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NX will launch in March 2017 globally, won't be at E3 (focusing on Zelda instead)
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VendettaRed07
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It makes no sense.
It makes me think this March release date is a big fat lie. How can they NOT show it off at e3 if its coming out in march?
Forget about even the system for a second. Shouldn't NX have something called...games launching along with it? Why would they not announce at least the launch titles, tell us whats coming?
I don't believe March for a second.
The only way it makes any sense is if its just the Handheld part of NX and the console comes later. If that even is what the system is like. But I wouldn't know, since they won't fucking tell anybody.
Dark Cloud
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Nintendo won't be at E3! Nintendo has officially left E3 everyone!
Vanillalite
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Retro has to be doing SOMETHING .
Hell even if it isn't Retro the rest of Nintendo internal has to be doing SOMETHING other than Zelda.
It isn't like their first party studios have been releasing a shit ton of Wii U or 3ds games lately.
Not debating that at all. but I certainly think it didn't help to release it so long after showing it. Nintendo have said as much as well (i think, can't find the quote I'm thinking of now)
entremet
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e3 had nothing to do with the PS4's amongst Joe Walmart gamer.
Great pricing, 3rd party support, and strong momentum did this.
Hardcore gamers really oversell e3 importance.
Just a shame they can't go all out to show us their next console instead of a game we won't be playing until when/after said console is released.
ElectricBlanketFire
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It's not the same thing at all.
That was a change in delivery.
This is having nothing to deliver.
bennywhatever
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So, what are they going to talk about at E3 then? It seems like all they have is Zelda. Everything else has already been released or revealed. Can they really spend the entire time focusing on Zelda?
There was that rumour that dev kits were sent out. I highly doubt production has started though. Whatever games are made for it will probably just run better if they change it. I'm not tech savvy btw.
If the goal is shared library, we'll probably see a lot less of them. They'll be there, but probably less prominent because of it since they're working on a single "platform." Single game that works on two systems rather than having two teams work on two versions of the same game for two systems like the Wii U and 3DS situation currently is. There's no way to remove droughts entirely, but they're looking to make a proper ecosystem citing Apple as their biggest reason for it.
the idea of evolutionary console systems is to make the library the main focus. PS4K, Xbox 1.5, NX and its next iteration or Nintendo's SCD patent are that. The focus is the library.
Yeah it's all clicking a little better now we know it's 2017. Although i was psyched for 2016, it did seem a little too good to be true.
DeepEnigma
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Oh man, lol.
Schnozberry
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Maybe they just don't want to show off an unfinished hardware design and unpolished software? Perish the thought. They already announced it would be shown off at it's own event later this year.
VendettaRed07
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It is maddening.
Its going to be like 2 straight years where Nintendo has nothing to show.
Wtf are they doing.
Aaronrules380
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Pokemon is going to get a huge segment for sure
entremet
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I can't watch YT now. What is it?
SmokedMeat
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That's the Nintendo difference.
Dark Cloud
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And they could've did the same presentation at their own separate event and it would've made headlines.
You don't think they have any games at all that they're keeping a secret? I expect maybe 1 or 2 surprises at least. They could be trash games like Ultra Smash and Amiibo Festival, but still
jhmtehgamr20xx
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What technology is out there today at an affordable price that exists in a non-saturated market or a market where there are no entrenched competitors at this moment or for the next 2-3 years? Because that's ultimately why the Wii took off, because it was a perfect Blue Ocean product and there wasn't anything like it at the time. What's the 2017 Blue Ocean equivalent Nintendo can tap into?
Because imho there's nothing they can do competitors aren't already doing on an affordable or somewhat-affordable level. The Blue Ocean this time is much different than it was in 2006, and it might be too costly for Nintendo to want to take a swim in it. People need to keep that in mind.
This isn't going to resolve the software drought problem the way you're thinking it will.
