I still stand by rosy fanman’s assessment of Nintendo’s E3 showing, but I can easily agree with people who wanted more games like Wario pushed to the forefront of their keynote. The game simply deserved more attention than it got, period.
Nintendo cheerleader Cammie Dunaway agrees, telling VGChartz (they do interviews?!) that “we were disappointed with our performance at E3. There were titles like Wario which we think will be really fun titles that we should have showcased.”
No kidding, Cammie. How’s your wrist? Another of her comments also spoke to the quirky and often random public presence of Nintendo’s No.1 developer.
“We were excited that Mr. Miyamoto made the commitment that Pikmin is coming. It would have been nice if we could have said that on stage. But, we think it was a good recognition for us that we care for our core fans, and not just the new people who are now discovering Nintendo.â€
As we saw in that great Games Radar piece the other day, it’s really only those with incredibly short attention spans or grossly insatiable gaming appetites that see Nintendo as “abandoning” anything. That said, the E3 keynote was a weak moment for Nintendo, as least from a marketing perspective. On the other hand, the potential of MotionPlus 1:1, Wario, GTA: Chinatown Stories and the upcoming crop of third party treats this holiday and early 2009 show that beyond marketing, Nintendo is doing just fine.
They are doing fine, but my god Cammie “fake smiles” Dunaway was terrible.
The Nintendo presser accomplished what it set out to do and that was to cater to the casual market. However they should have catered to all markets and shown off the hardcore games coming out this year as well.
“…we care for our core fans…”
Mind = blown.
I still don’t understand why people keep harping on E3… I thought all publishers made it clear a couple of years ago that they were going to give E3 as much attention as any of the other press conferences that come out throughout the year by the droves!
“it’s really only those with incredibly short attention spans or grossly insatiable gaming appetites”
Dude, seriously, put the Kool Aid down. Its OK to be objective every once in awhile, really, it is….
The thing is, we’ve grown accustomed to announcements of “new game in 1 or 2 years!”.
Truth is, Nintendo’s current stance is that when they do a show, they only tell you about the games that will be out this year or early next year to build up hype for it. It’s only a few titles (like Disaster or Hammer) that generally get pushed back and sometimes disappear until we hear official word on it. Even in those cases, the reason they tend to be announced is because they were doing a big push for their console.
Now Nintendo only worries about what’s coming soon, the rest of their cards they’ll hold until the time is right.
“As we saw in that great Games Radar piece the other day, it’s really only those with incredibly short attention spans or grossly insatiable gaming appetites that see Nintendo as “abandoning†anything.”
Seriously? Dude that article is praising Dead Rising which is already being shown to probably not even be that great of an effort.
daverage is right…put down the Kool Aid sometimes.
Jack ain’t drinking no Kool Aid, guys.
In just under 2 years Nintendo has given us Mario, Zelda, Metroid, and Smash Brothers. Heck…they weren’t that prolific in the first two years of the SNES’ life, so what reason do any of you have to complain? Like he said, it really only those with incredibly short attention spans or grossly insatiable gaming appetites that see Nintendo as “abandoning†anything.
Oh yeah, I’m REALLY happy all we have to look forward to is shitty fucking ports, Oh yay, something for the Wiimote and a GTA that may fail miserably. NO, they’re not deserting us, they just do a real shitty job at telling us about things, the only game I’ve seen with any decent coverage is Super Smash Bros Brawl, and that wasn’t that great of a game. In my opinion Nintendo need to pull there finger out and let us see some of the games they have on the table. That should stop alot of the negativity coming from me and maybe a few other people.
That is all I got to say, if you wanna discuss this go to my forums and vent there
http://semimediocreforum.muux.org
“the only game I’ve seen with any decent coverage is Super Smash Bros Brawl, and that wasn’t that great of a game.”
You lost me at that part. In fact, I think you lost 99% of the internet.
lost you cause it wasn’t good or cause it had decent coverage?
I mean the fact they showed us things about it, all this being kept in the dark horse shit is annoying. Nintendo need to start fucking maturing or something. The core game is pissed.
GOD I NEED A SMOKE!
The problem is this, Nintendo THINKS they’re delivering the goods this year. Reggie stated very specifically to tune into E3 b/c they would deliver the second half for the hardcore. Now we know he was referring to…… Animal Crossing.
Nintendo just doesn’t get it. No worries though, I’m getting a PS3 next month so I’ll be fine.
nintendo doesn’t get it all the way to the bank my friends. also pr3pster you need to work on your analogies they don’t make sense. “pull their finger out” of what? the hole in the fence that is blocking your view? or being “kept in the dark horse shit”? would you like a lighter shade of brown? try some commas. maybe you meant cloak and daggers meaning secretive or something along those lines, but i can’t understand you write gooder.
“nintendo doesn’t get it all the way to the bank my friends. also pr3pster you need to work on your analogies they don’t make sense. “pull their finger out†of what? the hole in the fence that is blocking your view? or being “kept in the dark horse shitâ€? would you like a lighter shade of brown? TRY SOME COMMAS. maybe you meant cloak and daggers meaning secretive or something along those lines, but i can’t understand you write gooder.”
Pot calling the kettle black anyone?
@Pr3pster:
“lost you cause it wasn’t good or cause it had decent coverage?”
You lost me at “it wasn’t that great of a game”.
@Daverage
“Pot calling the kettle black anyone?”
It’s called irony, daverage. And I think it was lost on you.
Pretty poor attempt at it then. If that was the intention, the punch line is lost at “try some commas”.
Do we need some rulers in here, fellas?
The initial beef was with my post. I’m used to it. I love disagreement because it usually means I said something important enough to get pissed off about.
All this other bickering looks pretty ridiculous. Get back on topic or hit up another Infendo post and start fresh.
thank you poochy you have a sense of humor and can get a joke. all i said is his analogies don’t make sense and the fact he knocked brawl was gonna get someone to say something. sheesh.
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