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Nintendo E3 plans detailed
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Polygonal_Sprite
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After Nintendo saying they're focusing on games releasing in 2017, my expectations are extremely low for their E3 showing which in turn has put a downer on the whole event for me.
Previously I was expecting Smash Bros, Pokemon Stars, Metroid, Luigi's Mansion 3, Pikmin 4 and Retro's game to be revealed but now I think we're just going to see a ton of Mario Odyssey (which isn't a bad thing at all) along with more footage of games we already know about like Fire Emblem Warriors, Skyrim, Fifa and Xenoblade Chronicles 2. Hopefully we finally get some info on the VC aswell as pricing / feature news for the paid online.
It makes perfect business sense tbh considering the Switch is selling so well they can't keep them on store shelves. There would be no sense dropping several new game announcements of games releasing in 2018 when people are fighting it out to get a Switch to play Zelda and Mario Kart.
I suppose we should also remember that Nintendo have five or six Nintendo Direct's throughout the year aswell so they need surprises and content for those.
For the first time ever I'm going into this years Nintendo E3 presentation with zero expectations. Hopefully they surprise me in a good way. If not there's always Mario footage to look forward to
Previously I was expecting Smash Bros, Pokemon Stars, Metroid, Luigi's Mansion 3, Pikmin 4 and Retro's game to be revealed but now I think we're just going to see a ton of Mario Odyssey (which isn't a bad thing at all) along with more footage of games we already know about like Fire Emblem Warriors, Skyrim, Fifa and Xenoblade Chronicles 2. Hopefully we finally get some info on the VC aswell as pricing / feature news for the paid online.
It makes perfect business sense tbh considering the Switch is selling so well they can't keep them on store shelves. There would be no sense dropping several new game announcements of games releasing in 2018 when people are fighting it out to get a Switch to play Zelda and Mario Kart.
I suppose we should also remember that Nintendo have five or six Nintendo Direct's throughout the year aswell so they need surprises and content for those.
For the first time ever I'm going into this years Nintendo E3 presentation with zero expectations. Hopefully they surprise me in a good way. If not there's always Mario footage to look forward to
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
I thought those things were just free and open to the public, people just came down to the theaters and watched
pretty done
Member
I believe
I don't have any reason why, I just want it to come out so I have a meaty RPG to play on the Switch this year. I haven't played Xenoblade or the one on Wii U so I'll have no idea what the hell is going on but I don't even care. Anime, robots, whatever I get it. To be honest I'll probably buy anything with a good single player campaign that Nintendo put out on the Switch. The hardware is so nice that I wish I could justify getting multiplats on it.
I do. Everyone who knows anything about the development is confident in the 2017 date.
I have no idea how they handled the world championship thing a while back lol.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
How much do you know about the development
- Stated as a 2017 title many times from all regions
- Soundtrack close to completion or already completed
- Development potentially began in late 2014/early 2015...which gives it roughly a 3-year development timeframe. This lines with Takahashi's previous statements about using X as the foundation for future titles.
- No other first-party games to localize for this year. SMO was supposedly ready for Switch launch. ARMS and Splatoon 2 are coming out soon. Fire Emblem Warriors is being handled by a third-party. We already have an English voice director sharing info about XC2
I believe it!
Amount of time, music composition timing, they have reaffirmed (on Twitter, at least) of its 2017 release...
Plus today Amazon.ca changed it from No Image Available to Image Coming Soon. It's a sign, has to be!
Do you believe it's not coming in 2017? If so, why? I'm glad this discussion won't be a thing anymore in 13 days.
Buggy Loop
Member
I think they can pull it off.
Monolith team is quite efficient when they are not transitioning between platforms or creating brand new game engines.
Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht (2002)
Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean (2003)
Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse (2004)
Baten Kaitos Origins (2006)
Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra (2006)
It's quite a good output.
I do because the timing is about right and I figure that the titles Nintendo have shown thus far are ones meant for this year, not next year. They have been very clear on that.
Plus it's a perfect Fall/Holiday title.
Peléo;238752231 said:
I think you are mostly but not completely right.
Think of things like where 3D Mario has gone. The 3D series was explicitly an attempt to meet the audience of the 2D games and bring them to 3D.
