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[maquiladora]

Interesting that Reggie bookended the video with the transformation theme. The really want to get that message across. I'm convinced now that NX will be much more radical than just a new console.

 

[Distresssss]

For real. Did anyone really want that Metroid Fedora Force? I'm fairly certain people have been asking for a 2D traditional Metroid game.


Did anyone want Mario Party: Animal Crossing or did they want Animal Crossing Wii U?

 

[the anime man]

where was mother 3

 

[Jims]

Pretty weak Direct for me. The new Star Fox looked really exciting, but almost everything else that was new didn't really appeal to me. A lot of it looked like smaller low-budget projects, even the new Zelda and Metroid 3DS games. They all feel like the definition of filler games to pass the time.

Seems like they're putting a lot of their resources into NX development.

 

[Regiruler]

Federation Force looked cool. 3DS multiplayer games are my jam.

Everything else, eh...

 

[Linkyn]

Consistently middling. Somehow, this ended up being their longest direct, and at the same time one of the emptiest ones. They showed plenty of good games, but the majority of the big titles we already knew about from last year or even earlier. Star Fox looks ok, and I'm sure it'll be fun, but those Metroid and AC announcements are just like a big slap in the face. I know I'll be more objective in a few days, but right now, I just feel hugely disappointed (which just goes to show how much I love them, I guess).

 

[Amneisac]

"Transformation", Nintendo?

The more things change, the more they stay the same...

 

[Kid Ska]

Star Fox didn't even look that good

 

[Silvard]

I guess people like CGI trailers of games coming out 2-3 years from now better than up to date content

Yes. It was that bad.

 

[Windom Earle]

So Nintendo pretty much just declared the WiiU and 3DS almost dead, and that the next System won't be ready for at least 18 months. Great.

Fucking hell that was utter shite for the most part.

Pretty much this.

 

[akileese]

Man, you guys are brutal lol.

I thought it was fine.

I changed my mind once I didn't see any Zelda at all. That confirmed to me that NX is coming in 2016 and they're just in the middle of a complete rebranding as a company.

 

[TimorousPanda]

Damn, I was hoping for something to play on my Wii U in the fall/spring. Star Fox looks cool, but I'm indifferent on most of the rest of the stuff. I totally got faked out on the Animal Crossing stuff, I thought it was a full animal Crossing U.

 

[FleetingFlowAir]

Only 3-5 titles I'm interested in and everything else just does not hold water. Too many goddamn minutes spent on Developer Stories.

This was the complete opposite of the 2014 Digital Event.

5/10

 

[evil monkey]

As average as it was, I don't think it's fair to directly compare Nintendo's conference will all the others'. Nintendo has several Directs to announce stuff throughout the year while the others mostly stay quiet for 12 months.

 

[Milly Osworth]

Lets have a moment of silence for the Nintendo hype.

It just died a horrible horrible slow death.

 

[jj984jj]

Well that was disappointing. Glad I had no real expectations. Looking forward to seeing more of that new M&L RPG.

 

[Caboose]

Star Fox looks like a Dreamcast game. I'm serious.

 

[Pandy]

Such a letdown ! Last year had me hoping for so much more.

Yup. Given that Super Mario Maker ended up being their final big game, they should have just integrated the other game videos into the Nintendo World Championship event.

They put out a lot beforehand, but really didn't save anything of substance for the main event.

 

[cagelessrat]

They would have been better off cutting this down and putting the mini direct and Smash stuff into this.

That was extremely disappointing.

 

[A Link to the Past]

It was also really frustrating how much focus they gave to Mario Maker. We already know a lot about it.

Seriously Nintendo, ALL I really cared about was that you say "Rhythm Heaven + is coming."

 

[sixteen-bit]

full speed ahead on NX, I guess?

Not many Megatons this year.

 

[ieptbarakat]

I'd rather not see Metroid again than get whatever we saw.

