bequietdrive
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Pretty much this.. hopefully by early next year we will have some decent third party support confirmed
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Nintendo Direct 2012.12.5 - Dec. 5th, 6AM EST (JP), 12 PM EST (NA), 5PM GMT
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dragonflys545
Member
I did buy it for announced titles. But the constant delays on many of them is just making me bitter.
Gahiggidy
My aunt & uncle run a Mom & Pop store, "The Gamecube Hut", and sold 80k WiiU within minutes of opening.
The lack of W101 is sadin all directs
They are probably having touble getting it to run on that upgraded broadway CPU, so now they're reworking the game into a new title, "The Mediocre 50".
Metallix87
Member
Constant delays? Isn't the only officially delayed title so far Pikmin 3, and only by one quarter?
Hm. Mostly western stuff. I'm not the least bit shocked, honestly.
I'm expecting this console to be mostly Nintendoey goodness, with the occasional Japanese gem here and there.
Joeshabadoo
Member
people always forget that we get NDirects every 2 weeks or so, and people always have FAR too lofty expectations for each and every single one.
don't change GAF
don't change GAF
Gahiggidy
My aunt & uncle run a Mom & Pop store, "The Gamecube Hut", and sold 80k WiiU within minutes of opening.
Huh? Which ones? I seemed to have missed the news.
Tomb Raider (likely, leaked by a Straight Right employee) and Blacklist (hinted at by our own John Harker).
Joeshabadoo
Member
are people forgetting that the Runner 2 definitive version will be on WiiU, and will hit in Jan most likely? Do you people honestly believe you will find NOTHING to play on your WiiU until Rayman in Feb?
smh
smh
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
I think you're reading too much in to it. Shibata is just a mouthpiece.
DXB-KNIGHT
Member
Help us indies flood the Wii U eShop with awesome games in Q1
Is that definite? There's no release date on the runner 2 site. As far as I can see anyway.
Yeah, he sings well.
Zen_Arcade
Banned
Nintendo just needs to stop having these Directs. They never have enough content to warrent even doing them. All I was looking for was a solid Animal Crossing release date and a sliver of hope they would say something about DQX.
The only solid thing they confirmed was the Fire Emblem release date and they had a few new videos. If these are going to be that barren of actual announcements they should just put the videos up on youtube and just tell news outlets when Fire Emblem is coming out. These things just highlight how little they have coming out.
The only solid thing they confirmed was the Fire Emblem release date and they had a few new videos. If these are going to be that barren of actual announcements they should just put the videos up on youtube and just tell news outlets when Fire Emblem is coming out. These things just highlight how little they have coming out.
TheCongressman1
Member
Exactly my thoughts.
What's so "definitive" about Runner 2 on WiiU? It's just a runner game...
yeah, pretty much.
what really sucks is they used to have their october/fall stuff where they'd announce new things because they wouldn't do it at e3, and they haven't even done that. this reminds me of the vita where e3 didn't materialize and then tgs didn't either.
SolarPowered
Member
It is already subpar. Hope springs eternal, though.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
I don't mind if Nintendo Directs a light on announcements, but I would like them to be a bit more focused and at least informative. Like, if you're showing a game that's been shown before, maybe show something new? Or talk about hardware features, or stuff Nintendo intends to address in patches.
It's when the Directs are recycling content that they become obscenely boring. I don't think they should ever be considered a platform for major announcements, and instead fan-specific insight into titles along with release dates, but there's a point where you're just not feeding viewers anything valuable at all.
Like this Luigi's Mansion 2 shit again. Same stuff. Similar footage. No announcements. No new content. Not even a concrete date. "This vague window, kinda this month maybe!". We know that. We've known it for months. We've known because the game has been routinely delayed since it was announced a year and a half ago. Like, Pikmin 3 I can understand, because we saw a new build and we hadn't had confirmation of the (obvious) launch window slip, but we really don't need to have the same titles continually milked with no substance.
EDIT: Similar things could be said about Lego City Undercover. I'm not overly interested in it, but why not dedicate a bit more time to the title and its features if it is indeed due so soon? Show some narrated, seamless footage of gameplay to give people an idea of what the game can offer. Spend Nintendo Direct time doing that kinda stuff if you don't have announcements to make.
It's when the Directs are recycling content that they become obscenely boring. I don't think they should ever be considered a platform for major announcements, and instead fan-specific insight into titles along with release dates, but there's a point where you're just not feeding viewers anything valuable at all.
