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Nintendo at E3: are you in denial?

You know, they could still show some new trailers and developer interviews of upcoming games during breaks of the Zelda livestream. It could work out just fine.
 
haimon said:
As someone who enjoys watching train wrecks, nintendo have given me some great ones ever since wiiu unveiling.

I can only hope they keep it up.
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Sure, guy. Up until this year they've had fairly decent E3s since they went to the Direct format, especially in 2014.
 
I'm gonna assume Nintendo's just gonna have Zelda at E3 and throw an NX event later his year.

I just don't wanna spoil myself on Zelda media. I would be more than happy with just a 2 minute trailer that showcases different mechanics and environments.
 
I set my expectations to 'nothing' so I can't be disappointed. If they decide to bring any other bits of news then that'll be a pleasant surprise.

This year I'm mostly watching E3 for the awkward live shows. Guess I'll semi-watch the Zelda stream too as twitch chat goes crazy with disappointment.
 
I was all confident earlier this year thinking "NX reveal at e3, can't wait to see it", because new hardware reveals are the best.

And then Nintendo punched me in the face with this Nintendo Tree house Zelda thing. Let down would be an understatement
 
Well they did say Zelda so I expect Zelda. I can't possibly know if there will be other games on the showfloor but that would be a welcome surprise.

I do however expect some kind of a direct a while before or after E3 that's about whatever else they have been working on.
 
There'll be a surprise Direct that consists entirely of a George of the Jungle parody, where Reggie swings through a jungle and it goes "WATCH OUT FOR E3," before he collides into the LA Convention Center and slides off.

He'll then dust himself off and reveal Waluigi: Wah A Wah-derful Wahfe, a dating simulator where Waluigi charms the ladies in the evening, and cheats on his taxes during the day.
 
I really wish they chose a different strategy: I wanted to know more about the NX, and I wanted this E3 - which will probably be my last - to be truly memorable.
Without Nintendo (having just Zelda is honestly not enough for me), I already know it won't be.
 
The thing I find more weird than them only showing Zelda, is them focusing on the Wii U version so much, but I guess that's mainly a good faith type thing for Wii U owners.

My expectations were damaged, as up until the announcement of it only being Zelda, the NX being at E3 seemed like the most obvious thing, to the point where it felt like common knowledge.
 
Not at all. They've been very open-handed about what we should expect, and expecting any more than that is daft.

Frankly, with a bit of distance, I can see the logic of what they're doing. Even if they brought everything they could possibly show on Wii U and 3DS, that still only leaves you with Zelda, Pokemon, Paper Mario and a handful of late localisations- not enough to make an even halfway-decent presence for a regular show. If Zelda is indeed shaping up to be something special, why wouldn't Nintendo put everything they have into showing it off at its best, and use their numerous other opportunities to show other things off?

I'm not happy about it by any means, but if we take Kimishima at his word that they're trying to secure a wide range of titles for the launch and beyond before they show NX off, this is probably the most sensible way they could handle this E3. Let's be real- if they blow us away with a great NX reveal in September, no one will give a shit that they didn't show Paper Mario in June.
 
During the years Nintendo fans have always been on the edge of their seat "Could this be the big moment for Nintendo!?"

But after being let down so many times the expectation lower and the fantasy of a Nintendo that comes back in full force fades. So I'm not in denial, I fully expect Nintendo to just show one game at E3 and it wouldn't surprise me if the reception of Zelda isn't all that great.
 
No I reached the acceptance stage by now. It will hopefully be a better e3 than last year anyway if Zelda is amazing.
 
Pop-O-Matic said:
Yeah, just like how we all forgot about Nintendo's E3 2015, 2012, 2008, 2003...

(Also, what the fuck does that gif have to do with anything?)
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The gif is the same gif OP used and is for the same purpose 'arguing your point'

Nintendo's E3s aren't what they used to be anymore. They are more focused on doing things their own way

With the rumours that Microsoft and Sony will announce new hardware this E3, it's a smart move Nintendo delayed the announcement to their own private show where all the attention will be just on them and them alone.

It is a shame with E3 this year, especially after last year, but it's for the long term

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E3 isn't really relevant anymore. It's a bastion of a bygone era. You can achieve more for far cheaper through direct audience engagement.

What does e3 really offer anymore? It was a tool when news was disseminated through magazines and blogs and aggregator like IGN and 1up and Joystiq

Now the best place for word of mouth is twitch or Twitter or youtube. All of which are infinitely cheaper and more effective
 
I've accepted that Nintendo is sending off the soon-to-be-ex-tradeshow with just Zelda.

I think more people are in denial about the state of E3 in general.
 
Not in denial, Nintendo said only Zelda, and thus it's going to be only Zelda until said otherwise ... which would end in certain backlash.

What i am is being impatient, as i really want to know when and where that NX event is going to happen.
 
Nintendo has such weak E3 showings in general that I don't even watch them any more, I simply wait for the event to stop and read a summary. So, I'm not expecting anything, no, I'm usually not even expecting anything when they do say they'll reveal stuff. Add to this the usual E3 hysteria/negativity and, well... no reason to waste time.

I don't mind, BTW, I think E3 is completely outdated.
 
