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Wii U Direct Nintendo Games 2013.1.23 - Jan. 23rd, 9 AM EST, 2 PM GMT, 11 PM JP
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You realize that this is neither game-specific or a mini-Direct, right? There's more.
Calling it right now. You're all going to be disappointed.
They're going to show and give release dates to Wonderful 101, Pikmin 3, Wii U Fit and some other titles no one cares about. We'll probably also get a Bayonetta trailer too. I don't expect anything major to be announced at the ND. No Retro, No MonolithSoft, No 3D Mario.
They're going to show and give release dates to Wonderful 101, Pikmin 3, Wii U Fit and some other titles no one cares about. We'll probably also get a Bayonetta trailer too. I don't expect anything major to be announced at the ND. No Retro, No MonolithSoft, No 3D Mario.
Blood Diamonds
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I'm not expecting anything overtly major but is it wrong of us to expect new games from a Nintendo Direct which is about new games?
https://mobile.twitter.com/NintendoUK/status/293719702830739456
Live without hope and your expectations will always be fulfilled and occasionally exceeded
jks
Never said it was wrong to expect new games. I'm saying they're not going to announce anything majorly important which falls under other titles no one cares about.
Porcile
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Nintendo's wording is very ambiguous. I read new as in 'not yet released'. I won't complain If that's not the case though.
ThreeSixty
December 16, 2009. 4:00 AM. THE LIGHT FIELD is the force. The mind. That guides. Controls.
Seconded. Nintendo needs to go all-out; even if they have to announce their heavy hitters super early then they need to do that. They are in imminent danger of being lost in the media storm for the upcoming HD twins. Something like a new Mario; a Metroid Prime revival; something really powerful to make waves and grab headlines. Bayonetta 2 was a good start but they need more than that.
I'm really hoping Nintendo go for it.
Box of Bunnies
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Just as Nintendo should be used to Nintendo 64/Gamecube levels of sales if they're gonna keep up like that.
Saw the box art posted last week when Nintendo showed their game lineup.
Blood Diamonds
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I'd like to be pleasantly surprised by this ND, but I'm not holding out much hope.
I'm used to large droughts when their systems are half-dead.
Not so much the beginning of their lives.
I'm used to large droughts when their systems are half-dead.
Not so much the beginning of their lives.
ShineALight
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Why do people continue to act like we haven't gotten anything major from ND in the past? Haven't we got a hardware announcement, mainline Pokemom, Bayonetta 2, and I think either 3D Land or NSMB2 (maybe both?). I understanding tempering your expectations, but it's completely reasonable to expect at least one big announcement.
Exterminieren
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The phrase "reveal new games" isn't that ambiguous. You don't "reveal" games you showed off for the first time 7-8 months ago.
I never said that either. Quit putting words into my mouth. Not sure why you guys are getting upset at my low expectations. It tends to be better to play it safe.
MrCookiepants
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HNNNNNNG. *googles*
I'd say Pokemon was the biggest announcement they've had in a ND (though it wasn't necessarily a huge surprise).
3D Land I think was shown at the Game Developer's Conference.
Bayonetta 2 didn't exactly set the world on fire (outside of Platinum-loving GAF).
NSMB2 was met with shrugs here.
Mihael Mello Keehl
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Let me tell you something. We are going to get what we want to see. YOSHISLAND will sit right on your head.
I just want more W101 and a release date, maybe some Bayo footage. Anything else is bonus.
When did that happen?
When did that happen?
A member of Monolith Soft tweeted that everyone should tune into the Nintendo Direct.
No, stay away.
The hype train only ends in pain.
I'm still bitter from Nintendo's last two E3 hype trains...
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
Along with very brief tease of new game by monolith soft. Then it's pretty much as I thought it would be.
Theres a joke in here about those two things being one and the same with the Wii U, but I ain't going to make it.
A Nintendo Direct thread is no place for low expectations, otherwise that would dull the pain when high expectations are not met!
Mihael Mello Keehl
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Well let me tell you something again you will be dissapointed big time because it is going to be free roaming open world Island 3D adventure.Only if it's as good as the SNES game and not the DS one
Really? Not to downplay the WiiU's current situation, but I would say a drought after the initial release of a console is very common. We've seen it happen with consistency with almost all recent console/handheld releases.
I was hoping Dual Pixels would post some stupid rumor article to go with the upcoming Nintendo Direct. They usually make up some new shit whenever a ND happens. The one before the Pokemon Direct they had tons of fake announcements told to them by their mystery source "Geno" and none came true.
ShineALight
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I responded to your post saying not to expect anything major by pointing out that ND has delivered in the past (and 3D Land was at GDC, so strike that). I didn't mean to single you out necessarily, you were just the most recent poster I saw dealing in anti-hype, when NDs have been decent-to-good to us in the past. I even agreed that it's best to keep managed expectations. But when they schedule an ND at last minute, and tweet about "revealing new games", it doesn't seem impossibly optimistic to expect that we might get one announcement that we actually give a shit about.
My life is full of lies!
I'm always dealing anti-hype in every Nintendo thread. It's the only way to be safe in terms of expectations. I've been disappointed too many times in the past that I refuse to expect anything big. If something huge gets announced then I'll be happier than Reggie finally realizing why banana's are important. If nothing huge is announced then I won't be disappointed because I kept my expectations low to begin with. I don't mean to come off as a pessimistic but I have no choice.
Box of Bunnies
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You can't be hyped, not while your soul is still held down by gravity.
Blood Diamonds
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Wow this hype train is moving so faasssttt
DXB-KNIGHT
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Nice reference.
But I think my soul's at the bottom of a gravity well, when it comes to disappointment and Nintendo.
WiiRevolution1
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What are you talking about? That would be a good game. Want 3D Cel Shaded Yoshi so bad...
...Scary...
I going to bed within the hour. 2:23 AM here so I'll go in blind with their youtube video when I wake up. I expect Gamecube games to be released today. I know they won't even mention VC tho lol.
Blood Diamonds
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Xenoblade 2 here we goooooooo
And it's glued to mine.
You can go further back than that. SNES wasn't very strong at launch, either, and Genesis didn't even have a game at launch that could PRETEND to be a killer app.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
The crazy people are the ones without low expectations.
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