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[RetroGamingUK]

For me it has to be the N64 at Shinshokai Show 1995

We’d previously seen images of the console under the “Ultra 64” moniker prior to the show, but Showshinkai was the blowout.

Seeing Mario 64 both in screenshots and video footage was absolutely incredible, it instantly became my most anticipated game and one of my all time favourites.





2 min 29 seconds features some lovely 90s drum ‘n’ bass by the way.

How about you? Which got you the most excited by the way?

If you can find some cool footage feel free to share

 

[RoboFu]

yeah N64 was easily the best reveal.

 

[kevboard]

the Wii, because it was so different and weird.

it was the first and only time I actually wondered how it would feel like to play on a new console, and how games will use the controller.

it was also the first time a new console basically had almost no real hardware upgrade compared to its predecessor. it was literally just a GameCube with a higher clock speed and a bit more memory... the 3DS to New 3DS jump was a bigger hardware jump than the one from GC to Wii.

so it was the only new console ever to fully be defined by its controller and basically nothing else.

 

[Hookshot]

The name "Wii" was an event itself.

Not sure the internet ever recovered it's braincells from that day.

 

[ResurrectedContrarian]

 

[RetroGamingUK]

The name "Wii" was an event itself.

Not sure the internet ever recovered it's braincells from that day.

 

[Sethbacca]

Mario 64 absolutely defined 3d platforming and was sheer magic upon release.

 

[N0S]

Hated the Wii. Cant even remember the GC reveal. Everything prior was pre internet. I think the Switch reveal was perfect.

 

[Magic Carpet]

3DS, spent more time with that little dude than any other Nintendo.
I still have it, It still holds a charge and it still plays games. All in one little Carry case including a bunch of games.

 

[_Ex_]

 

[AJUMP23]

I think the DS is their best work. Then probably the Switch.

NES would have just been a CES thing if that was even a thing then. But it was run in NY for a test run before a nationwide release.

 

[neocycle]

Omg. The pre-woke era.

 

[Robb]

I love the Nintendo DS reveal, when Reggie just pulled it out of his pocket on stage.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

I think the DS is their best work.

 

[neocycle]

Oh dear. And the actual experience was such a letdown I switched to Playstation.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

Oh dear. And the actual experience was such a letdown I switched to Playstation.

After loving my GameCube I went with PS3 and 360 the next gen.

Apart from buying Mario Galaxy to play on a girl I was dating’s Wii I had no interest in it.

I remember playing Wii Sports on launch day in a shop and quickly realising you could just flick your wrist.

Trash-tier motion controls.

 

[PuppetMaster]

I remember when Ultra64 was revealed as the first true 3D Nintendo console!

That was the ONLY time I was excited to see a new Nintendo console because of the tech. Everything after that was basically previous generation tech but with some gimmick.

 

[ResurrectedContrarian]

Omg. The pre-woke era.

this is what they took from us

hot girls tethered to game systems

 

[touchfuzzy]

Gamecube holds a special place for me, E3 2001 was just generally a shift from me being a kid who likes video games to someone who really follows the industry and knows what's coming out (a gamer, some might say). Taking up the dialup line for like 2 hours to download the Smash Bros. Melee debut trailer, obsessing over videos of Star Fox Adventure.

Before then it was all just seeing games at Blockbuster, or in commercials, or hearing about them from other kids at school. After that I've followed everything closely for 24 years and counting.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

SNES revealed in EGM

 

[IDKFA]

For me it has to be the N64 at Shinshokai Show 1995

We’d previously seen images of the console under the “Ultra 64” moniker prior to the show, but Showshinkai was the blowout.

Seeing Mario 64 both in screenshots and video footage was absolutely incredible, it instantly became my most anticipated game and one of my all time favourites.





2 min 29 seconds features so lovely 90s drum ‘n’ bass by the way.

How about you? Which got you the most excited by the way?

If you can find some cool footage feel free to share

Yeah, has to he the N64 for me as well.

The graphics blew me away. The leap from the SNES to the N64 was just mind blowing

We'll never see a leap in graphics like that again.

 

[RoadHazard]

I'm gonna say GameCube because it was the first one I was really there for in true gamer nerd mode. Rogue Leader was the best looking game I had ever seen.

I mean, I was alive for the SNES and N64 launches, and I was very excited for the N64 in particular, reading about it in magazines before its release, but I never really experienced its reveal as such.

On the other hand, the most hype gaming moment in my life was probably the first time I saw Super Mario 64 running live. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Can still remember that feeling.

Edit: Yeah, I'm changing my vote to N64. Even though I wasn't exactly there for the reveal itself the way I was for later ones, that time leading up to launch was just magical.

 

[Muffdraul]

I don't recall ever seeing a proper N64 reveal per se, but somewhere in my shit I have an EGM from 1993 with Sonic CD on the cover, and one the news blurbs inside was "Nintendo announced they've formed a partnership with Silicon Graphics to create their next console codenamed Project Reality."

