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Nintendo @ E3 - No Direct, Just Zelda Treehouse Stream
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mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
It's also about mindshare. I'm 100% sure Nintendo spent 10s of millions of dollars advertising their products in 2014 and it didn't move the needle.
The answer isn't to stop advertising Nintendo products. Some of you are looking at E3 and advertising totally wrong.
IdreamofHIME
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It's insane that only the WiiU version will be available.
Their whole show is devoted to a game that is technically redundant.
Their whole show is devoted to a game that is technically redundant.
DecoReturns
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Well that picture ain't wrong about patience.If anything it's probably the equivalent to this.
Countless post about how thristy people are about NX news.
It amazes me how much of a hurry people are because it tells me they play a lot of games. I'm actually jealous that they got the time for that and here I am barley being able to finish 2-3 games a year if I'm lucky.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Only Pokemon can save us now.
There's still the chance of that... What a time to be alive.
OrbitalBeard
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I'll take a day of Zelda coverage over last year's Nintendo showing. Gladly.
And yet the other companies pulling out of E3 mean nothing... Hrmmm.
This holiday.
Actually, at least getting Zelda shown this time already makes it better.
Dark Cloud
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It can be many reasons. Maybe they don't have game demos ready? Maybe they want to show and reveal everything at once (games, system, etc.). Maybe it's all not ready. Maybe they just don't want to compete with media attention against MS and Sony because they get less attention compared to those two?
Zelda is the focus of E3. This was made clear last week.
Scary and hilarious (scalarious) how this gif is still relevant.
It was quite a turnaround.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
That would be ironic, but it's literally not possible. With PSVR and the rumored new Xbox One hardware, they will beat Nintendo with those 2 things by default.
Yeah, this is what im thinking as well. Maybe they got caught off guard by VR and are now scrambling to incorporate it into NX, because they realized it was going to get overshadowed otherwise. Also, From what i understand, the dev kits were sent out very late. I can imagine that the few third party devs that showed even luke warm interest werent willing to start dedicating big resources to rushing a game out for the launch, especially not with the wii u in fresh memory.
Exactly. If anything E3 would've given even more exposure to their games and upcoming consoles than their own event. Usually only Nintendo and video game fans are tuning into nintendo directs. E3 would've propelled the exposure beyond just gamers to even tech enthusiasts in general
R
Rösti
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I must say I am quite disappointed. We knew The Legend of Zelda for Wii U would be the focus of the show, but I was hoping for at least a few more games shown. I will happily watch the Treehouse stream however.
Nintendo do move in mysterious ways. Whatever is their thinking here - i can;t even imagine its to keep Wii U sales dop as they have already said Zelda is releasing for NX at same time - you'd think there would be some messaging to reassure people.
Just get Reggie to do a piece to camera reassuring that pk its a bit quiet but they are bona knock our socks off next year, Thats all they need,.
Not revealing the NX is weird but understandable not saying anything is about the worst thing they could possibly do.
Just get Reggie to do a piece to camera reassuring that pk its a bit quiet but they are bona knock our socks off next year, Thats all they need,.
Not revealing the NX is weird but understandable not saying anything is about the worst thing they could possibly do.
Skittzo0413
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You could very well be right, but it just presents an image that Nintendo doesn't have much to show compared to their two main competitors (regardless of whether or not Nintendo views them as competitors). It's very much a psychological effect to those who care about E3 but don't follow all of the press releases and rumors about new consoles.
Millions of people watch most of the streams, right? I can't imagine they are just press and enthusiasts.
But again you could be right, maybe their mindshare won't be affected because it's more or less at its low point anyway. Their own, well publicized event in September for instance might be more beneficial to them than continuing to focus mainly on E3. We'll see I guess.
FalsettoVibe
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I've been disappointed by Nintendo so much that I ain't even mad. Really sad that they put their fans through this.
Omegasquash
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You'd think after the feedback they're getting that they'd, I dunno, listen? I know GAF doesn't represent the whole of the industry, nor are the demographics of GAF necessarily those that Nintendo is marketing to, but I mean....
I'm scratching my head. Perhaps NX will blow the pants right of my legs when it's revealed, but currently I'm in a state of doubt. Less for me to watch at E3 this year, I suppose.
I'm scratching my head. Perhaps NX will blow the pants right of my legs when it's revealed, but currently I'm in a state of doubt. Less for me to watch at E3 this year, I suppose.
The NX event is when they will unveil the console, we know it's going to happen later this year. Now, why do you believe unveiling it later than E3 means it's going to be a freaking disaster (I just can't take these shitty hyperboles anymore, btw)? We live in a brand new communication era, announcements years before the release are not needed anymore. Let's say the event takes place in August-September. That would be 7-8 months before the release, it's plenty of time to advertise your upcoming product. Just as a comparison, PS4 was officially announced 9 months before its release, while Xbox One around 7 months.
