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[TheGreatMightyPoo]

They said focused on 2017 games, not exclusively 2017 games. I get keeping your expectations low, but that's a bit much.

Depends on where you look, the Twitter announcement said 2017 games.

 

[Neoxon]

~25 minutes.

Ah crap, maybe we should lower our expectations further.

 

[Astral Dog]

5 minutes slashed

 

[Neoxon]

Depends on where you look, the Twitter announcement said 2017 games.

I'm referring to how the press release & Japan's description describe it. But in light of the ~25 minute estimate, you may be right.

 

[FloweryMarston]

until tuesday the event will be 5 min long.

 

[doop_]

Lol, first time i have had zero hype for Nintendo@E3.

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

25 minutes tells me it will be paced swiftly like the April Direct but who knows???

 

[seph1roth]

Better make a 25 minutes presentation about Mario and then go to the Treehouse, just like last year with Zelda.

25 minutes for an E3 presentation...just ridiculous.

 

[Sammy Samusu]

Nintendo sure knows how to ruin our fun.

I'm not even a little excited about this year's E3.

Seriously what's their problem? Why not tease the new Animal Crossing, Luigi's Mansion etc? We don't need a release date we just need a quick look in their future games.

 

[Kyzer]

Im hoping for something more like

2 minutes - Pokemon Ultra Sun/ Ultra Moon
2 minutes - Arms DLC
2 minutes - Splatoon 2
2 minutes - Mario x Rabbids
2 minutes - Fire Emblem Warriors
2 minutes - Third Party Reel
2 minutes - Zelda DLC
2 minutes - Pokken
2 minutes - Xenoblade 2
5 minutes - Super Mario Odyssey
2 minutes - SUPAH SUMASH BRAZZAS DX for Switch Early 2018

Damn even then not too much room for surprises...

 

[Anth0ny]

25 minutes tells me it will be paced swiftly like the April Direct but who knows???

Yeah 25 minutes is actually fine if the presentation is rapid fire like that Direct.

 

[ggx2ac]

Nintendo Spotlight duration: 25 minutes

The first minute will be spent introducing the program, the following 24 minutes will be spent putting this clip on repeat.

 

[Tryphus]

~25 minutes.

What all is going on in this pic with the other numbers and whatnot?

 

[OrbitalBeard]

25 minutes. Try to rein it in a bit, Nintendo. I've only got so much time in my day!!

 

[HoJu]

Nintendo is cancelled

 

[Champion]

~25 minutes.

 

[sinonobu]

25 minutes is disappointing... Still anticipating 2~3 surprises though

 

[Ashodin]

So they're basically just going to talk about stuff this fall and nothing else, right?

 

[Ridley327]

Nintendo sure knows how to ruin our fun.

I'm not even a little excited about this year's E3.

Seriously what's their problem? Why not tease the new Animal Crossing, Luigi's Mansion etc? We don't need a release date we just need a quick look in their future games.

They treat E3 more like the trade show it's supposed to be for the rest of the calendar year than most other companies?

 

[SomeRandomWeirdGuy]

I hope you guys are ready for the mega surprise Rabbids x Mario game!

I'll never forget Nintendo's "one last thing" being the fireworks show from Nintendoland. 25 minutes is scary short for something that should be trying to instill confidence in a console. It can't just be shit we already know about.

 

[Fireblend]

So they're basically just going to talk about stuff this fall and nothing else, right?

That's about what I expect. Maybe a teaser or two for something new but don't hold your breath.

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

Nintendo sure knows how to ruin our fun.

I'm not even a little excited about this year's E3.

Seriously what's their problem? Why not tease the new Animal Crossing, Luigi's Mansion etc? We don't need a release date we just need a quick look in their future games.

How about fucking wait til it actually happens before being upset about it???

 

[Kyzer]

Honestly the amount of possibilities was too good to be true, the Switch already has a ton of games on the way they just gotta give us a glimpse at early 2018 and next year some directs and e3 will reveal the whole rest of the slew

 

[hughesta]

Nintendo usually prefers to announce games in their release year. They threw us a few bones in this year's January presentation. We'll find out about 2018 in January.

 

[Yado]

How about fucking wait til it actually happens before being upset about it???

We've seen enough Directs to know how this is going to go down.

 

[Serenitynow]

~25 minutes.

I think we all assumed "Spotlight" was just a new name for what would essentially be a Direct. Maybe we have to focus on the meaning behind that name more...

 

[KageMaru]

Its E3 and they have to promote their new platform. Yes, there is a chance.

There's always a chance. I have a feeling there will be a third party unannounced game shown.

Cool then I'm excited regardless of the show length.

 

[FloweryMarston]

i am super excited just because of mario odyssey and the possibility of the story dlc for botw being shown. More xenoblade 2 is great.

