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Smeags on 14 February 2013
curl-6 said:

"Shouldn't we at least show some trailers of some of the Wii U games we have in production so Wii U owners have something to look forward to?"

"Nah, let's pander entirely to the 3DS fanbase, that portable is clearly struggling and needs help!"

*Looks at Curl-6's avatar*

Yeah, they're way ahead of ya on that one.

Plus, from what they announced on the last ND, it was pretty obvious that E3 would be the next event where they would announce Wii U's post launch gameplan. They've already told us to expect Mario Kart, Smash Bros., and Super Mario at the conference. From this 3DS centric ND, it seems like they're once again going to give their console the spotlight in June (maybe they'll give the 3DS a smaller conference like they did last year).



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forest-spirit on 14 February 2013
Mnementh said:

Let's summarize the european one:
new games:
* Pokemon Mystery Dungeon
* Splash or Crash

* Mario vs Donkey Kong

* Mario & Luigi: Dream something something
localizations
* Etrian Odyssey
* Code of Princess

* Project X Zone
* some football RPG (missed details)
additional content
* LuigiU
* free Fire emblem DLC
more info on known games:
* Fire Emblem
* Castlevania
* Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
 * Animal Crossing (release date)

* Pokemon
other:
* Fire emblem 3DSXL
* new colors for 3DSXL: black and white
* Monster Hunter bundles WiiU and 3DS


Added some stuff you missed.



curl-6 on 14 February 2013
RolStoppable said:
curl-6 said:

They should have seen the drought coming long ago.

"Hey, guys, we've got bugger all Wii U games set up for the first half of 2013!"

"Oh, just leave it to rot and use that spare adrenaline shot on our portable that's already thriving!"

"Shouldn't we at least show some trailers of some of the Wii U games we have in production so Wii U owners have something to look forward to?"

"Nah, let's pander entirely to the 3DS fanbase, that portable is clearly struggling and needs help!"

MH3U and Lego City in late March. Pikmin 3 in April. Wii Fit U in May... the rest I forgot about.

If you actually paid attention, the shown 3DS games are all done by Nintendo's B-tier teams. Except Pokémon, but that studio doesn't work on home console games anyway. Pretty much the entirety of Nintendo's inhouse studios is focused on Wii U titles and Nintendo made it a point in the last Direct that they won't throw quality control overboard, so Wii U owners will have to be patient.

So they have all their big teams on Wii U... and they don't even show us what they're doing? How are we supposed to get hyped when we don't know what Retro is making, we know nothing about pretty much anything except X and Pikmin?

I didn't expect the announcement of the next Zelda or Metroid, but come on, a gameplay trailer for Yoshi's Yarn or something would have been nice. Show us, don't tell us, that good stuff is coming.

 

forest-spirit said:
curl-6 said:

They should have seen the drought coming long ago.

"Hey, guys, we've got bugger all Wii U games set up for the first half of 2013!"

"Oh, just leave it to rot and use that spare adrenaline shot on our portable that's already thriving!"

"Shouldn't we at least show some trailers of some of the Wii U games we have in production so Wii U owners have something to look forward to?"

"Nah, let's pander entirely to the 3DS fanbase, that portable is clearly struggling and needs help!"


*sigh*

So because the Wii U is struggling they should just ignore the 3DS and the games coming for it? How will that make anything better?

i'm not saying abandon the 3DS, I'm saying it's silly to give just 10% of your hyping to the system that needs it more.



Mnementh on 14 February 2013
forest-spirit said:
Mnementh said:

Let's summarize the european one:
new games:
* Pokemon Mystery Dungeon
* Splash or Crash

* Mario vs Donkey Kong

* Mario & Luigi: Dream something something
localizations
* Etrian Odyssey
* Code of Princess

* Project X Zone
* some football RPG (missed details)
additional content
* LuigiU
* free Fire emblem DLC
more info on known games:
* Fire Emblem
* Castlevania
* Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
 * Animal Crossing (release date)

* Pokemon

* Luigis Mansion 2
other:
* Fire emblem 3DSXL
* new colors for 3DSXL: black and white
* Monster Hunter bundles WiiU and 3DS


Added some stuff you missed.

Thanks. I added a bit more.



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_crazy_man_ on 14 February 2013

Best parts were Mario & Luigi RPG 4 reveal and Luigi's Mansion 2 footage for me.



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fedfed on 14 February 2013
forest-spirit said:
Mnementh said:

Let's summarize the european one:
new games:
* Pokemon Mystery Dungeon
* Splash or Crash

* Mario vs Donkey Kong

* Mario Golf in Summer

*Donkey Kong Country Return 3D

* Mario & Luigi: Dream something something
localizations
* Etrian Odyssey
* Code of Princess

* Project X Zone
* some football RPG (missed details)
additional content
* LuigiU
* free Fire emblem DLC
more info on known games:
* Fire Emblem
* Castlevania
* Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
 * Animal Crossing (release date)

* Pokemon
other:
* Fire emblem 3DSXL
* new colors for 3DSXL: black and white
* Monster Hunter bundles WiiU and 3DS


Added some stuff you missed.

Added a few more



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Train wreck on 14 February 2013
RolStoppable said:
Train wreck said:

From the standpoint of a diehard nintendo fan or one who only has a Nintendo console (3DS specifically) i'm guessing this was a decent direct. Lots of 3DS games, downloadable titles for the 3DS eshop. You can clearly see where Nintendo is concentrating their focus on.

For a run of the mill Nintendo fan like myself who has other consoles, this direct did not have any games that screamed out "Buy me"! The only game I plan to purchase this quarter for either my 3DS or Wii U was not even mentioned (Etrian Odyssey 4, i'm sure Atlus is happy about that) and while I prefer a console version, mario golf looks good also, but thats about it.

Good one, Train wreck. That's like Jim Harbaugh saying that he couldn't be happier about the Ravens' Super Bowl win.

Im sure deep down Jim was happy for his brother, but he knows he has to keep the asshole brother mentality.

I have the credientials to be a run of the mill Nintendo fan (from being a Nintendo homer back in the late 80's early 90s) but I feel that they should be critized for their actions over the last 4 years because I know they can do better.  Feel free to add me on your Wii U friend list and 3DS list, we can be buddies!



curl-6 on 14 February 2013
Smeags said:
curl-6 said:

"Shouldn't we at least show some trailers of some of the Wii U games we have in production so Wii U owners have something to look forward to?"

"Nah, let's pander entirely to the 3DS fanbase, that portable is clearly struggling and needs help!"

*Looks at Curl-6's avatar*

Yeah, they're way ahead of ya on that one.

Plus, from what they announced on the last ND, it was pretty obvious that E3 would be the next event where they would announce Wii U's post launch gameplan. They've already told us to expect Mario Kart, Smash Bros., and Super Mario at the conference. From this 3DS centric ND, it seems like they're once again going to give their console the spotlight in June (maybe they'll give the 3DS a smaller conference like they did last year).

The trailer for X was exactly what we need more of.

Waiting until E3 for any more big Wii U news will make the console seem uninteresting as hell. A lot of momentum could be lost.



Euphoria14 on 14 February 2013

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Smeags on 14 February 2013
curl-6 said:

The trailer for X was exactly what we need more of.

Waiting until E3 for any more big Wii U news will make the console seem uninteresting as hell. A lot of momentum could be lost.

Oh I somewhat agree, but right now all signs are pointing towards "Just wait until June guys! You know we're good for it!" (and they are, but it is a while off...). Despite what they've said about not repeating the 3DS' launch issues... It's the 3DS launch all over again.



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