While some may oppose, I would say that last year's E3 press conference was an epic failure on Nintendo's part. Although they had some exciting news such as the revelation of Mario Kart Wii and the announcement of 32 player online for Medal of Honor: Heroes 2, the majority of the conference was spent talking about the Wii's success and how great Wii fit was. Forget about last year. Lets talk about how awesome this year's press conference will be. I would go as far to say that Nintendo will steal the show this year.
This last week has shown some surprises already for the Wii. And while we've had our fair share of guesses, at E3 we can expect more surprising announcements. Pikmin 3? Perhaps. A storage solution? Most definitely. A Zelda trailer? Highly probable.
It may sound, stumbling, but let me explain...
Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.
Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.
They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.
they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.
Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted
Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments
The Wii is now a retro console. Let’s get nostalgic about an often maligned system.
Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.
My wife asks me to bust it out (heh) everyone once in a while to play bowling and tennis with the kids. There was a ton of slop on it but some good stuff as well.
Wii was great but boy howdy did it cause Microsoft to go on a dark walk with the Kinect and the disastrous XBox One launch that they arguably never recovered from.
Not nostalgic for me.. I was there.. anyone who wasnt a little kid realized it was a gamecube with shit tacked onto it, it was the "joke" system and was well below even the switch in terms of comparing it to the latest machines at the time. The machine was well loved by young people and "casual gamers" who now remember it 20 years on, or in most cases more of its sales came in the 15-20 years ago range not right at launch- but again its not nostalgic for people who were "gamers" then really, just for those who ended up with one in their house, the games , graphics, interface and online features were archaic already in 2006.
A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.
Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.
15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.
Not a chance. The best things Nintendo could possibly show are nothing compared to the games Sony and MS are going to show. Ninty isn't worried I'm sure. They will just do it like they did last year, tease the core gamers into believing they will release something for us. Sony has this one in the bag, just like last year.
I don't care if Sony or Microsoft wins this generation, as long as one of them wins and not Nintendo. This whole gaming for soccer moms and grandparents by nintendo is putting a huge jeopardy to core gamers. Once the Wii reaches a 100 million install base, third party publishers will inevitably release their flagship franchises on the system. Ask yourself, do you really want to see games like Final Fantasy XIV, Call of Duty 5, Kingdom Hearts 3, Resident Evil 6, Metal Gear Solid 5, and Grand Theft Auto 5 go on the Wii as opposed to PS3/360?
Bottom line: F*ck the Wii and F*ck Nintendo
Dateline NBC,
Chris Hansen
nintendo will release the same types of games that the core audience like(Mario,Starfox,Pikmin,Poke mon,etc.) with a twist(motion Controls). Dont be surprised if they announce a sequel to wii sports. Their main audience now is the casual audience.
please dont make me laugh
All my respect for the big N went out the door with the wii. They were cutting it close with the past few systems, but this was the last straw, and boy did they run with it.