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Nintendo’s E3 2012 Conference: Devastating

With just a few months to go before the launch of Wii U, Nintendo needed to use this E3 to convince gamers of all stripes that its new system would be worthwhile. Sadly, with little more than old third party ports and retreads of family oriented games shown, the company failed to capture anyone's attention.

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Yi-Long5082d ago

.... this presentation certainly hasn't convinced me that I need to buy a WiiU at launch.

Very disappointing.

dark-hollow5082d ago (Edited 5082d ago )

its very disappointing.

they did way much better for 3DS reveal conference, this is just pure crap.
nintendoland? where is retros new game? monolith studios new game? give us a trailer, a teaser! hell just confirm the existence of those games without showing anything!!!

xCaptainAmazing5082d ago

we know they exist which is why this was so damn silly.

user54670075082d ago (Edited 5082d ago )

It was...

Worst E3 Ever...not just Nintendo I mean the entire thing. Everything was either spoiled, leaked, announced before the shows started or there were complete no shows like FF Versus or the Last Guardian for example

Honestly Nintendo should of maybe took their time with their next console, it's not like they are competing against the PS4 or Nextbox...they should of given it that name change first, hell even the Nintendo U is better then the Wii U

I'm more disapointed with the fact that Nintendo said they were aiming for the core and then they announce things like Just Dance still, Wii Fit and Nintendoland for example and still seem to rely on gimmicks, I'm not saying touch screens are gimmicks it's just the way Nintendo uses or presents the feature...take the Batman Armored Edition for example. Yes Nintendo it's lovely that you are trying to get third party developers on board but you can't just port an old game to the Wii U and then just add some gimmick like features to it to try and make it new.

Overall the Wii U is basicaly what Nintendo should of had this gen. I still can't fully see it as a next gen console...I know it is but theres just something about it, I can't put my finger on it

By the time the PS4/Next box comes out third party developers will move onto making games for Sony and MS and leave Nintendo in the dust again

Jagsrock5082d ago

@XcaptainAmazing

I think that is the key right there, We know the games exist and that nintendo has a bunch of 1st party titles in development yet we didn't get to see any. And that's why people are disappointed. But it would be short sighted to write of the wii u just because the e3 conference didn't show something that is in the works and will eventually be a game. As long as Nintendo releases games like metroid ,starfox, f-zero or a true 3d mario game early on it will do fine. I think people put too much weight into e3.

--Onilink--5082d ago

incredibly for me, the highlight of E3 coming from the big 3 wasnt even part of the conferences, but the Nintendo Direct Video, which should speak volumes about how bad its been overall.

However i do have hope, based on past events, that we might get more info on better games at tonights roundtable, and the 3DS game showcase for tomorrow doesnt seem like it will dissapoint

stuntman_mike5082d ago

ubisoft's conference was the highlight for me (well Watch Dogs in particular) and Star Wars 1313 looked awesome.

Pikmin 3 looked really good too but it just wasnt enough.

Yi-Long5082d ago

...Agreed. Ubisoft had a good show, with promising titles and Watch Dogs being the absolute highlight of the show so far.

--Onilink--5082d ago

yeah, ubisoft's conference, awful forced comedy and Just Dance 4 aside was the best

Yi-Long5082d ago

... I didn't even mind the forced horrible comedy that much. I don't know what's wrong with me, cause I didn't find it funny either, but I just wasn't annoyed by it...

The woman did a pretty good job hosting it,. The guy was a bit irritating, but together it was still OK.

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TBM5082d ago

worst presser i've ever seen in all my years of gaming.

TBM5082d ago

three upset nintendo fans disagree with me. what a shocker, i wanted nothing more than to be impressed and blown away by them but they failed horribly imo.

Yangus5082d ago

Disappointing show:(
Sad...

xCaptainAmazing5082d ago

I was impressed with the updated controller and system as they're really slick, but past the first 20 minutes or so it dropped off a cliff. I have no doubt in it because the titles are going to come, but a little reassurance would have been nice damnit.

ronin4life5082d ago (Edited 5082d ago )

Yes...-_-;

Pikmin was pure beauty... and Platinum's Project p-100 was also incredible(shown after the show...)

