Highlights from Nintendo's E3 2008 press conference

by Ross Miller on Jul 15th 2008 1:19PM

In case you couldn't keep up with all the announcements, here are the highlights from Nintendo's E3 2008 press conference:

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highlights?

Yea I gotta agree with you riggs, that was pretty dull...

Maybe they gave out free copies of the kids mag?

Other than a new animal crossing and GTA for handhelds, there was little of interest here. Yeah, nice they are making the wiimote better, but thats not too interesting. Besides, the mic...thats not exactly earth shattering this far into the online gaming scene.

Hey! Ross Miller

Add Wii-Mote 2.. that was the biggest "highlight"

wow, i can't wait for people's eyes to open so they can see the own a gamecube with a novelty controller. way to keep coming out with first party games. I will admit I love animal crossing and GTA looks sweet.

i love nintendo, but that was a weak conference at best

Yeah, for sure this beats the MIcrosoft press conference. Who needs FF-whatever; we have Wii Music. Look how much fun that looks. Huh, guys?

Hear that?

that's the sound of one Wii Remote making the "brown noise" in WII MUSIC! 'Cause you know that's all people will do!

No mention of WiiWare? Not a warm fuzzy feeling for their commitment to the project or the indie devs.

Wow, i actually forgot all about wii ware until i read your comment.... maybe nintendo did too?

I believe Iwata MENTIONED wii ware, though it sounded like wiiver but I am pretty sure he at least MENTIONED it

I know I'm not alone in this... but what a HUGE disappointment. Nintendo didn't even reveal ONE non-casual first party game. Not a mario. Not a Zelda. Not a Star Fox.

Instead we get endless more peripherals to plug in and store... and a microphone for the Wii you'll likely need dozens of friend codes just to use.

That's okay though. Because all I really wanted was for them to address the Wii storage issue - and its for that reason that I am most disappointed. I was simply SURE that they would answer that problem for us...

Does anyone else feel that despite Nintendo's promise not to forget the core gamer that we've been disregarded so everyone can swing remotes wildly in the air and magically make great music?

That was a pathetic conference. Where are the hardcore games???

Frickin' piss me off! Nothing about Kid Icarus or a new Zelda or anything for the core gamers that reggie promised! rip off!!!

Dude, you're forgetting the fact that you can blow into the Wiimote to make music! That's HARDCORE!!!

you don't blow into it.

Well you can blow into it, but it doesn't really do anything.

But it doesn't look like pressing buttons does very much either, so you might as well just blow. It'll be more realistic.

i guess/hope they will be making some last day announcements, like when they revealed the 1st trailer for Twilight Princess

ATTN: This year was the announcement of Wii MotionPlus. Next year, after it launches, the good hardcore games will be announced and they will need the MP. Kid Icarus and the next Zelda will need the 1:1 control.

You only PRETEND to blow in it. Much more fun

I thought there was going to be a big announcement at the end...but that didn't happen.

God, that was a truly terrible conference. Announced some cool stuff, but the rest was crushing disappointment.

My sentiments exactly.

totally frickin' agree

Lol, that was it? thank god i didn't bother watching it. I hope they've got something else, because that's pathetic.

Bingo

A few cool announcements (indeed, one greatly redeeming one) that were covered up by the masses of fail all about

Yeah, I don't think I'll be picking up a wii anytime soon.

They all look like idiots and I'm glad I jumped ship.

Zelda would have been the only thing that would bring me back to the Wii.

dont let the door hit your ass on the way out

Nintendo's doors are kid friendly.

Fuck! Nintendo Sucks!

darn it.. I kept expecting Nintendo to stop the crowd as they were leaving and tell them that they forgot to mention zelda/kirby/kid icarus/any other "hardcore" game.

hahahaha same here! I was expecting when it got dark for the lights to flash on and they say," oh yeah we also have..."

Unless Sony does something CrAzY! this will have to be the weakest conference ever for all companies involved.

Actually, I'd say Microsoft put out one of their strongest. Forgetting the leaks, they announced a hell of a lot of exciting stuff.

I don't consider the FFXIII coup much of one. It's more just smart business for Square-Enix (IF it had been launched in Japan on the 360 THEN it would have been a coup), but it's still cool assuming it's a fast and good port. And then the full game installs are a nice addition too, but you still have to use their overpriced hard drives which to me, negates the benefit a little bit. Everything else was meh, for me considering it was more updating than groundbreaking. So, yes Microsoft certainly did have a good conference, but stellar? Only when compared to its competition.

They could at least demo the new Wiimote Motionplus on the stage.

they did, with the frisbii game

darn it.. I kept expecting Nintendo to stop the crowd as they were leaving and tell them that they forgot to mention zelda/kirby/kid icarus/any other "hardcore" game.

This conference killed my inner child. The one who loved Nintendo.

agree, be a nintendo fan right now means = casual n00bs sad but so true

where's the game
Reggie said core gamers would
B excited about animal crossing? F them all f miyamto f reggie f nintendo
I'm going
To put my wii on craigslist and sell it to a soccer mom

Overall very boring....not much to get hyped about at all.

Was it just me, or did that Wii Music demonstration sound like a drunken carny funeral dirge? I know Nintendo is making money hand over foot, but there lack of "core" games is disappointing.

And they'll still sell a bazillion consoles, because only gamers care about E3, and the Wii's audience isn't gamers.

man, nintendo is 1-2 over the last 3 e3's.

wii music? it sounds like a clusterfuck of cheap casio sounds.

although animal crossing will be cool, it has be speculated for months (years?) now.

where's the big suprise?

i think the ff13 bomb raised everyones e3 expectations for blockbuster announcements this year.

i still dont get how nintendo sells wiis like crazy

The same way that American Idol garners 30 million viewers while Firefly barely grabs 0.3 million and the same way that Transformers: The Videogame sells as many copies as MGS4.

Oh, stop the hate. I can't stand fanboys.

This was a lame showing, agreed. But the Wii is a great console that has done a lot for gaming. Doesn't make it better or worse than the 360 proudly sitting next to it (I love them both), but I don't think any serious fan of video games could go this generation without one.

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