Ceallach said:
E3 isn't really relevant anymore. It's a bastion of a bygone era. You can achieve more for far cheaper through direct audience engagement.

What does e3 really offer anymore? It was a tool when news was disseminated through magazines and blogs and aggregator like IGN and 1up and Joystiq

Now the best place for word of mouth is twitch or Twitter or youtube. All of which are infinitely cheaper and more effective
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Yea maybe for certain publishers who have more games to show than what time they are allotted being on E3 stage.

E3 isn't relevant anymore to Nintendo, for the rest of the industry it's still relevant. EA, Bethesda are big enough to have their own venues, but to say they dont have a pressence on teh show room floor at E3 is being naive.

Nintendo are the one's not relevant anymore, and Nintendo Directs dont pull punches like dropping bombs at E3 that usually hit all the airwaves.

If NX is going to be announced during a Nintendo direct, instead of a huge venue blowout in times square like SONY, Microsoft. The NX is dead before it hits stores.
 
Why would they lie about this, push away so many viewers, and THEN announce something?
 
My approach to Nintendo now: Go in with the lowest expectations possible and expect nothing.
If they show something better than shit, you can be excited!

If they really do nothing but a Zelda livestream, at least there's no disappointment to be had.
 
Shauni said:
I think Nintendo is on the cusp of dropping E3. I don't expect them there next year at all. They'll either do their own conference like several other companies, or just do a large scale, self-contained Direct around the same time.
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That's what they always do.
 
Papacheeks said:
E3 isn't relevant anymore to Nintendo, for the rest of the industry it's still relevant. EA, Bethesda are big enough to have their own venues, but to say they dont have a pressence on teh show room floor at E3 is being naive.
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For EA, at least, it's the truth. They don't have a booth, and aren't going to be there on the showfloor.

By any metric, Nintendo's presence this year will vastly outstrip EA's.

Nintendo are the one's not relevant anymore, and Nintendo Directs dont pull punches like dropping bombs at E3 that usually hit all the airwaves.
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This sentence literally doesn't mean anything.

If NX is going to be announced during a Nintendo direct, instead of a huge venue blowout in times square like SONY, Microsoft. The NX is dead before it hits stores.
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If the messaging and format of the reveal is right, then it doesn't matter if the NX isn't revealed in a Times Square conference.

Let's not pretend like the announcement of new hardware from one of the main hardware manufacturers wouldn't be covered by every news source even slightly invested in the industry, regardless of setting.
 
Exterminieren said:
For EA, at least, it's the truth. They don't have a booth, and aren't going to be there on the showfloor.

By any metric, Nintendo's presence this year will vastly outstrip EA's.
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The building of a publisher's showfloor doesn't matter to the biggest part of E3 viewership. The fact that EA has their show in the E3 time frame cements the fact, that the event (i.e. the gathering of the industry itself, not the host behind them) is still very much relevant.
 
I certainly believe that Zelda Wii U will be the only game playable on the show floor.

..but I still wonder if Treehouse LIVE will be Zelda only. At present we don't know if their Treehouse coverage is just Zelda and just for day 1...or if it'll last the full 3 days as usual.
 
OP is going to be disappointed.

They might break up the Treehouse stream with demos of Federation Force and Paper Mario, but I expect no big announcements, and certainly no NX.
 
Ceallach said:
E3 isn't really relevant anymore. It's a bastion of a bygone era. You can achieve more for far cheaper through direct audience engagement.

What does e3 really offer anymore? It was a tool when news was disseminated through magazines and blogs and aggregator like IGN and 1up and Joystiq

Now the best place for word of mouth is twitch or Twitter or youtube. All of which are infinitely cheaper and more effective
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People keep saying this, but it simply comes across as an excuse for the fact that Nintendo is about to have an E3 that's based entirely around one game. Saying that E3 isn't relevant anymore is just outright false. If it weren't relevant anymore than you can bet that Sony and MS wouldn't be having shows there. And most of the other companies that have shows at E3 are still doing them. Nintendo is the only console manufacturer that's basically bowing out. This doesn't say something about E3 as much as it says something about Nintendo.
 
It's no like these already confirmed to be localized games stop existing and we won't get to hear about the NX 3 months after E3.

Honestly, this seems like the best thing Nintendo could have done, take out the hype train to the back and shoot it dead and bury it along with the Reggie gifs.
 
A few months? You must have been scarred pretty badly.

It's not NX, so there's a decent amount of disappointment, but at the end of the day, I have better things to do at the moment than worry about when I'm going to see Nintendo's next system. They'll show it eventually, and it's not like there isn't anything else going on at E3 this year.

That aside, Zelda was the one thing I've been looking forward to from them. Even with that, I don't think I'll catch the demoing. If there's a trailer, and actual announcements, I'll take them, but I don't really want to get too much information up front.
 
if e3 is just Zelda. Then I think thats the final straw for me. It's simply not fair and if Microsoft did anything similar to this they would of been burnt to the ground.

A company should get better with age, not flap around and keep failing, they don't deserve to be this popular.
 
We should be grateful to have one game from them this year.

I'm calling it now. Next year will be Nintendo's last E3. 2018.. No show.

You'll see.
 
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