Do you think that, considerint the speech translated in the OP, we will miss Nintendo Direct (for Wii U specifically) also in MAY?
Because if even May will see no Direct, considering how third party support is weak (no wiiu versions for a lot of games, and few wiiu details for the games that are hitting the system), we would have 4 months of absolute SILENCE even from Nintendo (after the January Direct),
and almost 6 months of no new releases (for the West, with just Game&Wario for Japan) from first/second party team (if Pikmin in July/August as it is, with no sudden release for W101 or Fit U)
Do you think that, considerint the speech translated in the OP, we will miss Nintendo Direct (for Wii U specifically) also in MAY?
Are they really trying to kill the console? Because if even May will see no Direct, considering how third party support is weak (no wiiu versions for a lot of games, and few wiiu details for the games that are hitting the system), we would have 4 months of absolute SILENCE even from Nintendo (after the January Direct), and almost 6 months of no new releases (for the West, with just Game&Wario for Japan) from first/second party team (if Pikmin in July/August as it is, with no sudden release for W101 or Fit U)
Well Iwata is heavly invested in some sort of games blitz for Wii U so Im not surprised. They are banking on that instead of telling us now and we get the game in 5 months..Do you think that, considerint the speech translated in the OP, we will miss Nintendo Direct (for Wii U specifically) also in MAY?
Are they really trying to kill the console? Because if even May will see no Direct, considering how third party support is weak (no wiiu versions for a lot of games, and few wiiu details for the games that are hitting the system), we would have 4 months of absolute SILENCE even from Nintendo (after the January Direct), and almost 6 months of no new releases (for the West, with just Game&Wario for Japan) from first/second party team (if Pikmin in July/August as it is, with no sudden release for W101 or Fit U)
No Madden, no E3.
Nintendo better man up and do something :/
Ninendo ARE at E3. They're just not doing a big conference. They're doing smaller one for the press there about US marketing, and they're doing Directs for the people elsewhere. All games will be playable there as well.
They haven't ditched E3
Don't worry, they're going third party any second now. Any second.No Madden, no E3.
Nintendo better man up and do something :/
But if they are somehow "ditching" the E3, and pushing Directs as new media for communication, wouldn't be crucial to push out info on the "normal" March Direct and, having lost that, exploit May?
I mean: they are decreasing E3 importance and increasing "other way of direct communicate to consumer houses directly (I think NDirects, right?), so why skip the March Wii U Direct and not announce a May Direct?
Plus: are we sure that they really have so much contents to be "blown out" in June? Considering their declared issues in terms of HD development, the lack of third party support even worst than on the GC (Look at EA) and so on, do you think that they'll be able to "heal" the scar traced on Wii U perception with 4-6 months of absolute silence on the console, just with a Direct around the E3?
I'm just saying that I think that they should exploit the Directs better, alongside a better spread of screens and videos of the announced projects, because if they concentrate "ALL" at a E3-Direct, they are destined to disappoint and fail.
Don't worry, they're going third party any second now. Any second.
No Madden, no E3.
Nintendo better man up and do something :/
This is going to hurt them massively imo. They're just sticking themselves in to a further niche. Microsoft and Sony will dominate the coverage.
Source?
Hope you're not lying.
What exactly is a regular March Direct? Regular implies something done...regularly, but Nintendo Directs have existed only in two Marchs.
Regular following the previous pattern of Directs.
We all were expecting a March Direct after the january one for the Wii U, with focus on third parties or updates on the announced and expected titles.
Now we are approaching the E3 period: we will not have the big conf, but directs. I think that doing so (concentrate all the info into a unique event, and not even a "big" event) after 6 months of silence and no releases will seriously hurt them, unless they have someting really HUGE (in terms of surprise, commercial importance, forum-buzz relevance) to show us, because Nintendo fans, Wii U owners and "possible Wii U owners" are REALLY hungry for news, games and updates.
They are expecting a shitload of news after all this silence, and I'm not sure that, having limited weapons as they have (considering the lack of third parties) rising the hype bar is not the right strategy.
This is going to hurt them massively imo. They're just sticking themselves in to a further niche. Microsoft and Sony will dominate the coverage.
Like you I want the same thing, honestly I think Nintendo should lve been having directs and updated information in Wii U games yet to be released all the way until E3 to keep the hype up. All this quiteness sucked. But for Nintendo they just want to do so when they could do it consistently. Releasing games and such montb after month after july will bring forth many directs those months. The way directs are now I doubt they just release a game with no direct detailing it but really I think these E3 directs will be doing this.Regular following the previous pattern of Directs. We all were expecting a March Direct after the january one for the Wii U, with focus on third parties or updates on the announced and expected titles.
The fact that they did just 3DS directs after the January one is clearly due to their struggles in the development, with all the delays. But I still think that avoiding silence and secrecy, giving out info, dates, screens and videos would have been better.
