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Stefan.De.Machtige on 08 May 2009
TruckOSaurus said:
I don't buy into the Nintendo is doomed thing but I'm desperate for a good E3 showing because after Punch Out Wii there's no Nintendo game left on my radar.

They admitted the last one sucked. PR wise they would never do that, unless they had bigger and better plans for this year. Against last year they can only improve.

 



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liquidninja on 08 May 2009

Doooooooooooooooooooommmmmmedd



trestres on 08 May 2009

But it's partially true, even though exaggerated. Nintendo is on a downwards sales trend WW and people aren't talking about the Wii like they did before, that's absolutely true.

A lot of huge games will have to be shown at E3, or else we might have seen Wii's peak year go past us (FY 2009).

I agree that Nintendo has been to complacent and has been resting on their laurels for more than 1 year.



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nordlead on 08 May 2009
TruckOSaurus said:
nordlead said:

Somewhat the same here. Beyond Punch-Out!! I can only think of Wii Sports Resort, and Sin & Punishment 2 for Wii. Other than that they have nothing anounced.

They do have The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, and Mario & Luigi RPG 3 coming, but of course those are for DS.

 

Oh thanks nordlead I had forgotten about those two! Have we gotten any new info on S&P2 since to original announcement?

Not that I'm aware of. I'm guessing Sin & Punishment will be an August release like Metroid, as it isn't a huge title but would do good in the fall.




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liquidninja on 08 May 2009
trestres said:
But it's partially true, even though exaggerated. Nintendo is on a downwards sales trend WW and people aren't talking about the Wii like they did before, that's absolutely true.

A lot of huge games will have to be shown at E3, or else we might have seen Wii's peak year go past us (FY 2009).

I agree that Nintendo has been to complacent and has been resting on their laurels for more than 1 year.

Not necessarily. Their buisness is depended on delivering content not showing it at E3.



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trestres on 08 May 2009

@liquidninja: Well, if they do not create awareness of their products at the biggest show of the year, then I guess we might see a couple of Excitebots-like successes down the line. And that's not very good.



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nordlead on 08 May 2009

so... what would be bigger.

A HUGE E3, where Nintendo pulls out all the stops

OR

A lackluster E3 that everyone is disappointed in, but then Nintendo holds a special event 1 week later where they dump tons of information to the public stealing all the post E3 attention




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liquidninja on 08 May 2009

@trestres
How about advertising on TV to create awareness? It seems to have helped them so far.



lapsed_gamer on 08 May 2009

...

The E3 Conundrum


Punters have tipped both Sony and Microsoft to reveal new hardware and some major announcements concerning full-body motion control and interactivity for the PS3 and 360. Nintendo, who we all know pioneered this stuff with the Wii, is now seeing the effects of being first to market: you get outpaced eventually by new hardware innovations.

The real question is: can Wii Sports Resort, Red Steel 2 and a bevy of Tennis Games create enough stir to convince gamers that MotionPlus is as significant a jump as that of its competitors? New hardware announcements always tend to garner the most attention – and with a year now between its original announcement and today, is MotionPlus still as tantalising? Moreover, the current less-is-more approach to software releases only works if the games that do get released are of exceptional quality and generate interest. In the last twelve months, looking at Wii Music and Animal Crossing: City Folk as examples, they aren't, and they haven't.

E3 2009 will be a pivotal showcase for all three companies. However, Nintendo has the most to lose, and therefore the most to prove. We're eager to see what's in store, then. Best case scenario, we'll see a stronger showcase of pure gaming titles than we been hoping for, as well as a key piece of hardware that is capable of putting the Wii back into the media spotlight once again.

Really? That is happening now?

 



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famousringo on 08 May 2009

I like how strong performance of music games on the Wii somehow transforming into nothing but music games sells for third parties. Success is failure.



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