Or things like Other M, which was quite clearly an attempt to make Metroid more palatable to a Japanese audience, even if, by Sakamoto's lights, the game also stuck to guns that he thought hurt it (namely having Samus be a woman). (Not going to go into how ironic that is).
Similarly, with BotW, Aonuma discusses hearing from someone the oft-said "I want a big world to explore in Zelda, like I felt I had in OoT" and then coming around to feeling that way himself. He also expressed having looked at open world games even if, ultimately, what they explicitly ended up doing was primarily internally driven. It was their take on open world.
Think of IS recent statements on advanced wars. They aren't doing it because they can't repeat the waifu craze of 3DS FE as they see it at this time.
And then you look at Retro specifically. Look at Prime 2. It screams "we want to do Zelda" with its temple structure. Prime 3 similarly is clearly trying to mimic some of the shooter experience on other consoles, with the occasional objective driven segments, achievements, etc.
I wouldn't be at all surprised that if Retro pitched a new IP to Nintendo that it were thought up and in conversation with the world of western games and reached out to them in some way.
Godzilla's Left Toe
Member
After Nintendo saying they're focusing on games releasing in 2017, my expectations are extremely low for their E3 showing which in turn has put a downer on the whole event for me.
Previously I was expecting Smash Bros, Pokemon Stars, Metroid, Luigi's Mansion 3, Pikmin 4 and Retro's game to be revealed but now I think we're just going to see a ton of Mario Odyssey (which isn't a bad thing at all) along with more footage of games we already know about like Fire Emblem Warriors, Skyrim, Fifa and Xenoblade Chronicles 2. Hopefully we finally get some info on the VC aswell as pricing / feature news for the paid online.
It makes perfect business sense tbh considering the Switch is selling so well they can't keep them on store shelves. There would be no sense dropping several new game announcements of games releasing in 2018 when people are fighting it out to get a Switch to play Zelda and Mario Kart.
I suppose we should also remember that Nintendo have five or six Nintendo Direct's throughout the year aswell so they need surprises and content for those.
For the first time ever I'm going into this years Nintendo E3 presentation with zero expectations. Hopefully they surprise me in a good way. If not there's always Mario footage to look forward to
Saying they are focusing on 2017 games doesn't mean they won't have 2-3 2018 games. Also Nintendo have reduce the Number of big Nintendo Direct's with 2 in 2014 3 in 2015 and 1 in 2016 down from the 5 in 2012 and 7 in 2013.
They've been talkative recently as they had multiple interviews, plus giving details about a new game with a new director. Seeing them at E3 is one of the things I'm betting on regardless if they appear at Nintendo's or someone else's conference.
Liliana Eileen
Member
Well, they'll be at E3 one way or the other. I'm excited to see what they bring!
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Other M wasent to try and reach a japanese audience, it was a attempt at making a cinematic narrative with the metroid franchise, to make more of a story over all the lore they had built up
BRSxIgnition
Member
Which is funny because the Pro and Switch are... ya know... out already.
If their supply line wasn't currently on fire, I'd agree. Expect it next year when/if the Switch levels off.
I do, and it's because there is far more information to backup the 2017 release compared to the imaginary insecurities of people online thinking back to Xenoblade X. The development time should have been plenty since Xenoblade X released, the overall game announcement is different (compared to the Nintendo Direct 2013), as someone stated before the music is being recorded and is even being handled by a different localisation team. That different team is also probably to get the game out Worldwide by year's end.
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Deleted member 465307
Unconfirmed Member
I expect the SNES Classic Edition to get announced after E3 like the NES Classic Edition was. It's interesting that Microsoft put it on their survey on equal footing with the other consoles, though.
Gaiaknight
Member
I believe they can do it so far nintendo hasnt missed a date they have set for there switch games plus this game has been in development for a while plus alot of people speculated that this game was being worked on while X was as some staff from the first game didnt work on X .
DoctorFling
Member
Is Square-Enix having a conference this year?
Why wouldn't we? People keep saying it will be delayed, but I can't anyone explaining they think that. Nintendo said it's 2017, and I see no reason not yo believe it at this point. Why do you think it will be delayed?
