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[OrbitalBeard]

Why not just have Bill and the Treehouse folks do most of the presentation?

Bill would probably be ok.

I'm glad you didn't say Reggie, who is probably the most lifeless, robotic presenter in the industry today.

Honestly, the only Nintendo exec who could capture the attention of an English-speaking crowd for more than a few minutes was Satoru Iwata.

 

[-Horizon-]

You guys think the PS Meeting was bad

Imagine something similar but with a bunch of non-native English speakers on stage.

There's a reason Nintendo opts for Directs and Digital Events these days and it's not simply because "omg they're so cheap"

Just give Hobo Bill a box of donuts and have him talk.

 

[LegendofLex]

You guys think the PS Meeting was bad

Imagine something similar but with a bunch of non-native English speakers on stage.

There's a reason Nintendo opts for Directs and Digital Events these days and it's not simply because "omg they're so cheap"

The nice thing about however the NX reveal will turn out is that because it's not just about slightly shinier graphics packed into a slightly bigger box, they'll be able to show more than just slightly shinier graphics and a slightly bigger box.

I don't think a live show could hurt them provided the presentation's led by fluent English speakers and their games aren't boring.

 

[OrbitalBeard]

The nice thing about however the NX reveal will turn out is that because it's not just about slightly shinier graphics packed into a slightly bigger box, they'll be able to show more than just slightly shinier graphics and a slightly bigger box.

I don't think a live show could hurt them provided the presentation's led by fluent English speakers and their games aren't boring.

Sure, it could work.

But man, they have to absolutely nail the delivery. Nintendo has never been all that great in this department, though they have had flashes of brilliance in the past.

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

Sure, it could work.

But man, they have to absolutely nail the delivery. Nintendo has never been all that great in this department, though they have had flashes of brilliance in the past.

I think most in their right minds would agree that a Direct is best followed by press getting their hands on the system.
And this is coming from someone that thought a live event like the Wii U fall thing in New York was what was going to go down.

 

[ggx2ac]

http://time.com/4482878/super-mario-run-apple-iphone-shigeru-miytamoto/

I always think of you as working in Nintendo’s wheelhouse, designing for Nintendo’s hardware and the software-hardware holism thing. With Super Mario Run, half of that picture involves a completely different company’s hardware. Were there any interesting or unusual design lessons you learned working with another manufacturer’s hardware?

...

Of course there are other mobile devices we’ll be bringing the game to later. But with the Apple devices, their hardware design is such that there’s not much you have to do from a compatibility standpoint across multiple different devices. It’s very streamlined. And I think just from a philosophical standpoint, there are elements of their design that are similar to ours. So that’s why we’re bringing it to iPhone first.

...

I think this is relevant.

 

[GamerJM]

You guys think the PS Meeting was bad

Imagine something similar but with a bunch of non-native English speakers on stage.

There's a reason Nintendo opts for Directs and Digital Events these days and it's not simply because "omg they're so cheap"

The conference itself was fine, the announcement and reveal itself was underwhelming. People would be saying the same thing if Sony did a live stream treehouse thing.

 

[PepperJohn]

What do you make of this?

 

[thefro]

What do you make of this?

Yay account system for reals!

 

[AniHawk]

You guys think the PS Meeting was bad

Imagine something similar but with a bunch of non-native English speakers on stage.

There's a reason Nintendo opts for Directs and Digital Events these days and it's not simply because "omg they're so cheap"

the playstation meeting was everything that a press conference was about 20 years ago. it was actually made for press. it wasn't a stage show like they've been putting on the last several years at e3.

and it has no real place in 2016. they could have had a press release and an announcement video showcasing the features of the ps4 pro and it would have probably left a better impression.

i feel like nintendo's reveal will probably be digital, with treehouse live for at least american markets sometime shortly thereafter (later that day or the next day in the afternoon). in that case, if it's before tgs, i would say the 12th or the 13th would be the likeliest candidates now.

 

[J@hranimo]

What do you make of this?

Where is this from?

 

[Azoo]

In hindsight of all the talk, I thought the PS4 Pro presentation was kinda cathartic, really. Not because I'm happy they dropped the ball (also a Playstation fan), but!

