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Lessons learned from Nintendo's 2008 E3

TVGB: "Last year's E3 was one of the poorest on record for Nintendo. Such was the anger and apathy of their most ardent fans, even the mainstream press caught on and deemed the show a failure. The software drought in the latter half of 2008 only compounded matters. This year software support has clearly improved, so if Nintendo really want to capitalize on it, here's a few things they should consider for this year's E3."

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qface646259d ago

i can tell you the most important lesson right now nintendo
DO NOT LET CAMMIE BACK ON THE STAGE her alone just brings everything down
make her go do something else

ChickeyCantor6259d ago

LEts be honest here, its not Cammie, it was the content.
Cammie was alright, i have seen worse.

We know you love her...LOL

LynyrdSkynyrd6259d ago

I learned that Nintendo is milking every drop from the casual audience and is taking a giant turd on us, the hardcore audience.

I'd say theres a 50-50 chance of a good e3 this year.

poopsack6259d ago

"Isnt that just the cutest thing you've ever seen?"

No, Cammie had nothing to do with it...

ChickeyCantor6259d ago

Right, knav.
Lets blame her, while its obviously just the Content shown.
If Nintendo did indeed show the content you guys wanted "Cammie" would'nt be this "bad" to you guys.

hatchimatchi6259d ago

im with sidar on this

it wasn't cammie at all, but the lack of content.

All they talked was sales and the wii music presentation was horrific.

N4g_null6259d ago

I'm with sidar also I do not care who is on stage just the games and data. I mean this is not an election? Why do I care about PR people if they are not promoting my work or the work of others. These guys have not real say so in these games and I'd rather see more women presenting than guys also. The chest beating is getting old.

Sarcasm6258d ago

You guys are all wrong.

It was both Cammie AND the content.

Come on, who wasn't feeling embarrassed for those grown adults when they revealed Wii Music?

Who wasn't rolling their eyes when Cammie Dunaway kept babbling about "cute puppies."

Who wasn't disappointed when Ms. Dunaway bragged about "This is only HALF!!! of our line up" after they showed Pokemon.

Seriously, Nintendo fanboys get with the program.

Not until a new Zelda, Starfox, BUILT FROM THE GROUND UP for the Wii, til Nintendo deserves to get back their respect.

The only game I want for the Wii right now so bad is Punch Out.

N4g_null6258d ago

@Sarcasm what program? After SONY complained about the E3 before and getting embarrassed by the Wiiwhen the public showed up, then the show became mostly an investor hub. I don't care how Ms. Dunaway acts. It doesn't matter to me. I mean really most PR guys are lame in some ways. The only ones I liked was krazy ken and Iwata along with some others. Nintendo has my respect they are a scary good company. They did what many wanted to do, which was expand the market and sell crazy amounts of games. People dump on Wii music but lips and the PS3 eye where pretty lame. Yet Wii sports was actually fun with the family and play actually had some games I will boot up and talk junk while playing, It's like a foussball table at work.

Seriously with the 3rd party games we know about already and there back catalog I'm not really worried about them.

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SpoonyRedMage6259d ago

Well apparently Iwata has had more input this year so hopefully it'll be better.

I think there's already quite a few Wii games to be shown off like Taito's Tact of Magic(which again shows the partnership between Nintendo and Square Enix) so I guess if they have the games to show they just need to concentrate on the presentation.

Spike476259d ago

Lesson #567, When your conference starts to get creepy, then you know you suck.

mirroredderorrim6259d ago

I am passing you the Mcbubbles for that one.

theEnemy6259d ago

Wii gamers have a brain also.

Vicophine6259d ago

This is news to me, they should've announced that at E3.

theEnemy6259d ago

Well maybe they got a little.

:)

Sarcasm6258d ago

And hopefully nintendo realizes the kind of crap they put out like Wii Music isn't going to cut it.

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Why the Wii is Such a Nostalgic System in 2026

The Wii is now a retro console. Let’s get nostalgic about an often maligned system.

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ActualWhiteMan81d ago (Edited 81d ago )

Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.

jznrpg81d ago

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.

Smellsforfree80d ago

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.

Loktai80d ago

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.

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Chrono Trigger Form-ism Figures Revealed at Square Enix Pop-Up Store

New Chrono Trigger Form-ism figures of Crono and Marle have been showcased at a Square Enix pop-up store, with pre-orders expected soon.

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20 Nostalgic Nintendo DS Games That Defined a Generation

The Nintendo DS has some amazing titles available. Here are some of the best nostalgic games that every child of the DS era grew up playing.

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ZycoFox107d ago

I enjoyed both Rush games, I did think the action was sometimes too fast to see what was coming up in terms of hazards though, which meant replaying the same stage a bunch of times, other than that they were enjoyable, good special stages, 3D sections and bosses for the most part.

Cacabunga105d ago (Edited 105d ago )

DS is one of the best consoles of all time. Such a rich library of software
Zelda were all glorious on it.