Now we are approaching the E3 period: we will not have the big conf, but directs. I think that doing so (concentrate all the info into a unique event, and not even a "big" event) after 6 months of silence and no releases will seriously hurt them, unless they have someting really HUGE (in terms of surprise, commercial importance, forum-buzz relevance) to show us, because Nintendo fans, Wii U owners and "possible Wii U owners" are REALLY hungry for news, games and updates. They are expecting a shitload of news after all this silence, and I'm not sure that, having limited weapons as they have (considering the lack of third parties) rising the hype bar is not the right strategy.
To be fair, that was going to happen anyway this year, but now even more so.
Actually, Nintendo had a chance to steal their thunder by showing an incredible exclusive Holiday line-up for a console you can buy right now, rather than two expensive machines with likely mediocre launch line-ups in comparison. A bit like Microsoft did with the 360 vs PS3 at E3 2006. Bit mistake not taking that opportunity IMO, they need to get investor confidence back too and E3 was the big platform for them to do it.
Actually, Nintendo had a chance to steal their thunder by showing an incredible exclusive Holiday line-up for a console you can buy right now, rather than two expensive machines with likely mediocre launch line-ups in comparison. A bit like Microsoft did with the 360 vs PS3 at E3 2006. Bit mistake not taking that opportunity IMO, they need to get investor confidence back too and E3 was the big platform for them to do it.
Exactly. My guess is that what they have to show just isn't enough to actually steal any thunder.
Exactly. My guess is that what they have to show just isn't enough to actually steal any thunder.
Many people, including myself, also believe that may be the case. I hope I'm wrong because if Nintendo truly doesn't have enough AAA titles in the pipeline to make an impression, then the system would essentially be a lame duck.
Last year is not a 'pattern' and we've seen them use Directs very differently this year (more for announcing software).
We may have been, but we were wrong. It does not mean anything other than titles got delayed so they had less to talk about.
This is, ostensibly, the reason they are doing it in a different format. To cut the 'fluff' that media/retailers require when talking with gamers. Maybe they will have a surprise or two to share. Those groups you mentioned are likely invested enough in the console or the idea of maybe buying one, that they will still watch the conference regardless of whether it takes the form of a 'Nintendo Direct' or not.
There are still about 12 games & projects* Nintendo itself has for Wii U to be released following E3. There will be a shit ton of news to share just on those, ignoring 3rd parties. Ubisoft and Warner, and maybe Activision, are still supporting them, and Capcom has told us that there will be more so, while there may not be any huge exclusives (but nowadays, which platform does?), it's not as though they have no 3rd party support to talk about.
*These are (for those not paying attention):
- Mario Kart 8
- Mario 3D
- Pikmin 3 (July JP)
- TW101 (Summer)
- Bayonetta 2
- X by Monolith
- New Super Luigi (DLC, June JP)
- Wii Party U (Summer)
- Wii Fit U (Summer)
- Smash 4
- LoZ: Wind Waker HD (Fall)
- Yarn Yoshi
- Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem
- Pokemon Rumble U (not announced for the West yet, but could be)
Don't know, I still think that:
Not having a March Direct for the Wii U was a big mistake.
Not having a May Direct for the Wii U would be a mistake.
Concentrating all the aformentioned info on a unique E3-Direct would be a huge mistake.
That list would be ok if they would have been able to spread info on those games through the semester, keeping crucial updates and few surprises for the E3 period. They'll not be able to counterpair the depression due to this silence with that list at all.
I still stand by my theory that whatever Retro's up to is their megaton this year and they'll Direct it near E3.
Nintendo has revealed to the press that there will be a presentation hosted by Reggie Fils-Aime and Shigeru Miyamoto prior to E3. Previously, Nintendo had announced that it would not be holding its regular, worldwide-focused pre-E3 press conference, instead hosting two smaller presentations, and using the expo to focus on upcoming software for North America. Despite this, Nintendo still plans on letting everyone know exactly what games are going to be on the show floor before the press gets their hands-on time with them.
Nintendo has yet to announce a specific time or day when the presentation will take place, but we will keep you posted on any information that comes our way.
Even supposing hype is a good thing, why *can't* people get hyped for an ND in the a similar way to a conference?
I've yet to see anyone seriously argue they would watch the Press Conference but not the Nintendo Direct: Pre-E3 Conference Edition. You know why? Because it's the same thing, minus the live audience aspect. You're still watching a stream of people talking about video games.
The Press is still getting their own show. Are they not hiring out the Nokia Theatre once again?
It needs its own thread of course
I was sarcastic
But the link is dead now. So I guess they weren't suppose to share this info just yet.
I was sarcastic
But the link is dead now. So I guess they weren't suppose to share this info just yet.
It seems really odd to me that Iwata will not be present for this E3 conference or at E3 in general.
Did they remove the article? This is all I'm seeing.