I don't think I ever caught any reveals until Revolution/Wii. That was insane. The instantaneous widespread super intense negativity toward the name "Wii" was one of the most hilarious phenomena I ever witnessed.

 

[ReBurn]

For me it has to be the N64 at Shinshokai Show 1995

We’d previously seen images of the console under the “Ultra 64” moniker prior to the show, but Showshinkai was the blowout.

Seeing Mario 64 both in screenshots and video footage was absolutely incredible, it instantly became my most anticipated game and one of my all time favourites.





2 min 29 seconds features so lovely 90s drum ‘n’ bass by the way.

How about you? Which got you the most excited by the way?

If you can find some cool footage feel free to share

What language is the dude in the second video speaking?

 

[Baemono]

Who voted Wii U ?

 

[RetroGamingUK]

What language is the dude in the second video speaking?

Scottish

GamesMaster was a hugely popular TV show back in the day and Dominik Diamond was an excellent presenter of it.

 

[Ceadeus]

To me the Wii renewed the perception I had for video games in general, with a new way of playing and that was enough for me to get really excited. I wasn't let down either, I love every moment with it and never cared about the console being underpowered.

The new eshop, the wiimote, the different channels , internet browser, mario galaxy and Zelda made this system so fun.

 

[neocycle]

On the other hand, the most hype gaming moment in my life was probably the first time I saw Super Mario 64 running live. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Can still remember that feeling.

I know. It was unreal. It even messed with my perception of reality in the first few days playing it.

 

[Shifty1897]

Mario 64 and Wave Race were life changing to see at the time.

 

[bender]

 

[Azelover]

The Wii. There's nothing like seeing the underdog win..

 

[MiguelItUp]

SNES blew my mind, but Nintendo 64 blew it even further. I remember playing Mario 64 at an Incredible Universe station they had setup in-store and it absolutely blew my mind. What I thought was odd at the time was that a ton of people were playing the PlayStation/Battle Arena Toshinden at the same time. And the 64 station was setup in a different area away from the video games section with almost no crowd. I thought they were crazy, lol.

 

[nordique]

3ds for me only cause I was actually at the e3 event for it which was a cool experience

 

[kevboard]

I completely forgot that the first version of the Remote had 1 and 2 labeled as X and Y with lowercase a and b on the side.

the next trailer it was only a and b

and then of course eventually 1 and 2 in the final version

 

[Sethbacca]

SNES revealed in EGM

Man, I really want that kickstarter book delivered sooner than later. The nostalgia hit is going to be something.

 

[MrCunningham]

Let's see....

1985/ 1986: NES = too young. I was 5 years old when that console was released. I have no real memories of its' launch. My parents didn't buy a NES until 1989.
1989: GameBoy = I remember the hype around Tetris being the pack in game. It was quite popular at launch.
1991: SNES = I was hyped for the SNES, I remember reading about the Super Famicom in various gaming magazines when I was 10. When the SNES was released, it was a complete 16-bit console war against the Sega Genesis and Sonic the Hedgehog 1. The launch window games for the SNES was stellar.
1995: Virtual Boy = Was released with a lot of hype, but ultimately failed. I remember playing one of these at a kiosk, I knew like two people who owned them. Never had one myself.
1996: Nintendo 64 = Yeah, I really remember the hype around this machine. Mario 64 was the most anticipated game of 1996. Nintendo was really going up against the Sony Playstation and Crash Bandicoot. I eventually bought an N64 in 1998 or so. It is oddly one of my favorite N64 consoles despite the reputation it was given. The launch line-up was really weak, and there were only like six games released in its first seven months. Maybe one of my favorite Nintendo launches?
1998: GameBoy Color = bought one of these guys, really lived the device.
2001: Nintendo Game Cube = I remember the criticism around this. No DVD-ROM drive. Purple box with a handle. But launch games like Rouge Leader was cool.
2001: Game Boy Advance = The most criticism around this at launch was the lack of a back-lit screen and games being too hard to see in general. But the launch line-up for this handheld was great.
2004: Nintendo DS = LOL, It's going to be a colossal failure for Nintendo. The PSP is going to crush it! NINTENDO'S DOOMED!
2005/ 2006 : This system was revealed in 2005, at the time, it was insane. Nintendo sticking with SD instead of going HD, waggle wand controls. The insanity around this thing was insane. probably my favorite Nintendo console launch.
2011: Nintendo 3DS = kinda a whatever to me at the time. The 3D gimick was neat. The hardware was a much more advanced Nintendo DS. I don't have much to say.
2012: Nintendo Wii-U the Anti Wii. Weird bulky tacked on tablet controller. Bad marketing that made people think that the machine was an updated Wii, even though the hardware saw a big revision from the Wii to Wii-U. Much bigger than the revised GameCube that the Wii was. The end of the Nintendo dedicated home console.
2016: Switch = Kinda jaded. Didn't really care. I don't even remember the launch. Not sure if my brain was functioning anymore in 2016. IDK.

