If you look back at the history of Nintendo at E3, you can definitely see that there have been some significant blunders that really did not help Nintendo at all. 2008 was significantly bad with Cammie Dunaway and the infamous Wii Music presentation. And after the mediocre reception to the NintendoLand discussion at…

Thinking back to the earlier days of Nintendo, I recall that the NES was still well supported a good few years after the SNES was released. SNES came out in 1991, and the NES didn’t stop being a thing until 1994 when the last game for it was released. Granted, the business model for today is very different from the…

That’s what I got out of it. This sounds like Nintendo PR speak that confirms that one is in the works and being developed; and they probably do have enough to get a trailer going for it, but since things can happen and sometimes games get cancelled or re-worked into something else altogether, they don’t want to spill…

I can definitely agree on that since based on what I’ve seen, I haven’t really gotten the sense of style from it. He DID make a good point about the Wind Waker comparison. I remember that ALL too well. Since the game’s not entirely finished yet, we’ll just have to wait and see.

While people may disagree with them or dislike some of the things they do, I do get the sense that they are trying. It’s also encouraging in a day where game developers are so quick to jump on bandwagons to get something that sells *COUGH*zombies*COUGH*, Nintendo sticks to their guns and even stand up to their own…

Reggie did say that the reason they brought Mother 1 over was because of the sales of Earthbound on the Wii U VC. By that reasoning, if sales of Earthbound and Earthbound Beginnings continues, then we may see Mother 3 reach here after all. It may take a while, but it’s better than never.

That’s true. I made a point that one of the big reasons why Last Guardian, Shenmue 3, and FF7 Remake elicited such a response is because people have literally gone years, even decades, without seeing or hearing anything. Here, Nintendo is saying, “We don’t want to do that to you guys. We want to make sure that when we…

Whereabouts in NE Ohio are you? I’m just outside of Cleveland in one of the suburbs and am very interested in these Amiibo you have.

I imagine going through all those different options sounds something like this:

It’s a difficult dilemma since it involves one thing that the world economy is having great issues with: Money. The video game industry certainly doesn’t exist in a void or “other space” separated from the global economy, and unfortunately, money is needed in some shape or form to make any work of art a reality.

But to say whether or not it’s a repeat of what they did before is uncertain. We don’t know for certain. They might or they might not; we’re not sure. I’m still going to enjoy the heck out of my Wii U because I’ve been enjoying it immensely. So any way the wind blows, I’m still going to enjoy what Nintendo has to…

Except I’m starting to question if E3 IS even that important anymore. E3 is no longer the only game in town. It’s only been around for 20 years, and video gaming has been around for at least a good 20 years prior to that.

Given the bombs Sony dropped and was able to keep hidden this whole time, it’s easy to forget just about anything that happened prior to that.

I bet they do. Nintendo’s always been one to keep their cards well hidden. Even though there were leaks, they still had some nice surprises in store for us.

Perhaps Nintendo realized this and that’s why they do Nintendo Directs now more so than E3? Sure they made sure to make this E3 as entertaining as possible, and I’ve written quite a bit on how I think people’s frustration with Nintendo was misplaced.

I have some AC friends who are going to be ECSTATIC about this.

Yesterday, my buddy Jon took an extended lunch off of his work so he could come home to be with his wife so they could watch the Nintendo Digital Direct presentation together. He had specifically requested to get this extra time off so he could see what Nintendo had up its sleeves.

“After the bar set by Sony?” I think you mean. MS had some cool stuff what with the VR Minecraft, and the Rare Collection, but neither Nintendo or MS’s presentations held a candle to what Sony pulled off.

Major props to SEGA for doing the right thing. I’ve heard some horror stories when it comes to IP ownership between the original creator and the publisher. To see SEGA basically saying, “Who better to trust this IP to than the original creator?” makes me smile. We’ve seen what happens when the publisher doesn’t…

Slight modification to your statement. “You CAN make a game for $2 million, but you CAN’T make a game of the scope that Shenmue III demands for $2 million.”