Reggie confirmed for Spike VGX appearance [Up: "new look at an upcoming Wii U game"]

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Tookay said:
Take that precedent and answer this question: what's the next game on their calendar, releasing in two months?
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Wii Fit U's retail release in January. Makes perfect sense. It's releasing on January 10th, almost exactly one month after the show this Saturday.

Perfect way to hype it up!

But seriously, if they are hitting that 9 million goal by March, he better have some surprise announcement like Smash Bros. is releasing in January.
 
Reggie Fils-Aime said:
Thanks Geoff. You know, after that introduction, maybe I won't mention the beating you took in Luigi's Ghost Mansion backstage.

Good evening to everyone attending the VGX awards show in person, and those of you tuning in at home. I'm Reggie Fils-Aime, the president and COO of Nintendo of America.

At Nintendo, we've been hearing a lot of talk about "the next generation". "The next generation of video game hardware", "the next generation of the Video Game Awards"... and while Nintendo is always looking into the future for new ways to bring the fun of games into living rooms worldwide, we think that every once in a while, it's important to take a step back and reminisce on what shaped the experiences we enjoy today.

In fact, we'd like to look back at the original Nintendo arcade hit, Donkey Kong. Donkey Kong, created by Mr. Shigeru Miyamoto, first brought us that great running and jumping gameplay we've enjoyed in games from Super Mario Bros on the NES all the way to Super Mario 3D World, released just last month for the Wii U. Not only that, but it also introduced us to a little plumber named Mario and a big ape named Donkey Kong, both of whom would later become unforgettable stars of the video game world.

But there's one thing some of us may have forgotten about. Hardcore fans might remember that the Donkey Kong we know and love today is different than the one we first met back in the arcades. The folks at Nintendo and Retro Studios have decided that after years of standing outside the spotlight, the original Donkey Kong's body is finally ready...
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to take center stage. Enjoy.
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how's that sound

also why did i write reggie fanfiction what am i doing
 
Tookay said:
Think about Nintendo's marketing strategy for the majority of their titles (even their biggest) over the last 4-5 years.

How they seem to not give a shit, then suddenly go all out for a particular game a month or two before launch.

How they fail to generally build hype for anything the way they did with Brawl or TP (and before you even mention it, Smash 4's marketing has been way more lowkey than Brawl).

Take that precedent and answer this question: what's the next game on their calendar, releasing in two months?
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Exactly.

If it's not Donkey Kong, it'll be Kart, assuming that will be out in Spring 2014. Anything else (Smash, Bayo, X, ZELDA LOL) is waaaaaaaaaaay too far out for them to be focusing on.

I'd love to be wrong, of course, but I'm really expecting Mario Kart.
 
Tookay said:
Think about Nintendo's marketing strategy for the majority of their titles (even their biggest) over the last 4-5 years.

How they seem to not give a shit, then suddenly go all out for a particular game a month or two before launch.

How they fail to generally build hype for anything the way they did with Brawl or TP (and before you even mention it, Smash 4's marketing has been way more lowkey than Brawl).

Take that precedent and answer this question: what's the next game on their calendar, releasing in two months?
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So you are saying...waiting for a game 2 1/2 years is generating hype. I think it should be a mix of both. get the hype started 6-8 months before release and then start to airing commercials and trailer, interviews with the developers, etc. a month or two before release. No stealth release anymore and no extreme long waiting.
 
Sendou said:
Cool, yeah I have given this some thought and the points you make are completely valid. Well I think what truly matters is that Nintendo Land is still a fun game whether you consider it a new IP or not. The latter part is rather irrelevant.
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Yeah, what matters the most is definitelly if the game is fun or not, indeed. And even if its based on excisting properties, the gameplay in NintendoLand is something new, and that also counts a lot i think.

EDIT: And i agree that 'NintendoLand' in itself can technically be concidered as new IP, because the name/title of the game is also some kind of property.
 
Kissenkopf said:
So you are saying...waiting for a game 2 1/2 years is generating hype. I think it should be a mix of both. get the hype started 6-8 months before release and then start to airing commercials and trailer, interviews with the developers, etc. a month or two before release. No stealth release anymore and no extreme long waiting.
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Not at all, I'm saying the TP/Brawl manner of constantly dropping trailers or info beyond a two-months-from-release window was a better way to build up though. I agree that there should ideally be a middleground. But Nintendo's the one who made an extreme over-correction to their previous policy of announcing (eventually delayed) games too far advance.

Though if a middleground isn't an option, honestly I think it's better to err on the side of giving fans longer term visions of a console's future than the alternative. With the Wii and even 3DS we had a much better idea of what the first two years of those systems looked like than what Nintendo's provided in terms of coverage for the Wii U.
 
"New look" tells me it's not Donkey Kong, it just doesn't make any sense. Even if they'd reveal a new character, it shouldn't say "new look". It sounds like footage of a game we've not seen much about, like X. Hell, that game doesn't even have a name yet.

On the other hand, I don't expect anything.
 
kankki said:
Yeah, I seriously wonder what Nintendo are thinking sometimes when they plan an E3 conference.

It'd be so easy to make a killer show! Acknowledge all the memes and just go with it. Game after game after game. If they don't have enough to show just put an extended gameplay demo there or something.
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They could have spent a bit more time on bayo 2 and tw101. Oh well... hindsight is 20/20.
 
Tookay said:
(and before you even mention it, Smash 4's marketing has been way more lowkey than Brawl)
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Not arguing against your overall point, but at this point in Brawl's "marketing cycle", there was nothing. The daily updates didn't start until a year after the first Brawl trailer.
 
Eh, even after that press release I am still hoping for Zelda. It is a already announced game, they even have it in their release schedule.

