Nintendo needs to stand tall and represent their brand as one of the big three on the biggest stage of gaming instead of hiding in front of their gamers. They will have given in to the opposite marketing the Wii had granting them less buyers. They are already selling less than the 360 and PS3 they dont need to add fuel to that fire.

Secondly, the news doesn't give a crap abot Nintendos exclusives unless they are a gimmick or unless the games have cause pandemonium like Halo. Halo started the midnight release trend that would cause the news to wrap around. In retrospect, its funny how Sony and Microsoft have brought a elements of wow factor and credibility to the gaming industry where elsewhere it was ignored. Sony brought anticipation for consoles to the forefront after the PSX people actually started waiting for console launches and Microsoft brought Halo midnight releases. 

If you can cause pandemonium the news will come. With Sony and Microsoft involved in the gaming industry there will be a lot of noise. If it was just Nintendo no offense but i can understand why the news would shut up unless a console is launching.

Idk what you mean by hide in front of there games, what else would they show off at a gaming event?

But who knows tho, Nintendo might show a game that takes advantage of the gamepad in a way that Wii Sports was for motion controls and if that happens im sure it will get plenty of press. We just have a little more than a month til we get answers and see if this strategy is good or bad.

Well thats kind of the point isnt it? Nintendo makes their consoles so unorthodox that it throws developer creativity for what they've got to create for themelves and their publishers. If someone is going to show the world how to use their console, who better than Nintendo? You're right though, we will see how the strategy goes.

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3D Mario, Mario Kart, X, Yoshi Yarn, Bayonetta 2, Pikmin 3, Wonderful 101, Shin Megami x Fire Emblem, Retro Studios game....yeah they definitely don't have anything to show at E3.

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Kinda like how the ps3 failed against the Wii right?

Sony would kill to have a franchise close to one of Nintendo's top 5.

While you may have a point, I have also noticed that historically, announcements of home consoles at E3 underwhelmed at best and the older opposing console often shows it's sheer brilliance and demonstrates why they should buy it over the new competitor.

I'm not saying that would have been the case, but it could have been a chance for Nintendo.

"Unlike previous years, we will not have a large-scale [E3] presentation directed to everyone in the world. Instead, we are planning several smaller events focusing on software for America. Among these hands-on events will be one for American distributors and another for western media."

I thought this is what many people wanted? For Nintendo to stop looking inward at the Japanese market and work more closely with its counterparts in North America.

Also, I don't see what the big deal is about holding a smaller, more intimate press conference. It's not like that fact will stop the news from getting out, or somehow prevent the games from arriving in stores.

Do casuals pay attention to e3?

In US? Yes.

U sure about that? E3 is mostly paid attention to by gamers and I know its on spike tv but that channel is the dude bro channel who are likely gamers already. The news will of course report about PS4/Xbox but they will also talk about the game Nintendo shows off