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What will Nintendo do at E3 2014?
- Thread starter BY2K
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a new IP would be better than being shackled to a old and beaten-up IP that doesn't sell.
Aaronrules380
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Metroid online fps with vehicles sounds awful and would probably destroy the franchise for me. Metroid was NEVER an FPS in the vein of stuff like COD and Battlefield. It was always way more about exploration and atmosphere than shooting shit
StreetsAhead
Member
Nintendo's been using Youtube to stream their directs lately, anyway. I find it's much smoother than Ustream for an average direct. It makes no difference to me whether it's a live conference or a direct so long as I get the news. They did do a press briefing last year, anyway. It's where WFT got announced.
Hyperactivity
Banned
They ended their E3 career so far with Nintendo Land fireworks.
Think about that
. No TP reveal, or pulling consoles out of jackets, or giving people wanted and needed reboots, etc., but just fireworks from Nintendo Land
People don't care a long as the title has Star Fox or Metroid in the title.
Nintendo Direct is OK for internet-familiar audience, but an E-3 conference will be broadcasted on TV channels too, appear on the news on the technolgy section, etc.
Honestly, I don't really care about that. The only reason I want to see nintendo on the Kodak Theater is nostalgia.
Hyperactivity
Banned
No, don't ruin Metroid this way. Make a new IP that does this if you have to, but dont taint Metroid
Aaronrules380
Member
I honestly can't see a single reason the direct viewership would be any lower than a normal conference. If people weren't interested in the direct, I don't think they'd be interested in the conference period. Because any place you can view the conferences from would link you to the direct and talk about what happened there. People act like media sites didn't cover the direct at all and pretended Nintendo did nothing at e3. From a non media perspective there was literally no difference
That1BlackGuy
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Wii U: Bayonetta 2, Monolith Soft X, Hyrule Warriors, Super Smash Brothers 4, Animal Crossing U, Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem, Yarn Yoshi, The Legend of Zelda for Wii U
Nintendo 3DS: Pokemon Z, Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D
They may also talk a bit about their QOL direction/product(s).
Nintendo 3DS: Pokemon Z, Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D
They may also talk a bit about their QOL direction/product(s).
Wow calm down, I think they didn't get as much exposure as the others, but that's my opinion.
Aaronrules380
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The people who watch e3 on tv are going to be familiar with internet stuff anyways. E3 period has always been something that's not followed by the non hardcore anyways. And not many places even air e3 on tv. And even then, I remember them talking about Nintendo's stuff last year even without a conference
DrForester
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I don't get it. Why does Nintendo need to do a stage event? There is really no difference between a direct and a pre-show, unless you're in the press and need that ego stroke by getting an invite.
They almost succeeded that one time
Aaronrules380
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This might be true, but that just highlights that the gaming media and gamers didn't care much about Nintendo in the first place
Sounds legit
Why's everyone talking about Animal Crossing U? Is there any official news/confirmation for it, as there's for Zelda U?
Probably. They need to wake up finally...
Spieler Eins
Member
Imagine this: On the 10th anniversary of the TP reveal, you might see some CEO standing in a gym talking over some random Zelda clips in broken English. Then brushing it off and telling you to ''please take a look'' at New Mario Land 13 next.
lol, Directs are good enough as fanservice throughout the year. As a replacement for major events though, they are nothing but an embarrassment.
axisofweevils
Holy crap! Today's real megaton is that more than two people can have the same first name.
Basically this, and the games they did announce during that stream trended for hours worldwide on Twitter afterwards.
Controversial opinion but I believe in terms of game quality, Nintendo had the best E3 last year, (Mario 3D World and DK:TF both turned out to be awesome, and the Wii Fit Trainer reveal for Smash was amazing.)
In other words, as long as the games are good, Nintendo could announce them at midnight in the middle of an abandoned parking lot for all I care.
the casual audience that isn't buying the Wii U is the one that they would reach with E3.
i realized that when i heard some casual fans that thought Nintendo had cancelled their E3 press conference because they weren't making games anymore. i told them about how they still announced stuff with the Directs but they looked at me like i was talking in another language.
only the really hardcore audience is aware of the Directs and those were going to buy the console anyway even with the bad sales. Directs were fine as a complement but they should have never replaced their E3 conference. the damage from not having a show at E3 2013 was worse than the benefit all the Nintendo directs did last year combined.
bigace33
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In other words, they will win the conference? That would be a magnificent showing if they did that.
I do remember having to switch from the Ign's stream to the official Nintendo Stream to watch the direct because they weren't alowed to show it, that might have caused some hit on the number of views given that you couldn't just watch it in the same stream as everything else, but I really don't know if the same happened on diferente sites.
StreetsAhead
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There was also the fact that last year was hyping up 2 next gen consoles. Nintendo would have got the least exposure even if they'd showed up to the Kodak, in my opinion.
Aside from the currently shown games, I expect we could potentially see the following:
Pokémon Fighters
Zelda U
Majora's Mask 3D
NFC game/Miyamoto's new project
Animal Crossing U
Maybe also a Metroid announcement, and perhaps Next Level's new game?
As for the QoL device, it really depends on whether or not it fits with gaming enough to warrant showing it at E3.
Pokémon Fighters
Zelda U
Majora's Mask 3D
NFC game/Miyamoto's new project
Animal Crossing U
Maybe also a Metroid announcement, and perhaps Next Level's new game?
As for the QoL device, it really depends on whether or not it fits with gaming enough to warrant showing it at E3.
What damage? They were still there in full force on the show floor. I even remember John Harker making a thread detailing how much of an improvement they were with their booth last year.
Every news outlet that streamed the other conferences streamed theirs too.
We pretty much know the majority of the games we're going to see.
