why do people keep thinking last years show was bad??

wii motion plus.
china town wars
animal crossing
mario sluggers

wii music

plus more..

what else did you want???
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I do not think Zelda Wii is going to happened this year man.I mean we are already getting a Zelda DS.

Considering how profusely they all apologized for how terrible last year's show was, they'd damn well better have a good show this year:

http://www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=4&cId=3172491

Iwata: "If there is any perception that Nintendo is ignoring the core gamers, it's a misunderstanding and we really want to get rid of that misunderstanding by any means. We are sorry about [the E3] media briefings, specifically for those who were expecting to see Nintendo show something about 'Super Mario' or 'Legend of Zelda.'"

Dunaway: ""I would say the message is we were disappointed with our performance at E3..."



Also, these games are pretty much a given:

- Pikmin 3, as 1 and 2 are out, or will be soon.

- Factor 5's Wii games, as they just said they'll be out this year, and this would be the best place to reveal them. I wouldn't be surprised if they had BOTH a Star Fox and Kid Icarus game to show, though one of their games will likely be a new franchise

- New core games using Motion+. This one's a given, as they want to really push the device to core gamers. Red Steel 2 is great, but one big game like that and some sports games aren't enough. I wouldn't be surprised to see a new Star Wars game. (Please? )



Also, I have no evidence to back this up, but Nintendo has, I'm sure, heard the rumors about their competition releasing better motion-sensing devices than the Wiimote. Such announcements wouldn't knock the Wii off the top slot in sales, but it would take away their biggest competitive advantage. Expect something to counter that, especially since Microsoft has a conference the day before and Nintendo would have time to revise their conference.

Also, it must be taken into account that Wii sales, while dominating, have been down YoY for the past couple of weeks, even losing to PS3 in Japan for a couple of months. Even from a purely business standpoint, they know that they NEED some ways of boosting sales.


All in all, I seriously doubt there will be another disaster like last year.

pikmin 3 yes , factor 5 will be pilotwings or a TPS. no mario for wii. possibly kriby and an NST game

They couldn't do worse unless they didn't show up. :P

Last year they were displaying to under 3,000. This year they are displaying to over 40,000 attendees. I think everyone, not just Nintendo, is going to have a better showing just because of that haha.

I think people will love it as long as they don't judge the entire show based on whether Zelda Wii is shown like they did last year.

@thekitchensink: Nintendo as certainly not upset with their E3 last year.

Prior to E3 2008, I put out the articles of “Finding Nintendo’s Shield” and “Finding Nintendo’s Sword”. These articles focused on how Nintendo would strategically combat an incumbent’s response to the Wii success. At that time, news and rumors were thick of Microsoft or Sony putting out their own motion controller.

Motion Plus was a pre-emptive attack to this. If Microsoft or Sony put out a new motion controller, it would likely be a better technology than the current Wii-mote. Nintendo had to have something just in case. When you listen to Iwata and Reggie at E3 2008, you can tell their speeches were written as if a competing motion controller was released. Nintendo didn’t even wait until their conference to spring Motion Plus. They blasted out the press release prior to Microsoft’s conference as a pre-emptive response.

With no competing motion controller, Nintendo execs probably had to be giddy. (While everyone else was complaining about the lack of ‘hardcore games’, the reason why they weren’t showcased was because the focus had to make sure Microsoft and Sony didn’t get out of the disruptive box Nintendo put them in.) At the next Nintendo conference (forgot when, it was when they announced Sin and Punishment 2), Nintendo execs were all more and ready to discuss ‘hardcore games’ since the threat of a competing motion controller had passed… at least for now.

But should any company threaten to compete with Nintendo in the expanded market, the hardcore focus at press events will be dropped to focus on securing the expanded market. Every console war has been one based on the core industry. We have never seen a console war based on this new expanded market. Nintendo’s conference at E3 2008 is a good idea how such a console war would look like.

http://seanmalstrom.wordpress.com/2009/03/26/why-iwata-didnt-mention-motion-plus/

With rumors coming out about motion control, I'd say E3 might be like it was last year.

I remember those articles, and respect them completely.  They blew my mind when I read them.

However, that doesn't negate the quotes I posted from Dunaway and Iwata (who just happens to be the CEO of Nintendo) where they literally apologize for how terrible their performance was.

There's nothing saying that they can't use this E3 to appeal to both core AND casual gamers.  Think about an expanded version of the Fall Conference they had last year, where they had games like Wii Cheer right alongside Punch-Out!! and Sin & Punishment.

after last years show, nintendo can only do better