If its something else, it better be Smash for Q1/Q2 release...with 3DS version at the same time since I want it more lol.

Edit: So not Smash...! ZELDA!!!
 
So it's fucking Donkey Kong after all. Oh well. Disappointing, but still good to know - at least I don't have to waste hours of my short life watching this shit then.

Does Nintendo actually realize that Donkey Kong is not what they need or should push right now? Apparently not...
 
wsippel said:
So it's fucking Donkey Kong after all. Oh well. At least I don't have to waste hours of my short life watching this shit then.

Does Nintendo actually realize that Donkey Kong is not what they need or should push right now? Apparently not...
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Dude no one knows for sure. Everyone is assuming out their ass. Chill...
 
Look it be Zelda U. Everyone will go in saying "OH FUCKING DONKEY KONG I'M DONE WITH THIS COMPANY" and then they show Zelda U except this time the main character will be Zelda/Sheik. Link will be a pig farmer.
 
I just realised in the light of that Sonic Racing announcement Reggie's news will be that Geoff Keighley is a guest racer in Mario Kart 8.
 
They show DKCR. Everyone disappoints.

One more thing:


NOW YOU CAN USE THE GAMEPAD AS A REAR MIRROR ON MARIO KART 8!!!!


Nintendo saved. Game of the forever. Sony and Microsoft stocks crash. Cerni to develop a new Sonic exclusively to Wii U.
 
wsippel said:
So it's fucking Donkey Kong after all. Oh well. Disappointing, but still good to know - at least I don't have to waste hours of my short life watching this shit then.

Does Nintendo actually realize that Donkey Kong is not what they need or should push right now? Apparently not...
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I mean they technically do need to push it...considering it's like the next game they have coming out. They normally don't send the base franchises to die.

I agree that this is probably not the best place to do so, but c'mon presenting your game to a lot of people is always a good thing.
 
LiberaTeExInferis said:
Maybe i am just being naive, but dont they see that they need "hype"??
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Then WHY DO THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE SON?

It's all about hype, there will be studios presenting their newest games with cutting-edge technology; we might even see fucking Fallout 4 and Mass Effect 4, how is a character reveal looking like next to them? :lol
 
It'll probably be DKCR imo since that's the next game they plan on releasing. Maybe we'll get a release date for it and hopefully the game will look better graphically than it has so far? The Wii game looked good, but TF looked basically like Returns in the demo I played. I think the best likely case is showing some interesting things for Smash. We don't know anything about Smash's single player right?
 
Sir Ilpalazzo said:
Not arguing against your overall point, but at this point in Brawl's "marketing cycle", there was nothing. The daily updates didn't start until a year after the first Brawl trailer.
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Depends on whether you're starting from the beginning of the announcement or working backward from when it released though.

Presumably this game is releasing next year, so a year and a half from its announcement. At this point, a year out from release, we were receiving daily updates about Brawl that were more than just a pic of the day.

And, furthermore, I seem to recall Sakurai saying that he wasn't going to ramp things up the way he did with Brawl updates again, period. So it'll by default by more lowkey than Brawl in the long-run.

But your point is duly noted.
 
DKCTF is a game I'm very excited to play but in no way excited to see more about. We should be playing the damn game right now!
 
Sendou said:
Look it be Zelda U. Everyone will go in saying "OH FUCKING DONKEY KONG I'M DONE WITH THIS COMPANY" and then they show Zelda U except this time the main character will be Zelda/Sheik. Link will be a pig farmer.
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Retro Studios Zelda lives?

Quick someone call Kotaku
 
It says a new look at an upcoming WiiU game, doesn't say an already announced WiiU game. Could be a classic franchise with a new art style maybe?

Ah who am I kidding its probably Donkey Kong.
 
SirShandy said:
Reggie was just on Gametrailers less then two weeks ago showing off Donkey Kong, the same episode in which he announced that he would have something special for the award show. I think it's more likely to be Mario Kart or Smash Brothers.

Another thing: If it was just for a game we already know plenty about, I see no reason they would be keeping the title under wraps.
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Yea if its just gonna be more DKCTF then whats the point of keeping things under wraps, just do like other company's and say we will have a new look at DKCTF.

It has to be a game that we have not gotten any info from in a while, X, Bayo 2, Mario Kart, or Smash, even tho Smash bros has gotten info there is a lot of stuff you can announce for it.

It makes no sense to hide that your bringing DK
 
Conor 419 said:
It is worth noting that EatChildren and Nirolak did heavily fuel the fires of the Mario Kart/Retro studios rumour which seemed to exist exclusively to troll Nintendo fans back at E3. Of course even the most die hard of trolls would never make such brash statements, let alone believe them.. If Donkey Kong is truly what is being shown at Nintendo's first appearance at the VGX's then I will hazard to say that it is the worst entertainment decision they have ever made.
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Hey, my number two guess was right!: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=56247724&postcount=23 :P

Nirolak said:
So I guess the main options I see in order of likelihood are:

1.) Mario Kart Wii U
2.) DKCR2
3.) New IP
4.) Metroid
5.) Something Else
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I was fairly explicitly joking around in those threads. Here I'm not sure if it's actually Donkey Kong, but I do think it's plausible since they said "upcoming" instead of new.

A new Smash character would also make sense to me given the audience.
 
I still say Bayo 2 is the best bet (with maybe a surprise announcement of the first on eShop).
But X would be amazing. Not holding my breath for that one.
 
Nintendo needs to make an impact quick. Given that they said Zelda Wii U could have been shown at this years E3, i reckon they might have brought that forward. Maybe couple that with a Smash Bros trailer.
 
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