Let me start out by saying this…prejudging anything makes a fool out of anyone. Going into this year’s E3, a lot of foolish “gamers” completely dismissed Nintendo’s presence at E3 period, let alone their conference. Hell, most of those same people dismiss Nintendo in gaming period. Enter E3 2010. I had long before decided I was going to the Nintendo Conference for a few reasons. First, I knew that even on TheBitbag there would be people writing Nintendo off. Thus, the volunteer list of TBb members going would be sparse. Secondly, Nintendo invited me like they do every year and I respect any company that reaches out to me. In fact, I was not going to jump through hoops to get to any conference. Why put in work to just get the opportunity to be invited to a press conference only to have to put in even more work and give them free press?
I will admit, I was expecting a conference in line with what I saw last year. I thought Nintendo would show or mention about four games that are marketed toward my demographic and strategically place them in the conference’s time-line in order to make me watch the whole thing. The problem with that is the other twelve plus games would be games not meant to be played by my demographic. Honestly, Super Mario Galaxy 2, new Golden Sun game for the DS, a mention of a new Zelda game, and Metroid: The Other M made E3 2009 for Nintendo for me. All three of those games were intricately placed in the show to get me paying attention because I assumed Nintendo knew that the vast majority of the games were meant for people nothing like this dapper chap.
E3 2010 however Nintendo seemed to want to show gamers that their Modus Operandi is one simple, yet potent thing; Games! I dare anyone who watched Nintendo’s E3 2010 conference to argue that to me. Show me a man that does, and I will show you a fool. It is really simple. Nintendo came and directly addressed their nay-sayers. When I say directly, I mean they said, verbatim, what you hear internet trolls and fanboys say about them. They then followed with a numerical and/or statistical fact to shut them up. It was priceless. Remember people, men and women lie, numbers do not. I could strongly suggest you go watch the conference for just that segment alone, but that was just the appetizer. The actual meal was steady dose of games. I mean an absolute cornucopia of games. Seventy plus games were announced by Nintendo that day alone with more coming through out E3. Their game list is of such a high abundance, they started announcing games right after the conference because they couldn’t fit them all in.
The real kicker about these games is that again, Nintendo seemed to have listened to what they heard gamers saying about themselves. One of my complaints about Nintendo is that they sit on a plethora of franchises and characters they know fans want games of and yet they just keep them in the vault. It would seem that Nintendo heard my statements. They are reaching into said vault to bring gamers the games they long for and deserve. After all, when it comes to quality first-party games Nintendo is unparalleled. The reaction of the crowd present spoke volumes as well. The shown games garnered either applause or full out celebration. Some titles got this as soon as the people simply figured out what franchise or character is featured. I wish people could have seen the atmosphere when the new Zelda and Donkey Kong games were announced. Metroid Prime really wowed people as well, especially at the Nintendo booth post conference. Do not even get me started on the reception Kid Icarus got.
Finally, for dessert, Nintendo displayed the Nintendo 3DS. Before I delve into this, let me start by saying that Nintendo had an uphill battle in garnering my interest for the Nintendo 3DS. There are many iterations of the Nintendo DS already. It has only been out for six years and yet we are already on have four different skus for this handheld. The Nintendo 3DS will be the fifth. I still remember when I first laid eyes on the Nintendo 3DS. I was none impressed. How did Nintendo change my views on the Nintendo 3DS? They simply showed me features and their future software line-up. The Nintendo 3DS has the ability to take photographs in 3D, show movies in 3D, allow users to control the level of 3D and even nullify it, improved internet features, and improved graphical abilities period. Then, they listed the vast 3rd party support they have garnered and the crowd was pleased. They sealed the deal with a splendidly timed and executed trailer for the new Kid Icarus game. I am not exaggerating when I say this either; people in the audience were brought to tears. Personally, I don’t see how. I was far too geeked after watching Icarus’ true 3D air combat.
This conference was spot on. E3 is about video games, and Nintendo delivered that in excess. They addressed the fanboy propaganda that fools spread on the internet. They shut up their haters. The Nintendo 3DS was the cat’s meow of E3. It literally had a ridiculously long line just to get in its ridiculously long line of people waiting to try it out. The Nintendo booth was packed to the maximum, period, the whole show. I really pity anyone who passed on the Nintendo conference for whatever reason they could possibly come up with. The best thing Nintendo said at the conference to me was that real 3D gaming does not require special glasses. They are proving this with the Nintendo 3DS. I still remember people who called the Nintendo Wii and even the DS a fad. Here we are, almost five and six years later respectively and this “fad” is still going strong. I really have to give Kudos to Nintendo for what they did this year. My expectations for their conferences has increased and I hope they maintain this mentality they displayed.
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I am getting a Wii in a couple of hours. They won me over. I haven’t bought a Nintendo console since the SNES(well I was 5 so my mom bought it) and I did not plan on getting a Wii at all. But they have me back as a fan now, and I am sold on the 3DS. Even without the 3D, the 3DS would still be awesome. The visuals were pretty impressive and some of the demos they showed looked better than some PSP games.
truth be told the only game nintendo showed that i’ll buy was donkey kong and zelda. “kirby epic yarn”??? WTF!