Like this Luigi's Mansion 2 shit again. Same stuff. Similar footage. No announcements. No new content. Not even a concrete date. "This vague window, kinda this month maybe!". We know that. We've known it for months. We've known because the game has been routinely delayed since it was announced a year and a half ago. Like, Pikmin 3 I can understand, because we saw a new build and we hadn't had confirmation of the (obvious) launch window slip, but we really don't need to have the same titles continually milked with no substance.
EDIT: Similar things could be said about Lego City Undercover. I'm not overly interested in it, but why not dedicate a bit more time to the title and its features if it is indeed due so soon? Show some narrated, seamless footage of gameplay to give people an idea of what the game can offer. Spend Nintendo Direct time doing that kinda stuff if you don't have announcements to make.
randomengine
Banned
Besides the neat Wii U apps, there was not a single Wii U game that I was interested in. I feel like this was made before the previous directs or something. There is less info here than in previous ones, almost like they realized how much they overpromised that they scaled things back this time.
I just do not understand why they don't at least update us on Animal Crossing, Wonderful 101, Bayonetta 2, or a host of other games, they have mentioned before but were mum about this time. They spent like 10 minutes on free DLC for a game that is already out (Ninja Gaiden).
Although, I enjoyed the release date announcements (Fire Emblem coming much earlier than I thought), I was very disappointed by this. No Wii U virtual console, no TVii....ugh....
I just do not understand why they don't at least update us on Animal Crossing, Wonderful 101, Bayonetta 2, or a host of other games, they have mentioned before but were mum about this time. They spent like 10 minutes on free DLC for a game that is already out (Ninja Gaiden).
Although, I enjoyed the release date announcements (Fire Emblem coming much earlier than I thought), I was very disappointed by this. No Wii U virtual console, no TVii....ugh....
MushroomSamba
Member
Awesome, FE and Harmoknight both in the bag for NA. Just need Bravely Default and they'd be 3 for 3 on my current wishlist.
Of All Trades
Member
Nintendo failed to convince me that the Wii U will have sufficient quantity and quality to justify a purchase when compared to my existing backlog and upcoming games on current-gen consoles. Owners shouldn't have to scramble to find something to play.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
This is Nintendo being Nintendo. As in, keeping their mouths shut on anything that isn't already announced or coming out in the immediate future. Like I said on my list:
There is an absolutely ridiculous quantity of unaccounted Nintendo production the company refuses to talk about right now. We basically have no idea what 90% of the company, in its entirety, is working on for both the 3DS and Wii U.
vagabondarts
Member
It boils down to the inept leadership and marketing team at NOA. I'm amazed they are able to do anything at all.
The Nintendo directs are exhausting because they are so frequent and so devoid of any real informative content, like you say.
I don't think NOA knows what to do with Nintendo Direct and they don't care.
Jorok Goldblade
Member
I'm wondering if that was Nintendo's plan all along. Do the bare minimum at an E3 where they know the competitors have nothing to announce, then open the floodgates at E3 2013 to counter the new hardware announcements.
randomengine
Banned
My haul...
Wii U
LEGO City Undercover (for the wife)
3DS
Fire Emblem: Awakening (for me)
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (for me)
Brain Age: Concentration Training (for both)
Wii U
LEGO City Undercover (for the wife)
3DS
Fire Emblem: Awakening (for me)
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (for me)
Brain Age: Concentration Training (for both)
Nintendo won't even talk about 3rd party ports we pretty much know are coming for some completely asinine reason. I have absolutely no idea what's going on anymore.
TheCongressman1
Member
That's what we thought the plan was for this past two E3s...
YoYo Switch
Banned
ill buy yours for 20 bucks
I think they are being careful not to repeat what happened during the 3ds' first E3...they announced pretty much everything they could and we're still waiting for some of it.
Personally I prefer their original 3ds approach. I hate only knowing about games that are less than 6 months away...
Personally I prefer their original 3ds approach. I hate only knowing about games that are less than 6 months away...
Hot Coldman
Banned
Anyone got a pic of the LM2 box art?
Yes, yes, and yes. Also - I think it'd be better if Nintendo could do a better job of managing expectations. Nintendo Directs have been so all over the place that you have no idea what you're going to get. They're randomly announced, which doesn't help at all - I mean, the idea that Nintendo wants to make an announcement RIGHT NOW carries an implicit message that hey, Nintendo's got something important to say!
