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Nintendo @ E3 - No Direct, Just Zelda Treehouse Stream
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Mario sunshine hd confirmed? /s
gunstarhero
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Doesn't Nintendo have a new Pokemon and/or Yokai coming out this year?
Mike Double U
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VendettaRed07
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Kimishima is a businessman. Not a creator.
Going by the Trev leak, we only really have one other major 3DS game left to be revealed (though keep in mind, the new Kirby game counted as a major game on the leaked schedule), which is the rumored N-Stars game. And Kimishima did say that there were both unannounced first & third party 3DS games on the way.What a colossal disappointment
I mean, they HAVE unannounced 3DS games. Why not announce them in a Direct here?
There are a ton of reasons for having no E3 presence. It's less relevant than it's ever been. If they have a Direct before or after E3 they aren't competing for notoriously short attention spans, and they really don't have anything else to talk about sans some 3rd party stuff, which don't really need a Direct.
Dark Cloud
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Actually millions watched Nintendo with the best E3 event in 2014 and it didn't move the needle. So no E3 doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things.
When NX is ready to be revealed everybody will be hyped.
axisofweevils
Holy crap! Today's real megaton is that more than two people can have the same first name.
I can't believe this E3 bingo card I made as a joke turned out to be reality.
MatrixMan.EXE
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You're not even wrong.
Nintendo fans will be hyped. Not 'everybody'.
Stairouais
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If anything, they'll use this as a beta test. Zelda wii u seems to be in a development hell, and is obviously not ready for launch so it probably won't be the incredibly polished game we can expect.
My guess is we won't see anything more than what we saw in the teasers, only playable.
As expected. I just hope this strategy of not revealing anything NX related at E3 and revealing it in the Fall event works out for them. Can't wait to FINALLY see what this Zelda has in store for us!
and after these words, I'll let this thread continue...stay strong GAF I'm out
and after these words, I'll let this thread continue...stay strong GAF I'm out
"Go out and build a treehouse, instead of watching this one"
dancrane212
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Baleoce
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I can't believe this E3 bingo card I made as a joke is reality.
XD
SolidSnakex
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Given that they're going all in with Zelda at E3, I wonder how pissed they are that what may have been their big reveal for the game (being able to select Link's gender) was spoiled?
So E3 for Nintendo literally is just showing off Zelda. Their NX reveal Direct/event had better be epic.
For some reason I have the gut feeling that MS and Sony aren't going to exactly go all out to make up for Nintendo's non-showing and this E3 as a whole will be summed up as 'Pffffttbbbbbfff'.
Edit: Actually, what be hilarious/sad is if Nintendo just showing up with Zelda and having nothing but treehouse coverage of it somehow manages to be better than what MS/Sony present. Their treehouse stuff *has* been the highlight of the last few E3s for me, so it's not impossible, but those treehouses had a good selection of stuff to show off.
For some reason I have the gut feeling that MS and Sony aren't going to exactly go all out to make up for Nintendo's non-showing and this E3 as a whole will be summed up as 'Pffffttbbbbbfff'.
Edit: Actually, what be hilarious/sad is if Nintendo just showing up with Zelda and having nothing but treehouse coverage of it somehow manages to be better than what MS/Sony present. Their treehouse stuff *has* been the highlight of the last few E3s for me, so it's not impossible, but those treehouses had a good selection of stuff to show off.
Good Guy Gone Bad
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If you'd like to believe that Nintendo is gonna have an even later this year and show it off and still make the March '17 date with nothing to show 10 months from launch, you can continue believing that everything is fine. It's clearly a disaster considering it's been pushed back from its original date and we still know as much now as we did a few months ago.
Jonneh3003
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I can't believe this E3 bingo card I made as a joke is reality.
I'll make that free space Zelda.
If you are playing to the technicality that we don't know that a delay and skipping their e3 direct means anything about the strength of the Nx launch (and specifically lineup given kimishimas comments), then you also cannot definitively state that it will hurt them either, because it's not necessarily indicative of their mindshare. Like I said just Zelda is still better than the year we got Wii sports resort anyway
From a business viewpoint, this makes sense. Nintendo is currently in the process of discontinuing Wii U production and basically all console game development has been transferred towards NX. Why bother use up recourses at E3, when you can get visibilty a lot more effectively later?
Creating hype and momentum is easier when you don't have to compete for media attention.
Sure it's a bummer to have to wait a bit longer, but this way Nintendo can (hopefully) provide games and info about them at a steadier pace than previous console launches. That is a good thing.