 

[ggx2ac]

If there's one thing to be less pissed about, it's that 5 minutes of the Spotlight won't be taken up by that Pokken DX trailer from the Pokémon Direct.

Instead, 8 minutes of the Spotlight will be taken up from Tsunekazu Ishihara apologizing about the clerical error with Pokémon Ultra Sun and Moon and announces that Nintendo Switch will never receive a mainline Pokémon game, at which he will then repeat showing the trailer of Pokken DX as something to look forward to.

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

We've seen enough Directs to know how this is going to go down.

It's E3, doubt it's not going to have any surprises.

 

[DecoReturns]

I'm cool waiting for a November Direct for 2018 releases.

 

[Gaiaknight]

We've seen enough Directs to know how this is going to go down.

and directs almost always have stuff we dont know about.

 

[Eliseo]

Some of you guys need to calm down, I'm pretty sure Nintendo will deliver a good E3

Spoiler

I hope they don't show off a metroid game

 

[Fanuilos]

Shadow drop Stardew Valley and I won't even care if it's 24.5 minutes of Miyamoto putting on a puppet show with popsicle sticks.

 

[HoJu]

I want captain toad 2

 

[jack_package_200]

Im hoping for something more like

2 minutes - Pokemon Ultra Sun/ Ultra Moon
2 minutes - Arms DLC
2 minutes - Splatoon 2
2 minutes - Mario x Rabbids
2 minutes - Fire Emblem Warriors
2 minutes - Third Party Reel
2 minutes - Zelda DLC
2 minutes - Pokken
2 minutes - Xenoblade 2
5 minutes - Super Mario Odyssey
2 minutes - SUPAH SUMASH BRAZZAS DX for Switch Early 2018

Damn even then not too much room for surprises...

I will lose my shit if the Spotlight features 3DS games.

If you wanna hedge your bets Nintendo thats fine but at least let the new console have the main marketing push.

 

[WiiRevolution1]

5 minutes slashed

I guess Kimishima just found out that not only Federation Force Deluxe was in development instead of Luigi's Mansion 3, but Tanaba was planning a live orchestra of it at all three e3 tournaments. Kimishima, being a sane person, immediately cancelled it. Thankyou Kimishima.

 

[Dremorak]

Maybe they are putting a bigger influence on treehouse this time? Could be just touching on stuff we already know about like mario and pokemon, and then leaving it to the treehouse to go indepth. 25 mins of pure new stuff would be awesome.

 

[Passose]

I expect nothing from this year E3, the whole spotlight segment will just focus on 2017 games and that's it

 

[Like the hat?]

Don't worry about the 25 mins of spotlight when they have at least two days of constant treehouse live after.

 

[Takat]

It does seem like they'll focus on Mario, and if they're confident in Mario as they were in BOTW I'm fine with it.

I hope this E3 will bring more announcements, and I'm looking forward to more indie games.

 

[Fantastical]

~25 minutes.

Bahahahahaha

 

[Jigorath]

They only need 30 seconds to announce Metroid Prime 4.

 

[Fireblend]

I will lose my shit if the Spotlight features 3DS games.

If you wanna hedge your bets Nintendo thats fine but at least let the new console have the main marketing push.

The 3DS still has a huge user base and a new pair of Pokémon games just got announced. No way they're not mentioning the consoles or the games in the presentation.

Same as the 2017 focus doesn't imply they're not talking about 2018 games, that they'll be mostly pushing the Switch doesn't mean they're going to neglect their other huge console and franchise.

 

[Champion]

Seriously what's their problem?

Software support.
At least they seemingly have intentions of showing a few games unlike last year where they just showcased Zelda and said fuck everything else.

 

[Rodin]

Software support.
At least they seemingly have intentions of showing a few games unlike last year where they just showcased Zelda and said fuck everything else.

And it was their best fucking E3 since 2010.

 

[Instro]

I'm cool waiting for a November Direct for 2018 releases.

Knowing Nintendo you're going to be waiting till January.

 

[OrbitalBeard]

"Welcome to the 2017 Nintendo Spotlight presentation! For the next 25 minutes, we'll be focusing on some great upcoming titles for Nintendo Switch.

But first, let's take a look at some great new games coming to Nintendo 3DS".

 

[ggx2ac]

That machine translation.

 

[Serenitynow]

The 3DS still has a huge user base and a new pair of Pokémon games just got announced. No way they're not mentioning the consoles or the games in the presentation.

Same as the 2017 focus doesn't imply they're not talking about 2018 games, that they'll be mostly pushing the Switch doesn't mean they're going to neglect their other huge console and franchise.

The initial press release said the Spotlight will showcase Switch games, while the Treehouse will go in depth on Switch and 3DS games.