?Little Big Planet? WTF? AMIRITE OMG! UCwhutIdidthr?
all i did was say what games i’m buying and you jerks gave me thumbs down.
There are 4-5 guys on this site that hand out the phantom votes. I know who they are.
Who are they? You are on the internetz so they can’t get to you. Say their names.
I will start by saying that Nintendo has brought some great offerings and stepped up there game as far as games are concerned. There were some games that I would like to try and ones that were far to cute for me. PokéPark™ Wii Pikachu’s Adventure and Kirby’s Epic Yarn™, the latter of the 2 the cutest. I will say my girls will, might revisit the Wii and we may have some great additions to family game night. Wii Party™ is the one that may get the most play for my family. Games that dad is interested are as follows: Metroid Other M -this my God Of War for the Wii. Donkey Kong Country™ -Returns Long time Donkey Kong fan, but hate the Wiiware version of the original.(waste) GoldenEye 007™ -Not quite the 2010 take on GoldenEye, but I can say that it is a welcome addition to the Nintendo library. NBA Jam -If they add voice it will be the shit, if not I wait for it’s appearance on other consoles. Legends of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole – This game has caught my eye for some reason. If it has the Lair aspect I might get it for PS3.
” Remember people, men and women lie, numbers do not.” men and women can lie about numbers though…..but i understand where your going with this Good article btw. this year i will admit, i was expecting yet another ZZZZ presser from nintendo but in the end i think they had the most surprises that were generally kept secret until the show itself. while sure sony had a great lineup for upcoming games to hit the plat., it was expected and most of them were leaked which took away from the overall “holy shit” factor imo.
Great read. Nintendo has some great games in their line-up. Really sucks thats its taken them so long to get the hint though, but I’m glad they did.
Nintendo’s grand plan is genius,they split the market,took a lead in the casual game space,that only now the others are approaching with any intent. The minute the others looked in,BANG 3DS.I think the system will truly unite market like never before.Look at the support it’s getting,all the big name “core” franchise will hit,3rd parties wont miss the wii boat with this because of the potential market share and sales they can get,the core crowd is going giddy with excitement as far as the potential of the system. The casual market all know the DS brand,for them is there no another brand,and developers can also hit this with the big selling casual games that have done well on DS.
Nintendo has some great games and features coming out! Seeing as the line for every thing in nintendo was mad stupid long, I only got a glimpse of the new zelda game and it looks like a day 1 purchase for me. or at least a day 1 rent. I have always thought nintendo has given me the games I want to play, my only beef with them is the online part of there system but they are slowly getting that up to par, if the can get me voice chat then Im Good. I think if every one would pay as much attention to the games and the type of games they are going to purchase and quit paying so much attention to the games you are not going to buy, it wouldnt be so much bitching. you know you not buying my little pony so don’t bitch about it, its not for you! Thats another thing that gamers of my generation and this new generation have seemed to have forgotten that we aren’t the only ones that games are targeted for. we are not the only people buying games. so not all games are supposed to be hardcore lets get buck wild type of games. There are kids who arent allowed to play violent games, there are little girls who could care less about metroid, there are some gamers who just like quick quirky fun. This is a true family friendly console that has games for every one and is affordable and has been from the start. So to dismiss the company that revived gaming on more then one occasion is a stupid thing for any gamer to do!! So if it aint for you it just aint for you but you cant diss them esp when the numbers show they the top dog and they are the ones to beat this gen! 5 years of dominating the market I think you can say the Wii and nintendo is not a fad!!
Well said good sir. No argument here.
The 3DS game is a game with Pit and the eggplant wizard and athena and Medusa in it. It doesn’t look like it plays much of ANYTHING like the old Kid Icarus. The old game was mostly a 2d climbing jumping game with a little bit of shooting and a zelda like health system. This looks like it’s more third person combat with limited flight and a litle bit of platforming along the way.
@Mike A, hatedgreatness or whatever you call yourself now. Nintendo’s conference was good, it was definately the best conference. That isn’t saying a lot considering the past 4 nintendo conferences were hot garbage. I’m glad nintendo finally showed a good amount of games. I was really excited for epic mickey untill I saw the gameplay. I’m on the fence about kirby, I’m definately buying metroid, and the 3ds looks and sounds great. There were 3 things that really bothered me. First, why in the hell would you make a Kid Icarus for the 3ds and not the Wii? I have been waiting since 1988 to play a new Kid Icarus game. All my excitement for this game just went down the toilet. Second, while kirby and donkey kong are nice where are the new Nintendo IP’s? It’s the same franchises over and over again. Third, I would rather chew glass than play the new Zelda. Not only did the new Zelda look like garbage, it looked way to complicated for a Zelda game. Motion Control can be fantastic, but that doesn’t mean it should be implimented in to every game. In the end everybody has thier OPINION. This is mine. You probably won’t respond but hopefully you will read and think about what I’m saying. Peace to all the true gamers!!!!
its been so long since kirby and donkey kong had a game there are almost like new ips. and for nintendo to not show anything new their conference was ass. and what happened to metroid? everything i saw up to e3 had fast game play. but at e3 it seem they slow the game down. that e3 trailer was ass.
its funny how these guys on this site say we want some new ips but than get excited for some old ips and the dudes that say 3d is a gimmick but all excited for the 3ds do anyone know how much its going to cost for it. i hate this generation of gaming man u cant find good unbiased journalist anywhere at all.
