Aquamarine
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I like Nintendo Directs for small things but I want big shit at E3. It's a spectacle and I think new, big games deserve a spectacle. ND's make even the best of games seem pretty soft.
Iwata's English is not good enough to wow, and the ND's are pretty low budget so don't generate the sort of buzz I want. If they did a Nintendo Direct on a stage or somewhere like a bit of a show that'd be fine.
Will never happen either way. E3 is mainstream, ND's are for marketting to enthusiasts at low cost.
That's precisely why I believe Nintendo is going for an "Announce at ND, market at E3" approach with pre-E3 Nintendo Directs.
The enthusiasts get hyped about the ND, while the mass public get hyped about E3. It's the best of both worlds.
Nintendo will have ND games at the showroom in E3, and show live gameplay at the press conference, while the ND's will show a brief trailer and tease the game.
Something tells me that had I posted this after tomorrow's ND (likely) disappoints, a lot of these answers would be drastically different :3
Pokemon Direct didn't disappoint. I would have said the same things regardless.