I'm not even going to count the iteration handhelds like the DSi and stuff like that.
2025: Switch 2. what a gap between the last Nintendo hardware... My hype for this isn't really there at all. I am more interested in what Nintendo has to offer than I am hyped by any of it.

 

[MrCunningham]

NES revealed in EGM

The first time I ever remember reading about the SNES was from this magazine. I even owned this issue.

Video Games & Computer Entertainment 27 April 1991 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Video Games & Computer Entertainment 27 April 1991https://www.patreon.com/marktrade

archive.org

I don't have the issue anymore obviously. But I do remember it because VG&CE used a Japanese Super Famicom model that was released in Japan in December 1990 because Nintendo hadn;t actually revealed what the NA SNES redesigned looked like yet. VG&CE was trying to get the scoop on an early preview for the system. I remember showing this issue to my friends and being blown away by "Super Mario Bros. 4".

 

[Woopah]

The 3DS seemed to hold a lot of promise after the reveal. Unfortunately a lot of it didn't come true.

 

[Hawk The Slayer]

I didn’t see the reveal for the N64 cause too young at the time but N64 is still easily the best Nintendo console. Majors mask and ocarina of time already has it in the bag as best Nintendo games ever. Throw in Mario party 2 and 3 plus Donkey Kong 64 and others and it’s a wrap. Also RE2 aka the best RE game ever still is also on the N64 as a multi console game.

 

[MrCunningham]

When I think about console reveals, it really is the Nintendo Wii at the front. The Wii was a slow reveal going back to 2004, when it was first announced as Project Revolution, and in 2005, we caught a glimpse of the hardware when Iwata showed it off.

But E3 2006 was insane when Miyamoto came out with a Wii controller in hand (the first time people got to see it) and started conducting a symphony. Then Reggie shows up, and talks about the 'feels', which lead to the 'my body is ready' memes... he cracks jokes about the 'two people who said nice things' about the Wii name that was leaked online previously.

Then they show off the 'Wii would like to play' marketing and and Wii controller in more detail. At that point, the gaming press was just mind fucked by what was going on. I feel like this was peak of Nintendo reveals at this point. The Wii-U was very anti-climatic.



The SNES reveal was just a slow roll out through magazines and such. The N64 reveal was cool, with its 'weird controller', but at the time, the system felt like an evolution of where gaming machines were going as a whole. The Wii was a weird side step into 'WTF is Nintendo even doing?!" land. That is far more memorable to me.

I mean, 'c'mon now... wii?"

 

[simpatico]

You can never understand the hype of prerelease Mario64 demo kiosks unless you're in a certain age range. By far the most exciting. Console library ended up being a big turd, but man at the time we thought it would be amazing.

 

[Deerock71]

I went with the Cube, because it showcased the Zelda we all dreamed of.

 

[Sebastian1295]

The gamecube.

 

[Fermbiz]

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

The initial GameCube reveal in 2000 in Japan (Japan-only) was really cool. You can find footage of it online. The Wii reveal at E3 2006 (we’d already found out the name) was legendary. So much buzz and excitement it was just never seen anything like that before, to this day. Miyamoto up there pretending to be a conductor as footage of new games kept playing. Legendary.

But my absolute favorite has to be the 3DS reveal at e3 2010. That was awesome. The smoke column coming out of the floor. Iwata pulling it out of his jacket. The Kid Icarus surprise reveal being Sakurai’s secret game that no one saw coming. It was just a great reveal.

Nothing since has come close.

 

[MrCunningham]

I would love to know how that boardroom meeting went behind the scenes... I kinda forgot that this was how the 3DS was revealed...

 

[touchfuzzy]

On the other hand, the most hype gaming moment in my life was probably the first time I saw Super Mario 64 running live. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Can still remember that feeling.

Yep, and you can’t even explain it to people who weren’t there. I tell my kids when Mario 64 came out it was absolutely mind blowing, like imagine having never seen a 3D game before? And it’s so far out of their realm of understanding it’s incomprehensible. Makes me feel real old.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

N64 was the hypest shit ever

Back when Nintendo was a beast at hardware and pushing boundaries

Mario 64 toys r us demo was just an amazing time to be alive

 

[Dr. Suchong]

N64
Shoshinkai 1995.
Seeing footage of Mario 64 on both Games master and Bad influence just made me sick with excitement.
It was just mind blowing.
Not long afterwards, I was working at Gamestation and the Manager allowed me to take our imported, (from Planet distribution iirc) Japanese N64 home to play Mario 64.
I got my own American N64 not long after.
Nothing comes close to that reveal.
Nothing ever will again.

 

[Emedan]

Think I only ever saw the Wii U reveal.. I bought a Wii after seeing it