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There was just nothing about the show that excited me, I have not touched my Wii in ages, and I kept hearing that something big for the hardcore gamer was coming from Nintendo at E3.


Well really there is nothing that I give two shits about. The add-on seems interesting, but really there is no games right now that use it, that really do it for me. Don't really care about Animal Crossing, and really don't care about Wii Resorts if it doesnt have online play.


I guess I expected more from Nintendo. I mean if they showed a brief clip of the new alleged Zelda game that would have been something. Where is the 2D metroid? Where is the new Punchout? Hell where is even Disaster Day of Crisis? Both Sony and MSoft brought out at least one or two big 1st party games, Nintendo gives us a music mini game. I am sure there will be a couple 3rd party games that interest me, but for now until the unforseeable future it will def be a Wii Dead Zone in my gaming.

Animal Crossing is pretty ''hardcore''.

IMO, it was a joke. Nothing that got me excited and proud to be a Wii owner. Wii Music? I can honestly say I was embarrased for Nintendo when I saw them up there flailing their hands in the air to the Mario theme. Worst E3 conference in a long time. Third party titles? Storage solution? Kid Icarus? Mario? Zelda? Give us something! Sad day for Nintendo fans IMO.

yeah but its more niche to me than "hardcore"

Originally Posted by Ikohn4ever I have not touched my Wii in ages

I have the opposite problem, I can't stop touching mine...

Originally Posted by dastly75 I have the opposite problem, I can't stop touching mine...

NICE!

I don't give a shit about E3. When a game comes out that I want I buy it. I don't care what a bunch of non gamers say hyping up the next "great" game that will suck.

E3 is dead and this year proved that. Somehow out of the big three terrible conferences Nintendo lost to Sony, Sony is a joke and still did better than Nintendo.

Nintendo has NOTHING! Maybe they will bring back Space World because as of right now they are screwed.

Yes, but Nintendo wasn't the only company at fault. Every single company, publishers included, churned out absolute shite presentations this year. E3 is dead.

I have to say I'm most disappointed in Wii Music. It is literally a game about flailing around the Wii Remote and pretending that you are playing a toy instrument that doesn't even exist. I was hoping for a heavier emphasis a conductor's wand and maybe some more composition aspects ala Band Brothers but no dice. Unless Wii Sports 2 has some amazing feature then there's no way I'm buying it. AC = AC and that's all I have to say about that.

Originally Posted by bigdaddy Nintendo has NOTHING! Maybe they will bring back Space World because as of right now they are screwed.

I don't think you quite understand how business works, chum.

I think Wii Music may actually tarnish Miyamoto's reputation. I mean seriously, wtf. I recently got the 360 primarily for RB2 + GTAIV, but also RE5 and sports games in general (Madden/NBA/etc.). Again, areas where Wii is very very weak.

To think that Nintendo believes gamers would take THAT over Rock Band (with physical devices) is beyond arrogance.

It's stupidity.

The only thing that got me semi-pumped was the sword game from Wii Sports Resort...but that's the single thing. Too little too late. Imagine if they had gotten precision, particulary 1:1 (or close to it) at launch. *sigh*

Nintendo. At least PS3 was funny for "massive dmg" or "Ridge Racer!"
Nintendo's sorry presentation wasn't even funny. It was dejectingly sad.

I have the bad feeling that GTA for the DS is supposed to be the game for the "hardcore" gamer.

This has got to be the worst E3 that I can remember.

To think that Nintendo believes gamers would take THAT over Rock Band (with physical devices) is beyond arrogance.

It's stupidity.

See, but the operative word is "gamers", and 'we're' clearly not who Nintendo cares about anymore...at least at high-publicity events.

Believe me, Soccer Mom Nation and their impossibly obnoxious (very young) children will love this. It won't, uh, intimidate them. And for the record, intimidation here is defined as anything that requires a learning curve of greater than fifteen seconds.

All big three conferences came up short. Nintendo especially. I really like the possibilities of the m+, but it may be too late for third parties to catch on and create compelling software.

Originally Posted by mav451 Nintendo. At least PS3 was funny for "massive dmg" or "Ridge Racer!" Nintendo's sorry presentation wasn't even funny. It was dejectingly sad.

Well played, new guy.

E3 is basically the closest thing gamers have to Christmas (you know, besides Christmas) and this year every single box was filled with long underwear and cleaning supplies.

How the is this the same company that made the Ocarina of Time, SNES, N64, ect? They've jumped the shark BIG TIME.

It's not what they announced that annoys me but what they could of done to make it good. Where is the storage fix, VC data or announcement, Wiiware announcements? New franchises (Wii music doesn't count because it is in the Wii casual gamer line), etc. Hell I don't give a that they don't show footage, but if they told me we are making a kid icarus or punchout I would be satisfied. All I see now is an Animal Crossing and Wii Sports game both which don't intrest me (unless Wii Sports is really good). I see no other Nintendo published games that I want, which is truely sad.

This conference just made me more madder at Nintendo.

You can Nintendo has ed up big time, when even the hardcore fanboys are having trouble coming up with ways to defend that press conference.

Also, OT sorry, Sony's showing of their consoles various statistics, via a Little Big Planet level, was the highlight of all three major press conferences.

Originally Posted by cochesecochese Well played, new guy. E3 is basically the closest thing gamers have to Christmas (you know, besides Christmas) and this year every single box was filled with long underwear and cleaning supplies.

Yea really...

From Microsoft I got an action figure that came out a year ago.

From Sony I got a brand new toy, but just the box...

From Nintendo I got nail clippers and a bouncy ball.

I think Wii Music may actually tarnish Miyamoto's reputation. I mean seriously, wtf. I recently got the 360 primarily for RB2 + GTAIV, but also RE5 and sports games in general (Madden/NBA/etc.). Again, areas where Wii is very very weak.

I think that Wii Music has to be one of the most embarrassing things to come out of E3. Just because it was coming from Miyamoto and you can just see him thinking in the middle of demonstrating it, "What the was I thinking..." I don't know who it's suppose to attact but 5 year old kids. My GF was sitting there watching with me and got up and left when the Drummer and Miyamoto finished up their duet...

They are all like, " it we are pwning this... we get money no matter what we do. Let's make a music game where all you have to do is press a button (with no timing) in order to play music, and we can get people to hold it up to their heads and make them look like jack asses.... heheh... probably will sell 10 million the first week."

Very underwhelming. If this is indicative of their plans for the next year with regards to the wii, I'll have a hard time justifying not selling it. There was no bombshell. No good teaser. Just a good deal of (what seemed to be) half-baked ideas. The tv-mounted microphone? I can't imagine using it, what with how close/loud my speakers are. Wii Music? Quite honestly, a couple people in my computer audio class programmed just that in a matter of weeks. No fancy 3-d graphics, but wii-mote controlled and everything.

I'm hoping there wasn't anything big because they weren't really taking E3 seriously, cause I'd hate it if this was their permanent direction for the Wii.

Originally Posted by Rusty Ghia I have the bad feeling that GTA for the DS is supposed to be the game for the "hardcore" gamer. This has got to be the worst E3 that I can remember.

I think you might be right.

In the essence of time, I'm going to make this story a brief one. Basically, Reggie defended Nintendo's stance on creating games for the hardcore market (as well as for the casual folks) during an interview today on G4. "How could you [the core gamer] feel left out?," he questioned. "The Animal Crossing that we've been hearing about that people wanted. Fully connected to the Internet, go to other people's towns. Plus as I said, Grand Theft Auto on the DS. How do you feel left out with those types of announcements?"

http://wii.kombo.com/article.php?artid=12299