Nintendo press conference wrapup: You, we and Wii U

@SpishackCola

i think it kind of shows how out of left field the Nintendo presser was. not a good or bad thing but really nothing went as expected except for the Wii U controller having a touchscreen, which leaked a week or two ago.

@SoCoolCurt I think after all the rumors were erupting people thought that this thing was much much closer to release than we thought and that we would know everything

I mean, we didn't know the 3DS' price until a few months ago

@Ranus Studios THIS.

"Two words: deeper and wider." is your meme worthly line right there.

@Ranus Studios

Agreed. Time to mark that "X" over Reggie's face (on the bingo card, that is... yeah, that's what I meant...) ;-)

agreed.

@Ranus Studios

I'll agree that Deeper and Wider should be paired up with "My body is ready."

"Your body better be ready, cuz it's going in deeper and wider!"

@mrmobius Yeah for sure, damn some Pikmin news would have been lush

@baby sea tuna

On the new Nintendo E3 website there is an image for Layton 4, so it wasn't shown here but hopefully will be somewhere on E3 floor (as already out in Japan, probably not announcement worthy considering also a Layton 5 for 3DS and Layton vs Ace Attorney).

@ajbrown141

I think it was great! Finally got me excited about the 3ds.

@DekuTree Yeah definitely. The 3DS looks like it has some excellent games on the way. I'd have liked more info on release dates, but it looks like Ocarina of Time and the eShop will keep us busy until September and then some of the big titles will start coming out.

@Theneverendingsoda

I hear you.. the inclusion of "Wii" in the title doesn't tell me they care about bettering the gaming experience for the core audience. It'll all come down to software, which there is nothing really "new" announced for it yet (just ports), so we'll see...

At the very least, typographically, that logo looks horrific.

@Theneverendingsoda

"Nintendo refuses to play ball."

So what? They should provide the same exact experience as a ps3 or 360? If that's the case, then Nintendo should just stop making hardware and only make software.

@Theneverendingsoda
Oh yeah because their 'worst' console is also their bestselling one in like a bazillion years?

If you think Nintendo were going to go 'we screwed up with Wii'... well that's practically the most crazy batshit insane idea I've heard all week. Clearly you don't own any Nintendo stock.

That kind of decision would be on par with Sony announcing that PlayStation 4 is designed for use solely in old people's homes, will run on a single-core ARM processor, display on a built in 320x200 black and white screen, and only play variants of whist.

If you think Nintendo are going to make a system which won't appeal to people of all ages (kids, adults who only play party games when they have friends round, etc) but will only be designed for 'hardcore gamers' who can't stand the sight of anything cute... well, yeah, good luck with that. You know, there's other people addressing that market (primarily) and they're called Microsoft and Sony - what would be the point if Nintendo did the exact same thing?

@ajbrown141

NSMBMii is just a tech demo, so not really

@Shockwave I thought it was because 'Wii' is a household name and they would be damn fools to retire it?

@Theneverendingsoda Dude, ever heard of the term: "YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET!!!" :D

@Crazy Nut BE

New Baloon Fight didn't come true.

@trunas

You've gots to be kidding me. All MS showed at their conference, was that there is no reason to own a 360 aside from Kinect.....They should've announced a new console.

@trunas

Just goes to show how differing peoples opinions are in regards to the conferences. I thought Sony knocked it out of the park with all the PSV functionality, price, release window, games and over all capability. Also, getting a huge leap forward in same screen multiplayer gaming with their playstation branded tv that is able to have two people play on the same screen without splitting it, being 3D and super affordable. I also liked the announcement of new HD collections from the PS2 & PSP remastered collections, new sly cooper and the demos of Uncharted 3 & Resistance 3. Sony really seems to be pushing PS Move and including functionality into existing experiences as well as a new games is a huge step forward. Playstation Suite also cool as now you can play Playstation content on your non Sony cell phone. If it weren't for PSV the conference would have just been OK but PSV pushed it into best in show.

MS was really bad IMO. It was just about Kinect games, entertainment services and shoe horning kinect into core games like mass effect. I also didn't like them dilluting a core brand like Fable by creating an on rails, shallow kinect shooter. I thought for sure it was going to be the worst of all ... until I saw Nintendo today. In hindsight, MS actually was leaps and bounds better than Nintendo.

Nintendo hardly announced anything worthwhile. Then, they spent half of their presser on the new WiiU controller. No specs, prices or release window really made for a presentation that felt empty.

Playstation Vita (PSV) stole the entire show AFAIC. They gave us price (good prices at that!), games, features, specs and a release window in the very near future.

@Johnnynumber5 is powered by cell

Johnny, we've both been posting here for years - have you ever thought Sony didn't hit it out of the park?

I was wowed on the new handheld front, but c'mon, I don't see you ever thinking the other guys do as well as them.

@Johnnynumber5 is powered by cell
I guess everyone does have their own taste. I do find it weird that u knock Microsoft though saying " u feel it was just all about kinect and them pushing it into hardcore games". But u stated that Sony incorporating it into existing games was a leap forward?! Don't get that one. But I hope enjoy what ever u choose to invest in!

@Johnnynumber5 is powered by cell
I almost forgot.... The whole playstation tv thing....really....ur excited about that? ThAt whole " look no split screen" would have been great 5 years ago when most people didn't play online. And the price? How about they make a suitable size tv for a normal living room and not over price it instead of making a 24" computer monitor with a few extras and charging u $500 for it.

@Johnnynumber5 is powered by cell

I felt sony knocked it out the park as well, the vita is the only thing out of these conferences that i can see spending my money on. MSoft was horrible though and they left out announcements that wouldve made their presentation a whole lot better (cloud saving for example).

Nintendo was great but they were too vague with the WiiU that left everyone confused. If u took the WiiU out of their presentation youre only left with the 3DS games (some that were great but we knew about already).

@(Unverified)

Other than kinect ( which i thought was pretty cool and console specific) how about, gears of war 3, new halo trilogy, some cool xbox live arcade games, streaming television, UFC on demand. And with kinect u get games not on other consoles like dance central and kinect sports! And really r u telling me that u wouldn't rather just tell ur battle comrades where to go and what to do in mass effect by just saying it?!

@trunas

I'd say the 3rd party devs will end up being the winner of this E3.

Nintendo gets some props for embarking on a new console, but it's much too early for them to share too much about it. Very nice to see more mature games coming to the system.

Microsoft had to leverage the success + lack of software for Kinect, and they did take steps to make the Xbox more of a central piece of entertainment hardware, rather than just a game machine. Adding TV and Bing goes to show that. Gears, Halo, MW3, Forza are nods to the hardcore, but the lack of a new exclusive franchise is disappointing. They are clearly relying on multiplatform 3rd party titles.

Sony had a great opportunity. For many of the hardcore, MS underwhelmed due to the focus on Kinect. With the recently bad press of the PS3 I was expecting them to bring the house down. PSV is great for many, but I'm not a handheld gamer. The exclusives looked great, as expected. Drake and Resistance are awesome flagship franchises. Honestly, Shadow of the Colossus and ICO are what I'm most looking forward to from them.

I think 3rd party developers have been impressing with their software for all of the above and they'll probably be more impressive than any of the big 3 this year. I'm a little disappointed overall by the big 3, but my expectations for E3 was probably unrealistic.

@Johnnynumber5 is powered by cell what was so impressive about the Vita game lineup

a mediocre Uncharted Spinoff
inferior SFxT
Ruin (also available on PS3)
BioshocK (available on everything else)

the only game has me interested so far was Gravity Daze (it was in that montage for like 5 seconds)