Nintendo gets repeatedly slammed not only for not chasing top-of-the-line visuals but also not doing live shows, and then after mountainous GAF hype for a presentation focused on just that ends up being one of the most awkward, haphazard and overall underwhelming sights of the year so far.

That's not to say any worries about NX are out of the way, but it's strange how now it feels like after all's said and done that NX may have a chance to make waves (if announced this month) after all. We were all worried about Project NEO wiping the floor with anything Nintendo would potentially reveal, and.. well.

 

[10k]

What do you make of this?

NX is a name for Nintendo's web browser extension isn't it?

 

[MuchoMalo]

exactly.

nx january reveal is happening, friends.

I love how you're saying "exactly" when your reasoning has nothing to with what you quoted.

 

[BY2K]

The reveal will be before the end of 2016.

Just... maybe not in September.

 

[Exterminieren]

Strikes me that Nintendo are on a bit of a PR blitz at the moment.

August 22-28- The Prime Minister of Japan appears at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games dressed as Mario.
August 29-September 4- Nintendo brings out a Nintendo Direct setting out the future of their current (living) platform.
September 5-11- Nintendo sends Shigeru Miyamoto onstage at the reveal of the biggest consumer electronics device of the year to announce a new game in their premier franchise.
September 12-18- Watch this space???

 

[ggx2ac]

Strikes me that Nintendo are on a bit of a PR blitz at the moment.

August 22-28- The Prime Minister of Japan appears at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games dressed as Mario.
August 29-September 4- Nintendo brings out a Nintendo Direct setting out the future of their current (living) platform.
September 5-11- Nintendo sends Shigeru Miyamoto onstage at the reveal of the biggest consumer electronics device of the year to announce a new game in their premier franchise.
September 12-18- Watch this space???

Nintendo are collaborating with <insert mobile game developer here> for TGS.

 

[Atheerios]

Where is this from?

That's from the official Nintendo dev site.

 

[PepperJohn]

NX is a name for Nintendo's web browser extension isn't it?

Whast web browser extension?

 

[ggx2ac]

Zelda, Legend of Zelda would probably be the last of the five initial mobile games from Nintendo.

Have that released so people would be interested in getting BotW on NX. Or on Wii U along with the HD Zelda games, or the 3DS remake Zelda games.

(That or Pikmin...)

 

[GamerJM]

The reveal will be before the end of 2016.

Just... maybe not in September.

I'd be VERY surprised if Nintendo announces it in November or December. IIRC it's super unusual to see platform reveals in those months and it would kind of harm any potential holiday sales (especially with 3DS).

I'm betting it's late September or sometime in October. Of course they could surprise us and do a stealth announcement presentation sometime within the next couple of weeks, who knows.

 

[Plinko]

Again, there is zero reason for why early October wouldn't be a perfect time to reveal NX.

 

[Jorok Goldblade]

Zelda, Legend of Zelda would probably be the last of the five initial mobile games from Nintendo.

Have that released so people would be interested in getting BotW on NX. Or on Wii U along with the HD Zelda games, or the 3DS remake Zelda games.

(That or Pikmin...)

Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks would port well to mobile.

 

[ggx2ac]

Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks would port well to mobile.

I wouldn't want to play those though. Maybe a new title in that style.

Or Link's New Crossbow Training. lol

Even the Zelda game in Nintendoland was pretty good.

 

[Speely]

NX is a name for Nintendo's web browser extension isn't it?

You know actually it could be part of the platform. One part of the platform is mobile and integrates mobile games into the (real) account system so that information can be used in the console portion of the platform which is conveniently streamlined for such.

Synergy between mobile and console games where the mobile games make safe money AND provide potential compatibility via shared account system and perks/Ninten-dough/whatever for the console games.

Compatibility, natural promotion, ecosystem. I see this happening. Some mobile games could even be vehicles to drive consumers together in order to emphasize the benefits of a portable console with the NXs power.

NX will be a horizontal platform as opposed to the verticality of PS4/XB1.

