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Soundwave on 25 April 2013
Mensrea said:
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.


So why not just have that Nintendo Direct presentation as the big stage E3 show? It would get the same message out to a far larger audience. You can have a private event for distributors anyway and leave the stats for that. 

I think the real reason is they simply don't want to pony up the dollars for the big stage.



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S.T.A.G.E. on 25 April 2013
Mensrea said:
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.


If thats true then Why were so many of their E3's focused on Statistic? They were so boring until like 2011.



sethnintendo on 25 April 2013

I don't really care for E3. I'd rather Nintendo hold its own conference like Blizzcon.



BaldrSkies on 25 April 2013

Looking back at the modding that happened in this thread... and I can't help but ask.

This is a bannable post?
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=5304123
And this response only gets a warning?
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=5304135



oniyide on 25 April 2013
Soundwave said:
gigantor21 said:
Soundwave said:

I mean really, there's plenty of software to have made this Nintendo's best E3 that I can remember.

Mario 3D - Nothing shown
Mario Kart U - Nothing shown
Super Smash Bros U - Nothing shown
Zelda: Wind Waker Reborn - 3 still screenshots shown
X - Short clip shown
Bayonetta 2 - No real in-game footage shown other than like a 2 second snipet
Retro's Game - Nothing shown, nothing detailed as of yet, period.
Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem - No in-game footage shown as of yet

I mean, we've seen *nothing* basically on any of these games except X.

That's kind of the puzzling thing is the one year Nintendo has stockpiled a ton of stuff to show, they opt to not have the big stage, whereas in year's past they've had the big stage and basically wasted it by having 20 minutes of Wii Music or Batman: Arkham City port-erific demos.

That's the main thing that gets me about this too.

Why not have a big press conference where you lay all this shit out? It would be more than enough to prove that the console is still viable and has enough support to justify sitting next to the PS4 and 720 come Christmastime. More information/reveals for those games should be getting the red carpet treatment, not smaller-scale closed door events. They don't need E3 to do those--hell, they could do those after the big stage reveals to provide more specific info on each title.

The one time where they can line-up enough to make a big splash--especially compared to their previous E3 showings--and they shrink away instead? It's ridiculous.


I hate to say it, but I think privately Nintendo is starting to hedge towards a future where the 3DS is their main focus. They will certainly try with the Wii U, but they aren't going to spend money like crazy to do so, people are either going to buy the system based on the merits of a few big franchises or they're not.

3DS I think is what Nintendo views as the bedrock of their business, Iwata even said it in the investor's report that the no.1 priority for them as a business is to get 3DS sales going better in the West.

Wii U I think they'd love for it to do well, but they might be kinda preparing for a future where it sells in the GCN/N64 range and is kind of its own specialty platform. They're not going to break their back in other words (like they did with the huge 3DS price cut and incurring losses and grabbing Monster Hunter exclusivity) for Wii U.


I was wondering the same thing, the last ND might as well been called 3DSDirect, they had one WIi U thing? and that was a damn VC game



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zorg1000 on 25 April 2013
sethnintendo said:

I don't really care for E3. I'd rather Nintendo hold its own conference like Blizzcon.


Bring back SpaceWorld?



When the herd loses its way, the shepard must kill the bull that leads them astray.

sethnintendo on 25 April 2013
zorg1000 said:
sethnintendo said:

I don't really care for E3. I'd rather Nintendo hold its own conference like Blizzcon.


Bring back SpaceWorld?



Sad to admit that I never heard of spaceworld.

I'd name it Miiworld!



ryuzaki57 on 25 April 2013
BaldrSkies said:
Looking back at the modding that happened in this thread... and I can't help but ask.

This is a bannable post?
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=5304123
And this response only gets a warning?
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=5304135

Ethomaz is banned!? Mods sure seem nervous.

I will post my thoughts elsewhere then.



 

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zorg1000 on 25 April 2013
sethnintendo said:
zorg1000 said:
sethnintendo said:

I don't really care for E3. I'd rather Nintendo hold its own conference like Blizzcon.


Bring back SpaceWorld?



Sad to admit that I never heard of spaceworld.

I'd name it Miiworld!

They were pretty cool, usually would have one when new hardware was being announced but they could easily do it annually and just show new games



When the herd loses its way, the shepard must kill the bull that leads them astray.

Busted on 25 April 2013

Only 5 mins