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alfredofroylan on 29 May 2009

Only a Rumor but seems like Nintendo is holding a "second" press show after the E3, but only in Japan.

Rumor has it that Nintendo will be holding a big press conference here in Japan immediately following E3.

Actually, this isn't really a rumor. The source is the Sinobi blog -- you know, the blog that always gives out the super early sales information on Fridays. It seems to be a pretty reliable source.

The press conference is mentioned as an aside as the writer discusses how absolutely atrocious the Japanese game market was in May. The writer suggests that Nintendo could end up showing its summer lineup.

That summer lineup will presumably be lead by Wii Sports Resort.

The blog post was made on the 27th, by the way. I really need a new "Two Days Late" tag for all the stories I write two days late.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=363199



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psrock on 29 May 2009

That's not good news at all. I hope it's a rumor, i am really looking foward to a big time E3 from Nintendo.



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Arius Dion on 29 May 2009
Soriku said:
psrock said:
That's not good news at all.


How? This gives them a chance to announce more Western-esque announcements at E3, then Japanese-esque announcements later. It's a double win.

Exactly.



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Xxain on 29 May 2009
psrock said:

That's not good news at all. I hope it's a rumor, i am really looking foward to a big time E3 from Nintendo.


Really...to me that says " we might not be able to hold are own, so lets do a separate on so the focus is only one us"

jefforange89 on 29 May 2009

This could be a bad omen about their E3 conference.

But if they announce games right after E3, then that ultimately doesn't matter to me.



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noname2200 on 29 May 2009

That's so strange. I thought the Japanese paid as much attention to E3 as we do to TGS (i.e. a lot). So what's the point?



Maynard_Tool on 29 May 2009

:O i hope is true



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psrock on 29 May 2009
Soriku said:
psrock said:
That's not good news at all.


How? This gives them a chance to announce more Western-esque announcements at E3, then Japanese-esque announcements later. It's a double win.

It doesnt seem weird to you at all, come on, isnt it what TGS is for?

This is just a bad rumor, seriously.



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psrock on 29 May 2009
Soriku said:
psrock said:
Soriku said:
psrock said:
That's not good news at all.


How? This gives them a chance to announce more Western-esque announcements at E3, then Japanese-esque announcements later. It's a double win.

It doesnt seem weird to you at all, come on, isnt it what TGS is for?

This is just a bad rumor, seriously.


Nintendo don't go to TGS, remember? Last year they had their October conference but not at TGS. I'm guessing they moved it from October (so bickering doesn't last for months in case the normal conference is sucky) so they can make good announcements soon.

Le's hope you are right.



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megaman79 on 29 May 2009

Remembering also that third party sales in the West are much larger than they are in Japan. Japanese gamers buy more Nintendo software, and seemingly buy consoles bcoz of it, and this is why arguably the Wii drop in Japan is more significant than is possible in the West. Iwata said this in the FY results speech.

I would hesitate to guess that this fact alone means they are launches for the same Nintendo games. Perhaps it is a WSR launch instead but we'll see.



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