That's not true tho and you know it. Yes they only really have one title worthy of being a tent-pole, showstopper (I mean, that's usually how it goes anyways) but regardless if they're filling the show floor with just Zelda this year then they could easily fill a show floor with Zelda AND Paper Mario, Mario & Sonic 2016, Kirby Planet Robobot, #FE, Pokemon Sun and Moon, Dragon Quest 7 and 8, Monster Hunter Generations, Rhythm Heaven, Youkai Watch 2 and whatever they have unannounced which Kimishima has said does indeed hold true for 3DS. Best show floor? No, but the idea that they only had one game and it happened to be Zelda is silly.
s_mirage
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Seems a bit troubling to me. If they have unannounced 3DS games, it makes sense to show them. The "their own conference lets them get all of the attention" argument doesn't seem like it should really matter for 3DS stuff, as they have no real competition in that sector of the market.
I'm just a bit worried now that they had a big NX announcement planned, and based their entire show around that, but have now ditched it for some reason. The projected launch is only 10 months away, and there's the grand total of zero hype at the moment other than what the Nintendo faithful are making for themselves. If they're going to have their own conference to launch the NX, they better announce that at E3.
I'm just a bit worried now that they had a big NX announcement planned, and based their entire show around that, but have now ditched it for some reason. The projected launch is only 10 months away, and there's the grand total of zero hype at the moment other than what the Nintendo faithful are making for themselves. If they're going to have their own conference to launch the NX, they better announce that at E3.
DecoReturns
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Well I remember a lot of people saying that they should've just shown Zelda and they would've been happy
.It's pretty clear they don't have enough non-NX related products at this point to make an interesting enough presentation. No Direct is better than forcing a E3 Direct to happen with footage from Federation Force, Paper Mario and games we already know about. The backlash would be bad either way. Still silly for them to focus on just Zelda. They could easily have had a mini direct at least? With an actual Pokemon sun & moon blowout, Mother 3 announcement and another random thing? I'm sure they have at least one or two unannounced 3DS games. I don't blame them at all after the backlash from the last E3 direct though. People didn't react very highly to Paper Jam, Triforce heroes and federation force at all.
Samurai G0SU
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So this is the only game right now coming out for the Wii U?
The only game at e3?! ... wut....
The only game at e3?! ... wut....
Fixed. This is Nintendo under Kimishima until now. Minimum communication, minimum effort.
WrenchNinja
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Look, I can understand E3's waning relevance being a factor here but Nintendo is/was a major console manufacturer. Them just showing one game, one game that might not even be out before the next E3 even, is totally bonkers.
SerTapTap
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What the fuck I insisted to several people ZElda wouldn't be the only thing they showed. This is lamer than I expected. Honestly just skip E3 entirely and have your own dang stream some other time if this is all you got.
"E3's waning relevance" isn't a factor here either. They simply have nothing to show it seems. E3 was clearly important for both Sony and MS. Nintendo pulled out all the stops for their E3 directs too, even when they had, IMO not that much to show.
"E3's waning relevance" isn't a factor here either. They simply have nothing to show it seems. E3 was clearly important for both Sony and MS. Nintendo pulled out all the stops for their E3 directs too, even when they had, IMO not that much to show.
DXB-KNIGHT
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I'll hold off the minimum effort up until we see the NX this year.
crooked spin
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Zelda blow-out is all I want from Nintendo. We know they don't have much to show/announce until their NX event anyhow.
So it's not that skipping the E3 direct is a bad idea, just that the Wii U failure has put in such a bad position that skipping E3 is a good idea given the circumstances. If you have nothing else to show, then don't force it just to meet tradition. The NX reveal is their biggest focus and clearly their not ready to show it. I think we can all agree that the best thing Nintendo can do is make sure their NX reveal is top notch. If it isn't ready for E3, then forcing it will just make things worse.
It's difficult to argue if this really is bad or good when we have practically no idea what their long term plans are at the moment. I'm leaning towards good.
It's difficult to argue if this really is bad or good when we have practically no idea what their long term plans are at the moment. I'm leaning towards good.
JetSetRadio
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Miyamoto accidentally threw out the nx prototype.
So encouraging.
Worry not Nintendo, people will jump immediately at your console that more than likely only you are going to support and after seeing you being unable of support your previous platform.
yeah there has to be somethig like that in the works. so weird no games are being covered. i understand not having NX but no wiiu/3ds games??
#FE, Paper Mario and the Olympic game are all upcoming retail Wii U titles.
Wishmaster92
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Wow Nintendo, seriously????
Good Guy Gone Bad
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Are Any of the other companies who pulled out companies who are hoping you'll buy their shiny new console in a few months, sight unseen at this point?
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