Nintendo says many more Nintendo Direct events between now and E3

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I'm expecting some nuclear bombs now.
 
This is a big middle finger to Spike TV and their "exclusive TV reveals."

Good for you, Nintendo! Way to forge your own path.

They obviously realized that they had no chance announcing their lineup at E3 because Durango + PS4 will overshadow them, so this is a wonderful substitute.
 
This in combination with that rumor that Retro's Wii U game was almost shown last E3 makes me wonder.

Nintendo seems to have fits with deciding how far in advance to reveal games, because they might get delayed, or a title might not be in a good state to show but they need something. Relying on surprise Nintendo Direct presentations seems like a good way to create more flexibility in product reveals and updates. If this strategy had already been decided on last year, I wonder if we would have seen Retro's game by now.
 
MasterBalls said:
And a virtual fireworks display was? It's not like E3 is a publicized event outside of the gaming community and maybe America.

Yearly hypetrains? Fuck that, BI-MONTHLY HYPETRAINS!
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I prefer a big hypetrain that causes an immense meltdown or happiness over a lot of little hypetrains with small meltdowns or happiness.
 
If Directs cut down on the crap like random celebrities pretending to give a shit about certain games they're pitching and awkwardly long demonstrations of features or games I could care less about (looking at you Wonderbook and Kinect) I'm all for it.
 
Kai Dracon said:
This in combination with that rumor that Retro's Wii U game was almost shown last E3 makes me wonder.

Nintendo seems to have fits with deciding how far in advance to reveal games, because they might get delayed, or a title might not be in a good state to show but they need something. Relying on surprise Nintendo Direct presentations seems like a good way to create more flexibility in product reveals and updates. If this strategy had already been decided on last year, I wonder if we would have seen Retro's game by now.
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They didn't show it in January, so probably not.
 
John Harker said:
I understand why they are doing this, but it's still kind of a weird strategy to me. Like, I get that the gaming enthusiast press has turned against Nintendo, and the main stream press and investors have been dour as well, and they haven't gotten the coverage they had during Wii's launch... so what do you do? You double down on your base, you cater to them directly, in the hopes you can up-convert them to additional product to make up for the shortfall. But what they are doing is effectively cutting out the broader audience completely. The ND's have been super successful with that double down strategy, and they obviously get to control the entire conversation (both tone and message), but it's only speaking to their base. Broader gamers/consumers/non-Nintendo owners do not receive this message. They had an opportunity to speak to this audience at E3, but they are largely non-competing, so mindshare will be even smaller. I wonder what phase two of this approach is? It seems like a good idea - look, it gets us, the core, excited - but they have a dwindling core base, so it seems more bandaid/short term than a sustainable solution.
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But i question weather the "Broader Audience" (that did by a Wii), even bothered with E3? or various video game website coverage to begin with? (mainstream news perhaps, like good morning america coverage or something)...

People who folllow games (call them core if you will) will get the info one way or another....

Who knows...
 
Mitsurux said:
But i question weather the "Broader Audience" (that did by a Wii), even bothered with E3? or various video game website coverage to begin with? (mainstream news perhaps, like good morning america coverage or something)...

People who folllow games (call them core if you will) will get the info one way or another....

Who knows...
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I don't just mean like, super casual audience, I even mean casual gamers, that own an Xbox, and buy 5 games a year.... which Nintendo had originally said they were going back after. They had communicated that the Wii U was a step in the direction of wooing back these types of 'hit buyer' gamers, to add 1-2 wii u titles a year to their collection of games. the ND's completely ignores them, cuts them out of the conversation, goes directly to their double-down strategy. Which I get. They need to light a fire under their base. I'm just looking and wondering what the long-term strategy is.
 
If they can drop bombs at any time, that means none of our bodies will ever be ready :(

But most importantly.... what level of spirit bomb do we think these announcements will equal?
 
Pie and Beans said:
So do I, but I seem to be the only person considering it, and for me its the only way to rationalise the insanity of not having a big presser where Nintendo just say "GAMES" and shit is wall to wall footage of upcoming big hitters. We've already seen the diluting effect Sony achieves by announcing some bizarrely large megatons just before E3.
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E3 pressers don't and can't really work like that, though. That's the big problem that Iwata said that they're trying to address; the big presser has to appeal to gamers, to the gaming media, to investors and to retail. Sure, the gamers in the audience would love to see large chunks of the conference devoted to Bayonetta, X, whatever, but that's not necessarily what other sections of the audience want to see... which is why we get big chunks of time to devoted to Wii Fit U and whatever.

