Reading some of the comments here makes it sound like Nintendo directs have the best pacing ever compared to live conferences or something. Some of them are boring and dragged out as hell. I remember they once had a segment about Yoshi's wool yarn or something and talked about yarn...YARN.
here I think this was it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlSvTPquUXQ
Yes amazing, exciting and riveting content. Please. No matter the choice, direct or live conferences, it's about the content and delivery. I'm a big fan of live conferences, they r just so much more exciting to me as a fan. You can do a great live conference with minimal boring fluff. Both Sony and MS have done so in the recent years. So I hope Nintendo do one and do it well this year. If they don't think live conferences are valuable they wouldn't have done one with switch (even if it was poorly done). Anyways hoping for a fun showing from the big three this year! New hardware is always exciting times.
Nintendo's E3 2015 direct was so fucking bad.Reading some of the comments here makes it sound like Nintendo directs have the best pacing ever compared to live conferences or something. Some of them are boring and dragged out as hell. I remember they once had a segment about Yoshi's wool yarn or something and talked about yarn...YARN.
here I think this was it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlSvTPquUXQ
Yes amazing, exciting and riveting content.
it's about the content and delivery
I'd reckon more people remember the reactions of people talking over the streams, like gametrailers/eza with ff7, shenmue, and the last guardian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZYUq-jzLUg
Nintendo's E3 2015 direct was so fucking bad.
I meant 4!Pikmin 3 came out years ago.
Reading some of the comments here makes it sound like Nintendo directs have the best pacing ever compared to live conferences or something. Some of them are boring and dragged out as hell. I remember they once had a segment about Yoshi's wool yarn or something and talked about yarn...YARN.
here I think this was it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlSvTPquUXQ
Yes amazing, exciting and riveting content. Please. No matter the choice, direct or live conferences, it's about the content and delivery. I'm a big fan of live conferences, they r just so much more exciting to me as a fan. You can do a great live conference with minimal boring fluff. Both Sony and MS have done so in the recent years. So I hope Nintendo do one and do it well this year. If they don't think live conferences are valuable they wouldn't have done one with switch (even if it was poorly done). Anyways hoping for a fun showing from the big three this year! New hardware is always exciting times.
Reading some of the comments here makes it sound like Nintendo directs have the best pacing ever compared to live conferences or something. Some of them are boring and dragged out as hell. I remember they once had a segment about Yoshi's wool yarn or something and talked about yarn...YARN.
here I think this was it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlSvTPquUXQ
Yes amazing, exciting and riveting content. Please. No matter the choice, direct or live conferences, it's about the content and delivery. I'm a big fan of live conferences, they r just so much more exciting to me as a fan. You can do a great live conference with minimal boring fluff. Both Sony and MS have done so in the recent years. So I hope Nintendo do one and do it well this year. If they don't think live conferences are valuable they wouldn't have done one with switch (even if it was poorly done). Anyways hoping for a fun showing from the big three this year! New hardware is always exciting times.
live conference not a cold, pragmatic stream
Why is a stream with skits and almost nothing but game related new more cold and pragmatic than a press conference with sales records and other business related shit tacked on?live conference not a cold, pragmatic stream
All I hear is "blah blah blah, same as last 10 years, blah blah". They'be been shitting the bed for years with their E3's, primarily due to complete lack of any one else's games.
To hit E3 they need two things
New Metroid Prime
All the third party games
New Leaf update was probably to buy time for Animal Crossing Switch, they delayed the smartphone app so that it can be released closer to AC for Switch's release.
Were going to be showcasing a variety of games.
Why is a stream with skits and almost nothing but game related new more cold and pragmatic than a press conference with sales records and other business related shit tacked on?
not saying it's more cold and pragmatic. i'm saying it is.Why is a stream with skits and almost nothing but game related new more cold and pragmatic than a press conference with sales records and other business related shit tacked on?
There was also that embarrassing year where they had an endlessly long interview with Reggie and some Skylanders dude (plus I think all of their dumb skits falling completely flat). Most of the Direct defense most likely wouldn't exist if Nintendo went back to conferences - it's just what Nintendo does now, so that must mean it's the right and innovative way! (despite conferences only increasing over the last years, yknow).
If your content is shit, you'll have a shit show regardless of format. Tons of bad (E3) Directs have proven that. However, everything possible in a Direct is also possible in a conference, yet conferences are inherently better with live reactions and the feeling of importance coming from a full audience hall.
I hope there is no Metroid.
I legit laughed out loud at "feeling of importance."
Every live conference has bad content. Before last year, Sony's contained with non-gaming stuff like their TV series, financial stuff, etc. Microsoft's had dance routines and celebrity guests. All three have had lengthy, useless developer interviews.
Realistically I can see a 3DS revision coming coming this late.
GBA had the Micro towards the end of its life. DS too to a lesser extent.
Games wise here's my list of what I think is realistic/doable.
we need to at least see Retro Studios' game.
- We need to at least see Retro Studio's game
- Play Xenoblade 2
- See something for Pokemon on Switch
- Have some bigger 3rd party games (Overwatch would be the biggest atm)
- Need a fighter game to round things out. (Mortal Kombat? SSB? Handheld Tekken? Virtua Fighter? Soul Calibur?)
- See more of Fire Emblem Switch + SMT
So? Directs don't fix that. All of Nintendo's prerecorded E3 shows have been underwhelming junk, except for that Zelda and Smash Bros year (which would have been better with an audience, how could this even be denied?). They have not only the same problems, but often worse pacing than a conference, which is then further highlighted by its weird sterile nature (which isn't helped by an increasing amount of out of place animu content like Tokyo Sessions being shown in Japanese).
Obviously, an expensive conference with live reactions will make the publisher look more relevant than sterile prerec streams, which feel like they are aiming only at some circle of fanboys. Publishers like Konami do that before they leave the industry, while no one else has adopted that format and new participants like Bethesda of course chose to do conferences.
Yeah I want Nintendo to show me the Switch has more than just Wii U ports in the pipeline. Zelda BotW, Mario Kart Deluxe, and yes even Spatoon 2 in my opinion is a Wii U port since those maps could have easily been DLC for Spatoon on Wii U. I want to see what they have other than Mario Odyssey for AAA original content. I have a 3DS but I couldn't care less whats in the pipeline for it. I've made the Switch and I'm not going back.
There is literally no benefit for Nintendo to return to this format..
I'm not saying it will fix it, just that it isn't necessary. All three companies make mistakes. Why go through the hassle of a live conference if the benefits don't really outweigh the negatives? Digital conferences allow you to edit out issues, avoid technical problems like the Miyamoto/Skyword sword issue, etc. There is literally no benefit for Nintendo to return to this format.
Also, worse pacing than a live conference? The live conferences with dead air, delays for setting up gameplay, waiting for people to walk on and offstage, and awkward developer interviews? I highly disagree.
Damn, you're right... Yeah, that was E3 2014, which was actually a pretty good year.That clip is actually from E3 2014...