Hmm. I see.
I guess my only expectation is for Kimishima is to say NX will release this year and/or we will reveal NX at "_____".
Totally. But Nintendo does things in mysterious ways. If I remember correctly, they announced Bayonetta 2 three months after E3 2012 so I can see they doing similar things this year just to space out all the announcements and keep the hype after the E3 blowout until launch.I don't disagree with what you said at all really but I think holding any E3-ready announcement till July for example is a potential mistake. Potentially, fewer eyes will be on NX outside of E3 and I think they should take full advantage of that opportunity to show as many launch and launch window games as possible.
Cool. I feel much better seeing this now and knowing they can say it will be shown at E3, if that's their plans.Smart expectations! Expect a statement akin to this:
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I hope you like the smell of meltdowns in the morning.
I forecast that GAF may or may not get much return on all the money they've put down on there being lots of substantial NX details.
Looking forward to disappointment this time tomorrow.
Can't believe how much this is being hyped up.
But I wouldn't be too surprised if we get some indication of whether NX is/isn't coming this fiscal year.
Do we have a timer for the financial results? How long until that?
How long until we have a timer for the financial briefing. About negative two hours now since one was already posted. But so you don't go home empty handed, here's a countdown for countdown that will be made for Nintendo's E3 conference:
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Please everyone, stop getting too excited. AT BEST we MIGHT get a name (doubt it) and we MIGHT get told to look forward to more information at a future date (possibly e3). That's it. Please stop overhyping yourselves. :/
I really really really don't want this thread to devolve into "oh god nintendo, nothing again? doomed" for the next 20 pages.
They announced the Wii name at the investors meeting. The official NX name is definitely in the cards for a reveal.
I just woke up. What's happening tomorrow?
Financial briefing. Nothing more.
Yes, but the console was already a known thing. The console and controller had been revealed the year prior.
We don't know anything about NX yet, revealing the name is such a meaningless statement by itself.
Missed it; thanks! (I gave up waiting for them for too long.)
Do we have a timer for the financial results? How long until that?
Smart expectations! Expect a statement akin to this:
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Totally. But Nintendo does things in mysterious ways. If I remember correctly, they announced Bayonetta 2 three months after E3 2012 so I can see they doing similar things this year just to space out all the announcements and keep the hype after the E3 blowout until launch.
I just want Nintendo to play the aggressive game and show all its cards between today and E3 to make the biggest impact possible, but I believe they'll be conservative... so I'm lowering the hype levels in my body lol!
I expect to hear more about the next Nintendo mobile game than I do about NX. The only way we will hear about NX is if a stockholder specifically asks a question regarding it.
Just give us something about the damn thing. Jesus Christ.
It will use electricity.
Keep it on the low. I just broke an NDA to leak that.
It will use electricity.
Keep it on the low. I just broke an NDA to leak that.
It will use electricity.
Keep it on the low. I just broke an NDA to leak that.
Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised about getting something that we have a 100% chance of getting either. ;P
I expect to hear more about the next Nintendo mobile game than I do about NX. The only way we will hear about NX is if a stockholder specifically asks a question regarding it.
I kind of respect Nintendo for not really revealing anything and if they really keep it all wrapped up until E3, even more respect and i did not expect that. Now i just hope they have a stage show, i really do. Last thing i heard is that Obe1 was invited to Nintendo's show for E3. To me that sounds like a stage show then.
If it's E3 I don't see why he can't say E3. If it's not E3 then I could see him say "near future"
Yup, console warriors are a bitch.You know that people en masse will be absolutely elated to concern troll out the wazoo no matter what happens, though. :/
It will use electricity.
Keep it on the low. I just broke an NDA to leak that.
Smart expectations! Expect a statement akin to this:
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As for new businesses, we will present further information when we go into details about our forecasts for the next fiscal year. We do not plan to speak about NX today. We continue development and planning efforts for NX in preparation for launch, so it will require additional investment.
Smart expectations! Expect a statement akin to this:
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I thinks it's kind of a bad idea if Nintendo waits until E3 to do the full reveal of the NX.
If they do it the Sunday before E3 at the latest should be fine. I think they should want all the spotlight on them when they reveal the system.
NX will include one of these:Just give us something about the damn thing. Jesus Christ.