Besides that, the shared library thing, in this fashion, isn't that much of a selling point. Any game designed for both is going to have compromises in its design and structure that wouldn't exist if it was just being developed for one or the other.
Or choosing not to deliver anything.
VendettaRed07
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If it is coming out in March then they have to have something to show by e3.
When is it going to be ready to show, November?
ElectricBlanketFire
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Don't forget the Paper Mario game Paper Mario fans don't want.
And the Metroid game Metroid fans don't want.
Thats what I assumed too.
Silent_Ocarina
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I mean, I'm okay with a 2017 launch. It's the decision not to show it at E3 baffles me.
Schnozberry
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To be fair, that conference was a total layup. Microsoft and Nintendo had blown their sales pitches so bad all they had to say was that they were going to allow used games and not have an insane price and people thought it was the greatest moment in gaming history.
Dr. Feel Good
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The timing of release seems odd as well. March will allow them to sneak in this fiscal year but the benefits wouldn't be recognized until the following fiscal year. Part of my feels like they are bluffing to throw off competition or on the other hand they are lying to investors to give them breathing room until next year, pull the carpet from under their feet, and delay until following Holiday.
The timing makes literally no sense from a business perspective.
The timing makes literally no sense from a business perspective.
Aaronrules380
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The dumb PS4 no DRM moment where everyone cheered. A time where we have to cheer that a company didn't screw us over is a shit industry.
Do they though? Nintendo can have a NX-only event in September and have 6 months to market NX.
That's fine by me.
I certainly wasn't going to purchase a NX this year.
That's exactly what people said at the tail-end of the Wii.
Welcome to Disappointmentville, population: Everyone in this thread.
Schnozberry
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I would say October/November makes sense. Gives them 5 or 6 months to properly market the machine.
Mysterious
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In retrospect, it makes sense why they decided to delay Starfox in September from November to April. Because they'd have nothing from November 2015 to March 2017 otherwise.
Holy fuck.
Holy fuck.
Aaronrules380
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But they have nothing coming out for Wii U after Paper Mario. They literally can't afford to go a full year with no releases, which is what you're suggesting
LOL. Top 10 Wii U games of 2016
1. Star Fox Zero
2. Paper Mario: Color Smash
3. ehhh Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games?
4. Heeeeelp
Haha the Wii U will probably have the weakest yearly lineup of a console EVER.
In fact Nintendo hasn't really released a decent console game since Splatoon in May 2015.
When the NX finally releases it would have almost Two full years since Nintendo has put out anything worthwhile. Talk about a software drought of epic proportions ;-)
1. Star Fox Zero
2. Paper Mario: Color Smash
3. ehhh Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games?
4. Heeeeelp
Haha the Wii U will probably have the weakest yearly lineup of a console EVER.
In fact Nintendo hasn't really released a decent console game since Splatoon in May 2015.
When the NX finally releases it would have almost Two full years since Nintendo has put out anything worthwhile. Talk about a software drought of epic proportions ;-)
lol Head in the sand for sure.
"Joe Walmart Gamer" doesn't even know who Nintendo is anymore as they haven't been important to them since the Wii died. Their kids are playing PlayStations, cell phones and tablets. So, by your logic, Nintendo is pretty fucked no matter what.
UnemployedVillain
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But they can't really have Treehouse with only 1 game playable...
It's not Nintendo fault you don't like XCX, but it was a "decent console game"
This time, between the restructuring and looking at the internal-made lineup for both devices, not just one, it's very different though. Sorry, but it's a straight-up ill-made comparison
But were those people wrong? At he end of Wii, the focus for Nintendo shifted to 3DS. That showed in 3DS getting a lot of content while Wii U went through a horrendous drought.
Godzilla's Left Toe
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The top game of 2016 is a remastered
If you can't get your software teams to create a small demo of a game that has to ship in 9 months, then there is a massive problem.
Or they can have an event in September and then a whole year to market it before the November 2017 release!
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