Music looks neat. It's not Rock Band, or Guitar Hero, but I could see how the drums mode could be very neat with the balance board.

Overall, I'm going to give Ninteno a 4.5/10 for the conference. The GTA announcement, and DS functionality saved them from a 2/10.