But the problem now is that Nintendo's pretty much dead last with people not giving a shit about them. If they try to cram their reveal at E3, while it may turn heads, the hype will be somewhat (if not completely) drowned out by the PS4K & VR news. If Nintendo want's the make the most splash, they need to reveal the platform on their own terms ahead of E3, so that E3 can be all about the games. And given that Nintendo usually goes up right before E3 begins, that wouldn't leave Nintendo with a lot of time to do their Digital Event/Press Conference/Whatever.I'm sure they have a handful of ideas, if not the final name by now. If it's this year, they definitely have at least a few they're throwing around.
What do you mean where the directs have gone? We just got one last month.
Please don't expect this kind of information out of a financial briefing. Expect this during a future event or E3. 3DS name was sent out in a memo and then revealed at e3 2010. Wii U was silent and name/tech demo revealed e3 2011, with final design and some games revealed e3 2012. Shortly before launch, they had a press event detailing launch date/price, launch titles, and announcing future titles, like bayonetta 2 and MH3U.
Please everyone, stop getting too excited. AT BEST we MIGHT get a name (doubt it) and we MIGHT get told to look forward to more information at a future date (possibly e3). That's it. Please stop overhyping yourselves. :/
I really really really don't want this thread to devolve into "oh god nintendo, nothing again? doomed" for the next 20 pages.
Lol then what are they showing at E3? More Metroid Prime Federation ForceMaybe they could do it after E3 then.
I thinks it's kind of a bad idea if Nintendo waits until E3 to do the full reveal of the NX.
If they do it the Sunday before E3 at the latest should be fine. I think they should want all the spotlight on them when they reveal the system.
March 23, 2010
To Whom It May Concern:
Re: Launch of New Portable Game Machine
Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Minami-ward of Kyoto-city, President Satoru Iwata) will launch "Nintendo 3DS"(temp) during the fiscal year ending March 2011, on which games can be enjoyed with 3D effects without the need for any special glasses.
"Nintendo 3DS"(temp) is going to be the new portable game machine to succeed "Nintendo DS series", whose cumulative consolidated sales from Nintendo amounted to 125million units as of the end of December 2009, and will include backward compatibility so that the software for Nintendo DS series, including the ones for Nintendo DSi, can also be enjoyed.
We are planning to announce additional details at E3 show, which is scheduled to be held from June 15, 2010 at Los Angeles in the U.S.
While I do think that Dark Cloud's time frame is a bit too close to E3 for comfort, his reasoning is fair. Nintendo needs to keep the spotlight to themselves without any chance of Sony stealing it.Why wouldn't they have that at E3?
NX will include one of these:
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I'm just worried they'll have to compete against Sony and the PS4 Neo or if MS reveals a new Xbox. I want Nintendo to get all the attention they need on their own day like Sony and MS did with the PS4 and X1.Why wouldn't they have that at E3?
If that Wii U press release is anything to go by, it's conceivable (albeit IMO...I hope...very unlikely) that we'll get no info about NX, simply that we'll hear more about it at E3 (or in the future), and no info about how it will or won't affect projected earnings--because in that press release at that time Nintendo specifically said Wii U earnings weren't included in that press release. (But perhaps in that case that's b/c they might've known at that time it wouldn't hit during that current FY.)
For comparison's sake, the 3DS press release of 03/23/2010:
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2010/100323e.pdf
GAF thread for fun and such:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=390930
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2011/110425_4e.pdfApril 25, 2011
To whom it may concern:
Re: Wiis successor system
Nintendo Co., Ltd. has decided to launch in 2012 a system to succeed Wii, which the company has sold 86.01 million units on a consolidated shipment basis between its launch in 2006 and the end of March 2011.
We will show a playable model of the new system and announce more specifications at the E3 Expo, which will be held June 7-9, 2011, in Los
Angeles.
Sales of this new system have not been included in the financial forecasts announced today for the fiscal term ending March 2012.
Got loads of them already, I want an RF cable or I ain't buying
But the problem now is that Nintendo's pretty much dead last with people not giving a shit about them. If they try to cram their reveal at E3, while it may turn heads, the hype will be somewhat (if not completely) drowned out by the PS4K & VR news. If Nintendo want's the make the most splash, they need to reveal the platform on their own terms ahead of E3, so that E3 can be all about the games. And given that Nintendo usually goes up right before E3 begins, that wouldn't leave Nintendo with a lot of time to do their Digital Event/Press Conference/Whatever.
Sorry, I hear NX (console) is coming with two of these:
This is being done to promote an RNG where people trade them to N3DS owners for faceplates usable on the NX portable.
