Iwata tweets about the Digital Event reactions.
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Someone ask Iwata what model this is.
I would say that this conference is a clue that the NX is coming sooner than 2017.
They will sooner or later. Having a good or bad E3 is mostly about fortunate coincidences. Once they'll have 2/3 of the big three (Mario, Zelda and Metroid or whatever you consider the big three) to announce or showcase, everyone will be in awe again. It's silly.
Enjoy the salt as it's fresh.
Man that's heartbreaking.
But, had it been a live event, they very well could've been boo'd out of the building. It was a very, very poor showing from Nintendo, especially in the face of what MS and Sony did yesterday.
Hyperbole much? If EA wasn't booed with the Pele circlejerk nobody will be booed at an E3 conference.
Beelzebufo
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I mean, those two (especially AC) are incredibly disappointing, and nothing interesting was shown that wasn't also at last E3. When it wasn't frustrating it was a snooze fest.
NormalFish
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People are totally overreacting to Nintendo's conference lol. They don't have much right now. I'm not sure what there is to learn from.
Wish I could go back in time and shake everyone and point to what sticking with carts in the 64 era would mean. I mean, this is how this plays out. It all starts there.
Nintendo's ignorance would have caught up with them sooner or later, regardless of this single decision.
Yamauchi Hiroshi, former president of NCL, was ignorant and stubborn about everything, which made the company as successful as it became as much as it un-did it. Remarkably, this has happened twice in its history. Though the company and its management has become a lot better, Yamauchi's negative influence still dominates Nintendo's decision making processes and it doesn't seem like they'll ever be able to shake it off.
clevbrowns94
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Can't believe so many want to sell their console. I'm loving Splatoon too much for that. That said, it would not be a good time to buy one if the games already on the system don't appeal to you. Mario Maker is the only one that I'm really looking forward to.
EA was way better than this.
thecouncil
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Every Nintendo fan today..
I'd label it Sony and Microsoft fans in the Nintendo thread. Haha. I don't think Nintendo fans really gave a shit.
Lights and Waves
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I really wish they'd conduct focus groups before putting out these videos. This disaster was avoidable had the just saved the Smash news for today.
I'm a Nintendo fan and that pic sums up my thoughts pretty well.
Smash couldn't have saved this. The only things that could have were a Wii U Metroid Prime like 1&2 and a Wii U Paper Mario like Thousand Year Door.
Beelzebufo
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That's wrong lol
As a Nintendo fan, what were you truly expecting from this E3?
alfredofroylan
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Ok Iwata it's fine... at least I got my Fatal Frame
Wii U games. Silly me, I know.
What thread were you reading?
If I'd have a guess it would be that it's exactly the opposite.
JetSetRadio
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Was there a heatwave in LA?
I'm guessing their game will be on the NX.
For them not to shit on one of my favorite franchises.
I really feel bad about them being shot down like that. Hopefully, they can wow us more next year, or better yet, make up in the next direct.
I partially think this had to happen (the presentation being light on content). They showed a lot last year, and many of those projects, as well as the ones first shown in 2013, were released in the past 6-7 months. Feels a lot like the majority of their development teams have just wrapped up their last projects or are still supporting recent titles.
I partially think this had to happen (the presentation being light on content). They showed a lot last year, and many of those projects, as well as the ones first shown in 2013, were released in the past 6-7 months. Feels a lot like the majority of their development teams have just wrapped up their last projects or are still supporting recent titles.
Neff
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I think a lot of people are just taking an always-welcomed opportunity to kick sand in Nintendo's face during a moment of weakness more than making any kind of reasoned or informed deductions as to where the company is at right now.
It was a mostly crap conference, though, especially when last year's was so good.
Pretty much.
As I said in the other thread they need to give some compensation in some form to instil confidence back into the company.
Arkam
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Agreed. Format was very entertaining and did a great job presenting the limited/suck content they demo'd. All it needed was a few more games I want to play.
I mean I absolutely loved the Super Mario Maker part with Miyamoto showing their old paper designs. But the game is already 'old news' at this point and im just waiting to get it in my hands at home.
All in all glad to see Iwata acknowledging the disappointment instead or PR speak ignoring.
You mean launch games that are good? Cuz if you want more than that I do not think you like games. WiiU has been a great console for me and am happy with what is already announced. Im just surprised thet held back a few updates/announcements that were expected.
……forgetit
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You'd be very wrong
No this is everyone with unreasonable expectations that were already tempered down by Nintendo themselves. They already said they were focusing on 2015/early 2016 games.
Nah, bullshit. As a Nintendo fan and Wii U owner, I was pissed at the event.
I liked the 3DS stuff a lot though.
Agreed, Metroid Pinball is an atrocity
AzureTranquility95
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ZombiePlatypus
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Good lord that was a lacking E3 presentation from them. Extra painful after Sony's amazing conference.
sixteen-bit
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They couldn't dig it.
You don't like the new Animal Crossing?
Funnily, that even underperformed my expectations. And those were pretty much that AC U is more or less a port of the 3DS game.
TheBaronOfNA
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Man, people still pushing that idea even now? They have good exclusives for sure, but people overhyped the hell of that...
There was Star Fox, Animal Party game. They also focused on Mario Maker. You telling me these are not Wii U games now?
Astral Dog
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yes, this is the best answer. no Zelda was a dissapointment but they obviously want to unveil a big, brand new 1080p Zelda trailer to hype fans for the NX.
Still they handled it poorly, as a costumer a bit of honesty would be nice, Nintendo hyped this event too much, i understand they literally depend on Wii U sales for the next year but that doesnt excuse them,
Interceptor
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*2019
I am a Nintendo fan and I was depressed.
As I've said in the other thread, even 2017 is too soon. The audience they need is the gamers--the people that go out and buy new consoles when they launch. Wii was a fluke, it was Furbies, it was Tickle-Me-Elmo. They didn't realize this, and now Wii U is a failure sales-wise.
Nintendo have a lot of work to do. They need to bring their online up to standard, they need to bring their power up to standard, and they need to open their wallets and get that third party support. They also need to revamp their marketing completely, stop giving systems stupid names, and start being consumer-oriented.
But no matter what they do, releasing NX in 2017 dooms it. It's the middle of the gen, assuming a 5-year cycle the next Xbox and PS5 launch in 2019, meaning NX would be two years behind them tech-wise. So do they lose whatever audience they gained to the actual next-gen hype? Or do they abandon NX after already abandoning Wii U and lose that audience anway?
Releasing early is a short-term solution, not a long-term solution. Long-term, it's lose-lose. Nintendo should dig into their savings and weather this out until the actual next gen starts so that they can be competitive while also having the benefit of having not abandoned their audience twice.
What game are you talking about specifically?
This is more then a normal overreaction I think. I don't think Iwata has ever commented the way he did before about a negative reaction.