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Mr Khan on 10 January 2012
megaman79 said:
^Thats not true. Nintendo have shown stuff at GDC before.
http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2011/03/iwata-keynote/

short term memory is short......

Right. Nintendo has actually announced Zelda games at CES before. Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks both emerged there, as did the Wii DLC model.



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Play4Fun on 10 January 2012

Second glimpse of Wii-U at CES.



umegames on 10 January 2012
superchunk said:
Metrium said:
superchunk said:
 

No, you're missing my point.

At E3, that demo and overall presentation was 'meh' as that is a gaming show; people wanted to play the games. CES is an electronics show with people who just look at electronics and are perfectly fine with on screen demo only type of presentation, as most of those new products there do just that. WiiU is well received with such a limited demo at CES.

My point is, they are showing what will impress people at that conference (CES). It was a perfect fit.

They don't need a 'new' demo/presentation until the next gaming conference they attend.


I agree that games should be announced at E3. Yes CES is an electronic show, but nintendo could atleast announce what the final specs of the WiiU are, give us a little nugget about theyr online or about all these rumors about E.reader/app store. These are things that I think would be perfect for CES, neverless I wasnt expecting them to announce those kind of stuffs but I was atleast hoping. Now im disapointed :( after 7months the lack of new information is getting unbearable >.<


why? The audience at CES doesn't care. They are not "gamers". They are people who care more about the latest TVs and phones than consoles. CES is the mass consumer, the one who sees Kinect XXXy or originally saw Wii Sports and didn't care it was $250 or could play other games, just wanted to play that sports game or that Just Dance. CES doesn't care if WiiU is a quad-core beast or if its running on squirrels. Showing a demo of the tablet with a good looking Zelda game is more than acceptable to that crowd and it will drive positive buzz from them.

However, at the upcoming gamescon or E3, Nintendo will need to step up and show amazing games that really push the points of its improved power and tablet based controller. That crowd, the gamers, will accept nothing less.

honestly i get all of that, but from a business stand point, dont waste time and money on being there, renting space, paying staff, etc.

CES is not a gaming show, your demo is old and dated to the audience that does care, just skip CES. Nintendo never did CES before, they finally do yet show old stuff. CES should not involve nintendo, sony and microsoft already have reason to be there so thats different.



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goldeneye0074eva2222 on 10 January 2012

maybe its to just get everyone that is there or who it is, refreshed. before they change /show final product at this years e3.



Adinnieken on 10 January 2012

That could not have gone worse for Nintendo. To have the people on-air say to the audience, "Wait, don't buy it when it comes out, wait and see how it does first." OUCH!

You can bet ABC and Good Morning America will be getting stiffed next time Nintendo wants some good press.



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Roma on 10 January 2012
HappySqurriel said:
Play4Fun said:
Wait for GDC people.


Nintendo rarely participates or announces anything at GDC

You must have confused it with some other event as Nintendo has shown/announced a few Zelda games and last year they showed us a logo of Mario 3D land as well as a new Zelda SS trailer.


But people seem to always forget these announcements… 

 

I bet Pikmin 3 will show up at this years GDC



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Roma on 10 January 2012
BasilZero said:
So the game system itself looks like a Wii (from the picture) with a Tablet controller o.o.

 



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Roma on 10 January 2012
BasilZero said:
Roma said:
BasilZero said:
So the game system itself looks like a Wii (from the picture) with a Tablet controller o.o.

 

 


Oh wow looks pretty cool *-*!


Yeah it’s cool but still not the final design. I think it is good as it is. Simple, clean and small.

I would like it in mat black though *drools*
 




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megaman79 on 11 January 2012

Silver looks fucking hot, that image is going around now.



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Roma on 11 January 2012
megaman79 said:
Silver looks fucking hot, that image is going around now.

Yeah saw it on Gaf a day or two ago and it looks hot!

I wonder if it will only be a white colour at launch… they should release at least two colours like with the 3DS




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