I didn't include that one b/c it's in image posted several times on this page.Thank you, though. (I'm guessing the images upthread didn't load for you)
I'm just worried they'll have to compete against Sony and the PS4 Neo or if MS reveals a new Xbox. I want Nintendo to get all the attention they need on their own day like Sony and MS did with the PS4 and X1.
I'll settle for the official name. No one's expecting much from the briefing anyway, so why not?
Get ready for Nintendo G-Spot
There's a bit more!
Tomorrow 3:15 AM EST/7:15 AM GMT/4:15 PM JST: fiscal results & likely press conference
Tomorrow 9 PM EST/1 AM GMT/10 AM (Thursday) JST: investor briefing
Anytime in that window: press release re: NX w/ at least minor details
You missed some serious Planet Robobot goodness then, but I presume you've heard of the game by now regardless.![]()
But the problem now is that Nintendo's pretty much dead last with people not giving a shit about them. If they try to cram their reveal at E3, while it may turn heads, the hype will be somewhat (if not completely) drowned out by the PS4K & VR news. If Nintendo want's the make the most splash, they need to reveal the platform on their own terms ahead of E3, so that E3 can be all about the games. And given that Nintendo usually goes up right before E3 begins, that wouldn't leave Nintendo with a lot of time to do their Digital Event/Press Conference/Whatever.
I'm just a bit annoyed because people are coming in here acting like we're expecting a full blow-out when most of us are basing our expectations on logic and what we saw with 3DS and Wii U. I mean, expecting meltdowns? Really? Just because there's a countdown?
Atleast all the rumors for NX have been pretty positive. I hope they go all out for NX at E3 and not even mention the Wii U or 3DS.Sure it will not happen if NX is the console like it should be.
Nx should go BIG. If they can't manage to beat a console ps4/ms that isn't really announcing a new next gen console, maybe they shouldn't be at E3 at all.
Revealing the NX now, means less content to show at E3.
Not really, as they could do like Sony did with the PS4 and mostly focus on the hardware and just snippets of games (need to show more games than MS did with their X1 reveal).
That let's E3 be all about the games, and gives them time from whenever they revealed the hardware to gradually build hype toward the E3 show.
Still doubt they'll do it though.
Revealing the NX now, means less content to show at E3.
I'm not expecting a full reveal at the investor's meeting, but rather a dedicated NX reveal sometime in May.That's a problem they have to deal with. Setting your expectations high because you think nintendo 'needs' to do something in a certain way to gain back 'cred' or popularity isn't hurting anyone but yourself. Again, this is an investor's meeting, we might get some info on what to look forward to. Expecting anything else only hurts your own expectations.
Outside of nintendo fans and people looking forward to it, no-one has eyes on nintendo right now and no one cares about whether they'll release info tomorrow or not. What will matter is that when they *DO* finally reveal the system, they they make it seem like a desirable product that is worth owning. That's it. When doesn't matter NEARLY as much as how/what they show. Yes, the sooner the better, but that's such a minor detail.
PS4K having better graphics than the NX Console & 4K Blu-Ray will likely be enough for people to get hyped. As for Nintendo's E3, as stated earlier, it can be all about the games. And with games like Zelda also being on the Wii U as well as Sun/Moon being on the way, Nintendo can't really avoid Wii U & 3DS stuff at E3. Could they do a Mini-Direct for Wii U & 3DS news, sure. But I'm not sure if Game Freak or The Pokémon Company would take kindly to being sidelined.Sure it will not happen if NX is the console like it should be.
Nx should go BIG. If they can't manage to beat a console ps4/ms that isn't really announcing a new next gen console, maybe they shouldn't be at E3 at all.
Revealing the NX now, means less content to show at E3.
I'm not expecting a full reveal at the investor's meeting, but rather a dedicated NX reveal sometime in May.
PS4K having better graphics than the NX Console & 4K Blu-Ray will likely be enough for people to get hyped. As for Nintendo's E3, as stated earlier, it can be all about the games. And with games like Zelda also being on the Wii U as well as Sun/Moon being on the way, Nintendo can't really avoid Wii U & 3DS stuff at E3.
Sure it will not happen if NX is the console like it should be.
Nx should go BIG. If they can't manage to beat a console ps4/ms that isn't really announcing a new next gen console, maybe they shouldn't be at E3 at all.
Revealing the NX now, means less content to show at E3.