Lack of 3DS at E3 is a bit confusing though, as its sales are doing fine and I suppose there are plenty of games coming out this year to show and advertise?
Creating hype and momentum is easier when you don't have to compete for media attention.
Sure it's a bummer to have to wait a bit longer, but this way Nintendo can (hopefully) provide games and info about them at a steadier pace than previous console launches. That is a good thing.
Lack of 3DS at E3 is a bit confusing though, as its sales are doing fine and I suppose there are plenty of games coming out this year to show and advertise?
oh my god
All EA games are present at Sony and Microsoft's conferences anyhow. That's why EA event was redundant since some years already. Last year they spent a lot of time in a boring discusssion with Pele. But all their games will be at E3.
Do you think Nintendo games will be at Microsoft and Sony conference to make your comparison appropriate?
DrForester
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Sounds like they're not doing the Best Buy demos this year either.
Acquiescence
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My interpretation is: "We've got nothing to showcase apart from one game, but if we skip E3 this year then we lose our floor space. We've got to turn up with something! ANYTHING!1!"
Plinko
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That's what I'm saying. They could still talk about these. They don't even need a 45-minute event. Just give me 15-20 minutes. Talk more about Dragon Quest. Show me the mobile games. Give me SOMETHING.
Not doing anything but Zelda is a terrible PR move. It gives the sense Nintendo has nothing in the pipeline and isn't prepared in the least.
DrForester said:
Considering it appears they're going to be spoiling a huge portion of the game at E3, I'm not sure the need for demos.
NinjaCoachZ
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They do that once an hour on my 3DS and wii games anyway
I always used to read this as "why not break a window?"
Dark Cloud
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Not really. I see lots of Sony fans and MS fans talking about it. Lots of people will be hyped. It's the first initial event to reveal a system just like all companies have done in the past.
No disaster.
I'm going to be outside Reggie's house with my picket sign.
SunBroDave
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Make no mistake, this is not a "choice" Nintendo is making to not have an e3 presentation. They literally can't.
MrSaturn99
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Wow. 
No. We can tell that just after the NX-specific event happens, when, you know, the console is actually announced. And, even more, the months following the unveling event and the ones right before its March launch. This is the real time where we'll see Nintendo's mindshare. And I say "especially after the event because I still remember all the problems that started arising a few months after the 3DS was announced. A console that was already crowned as a mega-success back at E3 2010.
What original date? March 2017 was the first date we were given for it.
MisterR
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They are pretty much just writing off 2016.
OrbitalBeard
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XB1 was revealed six months before launch.
Devilgunman
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Not ready? The thing is coming out in less than a year. It makes no sense at all that they can't show it in some forms. Not even a controller or concept. It's very understandable for someone to think something might have gone very wrong with the NX development because that is the only logical explanation for its absence.
Twenty7KVN
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This is just sad now.
MysticLeviathan
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Not sure what's going on. I do agree with those who say they were initially going to show off the NX at E3, but then for whatever reason, the system got delayed and they pulled away from that. But why they can't officially announce it with specs and such, not necessary show off the console itself, but semi-formally announce the system makes no sense to me. And why they aren't using all the floor space to show off more 3DS stuff makes no sense to me.
You have to hope there's some sot of SpaceWorld event later on in the year. Or maybe Nintendo plans on announcing it at the Tokyo Game Show a couple of months later, it does make sense to do it then from a timing perspective.
I stopped being a fan years ago, but I still try and follow what they're doing, but I can't, for the life of me, figure out what they're thinking. I guess it's just a lack of leadership at this time without a real CEO at the helm. I hope they can salvage it with a quality announcement for the NX.
You have to hope there's some sot of SpaceWorld event later on in the year. Or maybe Nintendo plans on announcing it at the Tokyo Game Show a couple of months later, it does make sense to do it then from a timing perspective.
I stopped being a fan years ago, but I still try and follow what they're doing, but I can't, for the life of me, figure out what they're thinking. I guess it's just a lack of leadership at this time without a real CEO at the helm. I hope they can salvage it with a quality announcement for the NX.
mrmickfran
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I'm hyped as hell for Zelda, but 2016 will be, without a doubt, Nintendo's worst year.
Good Guy Gone Bad
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Somehow Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft, Sony, Bethesda, et al., can deal with the "notoriously short attention spans" and announce stuff at E3 and still get coverage. I don't see why this would be an issue for Nintendo.
Likely because the platform isn't ready to be shown (judging by the rumors, third parties got their dev kits not too long ago).
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