Note: the above is just the blather of an exhausted fan waiting for the end of the world.

 

[ggx2ac]

Damn it.

http://time.com/4482878/super-mario-run-apple-iphone-shigeru-miytamoto/

* [In a followup email asking about the number of mobile games planned by March 2017, Miyamoto added: “We’ve consistently stated a plan to launch approximately five mobile apps by the end of this fiscal year, including Miitomo. Given market conditions and the development process for each title, our current plan is to launch four total mobile titles in that period.”]

 

[Jameson]

Miyamoto being in the states has to be a good sign right?

 

[Rodin]

Zelda, Legend of Zelda would probably be the last of the five initial mobile games from Nintendo.

Have that released so people would be interested in getting BotW on NX. Or on Wii U along with the HD Zelda games, or the 3DS remake Zelda games.

(That or Pikmin...)

Yeah i think it's going to be Zelda. A top down game with levels where you have to solve puzzles would be neat.

Miyamoto being in the states has to be a good sign right?

Not necessarily. He went there for an incredibly huge announcement, and they can also easily record his part for the NX direct in Japan.

 

[120v]

not a particular fan of Patcher but i believe his prediction that nintendo has still been tinkering away with it and isn't ready to show it yet. i thought september would be prime time but i mean if they aren't ready then they aren't ready

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

I am fully ready to not hear anything about NX till 2017.

I have always said February 2017

 

[Speely]

Not necessarily. He went there for an incredibly huge announcement, and they can also easily record his part for the NX direct in Japan.

That's a good point. There likely isn't some secret live NX press event happening this week or anything, and the Apple thing was big enough news to warrant an appearance in and of itself. I think this was just for the Apple event, and it was worth it apparently.

 

[Mr. Pointy]

This may sound silly, but I hope Nintendo produce a NX based arcade board.

 

[MuchoMalo]

not a particular fan of Patcher but i believe his prediction that nintendo has still been tinkering away with it and isn't ready to show it yet. i thought september would be prime time but i mean if they aren't ready then they aren't ready

If it's still being "tinkered with" by now it's not launching anywhere near March.

 

[Angry Chair]

Why are so many people giving up on September? It's the 7th, there are 17 weekdays left in the month. I'm no math scientist but if my calculations are correct, Nintendo has plenty of time left to reveal the NX this month.

 

[ggx2ac]

Why are so many people giving up on September? It's the 7th, there are 17 weekdays left in the month. I'm no math scientist but if my calculations are correct, Nintendo has plenty of time left to reveal the NX this month.

Mathematics is not a Science.

Edit: Statistics is probably the word you are looking for, "I'm no statistician but..."

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

Why are so many people giving up on September? It's the 7th, there are 17 weekdays left in the month. I'm no math scientist but if my calculations are correct, Nintendo has plenty of time left to reveal the NX this month.

September is still the month something will be said about the NX.

 

[MuchoMalo]

Why are so many people giving up on September? It's the 7th, there are 17 weekdays left in the month. I'm no math scientist but if my calculations are correct, Nintendo has plenty of time left to reveal the NX this month.

Because a press event requires early notice, and next week is more or less ruled out due to TGS. This makes the last week of the month the only time a reveal is really likely unless they only do a direct and don't allow press hands-on until some time later.

 

[z1ggy]

It feels like Nintendo took the spotlight with the Apple event. They should capitalize this and show the NX already.

 

[Big Gulps Huh?]

Damn it.

http://time.com/4482878/super-mario-run-apple-iphone-shigeru-miytamoto/

Miyamoto debunks the previous theory that NX would somehow play Nintendo's mobile games:

"Thinking about Mr. Iwata as well as Mr. Kimishima’s comments on using these alternative Nintendo mobile experiences to drive players back to native Nintendo platforms, will Super Mario Run eventually interlink with either Miitomo or NX?

We’re not planning on any connectivity with this game, and partially that’s because for our own hardware, we take responsibility for the hardware and ensuring the functionality is serviceable over the life of the system. When we bring in the hardware of another company, it’s tough to guarantee what another company is going to do with their hardware.

