Nintendo is distancing themselves from events they can’t completely control.
That’s not to say they’ll avoid Gamescom forever, or that they plan to leave E3. But the signs point to them wanting much more control over their announcements. Like I’ve mentioned before, they want to “train” us to expect the big announcements from their Nintendo Direct broadcasts, rather than other venues. It’s an Apple-ish approach that they’re adopting, and I think it’ll become much more obvious over the coming months.
Games can and should tell stories and share ideas through their mechanics. This is the intrinsic element of the medium and this is how experiences should be crafted in video games. No company does this as well as Nintendo and their echoes from the past.
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