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Maraccuda on 16 June 2015

Now dont get me wrong, I died a little while watching Nintendos latest E3 direct (and cursed the gods that be)....

BUT!!!

Remember many months ago Nintendo said themselves that they will be only showing games releasing 2015/early 2016:

"As Mr. Aonuma announced, The Legend of Zelda game for Wii U is no longer targeted as a 2015 release. Rather than sticking to a specific schedule, the team wants to make this the most complete and the best game it can possibly be. The new launch timing has not yet been determined. Because we’d like to focus on developing the game, we aren’t planning on showing it at this year’s E3, where we will be highlighting games launching in 2015. We will let you know when we’re ready to share more specifics."

http://au.ign.com/articles/2015/03/27/the-legend-of-zelda-for-wii-u-has-been-delayed

They warned us yet despite all this WE FANS still got hyped. HYPED TO THE MOON!

Initially I was hoping for at least one big Wii U game to be shown that will release end of this year but it turned out to be Mario Tennis.... (why not Mario Soccer!!)

 

I am not trying to defend Nintendo's terrible show but am trying to remind you all that they delivered what they promised.... however bad it may have been.



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garretslarrity on 16 June 2015

I think it's healthier for us to just not talk about it rather than try justifying it.



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Lonely_Dolphin on 16 June 2015

We all knew this seeing as Reggie restated this at the beginning of the direct, and that has nothing to do with what the games themselves are. Amiibo Crossing Party 11 would be shit no matter when it was announced or released.



Blob on 16 June 2015

Yet they didn't even bother with fatal frame and devils third...



TechnoHobbit on 16 June 2015

They announced some 2016 3DS games though, why not Wii U?



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alternine on 16 June 2015
Blob said:
Yet they didn't even bother with fatal frame and devils third...


Yes very surprised about this.



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Ultrashroomz on 16 June 2015

Well they could've showed some other things, like Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon, or Fatal Frame, so...



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ExplodingBlock on 16 June 2015
TechnoHobbit said:
They announced some 2016 3DS games though, why not Wii U?


SMT x FE is 2016

Annnnnnd that's it



Arlo on 16 June 2015

Thing is, we were looking for surprise reveals, which could very easily be released within that window. Tons of Nintendo games have been revealed at E3 and released that Christmas. Nothing like that here, though.



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midrange on 16 June 2015
Maraccuda said:

Now dont get me wrong, I died a little while watching Nintendos latest E3 direct (and cursed the gods that be)....

BUT!!!

Remember many months ago Nintendo said themselves that they will be only showing games releasing 2015/early 2016:

"As Mr. Aonuma announced, The Legend of Zelda game for Wii U is no longer targeted as a 2015 release. Rather than sticking to a specific schedule, the team wants to make this the most complete and the best game it can possibly be. The new launch timing has not yet been determined. Because we’d like to focus on developing the game, we aren’t planning on showing it at this year’s E3, where we will be highlighting games launching in 2015. We will let you know when we’re ready to share more specifics."

http://au.ign.com/articles/2015/03/27/the-legend-of-zelda-for-wii-u-has-been-delayed

They warned us yet despite all this WE FANS still got hyped. HYPED TO THE MOON!

Initially I was hoping for at least one big Wii U game to be shown that will release end of this year but it turned out to be Mario Tennis.... (why not Mario Soccer!!)

 

I am not trying to defend Nintendo's terrible show but am trying to remind you all that they delivered what they promised.... however bad it may have been.

They mentioned that they were going to show only 2015 games, but it was not unreasonable to expect 1 heavy hitter to be announced for 2015, especially when zelda was delayed. When they showed no such game, people realised that Nintendo had underperformed the very low expectations that people had