But we do have the My Nintendo system, and so Super Mario Run will potentially have connectivity with My Nintendo and allow you to access, for example, your friends list and things like that. And then also on the kingdom-building side of the gameplay, there may be some opportunity for us to access that data and do something with that on our own devices.

So of course as you’ve seen with Pokémon Go, we have millions of people who may never have played a Pokémon game, or maybe just knew the name Pokémon, who are now playing that game and learning the names of each individual Pokémon. And the result of that is that we’re also seeing sales of things like our original Pokémon Red and Blue games on the rise as a result of that. We think we’ll see a similar effect with Super Mario Run, and especially as we continue to develop Mario games for our own platforms that have more robust action and those sorts of elements, we think those will be appealing to the audience playing Super Mario Run on mobile devices."

 

[OrbitalBeard]

It feels like Nintendo took the spotlight with the Apple event. They should capitalize this and show the NX already.

They're probably going to let that announcement have the rest of the week (at least) to breathe before moving forward with anything new.

 

[120v]

If it's still being "tinkered with" by now it's not launching anywhere near March.

well obviously they're still not working on it (or if so, lol). but i think things probably ran longer than expected

still think it'll be revealed soon-ish though

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

I know it doesn't mean anything but Andre and Derek from GameXplain just happen to be "on vacation" at this time.
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[Mihael Mello Keehl]

I know it doesn't mean anything but Andre and Derek from GameXplain just happen to be "on vacation" at this time.
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why you say that?

 

[Speely]

I know it doesn't mean anything but Andre and Derek from GameXplain just happen to be "on vacation" at this time.
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It'z HappeNGGGHHHHHH

 

[BuggyMike]

not a particular fan of Patcher but i believe his prediction that nintendo has still been tinkering away with it and isn't ready to show it yet. i thought september would be prime time but i mean if they aren't ready then they aren't ready

You people gotta relax ffs its only the 7th, Sony and Apple had major events today. Its like the fact that they didnt give a reveal date on the very first minute of the first of the month drove you guys mad. I'd understand this kind of talk if it was like the 20th, or even on the date of TGS. We cant conclude anything this damn early in September, especially when we knew Apple and Sony had this month to themselves up to the 7th. If it wasn't clear, the "cool" thing to do now is to announce things very close to the actual event/release etc. Nintendo are clearly following this formula. The announcement for the reveal can happen at anytime this month. I'm personally expecting it before TGS so games can be properly announced for it. I'm not saying it def will be announced this month, but NOTHING has happened thus far to conclude that "well its the 7th guess we'll see if it comes next month".

 

[MuchoMalo]

Tomorrow, Nintendo will announce a Direct for Tuesday, and they won't say what the direct is for. Just you wait. They won't say if NX will be mentioned, and when asked they'll respond, "You'll just have to tune in to find out!" with a wink

Please.

Nintendo, come on, not striking while the iron is hot is hot is why Wii U failed and you knew from the start that Miyamoto would in the US now...

cries

They just dropped the Zelda video that they've been working on for a long ass time. I'd say that's why they took some time off.

DREAM KILLER

 

[HeySeuss]

I know it doesn't mean anything but Andre and Derek from GameXplain just happen to be "on vacation" at this time.
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They just dropped the Zelda video that they've been working on for a long ass time. I'd say that's why they took some time off.

 

[ggx2ac]

Miyamoto debunks the previous theory that NX would somehow play Nintendo's mobile games:
"

I read this before, this was about connectivity with Nintendo's mobile games. I'm still going to wait and see if they or mobile developer 3rd parties announce mobile games for NX.

I know it doesn't mean anything but Andre and Derek from GameXplain just happen to be "on vacation" at this time.
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I've been waiting for this.

Spoiler

Attack/Relent

 

[Speely]

They just dropped the Zelda video that they've been working on for a long ass time. I'd say that's why they took some time off.

No. NO. LA LA LA LA LA. Reason has no place here. You are talking old and busted. We are on the new hotness.

 

[Ocarina_117]

With the Mario Run announcement, 3DS and Pokemon info releases of late out of the way, now would be a good time to announce the thing.