Nintendo E3 2009 Keynote Thread
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I'm not so sure. It's certainly better than last year's. A lot of games people knew about, but two new proper Mario Games announced, a new Golden Sun announced, a Metroid announced. In contrast, did Ubisoft show anything we didn't know about? Hell, it seems like Nintendo's was the only one with real, totally-surprising announcements -- everything else was leaked!
Er, which one do you consider megaton?
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Nintendo shouldn't come back next year.
I didn't watch it, but I'm happy with the announcements. Mario Galaxy 2, Wii Fit Plus, Wii Sports Resort and a new Metroid game are enough for me. The 2D mario might be cool.
The pulse thing seems really lame, but I guess it might be useful for Wii Fit if they add some better cardio exercise.
The pulse thing seems really lame, but I guess it might be useful for Wii Fit if they add some better cardio exercise.
Well, I don't really use that word, I even edited it out of my post. But Mario Galaxy 2 is big news. Metroid as an action game made by Team Ninja is pretty huge. If those aren't big news to you, what is? Will you consider it big news when Sony says that GoW3 is Fall/Winter?
Edit: I realize that, given that it's Team Ninja, and given Sigma 2's Rachel trailer... I expect to see Samus in a bikini. And secret character for DoA XXXV3?
Just because a bunch of journalists didn't clap enough doesn't mean the games won't be good. Galaxy was a fantastic game, and Metroid Prime 2 was pretty good. Team Ninja might make a really cool Metroid game.
Why would you judge from the audience's reaction? Don't you have your own opinion? Why should I even care about their reaction in the first place?
If you disliked Galaxy, fine, but what's wrong with having more of a game that so many people, even here, say is one of the best games they've ever played? Is it such an exhausted premise that they really can't do anything more with it? Please, elaborate.
And what's, pray tell, is the issue with an outsourced metroid? It's a game in a franchise that people have been asking for for a long time, it's certainly the right step when it comes to Nintendo and third parties and it's from a studio that has produced quality action titles. What did you want, exactly? Something from Nintendo EAD? If none of this is big news, what would be? A Wii Zelda? Wii HD? Miyamoto stepping out wearing his programmer boots and saying that he's toggling PilotWings in octal for the Larrabee?
(please don't correct me)
I'll respond to both posts together.
Arguing that the game is good and arguing that the news is big is not the same. Period.
I'm not even going to TRY to get into if they are fun, because no one has played them.
Big news ought to recieve big response from the audience, especially when the audience consists of journalists.
If you can't get journalists to be excited about the news, what was so important about what you were just announcing?
I don't know what should be "big news".
Maybe something more than peripherals? Maybe a eye-catching new IP? Maybe an old franchise with a total facelift, new engine, and new way to play?
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They announced Mario Galaxy 2, the sequel to one of the top rated games ever, and a very big title this gen ..... And they announce a new Metroid game being made by a well respected and more "mature" themed developer. I don't see why either of those would not be considered big news, especially because they're popular franchises and most likely good games.
Was on the road. Looks like I didn't miss much.
Facebook is a big winner in this event. What does Facebook for DSi do ? I thought the DSes already have a web browser ?
The wellness crowd must be still very active with Wii if Nintendo is releasing a Vitality sensor.
EDIT: What can WiiFit, WiiSports do now ? They cannot be ignored. I see them in many of my friends' home. Their kid still wants to play Wii, unlike the crowd here.
Facebook is a big winner in this event. What does Facebook for DSi do ? I thought the DSes already have a web browser ?
The wellness crowd must be still very active with Wii if Nintendo is releasing a Vitality sensor.
EDIT: What can WiiFit, WiiSports do now ? They cannot be ignored. I see them in many of my friends' home. Their kid still wants to play Wii, unlike the crowd here.
Not to mention that it's actually, you know, news. Maybe the journalists were shocked to actually hear something they weren't expecting. 'How do I react to this... new bit of information? I don't have any blogs to source!'
By lame I meant the presentation itself. If that was the misunderstanding, I stand here to clarify this point.
Game journalists tend to be clueless and amateur. They're little more than mouthpieces for corporate hype machines anymore. Who cares how they react?
The new Metroid looks awful. Rather than puzzles, we get combos. Instead of atmosphere, there's a large emphasis on some BS story.
I don't care if they go first or third person or even if they make a completely combat system, but nobody could tell that this was a metroid game if it wasn't for the few seconds that you see Samus' armor.
I don't care if they go first or third person or even if they make a completely combat system, but nobody could tell that this was a metroid game if it wasn't for the few seconds that you see Samus' armor.
When these mouthpieces for corporate hype machines don't clap, that says something.
Ok, enough of the response of the audience thing. If you saw the show, you'd know how damn quiet it was compared with the other shows.
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