Btw, Nintendo America tweeted about the Splatoon 2 World Inkling Invitiational, which is on Tuesday, June 13.
The tweet has a short video introducing the 4 teams participating.
Also tweeted about the ARMS Open Invitiational, which is the day after.
The tweet has a short video introducing the 4 teams participating.
Also tweeted about the ARMS Open Invitiational, which is the day after.
OrbitalBeard
Member
I should just accept it now that I won't be getting anything productive done on June 13th and 14th.
There is no evidence to doubt that it's releasing worldwide at the same time. However, Nintendo's Kimishima did clearly state they want to release all of their games globally around the same time. Well I keep repeating myself at this point. We'll just have to wait until E3. The experts and insiders who keep saying it's not releasing in 2017 despite evidence pointing to the contrary must have their reasons I guess.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
If I'm not mistaken, I believe we've already seen people mention they were working on the localization.
OrbitalBeard
Member
Didn't know he said this. That's great.
More info about the E3 tournaments.
Splatoon 2: June 13, 2:30 p.m. PT
ARMS: June 14, 3:30 p.m. PT
http://www.businesswire.com/news/ho...ntendo-Details-Splatoon-2-ARMS-E3-Tournaments
Splatoon 2:
ARMS:
Splatoon 2: June 13, 2:30 p.m. PT
ARMS: June 14, 3:30 p.m. PT
http://www.businesswire.com/news/ho...ntendo-Details-Splatoon-2-ARMS-E3-Tournaments
Splatoon 2:
ARMS:
NightwingRebirth
Member
I really don't see XB2 not coming out in 2017. Nintendo wouldn't continue to talk about a 2017 release, in all regions, if they weren't certain about it. I honestly feel like the people who doubt it'll release in 2017 only feel like that because they believe it'd be "too good to be true."
Skittzo0413
Member
So the whole voice chat app thing makes me think Nintendo will spend a decent chunk of time talking about that at E3. Do we expect that to be during the Spotlight or at some other time during E3? The statements in the OP make it seem like the Spotlight will be 100% focused on games but I don't know for sure...
"Decent chunk of time"? How long would that be for you? I do expect a little talk about the app, since the beta is probably launching with Splatoon 2. But I don't think you'll have to worry that they're gonna waste more than 1~2 minutes on it.
Skittzo0413
Member
I would think they would spend maybe 5 minutes or so on the app and the paid online service, as well as time showing off the accessories like the Splatoon themed audio splitter. It's not the easiest thing to explain when you haven't discussed it much before.
The question is will it be during the Spotlight, the Treehouse stream, or some other video.
tonyh24613
Member
It's better if they don't, keep the spotlight at the same pace as the April direct.
Where did they said that?
It's literally in the OP. But the statement doesn't mean there won't be 2018 titles shown.
casey_contra
Member
Anyone think they will have demos at the Nintendo NYC store?
I was supposed to go to E3, had my ticket and everything, but then a work even came up. in NYC. So I'll be busy during all of the presentations but maybe I'll be able to stop by the Nintendo store to play some Odyssey or Metroid Zen.
I was supposed to go to E3, had my ticket and everything, but then a work even came up. in NYC. So I'll be busy during all of the presentations but maybe I'll be able to stop by the Nintendo store to play some Odyssey or Metroid Zen.
Sorry, I should have clarified that statement. What I meant is, for myself as a person who only wants to see the minimum amount of info on a game going into it, I feel like I've already seen even more than I wished to by seeing various locales in the trailer, haha. But I realize my desire for self-imposed media blackout is unusual.
Thanks, here's hoping we get to see a good variety of other things during the presentation as well.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
Love those logo. So good.
Skittzo0413
Member
Probably in a sizzle reel at the very least.
It'll be in the Spotlight. 2 of their big marquee games (ARMS and Splatoon) will use the service with a huge amount of frequency, and Nintendo caught a lot of shit for being very opaque about how it would all work back in January, and that hasn't changed much. It's not something they can shuffle off to the side anymore, it needs to be very clearly detailed. Showing Splatoon in any capacity at that point would mandate answering the one most important unanswered question surrounding it.