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thekitchensink on 14 February 2013
Mummelmann said:
thekitchensink said:
Mummelmann said:

I think everyone having lofty expectations for E3 from Nintendo will be sorely disappointed. This slew of game announcements is a clear panic move, a desperate attempt to spurr hardware sales that are dropping into the void. I think this years E3 will be a massive letdown to a lot of people, I stopped putting any stock in E3 a long time ago, the whole event has changed and its not what it used to be.

That's my take on it anyway, Nintendo are stressed like never before, we could even see them pull stupid stunts in the near future (a price cut they can't afford which will panic investors and show weakness to consumers, and it might not even make a huge difference). They never had the habbit of announcing games en masse like this but this has also turned into a good thing now, apparently (it was smart not to announce for the Wii ahead of time, according to a lot of people).

Good point.  While I'm a huge fan of Nintendo's games and I generally like their public figures like Reggie, Iwata, and Miyamoto (a personal idol of mine), I never agreed with that particular strategy.  I agree, if they announce a game and it then takes forever to come out, it can make me antsy, and if it's too long I may lose some interest, but it's important to reaffirm the expectations of both their stockholders and their fans that their system has a healthy library and a long life ahead of it.

Its actually one of the worst things from the 7th generation, announcing a title two years or more before they release. Hype builds up and people are left disappointed no matter what. The end result will only very rarely live up to a long period of hyping. Long development cycles are really annoying. Movies do the same thing, I've seen trailers several times already this year which say; "coming september 2014" or something akin, what's the point? And if they have a decently fleshed out product to take samples for the trailer from, what the hell are they spending that one-to-two years extra on?

Its good to know that the Wii U is getting a batch of quality games though, the launch line-up wasn't bad at all but I think they relied on the wrong things to carry hardware sales through the difficult february/march/april months (there's almost always something big in may).

To be fair, they were also counting on Rayman Legends to be released in two weeks, which would have won over at least a few 360 and PS3 fans due to it being exclusive at the time.  I have a friend who played the original on 360, and part of the reason he bought a U was that Legends was going to be exclusive.  Granted, it's not a huge seller, but it would have helped.



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Mummelmann on 14 February 2013

Yeah, that was a kick in the nuts. Losing exclusivity and having it delayed was badly times right now, Ubisoft probably won't get a valentine's day card from Nintendo today...



Maris on 14 February 2013
noname2200 said:


V first, or I cut you.

But at SE's current rate, it'll take another 6 years to release a remake for VI if they do V first! D:



Busted on 14 February 2013

At E3 nintendo will announce that they bought McDonalds, Nike, Coca-Cola, Apple, ExxonMobil, PDVSA, Toyota, Comcast and Google, then a week later at a Nintendo Direct they'll announce that they now legally own North Korea and Russia thus completing world domination.



Naum on 14 February 2013

All of the games mentioned being playable/demoed :)



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noname2200 on 14 February 2013
Maris said:
noname2200 said:


V first, or I cut you.

But at SE's current rate, it'll take another 6 years to release a remake for VI if they do V first! D:

A great game is a great game: another six years won't dull its awesome-nicity.



Maris on 14 February 2013
noname2200 said:
Maris said:
noname2200 said:


V first, or I cut you.

But at SE's current rate, it'll take another 6 years to release a remake for VI if they do V first! D:

A great game is a great game: another six years won't dull its awesome-nicity.

True, I did like V's job system quite a bit. I'm looking forward to it honestly, just thought I'd be silly. xD



thekitchensink on 14 February 2013

What are people expecting in the way of Retro?



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Mnementh on 14 February 2013
thekitchensink said:

Now, what worries me is, besides the fact that I can't afford a quarter of all that: If they can afford to drop all these bombs on us on any given Thursday, what the hell are we in for at E3?? o.O


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TheFallen on 14 February 2013

I just want Zelda. I will buy a Wii u just for this game. I hope they take a TP route more than SS.