The question is whether they give off any more hints about QoL or not. That one could go either way.
I'm expecting a lot of disappointment, personally. I don't think they'll be in a rush to show a ton of new, unannounced games for a dying / dead console. So it'll be the ones we know and a bunch of indies, which will make for a very unimpressive show.
At the same time, PS4 will be blowing people away with an Uncharted 4 reveal, new Phantom Pain trailer, probable Fallout 4 teaser etc. Whether Nintendo show up and have a proper conference or not, I just don't know how they 'win' or build any sort of buzz this year.
Although, this being Nintendo, that's exactly the time they're most likely to turn the tables and surprise you. If they do bring a megaton, my guess would be that it's a really early sneak peak at a new handheld. Probably a 1% chance at best, but that's my 'out-there' prediction.
The question is whether they give off any more hints about QoL or not. That one could go either way.
I'm expecting a lot of disappointment, personally. I don't think they'll be in a rush to show a ton of new, unannounced games for a dying / dead console. So it'll be the ones we know and a bunch of indies, which will make for a very unimpressive show.
At the same time, PS4 will be blowing people away with an Uncharted 4 reveal, new Phantom Pain trailer, probable Fallout 4 teaser etc. Whether Nintendo show up and have a proper conference or not, I just don't know how they 'win' or build any sort of buzz this year.
Although, this being Nintendo, that's exactly the time they're most likely to turn the tables and surprise you. If they do bring a megaton, my guess would be that it's a really early sneak peak at a new handheld. Probably a 1% chance at best, but that's my 'out-there' prediction.
I'm happy if they show off more character reveals for Smash Bros, talk about other features in the game including online mode.
Would love to know if "X" is single and multiplayer and what the limits are to exploration and how big the world is. Also if they plan to add additional content after release too.
Lastly I'd love for them to bring back Earthbound/Mother. Either 3D remake or just a whole new entry and maybe bring other new IP's. Would love to see a Mistwalker game for Wii U and see what they can do with the system.
Would love to know if "X" is single and multiplayer and what the limits are to exploration and how big the world is. Also if they plan to add additional content after release too.
Lastly I'd love for them to bring back Earthbound/Mother. Either 3D remake or just a whole new entry and maybe bring other new IP's. Would love to see a Mistwalker game for Wii U and see what they can do with the system.
Aaronrules380
Member
The casual audience doesn't watch press conferences anyways. If they were really unaware, then I doubt they were following e3 closely anyways because literally every source for following e3 talked about Nintendo's showing. And people aren't going to watch a press conference just because its there. If they aren't buying a wii u and aren't at least interested in it, chances are people will just skip Nintendo's press conference regardless of how its held. Even among gamers I really don't think most watch the press conferences when they don't own the console in question unless stuff like a console launch is known or expected to be talked about
Does the Wii U have a consistent online player-base to support even a small-scale MMO? I really don't think so. Would be madness.
Most likely the Quality of Life product will be the major thing. I expect Zelda U to be shown and the next Retro game but outside of that, nothing major beyond what we have already seen.
Technically Dragon Quest X is on the Wii U...
Technically Dragon Quest X is on the Wii U...
Yeah well, adapt or die.
abstract alien
Member
Hmm, I guess they will probably just throw a mention or two if that's the case.
I don't really trust Nintendo in that regard. They did say similar things about the DS and the whole third pillar schematic they tried to throw out there. I have a feeling the QoL will be integrated into whatever they are going to do in the console market next. Of course, this is based solely off of nothing really, and Nintendo is one crazy company. Who knows. I'm excited as hell for it, regardless lol
But new IP don't sell at all compare to "an old and beaten-up IP"
Well then I guess they left with a bang.
That's never going to happen.
Also not going to happen.
There aren't too many 3DS related posts lol.
They would probably be better off making a new IP than completely changing an old one to fit a genre or theme.
They would probably be better off making a new IP than completely changing an old one to fit a genre or theme.
Freeman
Banned
Doesn't need to be entirely an MMO, you can have a big single player aspect to it. Think of how they were willing to let a third party make Hyrule Warriors. I think a game like this would have insane appeal and not necessarily for those who currently own the WiiU.
If you think of the origins of the first Pokemons games, the design choices, why it had two versions, it becomes clear that this is the only way for the franchise to evolve (and explains why the series evolution on portables is so slow, due to how poorly Nintendo tackles online multiplayer).
Aaronrules380
Member
So basically you want pokemon x/y on wii u. Because other than not literally having your map crowded with random people, it pretty much functioned as one once you turned online on
Ummm, the Direct was featured in news/technology newspapers and TV newscasts. And the lack of a TV broadcast certainly didn't hurt Sony one little bit.
Literally nothing changed except the lack of a stage spectacle and I am not sure why people miss it, aside from seeing the cheers of crowds and goofy on-stage demo crap.
I'm starting to think people just want another 2008 catastrophe.
Freeman
Banned
That game would have to be entirely designed around it, like the first Pokemon game was designed around the Game Boy limitations (link cable). Even without that aspect I think that moving the franchise from a portable to the WiiU would shake things up a little.
presentation vs. direct doesn't make a difference to me. I actually preferred the Direct if I'm being honest. it's a better format if they actually have the software to fill up the time, which I really hope they have this year.
but I really want them to do the Best Buy demos again. that was awesome. snagged one of these
but I really want them to do the Best Buy demos again. that was awesome. snagged one of these
If you combine the amazing surprises and boldness of E3 2004, and the excellent variety of E3 2010, you will get a conference that will be nothing like E3 2014, because Nintendo will have barely anything new apart from Zelda and a few 3DS games.
Aaronrules380
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I still don't see how the experience would be that different to x and y, except better chat options with strangers I guess
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