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ethomaz on 01 May 2013

morenoingrato said:

Since you seem to be trying very hard to avoid logic, let's change the focus.

Why did Sony hold E3 2012? They had no new HW. No games that were different than the ones they usually do. Why bother?

I alredy said it is a mistake from Nintendo not hold a conference... I'm saying they decided that because they didn't have enough news to share in a big conference.

And Sony E3 2012: The Last of US, Beyond, God of War: Ascension, Wonderbook, etc.



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ethomaz on 01 May 2013
TheLastStarFighter said:
A bet on whether Nintendo gets the same media coverage will be hard to prove. However, the silly stuff being talked about here is that Nintendo has nothing to show. I offer this bet for 1 week's sig control for anyone who will take it:

"I bet that Nintendo will show more yet-to-be-released exclusve games for Wii U @ e3 (or before through Direct Connect or conferences) than either Sony or MS will show for PS4 or Nextbox @ e3 (or at their pre-e3 conferences or at the Nexbox reveal)."

Any takers?

Bet accepet.

MS and Sony will show more exclusives games for PS4 / Nextbox than Nintendo for Wii U... and not combined... the two companies will show more.



Moren on 01 May 2013
ethomaz said:

morenoingrato said:

Since you seem to be trying very hard to avoid logic, let's change the focus.

Why did Sony hold E3 2012? They had no new HW. No games that were different than the ones they usually do. Why bother?

I alredy said it is a mistake from Nintendo not hold a conference... I'm saying they decided that because they didn't have enough news to share in a big conference.

And Sony E3 2012: The Last of US, Beyond, God of War: Ascension, Wonderbook, etc.

Nintendo could have shown: X, 3D Mario, Mario Kart, Smash Bros, Zelda, Pikmin, Retro's game and the killer 3DS line-up.

See, I just outweighted your list.



TheLastStarFighter on 01 May 2013
ethomaz said:
TheLastStarFighter said:
A bet on whether Nintendo gets the same media coverage will be hard to prove. However, the silly stuff being talked about here is that Nintendo has nothing to show. I offer this bet for 1 week's sig control for anyone who will take it:

"I bet that Nintendo will show more yet-to-be-released exclusve games for Wii U @ e3 (or before through Direct Connect or conferences) than either Sony or MS will show for PS4 or Nextbox @ e3 (or at their pre-e3 conferences or at the Nexbox reveal)."

Any takers?

Bet accepet.

MS and Sony will show more exclusives games for PS4 / Nextbox than Nintendo for Wii U... and not combined... the two companies will show more.

This will be exciting!  I think the winning system will need about a dozen or more.  I think NextBox will come up very short, as even at their big reveal event in May the main title shown will probably the multiplat, COD:Ghosts.



ethomaz on 01 May 2013

morenoingrato said:

Nintendo could have shown: X, 3D Mario, Mario Kart, Smash Bros, Zelda, Pikmin, Retro's game and the killer 3DS line-up.

See, I just outweighted your list.

For Wii U? I don't think two of these games will be announced... that why they are not holding a big conference.



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Moren on 01 May 2013
ethomaz said:

morenoingrato said:

Nintendo could have shown: X, 3D Mario, Mario Kart, Smash Bros, Zelda, Pikmin, Retro's game and the killer 3DS line-up.

See, I just outweighted your list.

For Wii U? I don't think two of these games will be announced... that why they are not holding a big conference.

Not going to bother anymore, and no one else should. Clearly a lost cause.



JakDaSnack on 01 May 2013
ethomaz said:

morenoingrato said:

Nintendo could have shown: X, 3D Mario, Mario Kart, Smash Bros, Zelda, Pikmin, Retro's game and the killer 3DS line-up.

See, I just outweighted your list.

For Wii U? I don't think two of these games will be announced... that why they are not holding a big conference.


Iwata himself said that smash bros, 3d mario, and mario kart will be shown at E3 to some extent, we also just recently learned that Retro's new game will be reveiled shortly, so.....



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zorg1000 on 01 May 2013
ethomaz said:

the_dengle said:

Hahahaha. Yes, little announcements. All Nintendo has confirmed so far are the successor to the third-best-selling video game of all time and the successor to the highest-rated video game of all time. And Smash Bros which surely nobody cares about, unless it's revealed in a live press conference in which case it's the hypest shit.

And surely that's it, there's no way Nintendo will bring anything else to E3, like the already-confirmed new Pokémon generation releasing globally in 5 months, or the two Zelda games releasing this Holiday season. The media doesn't care about these small-time products, again, unless they're discussed in a live, televised press conference. Then the media would be all over it.

I'd be more than willing to make some kind of sig bet with you if I could even figure out how to phrase it. Nintendo will receive mainstream media attention during E3? But I'm sure you'd come back with, "They will, but not as much as they would have if they had a regular press conference." But there's no way to measure that.

Sorry but they won't... there games you are talking about was already announced... like I said Nintendo have little things to make a big conference... that is the reason they are skipping the E3 this year.

Ur right theyve announced alot of games already but havent shown anything on most of them. Weve got about 30 seconds of X, 1 second of Bayonetta, 3 sscreenshots of Wind Waker, brief trailers for LTTP 2 and Pokemon and nothing of 3D Mario, Mario Kart, Smash Bros, Retro project, Miyamotos new ip and any other surprises they have. To say they have nothing to show and wont get any attention seems a bit childish



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Soundwave on 01 May 2013
spurgeonryan said:
I think they should do whatever it takes to get the casual gamer on board this E3. Since E3 is more for people who are not on gaming forums, then that is where they get their gaming news. I hope it works for them. Core gamers already know all about the Wii U. So we are good. It is them that Nintendo needs to sell the system on. As we saw with that message Nintendo sent to Wii owners.


That's Nintendo's problem -- I don't think they have anything new for this audience. It would just be more Wii Fit/Sports/Party which people already have gotten their fill of IMO.

The Wii U tablet just doesn't appeal to casuals the way the Wiimote did in 2006, I think that's all there is to it. Motion gaming for that time was the right idea at the perfect time, lightning in a bottle. Lightning hasn't struck twice.

It's actually probably in part why they're not having a big stage show.

They have a lot of Nintendo franchises for this E3 (Mario 3D, Mario Kart U, Smash Bros) and core-gamery IP (Bayonetta 2, X, etc.) but probably no big new casual game/hardware accessorie to push.



Carl on 01 May 2013
spurgeonryan said:
I think they should do whatever it takes to get the casual gamer on board this E3. Since E3 is more for people who are not on gaming forums, then that is where they get their gaming news. I hope it works for them. Core gamers already know all about the Wii U. So we are good. It is them that Nintendo needs to sell the system on. As we saw with that message Nintendo sent to Wii owners.


Its not E3 where they need to do that. Its on talk shows!

Get the new Wii Fit or Wii Sports on TV. Let the expanded market know Wii U is for them, not for the zombie hunting teenager.