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Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime talks surprising fans, more to show in "weeks and months ahead."
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One thing that I hate is how every so often Nintendo says "we only show games releasing soon at E3." They showed plenty of far off games last year because they had something to show. Everyone knows that when they don't show anything new it's because they have nothing to show. They did the same thing in 2015, one year after revealing Zelda Wii U lol.
Shareholders need to get through their head that e3 is no longer Nintendo's biggest show of the year.
This is Nintendo, who had somewhat a success with its 3DS, and announced its cheaper revisions and price cuts a month or so after E3. They don't give a fuck about things like this.
too small of a sample size. In 2014 they were still trying salvage WiiU, Last year Switch was 3 months old and they wanted to show they had stuff coming.
Almost all other times since the first E3 I went to in 2001 they would only show things coming in the near 6-8 month window. They've been stating this mantra for decades. Even if they have to break that mantra once in a while.
It doesn't excuse it. They could always give one or more teases every year. But lets be honest they do like 4-6 Direct's a year, E3 is pretty much meaningless to them in regards to announcements.
Okami will launch in august
Online can be showed in july/august but I doubt that will be different than what we know either way
They showed plenty far off stuff last year because they were trying to get people excited for the future of the Switch and reassuring fans there was a future on the console. They don't have to do that this year now that the Switch has had a successful launch year. They also didn't show anything much at E3 2016 even though they could've shown off the Switch and upcoming Switch games, they decided it was smarter to market it much closer to release.
Yes, this is good.
As expected. We don't ever have "convenience" here in the US.
3DS will never die.
Yes, as long as it's not the only way to get those items (in-game, no-payments method of obtaining it), it will be interesting. Else, ye all interests begone!
Hoping to see Furukawa speak in next year's E3 conference (Digital Event). I wanted to hear the voice in English, since he's a native speaker.
As expected.
He wouldn't say the opposite. I don't believe in anything he says.
I believe in what I see, and what I see is an awful line up throughout the whole year, and the worst E3 showing in history.
Fix it.
I believe in what I see, and what I see is an awful line up throughout the whole year, and the worst E3 showing in history.
Fix it.
Reggie chiming in way late with a remedial take on loot boxes after the community already came to a general consensus, I love it. The most Reggie thing ever.
Pretty sure Smash had a loot box system in the form of a gachapon machine for trophies in the past. They could expand that to characters and assist trophies.
I guarantee the E3 direct will be the most viewed direct of the year on YouTube.
E3 has lost much of its prestige as the biggest Stage. Companies do their own thing throughout the year. It wasn't too long ago people were upset at Sony for having relatively mild E3 because they were holding stuff for PSX etc. E3 is one of those things that at this point are more tradition.
Eh, the mini direct still has 3x number of views on Nintendo's channel.
A direct is just as viable as E3 for Nintendo at this point.
How do you guys think Nintendo should approach E3? They have 3-4 directs a year and I think if they stop having directs and show everything they have in E3 then nobody will be disappointed.
On the other hand, Nintendo direct is actually a great marketing strategy for games that are about to be released. Every time there is a nintendo direct, it's almost guaranteed that Nintendo will dominate the gaming headlines during that day. In fact, I think this effect lasts for several days. Gaming sites will write their predictions, speculations, rumours, reactions etc. It such a low-cost way to monopolize the news
On the other hand, Nintendo direct is actually a great marketing strategy for games that are about to be released. Every time there is a nintendo direct, it's almost guaranteed that Nintendo will dominate the gaming headlines during that day. In fact, I think this effect lasts for several days. Gaming sites will write their predictions, speculations, rumours, reactions etc. It such a low-cost way to monopolize the news
Bigger than "Labo" and "let's go trailer drop"
I don't think so.
E3 to Nintendo is just another direct for them.
Yeah it was funny that they use Mario Tennis Aces as their way to learn about network play...come on guys, people have been doing that for over two decades, perfectly. You've had plenty of time to make something good.
Yeah I think so too because they showed basically one big thing (Smash) and then a bunch of small things, including some random indie titles.
Network tests are meant to test the limits of networks. Why this concept is so hard for people to understand here baffles me. If you want to test the limits of network performance, you can't simply constrict it to what will result in good performance.
We do need to realise that if they have say only 2 big things to talk about at E3, blowing them there and having nothing for the rest of the year is probably silly. If they had 10 awesome things in the pipeline, I'm sure we would have seen some more. Nintendo typically don't though, they only have a few bit things they can work with at any one point.
It's one thing to be disappointed, it's another to make claims like this.
Nintendo has proven time and time again that they don't give a flying fuck about fickle shareholders and daily trading.
They are only concerned about the overall growth and longevity of their company.
They are only concerned about the overall growth and longevity of their company.
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A new main Mario Party and the first game play of the new Fire-emblem are not small things, add to that a new IP exclusive to the console and a DLC that might as well be called a new Xenoblade Chronicle.Chronicles. And two shadow drops in one conference too.
Oh yes, of course, me too, I love to get nothing at E3... I love to wait 5 years to see the next Retro Studios game, I love to wait years to see Metroid Prime 4 or Pikmin 4 ("almost finished" in 2016...).
And I love your weak hardware, I love to play 3rd party games (when it's available on Switch...) in 720p / 30fps.
Thank you Nintendo.
Obviously this is pure speculation, but I've always suspected the U.S side of the company only has a say in U.S matters, meaning marketing decisions, etc.
I saw a lot..way way more than squat lol"We showed squat because we love to surprise our fans."
What does this mean, can you get a switch without a dock in Japan?
Nintendo's never considered E3 to be Gamer's Christmas. Last year, they dropped the SNES Classic announcement one week after the conference. When you can drop announcements at any time, there's less of a need to highlight your entire line up at one place when everyone's fighting for attention.
As for lootboxes, well, they've made Pokemon trading cards for decades now. Also, see the AC amiibo cards.
As for lootboxes, well, they've made Pokemon trading cards for decades now. Also, see the AC amiibo cards.
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You really bought a Switch thinking it would be as powerful as a ps4 or a Xbox one ??
Before spending so much money it would have been wise to check that...
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It's not really a surprise when you consider they have directs, which are their only mini E3's several times a year, and usually stick to near future games while Sony and MS pretty much dump everything they have at E3 that covers a two year window.
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No, I bought a Switch for the Nintendo exclusives, because they make the best games.
But the hardware is weak. And I don't like it.
Hahaha, do you like his surprise?
It is a surprise when you consider that the Directs this year have been really really bad. E3 was their last chance to make things right, and they blew it.
Also Sony and MS have Gamescom, TGS, PSX etc. too, and Sony especially releases high quality games at a fast clip unlike Nintendo these days.
REGGIE, you were supposed to bring balance to games, not destroy them
The Switch is actually very powerful for a mobile device. You can't seriously expect to pack PS4 power into a 7 in. tablet for $300. The only way to not have a system less than Xbox One power is for Nintendo to skip the hybrid format all together, which isn't something most people want at this point.