That's the strategy in splitting the conferences up. I have absolutely no idea if it'll work, but I see merit in it.
 
tajd said:
Again, coming from Charlie Scibetta, Senior Director, Corporate Communications, Nintendo of America...

As you’ve already seen, a lot of news about Nintendo games and services that traditionally would be held until E3 is being delivered this year through Nintendo Directs, and various press events. This approach will continue between now and E3. No matter where you are in the world, you’ll be fully informed.

It'll be interesting to see if Nintendo hosts a Nintendo Direct that's the granddaddy of them all. Something that we know is bigger than your usual Nintendo Direct.


so basically bombs can be dropped at any time
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I hope Smash Direct and more Pokemon Direct (Mainly for announcing new type)
 
John Harker said:
I don't just mean like, super casual audience, I even mean casual gamers, that own an Xbox, and buy 5 games a year.... which Nintendo had originally said they were going back after. They had communicated that the Wii U was a step in the direction of wooing back these types of 'hit buyer' gamers, to add 1-2 wii u titles a year to their collection of games. the ND's completely ignores them, cuts them out of the conversation, goes directly to their double-down strategy. Which I get. They need to light a fire under their base. I'm just looking and wondering what the long-term strategy is.
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I get where you comming from... but at the same time it does not prevent the "Gaming press" from covering the news that is relased in each Nintendo Direct, multiple sites do it now regularly....

But i agree it will be interesting to see what happenes...
 
ZombiU 2 dedicated Nintendo Direct. Three-to-four times the content of ZombiU. Improved engine and graphics. Expanded Metroidvania level designer with a bigger focus on exploration play. All survival mechanics intact, nothing simplified, though smarter balance / better use of certain equipment.

The true zombie survival horror. Day one.
 
Am I missing something? Where does it imply many? It mentions having more, which will likely be a Nintendo Direct each for JPN, NA and EU.

I mean if I'm missing something obvious here tell me.
 
EatChildren said:
ZombiU 2 dedicated Nintendo Direct. Three-to-four times the content of ZombiU. Improved engine and graphics. Expanded Metroidvania level designer with a bigger focus on exploration play. All survival mechanics intact, nothing simplified, though smarter balance / better use of certain equipment.

The true zombie survival horror. Day one.
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I like this man
 
EatChildren said:
ZombiU 2 dedicated Nintendo Direct. Three-to-four times the content of ZombiU. Improved engine and graphics. Expanded Metroidvania level designer with a bigger focus on exploration play. All survival mechanics intact, nothing simplified, though smarter balance / better use of certain equipment.

The true zombie survival horror. Day one.
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If Wii U lands ZombiU 2 and Dead Rising Triology + 4 and the GC RE games on VC, it will be the go-to platform for zombie enthusiasts.

Let's not forget Earthbound and Threed. Zombie madness!!
 
Gravijah said:
Am I missing something? Where does it imply many? It mentions having more, which will likely be a Nintendo Direct each for JPN, NA and EU.

I mean if I'm missing something obvious here tell me.
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Yeah but I didn't expect that they would release one more ND between today to Pre-E3 schedule. I thought they would saved everything for "E3."
 
Kai Dracon said:
This in combination with that rumor that Retro's Wii U game was almost shown last E3 makes me wonder.

Nintendo seems to have fits with deciding how far in advance to reveal games, because they might get delayed, or a title might not be in a good state to show but they need something. Relying on surprise Nintendo Direct presentations seems like a good way to create more flexibility in product reveals and updates. If this strategy had already been decided on last year, I wonder if we would have seen Retro's game by now.
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IIRC The word was Retro had decided at the last minute that they were not ready to show their game. I would say we could see it soon.
 
I get their intention, get the press more hands on time with the games, but we all know what they're going to write about anyway.

How does Zelda Wii U look compared to the PS4/Durango games? How good are the textures in Retro's new game?

"The new Mario game plays great, but doesn't have the same wow factor as *insert PS4 game*."
 
I have to say that I like this approach to announcements, waiting for a couple of big trade shows a year kind of sucks since a lot of small but interesting titles get completely buried. This way titles are getting the exposure they deserve by the announcements occurring on otherwise dead gaming news days.
 
GiantEnemyGoomba said:
3D Mario Direct
Mario Kart Direct
Retro Direct
Betrayalnetta Direct
X Direct

Gimme gimme
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Exactly, 15 ~ 20 minutes dedicated to explain and hype each game. Was not possible at E3 with a single presentation, and some games would miss the spotlight with all the buzz going on.

