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Soundwave on 17 May 2013

I'm disappointed because the Nintendo Direct's are getting frustrating.

They're basically having a Nintendo Direct to annouce a future ... Nintendo Direct.

I mean sweet jeezus, the secrecy is reaching ridiculous levels. They've had like 20 Nintendo Directs over the last few months and only ONE focused on the Wii U. This should have been the second one.

And now they had this one, which could've at least shown things like Wonderful 101, Pikmin 3, Wii Party U, Yoshi's Land ... and still saved Mario 3D, Mario Kart, Smash Bros, Zelda: Wind Waker HD, Retro game, etc. for E3 ... but no, we get Iwata talking about the city of Sochi for 60 seconds, while he talks about Wonderful 101 for like 30 seconds.

It's frustrating how badly mismanaged their marketing for the Wii U is. It's like they purposely are trying to generate the least amount of hype/goodwill around the system as is humanly possible.

Getting even just release dates has become like pulling teeth.



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Trunkin on 17 May 2013

I was happy to finally get some detailed info on Pikmin 3, and the release date for W101 was quite welcome. I wasn't expecting much from this ND with E3 just around the corner, though.



cannonballZ on 17 May 2013
bananaking21 said:
im being completely serious here and i dont want to start anything so if you are just looking to argue dont reply. but does anyone find iwata completely boring? his presentation is just so dull. even though i dislike riggie a lot he still has much better presentation skills. they should get someone who has charisma when presenting to make these ND's


I agree that Iwata is dull. But I have to admit, I laugh everytime I hear him say "directry" ! They could have taken this opportunity to announce a new ip, I thought they were skipping out on e3 on not having a big presence there. If that is the case, they need to put more emphasis  on making these Nintendo Direct presentations a bit more exciting. 



Lonely_Dolphin on 17 May 2013

-New Sonic
-A real look at Pikmin 3
-E3 Demos available to public

Good enough for me! ^_^



wfz on 17 May 2013
osed125 said:

I think this ND was unnecessary. They should just have waited for the E3 ones, this one was only to fill the space and get rid of games they won't mention on the E3 NDs (aside of Pikmin 3 most likely).


That's why it was necessary... Nintendo wanted to get this news out while it would still make headlines.