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curl-6 on 25 April 2013
S.T.A.G.E. said:
curl-6 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
curl-6 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Nintendo Directs are not helping....at all. They need to go big with the press conferences.

They are helping. The January ND for Wii U showing Monolith Soft's X did a great job of generating much needed excitement. This past 3DS one did the same for that system with games like Yoshi's Island, Link to the Past 2, and Bravely Default.


They are helping Nintendo core but not much else which isnt very much.

(@Soundwave too)

Nintendo fans may watch the actual presentation, but the news and trailers disseminate through other gaming news outlets. Bayonetta 2's exclusivity was announced at an ND, but it was common knowledge within a day.


Yeah, but its going to still have Bayonetta sales, and not multiplatform sales either.

Being on ND didn't stop it reaching a larger audience though, and there are non-Nintendo fans who are interested in games like X, which was an ND unveiling.



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kitler53 on 25 April 2013

wow. first megathon of E3 and it's still month and a half away.



Metrium on 25 April 2013
leedlelee said:
At least this way nobody can claim their presentation is awful...

Lol. Yeah, no one will say anything negative about Nintendo, they will simply not speak of them... at all.

 

Nintendo needs to hear of the expression ''go big or go home''. Sony and M$ will certainly go big. Meanwhile Nintendo seem to never go big these days, they always seem to think that the bare minimum is enough. While Sony and M$ fans will have the loud music, the huge screens, the applauds and the trailers followed by ''wows'' from houndreds of ppl, Nintendo will get crickets.



 

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S.T.A.G.E. on 25 April 2013
curl-6 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
curl-6 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
curl-6 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Nintendo Directs are not helping....at all. They need to go big with the press conferences.

They are helping. The January ND for Wii U showing Monolith Soft's X did a great job of generating much needed excitement. This past 3DS one did the same for that system with games like Yoshi's Island, Link to the Past 2, and Bravely Default.


They are helping Nintendo core but not much else which isnt very much.

(@Soundwave too)

Nintendo fans may watch the actual presentation, but the news and trailers disseminate through other gaming news outlets. Bayonetta 2's exclusivity was announced at an ND, but it was common knowledge within a day.


Yeah, but its going to still have Bayonetta sales, and not multiplatform sales either.

Being on ND didn't stop it reaching a larger audience though, and there are non-Nintendo fans who are interested in games like X, which was an ND unveiling.

I hope they wow us with Bayonetta because if not....oh what a waste of buzz. E3 would've been a great place to show it too.



Cobretti2 on 25 April 2013

I think Nintendo has given up on the old and will focus on USA lol.

The proof is right here in AUS, main stream 3DS games are all sold out and no new stock on horizon. Some of these games only had enough to fill preorders.

Games like:

Castlevania
Luigi's mansion 2
Mh3
Fire Emblem

Not to mention Wii U is nothing but cancellations here atm lol.



 

 

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curl-6 on 25 April 2013
S.T.A.G.E. said:
curl-6 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
curl-6 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
curl-6 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Nintendo Directs are not helping....at all. They need to go big with the press conferences.

They are helping. The January ND for Wii U showing Monolith Soft's X did a great job of generating much needed excitement. This past 3DS one did the same for that system with games like Yoshi's Island, Link to the Past 2, and Bravely Default.


They are helping Nintendo core but not much else which isnt very much.

(@Soundwave too)

Nintendo fans may watch the actual presentation, but the news and trailers disseminate through other gaming news outlets. Bayonetta 2's exclusivity was announced at an ND, but it was common knowledge within a day.


Yeah, but its going to still have Bayonetta sales, and not multiplatform sales either.

Being on ND didn't stop it reaching a larger audience though, and there are non-Nintendo fans who are interested in games like X, which was an ND unveiling.

I hope they wow us with Bayonetta because if not....oh what a waste of buzz. E3 would've been a great place to show it too.

I agree, E3 would have been great for showing off all Nintendo's hushed-up titles like Bayo 2, X, 3D Mario, Smash Bros, Mario Kart, Yarn Yoshi, Retro's project, etc.



Busted on 25 April 2013

So basically they mean showing the games to press and attendants > showing the games to everyone in the world. hmmm...



NerdChills on 25 April 2013

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enditall727 on 25 April 2013

This is going to hurt more than it helps

Is Nintendo losing confidence or something?

Hmm



Mensrea on 25 April 2013

I think this is good. They mentioned that gamers really don't care about statistics and the like, but rather they care about games. The way they present content in Nintendo Directs is much better than anything they have done at E3 in a while. I will take a few ND's rather than an E3 that is peppered with PR speak. I may be the only one, but I'm very happy.