It's pretty entertaining to be reading through a lot of the reactions in this threat, on both sides. It seems to me like the people most disappointed are the ones who went into today with the highest expectations...so, no surprise there I guess. Two months away from E3 is not really the time or place to pull back the curtain on major unannounced games. It's clear that Nintendo is relying on DLC and Amiibo support to lengthen the legs of their long-tail games during the dry summer (additional content for Mario Kart, Smash Bros, and I suspect there will be continued support for Splatoon post-release as well) while the rest of their studios work on other projects behind closed doors. My bet would be that their development schedules have remained longer than they used to be in the non-HD era, and of course things look sparse when there's only one publisher really supporting the system, even if it is one of the largest publishers in the world.
I'm satisfied with what we got. That damn Yarn Yoshi amiibo hit my heart way more than it should have, and while I'm not a big fan of the continued "onii-chan" approach Fire Emblem is taking in all its forms, I'm intrigued enough to keep an eye out for it.
The only disappointment for me was the utter lack of mention for XCX, as it suggests to me that its localization is lagging pretty far behind the Japanese version, and it may be getting repositioned into the holiday season Stateside as the "big" game to cover Zelda's loss.
I'm satisfied with what we got. That damn Yarn Yoshi amiibo hit my heart way more than it should have, and while I'm not a big fan of the continued "onii-chan" approach Fire Emblem is taking in all its forms, I'm intrigued enough to keep an eye out for it.
The only disappointment for me was the utter lack of mention for XCX, as it suggests to me that its localization is lagging pretty far behind the Japanese version, and it may be getting repositioned into the holiday season Stateside as the "big" game to cover Zelda's loss.