[quote name='Dr Mario Kart']Created for publicity makes it seem like it was artificial and that nearly everybody at the convention didn't want to get in line.[/quote]
Exactly, Nintendo essentially hid the Wii and the games inside of one section of their booth so that the only way you could even get a glimpse was to wait in line. Add in the amount of people that shouldn't have been there that were clogging up the line for those that had work to do and you have a recipe for a huge line that could've been avoided pretty easily, if Nintendo wanted to avoid it. The inside of the booth was just horrible, mobs of people forming around the many demo stations that left little room to move aorund, except for the exit where the less prestigious titles and the VC were set up. It was one of the bigger showcases of what was wrong with the huge, monstrous E3 that led to the neat, tidy, and efficient E3 that'll debut next week.
[quote name='Dr Mario Kart']Yes there was line. This is what happens when you have too many folks and you cant accomodate them at one time. The line got media coverage, yes, but you cant conclude that the line was formed for that purpose.[/quote]
It's easy to come to that conclusion because it could've been more efficiently designed to make it easier for anyone to at least see the Wii instead of shoving everybody into a tight space. It was obvious that they wanted to keep it hidden and limit the traffic into the booth, so naturally back-ups occur and for something with this much buzz, they didn't really bother to avoid it. It was most likely a calculated move.