I just hope they don't spoil too much if they go that way. Also, they really should make a ND App for the WiiU, just for giggles.
 
EatChildren said:
ZombiU 2 dedicated Nintendo Direct. Three-to-four times the content of ZombiU. Improved engine and graphics. Expanded Metroidvania level designer with a bigger focus on exploration play. All survival mechanics intact, nothing simplified, though smarter balance / better use of certain equipment.

The true zombie survival horror. Day one.
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Added melee weapons, each with a different playstyle and learning curve. Sledgehammer, Swords, cricket bat, etc...
 
EloquentM said:
Why do people think they're entirely cutting out the press? It's like you forgot about that press even directly taking place after the 3DS ND just LAST WEEK.
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Seriously. I think people are being brain dead. They literally just did what they talked about doing two weeks prior. They provided us updates on upcoming games as well as anouncing a few new ones and then immediately after let the press play the games they wanted to showcase. We, the consumer, got impressions and videos uploaded a day later.
Coolwhip said:
Meh. I dont think Nintendo Direct is all that successfull in driving sales. All this change does is cutting out our yearly Hypetrain.
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Do you remember back in the Wii/GCN days when Nintendo would have a huge lineup and a lot of titles were overshadowed and essentially sent to die with no advertising. Or when Nintendo only had like 2 or 3 notable games releasing the entire year and that's all they talked about? Now they can better focus, advertise and communicate their upcoming games and services. Instead of excitebots or warioland being sent to die they now have regular sessions where they can directly communicate to 3DS and Wii U owners of upcoming games.
 
Didn't they announce a new Zelda for Wii U? Not the Windwaker HD, but an all new Zelda? I hope that shows up in one of these "many" Nintendo Directs.
 
I hope they do one just before E3 like last year, it kind of sets the mood for all the impressions from the show floor the next day, then we nearly have the best of both worlds.
 
It's better in this way, no more false expectations, big news at any moment, no half/hour of boring statistics and developers talking, less trolling media at E3 toward Nintendo, and less announcements of casual games. Is a very smart move from Nintendo, also E3 wasn't helping Nintendo in the market, Nintendo E3 2010 was epic and still the 3DS sales were pretty bad at the beginning.

But surely those are bad news for the E3, less bombs and hype for the show. And I'm going to miss reactions like when Twilight Princess was revealed.
 
RPGCrazied said:
Didn't they announce a new Zelda for Wii U? Not the Windwaker HD, but an all new Zelda? I hope that shows up in one of these "many" Nintendo Directs.
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Yep. Eiji Aonuma gave us a little teaser of what to expect from it in terms of "rethinking the conventions" fo the franchise. He mentioned his desire to attempt to stray away from the linear structure of the 3D games that Ocarina of Time set the foundation for. He brought up being able the freedom to go into dungeons in any order (for the most part anyway). Who knows, we may see the Zelda team embrace this in the Link to the Past 2 title for 3DS. He also mentioned being able to play by yourself. I suppose he may have been referring to making Zelda games without featuring sidekicks like Fi in Skyward Sword, Midna in Twilight Princess, and Zelda in Spirit Tracks.
 
Makes sense.

Take control of media on your own terms, platform and core audience. Saves overhead, builds the hype train.

Profit.
 
Currygan said:
omg omg omg

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Awesome.

Bombs will be dropped. I think we have enough corroborated rumors to say that much. I think it's smart for Nintendo to operate this way. They need to get a steady stream of good news in the press and media, and it needs to have it's time in the lime light. Trying to compete directly with MS and Sony's announcements at E3 would have meant they would be playing third fiddle, no matter how awesome the announced games were. This way, they can be sure to get the right info out at a time when they will have the full attention of gamers and the press. Then at E3 they can focus on greasing palms at their private trade events, which is what E3 is for anyways.
 
lamaroo said:
I get their intention, get the press more hands on time with the games, but we all know what they're going to write about anyway.

How does Zelda Wii U look compared to the PS4/Durango games? How good are the textures in Retro's new game?

"The new Mario game plays great, but doesn't have the same wow factor as *insert PS4 game*."
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This is the sad truth :(
 
They did an Animal Crossing direct for Japan right before its release. Maybe they will do one for the west as well.

Wouldn't shock me if they did a special Super Luigi direct clearly outlining how to get the game and whatit was about. Maybe they'll also explain the controls again lol.
 
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