 

[Fanuilos]

Well, we got Animal Crossing, Star Fox, Zelda, Metroid, Mario, and Fire Emblem

 

[Zombegoast]

Is there a rule placed in E3 that one of them has to fuck up very hard while the others are doing amazing?

 

[ferrasvansen]

Gutted, heartbroken and deflated describes me right now. I think the Wii U is now on gardening leave and NX is the focus next year.

 

[KageZero]

Personally i think they shouldn't have any kind of event this e3 or maybe a 3ds focused one + this treehouse.
This will turn out bad for them and thats the last thing they need now ffs... I hope they woill do something with the new console but after this..

 

[Kimppis]

Sony 10/10

MS 7/10

EA 4/10

Ubisoft 3/10

Nintendo 1/10 (10/10 reactions)

 

[PoorChoices]

Why couldn't the call the make a Mario video thing "Do The Mario"? It just makes sense.

 

[JoeInky]

Not even going to watch the treehouse I'm that mad.


And I guarantee they announce 1 or maybe 2 genuinely interesting games over the next few days with little to no fanfare for some strange reason.

 

[devonodev]

Starfox's whole marketing strategy is Do a barrel roll.

 

[oti]

It's sorta kinda Top Spin 5.

 

[BadSanta]

OMG! That was painful to watch! Worst conference ever!

 

[Garuroh]

mmm what about the Zelda game for the WiiU?

 

[Tadpole]

I'm a big Nintendo guy and... Christ that was bad. I'm just happy Sony is gathering steam so my PS4 can keep me busy.

 

[sevenchaos]

They're holding all the good shit back for NX. Right?

RIGHT?

 

[TheChits]

Star Fox looks real nice.

 

[Roi]

The hyperbole in this thread is ridiculous. This thread is worse than whatever level of bad y'all think the direct was.

this

 

[Arkos]

What no Zelda? I didn't watch

 

[Lilalaunebaer]

 

[fengshuifever]

I stayed up for this?

Yikes. I'm out.

 

[SparksterMeta0]

Yeah. The event was meh at best, and disappointing at worst.

It wasn't a complete disaster because we at least have a few new games that weren't leaked.

The Developer Story stuff ate up too much time, so that was the worst offender.

 

[Lunarian]

Super disappointed. All that build up... /sigh...

 

[Crocodile]

What this event was missing was a "Splatoon". Like a totally out of left field IP that looked really cool. Can't say the event was that great but GAF hyperbole means everything can only be the best/worst thing ever and no inbetween

 

[Kouriozan]

Man, you guys are brutal lol.

I thought it was fine.

No it was not, almost everything was game we already know about, like spending 10 mins on Yoshi?
It's release next week for fuck sake.

 

[tbd]

Quit your whning guys, let's have a constructive discussion.

That said. Where the fuck is the new Retro Studios game? Weren't they teasing something? Can't be that 3DS shooter, can it?

 

[Hale-XF11]

Ah welll, more money for Steam games.

 

[The Jackdog]

wait
people are seriously thinking Microsoft's Walking Simulator Demo event was better than this? lol

every conference, maybe minus EA, was better than this

 

[MrBadger]

so a few days before christmas one year I went to this party. we got really fuckin drunk and just had a laugh. it was great. few days later I met up with my friends and we exchanged christmas presents. Nothing big, but hey, it's just bonuses before the big day. then I got up on december 25th and my parents just got me socks.

That was this direct. This direct was socks.

 

[GRW810]

Nintendo's big games are Xenoblade, Yoshi, Super Mario Maker and Star Fox, all of which were announced LAST year. Good fucking lord. Not a single big reveal. I'm so completely dejected.

I'm a huge Nintendo fan, always will be, but I think I'm done for this generation after Christmas. Will be packing away my Wii U, getting a PS4 and for the first time ever having a non-Nintendo console as my main console for the rest of this generation.

So fucking bad.

 

[VoxPop]

This was the real event.

Don't even know what to say then. You dun goofed Nintendo.