ZombiU is actually really interesting, but what made it incredible wasn't showcased at the conference. Instead, they showed off a year old port...

Oh, here are some Gameplay Details about ZombiU:

*One hit and you're dead

*If you die, you respawn as a different person, and must kill your former self to get old equipment back.

*No checkpoints or quicksaves.

*No pausing for inventory management. Everything is realtime.

ronin4life5082d ago

I'm not reading the story, But the headline is right...

Not an awful show, but definitely an awful showcase for the wiiu....

Ddouble5082d ago

Disappointing for a launch conference. It's looking like the 3DS event will be the main highlight.

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U.S. patent examiner rejects Nintendo’s summoning characters patent as obvious: non-final ruling

The rejection is non-final (and even when such rejections are labeled as “final”, the process is far from over, given that there can be, at minimum, an appeal to the Federal Circuit).

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Relientk7734d ago (Edited 34d ago )

Good, as they should! A game mechanic like that shouldn't be locked behind a patent, and Nintendo didn't invent it either.

PRIMORDUS33d ago (Edited 33d ago )

Nintendo wants to keep wasting money on bullshit lawsuits, real smart in this economy. They should put that money aside for other game projects. On the other hand, I don't care if they waste it all either, and they are screwed in the future maybe that will teach them a lesson.

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Nintendo Completes Share Repurchase and Sets Price for Secondary Offering

Nintendo completed its share repurchase and set its secondary offering price at 8,347 yen ahead of March 16 delivery.

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Nintendo Suing U.S. Government Over Tariffs

Nintendo filed a lawsuit in the United States Court of International Trade.

Nintendo of America is suing the United States government over the sweeping tariffs President Donald Trump put in place last year, according to a complaint filed Friday in the U.S. Court of International Trade and obtained by Aftermath.

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Deathdeliverer59d ago

Well dayum lol. Old agent orange pissing off every industry and nation.

0hMyGandhi58d ago

The fact that you have ANY disagrees will forever baffle me. And to the (apparent) MAGA contingent that exists on this website, enjoy your 8-9 dollar gas.

AuraAbjure58d ago (Edited 58d ago )

Yes, they had better be pissed after Trump told them the way they rip off the USA is over.

EveryPlatformGamer59d ago

LOL I read this on gaff, will they refund the money back to the gamers? highly unlikely. Didn't they just raise prices and pass it onto the gamers? Only Nintendo would send out the Ninjas to the US government.

-Foxtrot59d ago

That’s what I was thinking, imagine them winning hypothetically, getting a s**t load of money back which they would have lost if they hadn’t raised their prices and it’s business as normal.

It would just mean people paid more for no reason since they got the money back anyway.

Outside_ofthe_Box58d ago (Edited 58d ago )

A lot of companies partially passed the cost to consumers instead of all of it. They would still have to at least pay that back to gamers, but we know that won't happen. What's also sad is that prices won't come back down after the initial hike caused by tariffs.

People didn't understand the full repercussions of tariffs. That alone should have cost him the presidency if people knew it was a permanent price hike for consumers

Inverno59d ago

The people should sue these companies for having to over pay cause of these tariffs.

Eonjay59d ago

Naw they should sue the government for forcing the tax to begin with. No one reasonably expects these companies to absorb the taxes. Many smaller companies tried and were shut down or faced to increase prices to try to maintain their business. The tariffs effect everyone.

Inverno57d ago

I meant it mostly as a joke cause we all know the costs of these tariffs were passed onto the consumer. But it's seems no matter how vocal we are here in the states our "representatives" don't seem to care enough to represent us. And things are about to get worse.

Killer2020UK58d ago

The companies were doing what the law required then to do, the tariffs however were illegally implemented. Usually it's criminals we punish, you seem to have different ideas 🤷‍♂️

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