Combined with the two big 3DS and WiiU firmware updates, you've got a recipe for a PR disaster. A completely avoidable one! Why doesn't Nintendo announce exactly what they're going to cover in the Nintendo Direct. If you're not going to announce any new titles, you need to say that - you're not fishing for hits, you're trying to inform your audience and get them excited about what you are advertising. If the audience is pissed off because they expected bombs to be dropped, you are hurting the titles you are trying to promote. If what you're actually showing isn't going to attract viewers, rethink why you are showing it.
Ideally I'd like to see the Nintendo branches coordinate weekly Nintendo Directs. Mid-week, announce who will be talking about what. End of week, release Nintendo Direct. Feature first-, second-, and third-party developers in addition to your executives. Show what's coming out soon and ALSO tease long-term stuff to keep people excited about the system they've invested a lot of money in. And stop pretending we live in a world where the Pacific ocean keeps Americans from knowing what's going on in Japan and the Atlantic ocean keeps Americans from knowing what's going on in Europe. Seriously, it's ridiculous they don't have simultaneous launches for all of their products. Hire some more damn translators. Make it happen. You know why people are happy to see Fire Emblem release NoA? Because you're so useless no one knows if you'll even release first-party titles to your largest market. New releases are better than new-to-America releases. Don't be NBC with "If you didn't see it before, it's new to you."
Quick edit: As my proposal for weekly Nintendo Directs shows, I don't think the problem with Nintendo Directs is that they're too frequent, just that they're not informative enough. Consider that the DS released in 2004, and the Wii in 2006, and between the two of them they have more than 2000 games released for them. That's more than 142 titles a year, or almost 3 a week. I think Nintendo can find the material to work with between the 3DS, Wii U, eShop, and Virtual Console. Heck, do a Nintendo Direct on TreeHouse, show how you localize games!
fluffydelusions
Member
I'll pay $40
lazybones18
Banned
So no mention of New Leaf in the NA Nintendo Direct. Looks like I made the right choice by not getting up
Graphics Horse
Member
So does it seem like Japan wanted a Wii U launch broadcast and America and Europe had to pull half an hour of stuff together?
Brainiac 8
Member
I love ND. They are fantastic and short looks at games that we know about. Why would you want Nintendo to stop that?
Oh well...Pikmin 3 looks fantastic. Next year is going to be awesome.
Oh well...Pikmin 3 looks fantastic. Next year is going to be awesome.
TheCongressman1
Member
Pretty much. Japan's ND made perfect sense for their launch. But the others... Why?
grimshawish
Banned
Probably just to have one before going quiet over Dec/Jan I suspect.
Strangely no one mentioned deals/bundles.
So the only concrete date we got was Fire Emblem? Not even Luigi's Mansion, a game we've known about since E3 2011?
And Pikmin 3 is coming Q2 2013?!?
THIS FUCKING COMPANY
I mean, I expected the usual post launch drought for a Nintendo console, but fuck. It sounds like we won't have anything to play on Wii U in January or February. They throw around "early 2013" a lot, but this is the same company who refers to a "launch window" as the 6 months following launch.
I don't know. Wii U is looking real shitty right now. I was really expecting Pikmin 3 in January or February. Now there's nothing.
And Pikmin 3 is coming Q2 2013?!?
THIS FUCKING COMPANY
I mean, I expected the usual post launch drought for a Nintendo console, but fuck. It sounds like we won't have anything to play on Wii U in January or February. They throw around "early 2013" a lot, but this is the same company who refers to a "launch window" as the 6 months following launch.
I don't know. Wii U is looking real shitty right now. I was really expecting Pikmin 3 in January or February. Now there's nothing.
Karsticles
Member
I find it wild that there isn't a single game they talked about that I want, but I'm still totally cool with owning these systems. It's not like they'll remain gameless forever. I know 4 titles I want on my 3DS in the future. That's as many as I have PS3 games total. And the Wii U is still a new system, but it's going to have 2 Hideki Kamiya games and Monster Hunter? Okay, so I have to be a little patient. That's okay with me if I get the gold in the end.
Unfortunately it means no more Nintendo Wii U games for at least another 4 months from now - and that's what most of us bought the console for. Personally, I was expecting Pikmin 3 in Q1 and then hoping they had something else up their sleeves for Q2.