3d is a gimmick. When a gimmick requires an expensive new TV AND $250 a pop glasses that gimmick is EASY AS HELL to dismiss as just being totally fucking stupid as a consumer product. When that gimmick doesn’t neeed glasses, is on a small self contained unit and probably costs $200 or less ALL TOLD and it’s built into the device then it’s not nearly so bad. Then the gimmick is not as cumbersome or expensive. DUH.
3d is no more of a gimmick than hd. At the start of this gen do you guys remember how much hdtvs were? Nintendo’s 3d from what I read is not true stereoscopic 3d so whatever.
What does it matter that it isn’t true steroscopic 3D? From what everyone who actually SAW it said it looked good. What other handheld device are you comparing it too. Or was it the tvs your trying to compare the technology with? I personally don’t see 3D as a gimmick but it isn’t somthing I have to have. I see it as another option that is available to me if I decide to go that route. What I will be doing is wait until the technology is more mainstream and they can get a better quality picture out of it like the ghosting issues that most of the displays have with 3D.
Not being true steroscopic imo is equivelent to the difference of 720p vs 1080p. The people who know the technology will care, but your casual buyer wont. I agree with all your other points.
“3d is no more of a gimmick than hd.” BRAVO! My sentiments EXACTLY! Anyone arguing that would be hard pressed to explain why it is factually other than present their own opinions which in this case no one not named themselves would care for. You can like one and dislike the other but to completely write it off as gimmick is silly. People just don’t like change, when something new presents itself it’s always gimmick or unneeded until that one killer app presents itself and all preconceived notions are dismissed.
These two cats are joking right? I seriously hope so. First off (and this is to Deception26), what do you mean whatever I call myself now? I never changed my name. Clearly, Michael A. is my actual name. Hated Greatness is my online gamertag. It ALWAYS has been. I simply got tired of people asking for my online name so I made the switch. The funny thing is obviously you do not know me yet you have some problem with something is arbitrary as a online moniker? *sigh* Sad really. Secondly, did I not say that last year’s Nintendo conference was bad? In fact, I FREAKING STARTED OUT BY SAYING THAT? You bringing up that point was just a waste of time. Besides, it is irrelevant because this is E3 2010. That was the point I made and I guess you do not understand that. Since you seem to be into comparing conferences for some reason, compare it to the conferences that were held in THIS YEAR’S E3. Better yet, do not bother. You most likely weren’t even at E3 and I have no desire to engage in any future conversation with you. I am sure you will say the same, so how about you just not say anything to me. Simple right? I’m sure you will mess that up some how though. Thirdly, show me where I said I ONLY wanted new IPs. There is a difference between bringing back a franchise we haven’t seen in over a decade and playing the sequel to a game that just came out a year or two ago. A new Kid Icarus or Donkey Kong Country is not the same as Killzone 3 or Gears of War3. Hell, have you even played the original Kid Icarus. The Gameplay is completely NEW and DIFFERENT. Now, How much you want to bet that the game Gameplay in Killzone 3 and Gears of War 3 will be the same as the two earlier games? If you even try to argue this, you are beyond aid. And finally, are you really complaining because a game is coming to the Nintendo DS3, and not the Nintendo Wii? Did you not see how many Wii games were announced? A good game is a good game. Why does the platform it is on even matter? That, ladies and gentlemen, is a prime example of reaching for something to complain about. It is a trait of a biased person. They have preconceived notions and are trying their damnest to make them “right”. I love how you complain that controls for Zelda are “too complicated”. Then, people complain the Wii has games that are too simple. Nintendo shows something more intricate and now it is too complicated. Honestly, you come across as not wanting to like Zelda period. Again, biased and reaching. Just calling it how I see it. Oh, and this is directly to you Bucnasty. How am I biased? I mean, you don’t know me and I sure as hell don’t know who the hell you are. Explain how I am biased. I rag on problems on ALL platforms period. I gives props to things done well on ALL platforms period. I have no self interest in who wins or loses. Am I the only one that liked Nintendo’s conference? I doubt it because it is the general consensus that they did and that is because they showed the most and focused on games. That is the entire point of E3. Seriously though, if I am so biased, why read anything I write. Here is a suggestion. Ignore me! It is really simple. Don’t read anything I say and don’t even mention me. I mean, if I am so biased, why would you want to waste your time bothering with me? That last suggestions goes out to a few other people too.
@HatedGreatness As far as your names, I was just busting your balls. It was a joke! Now on the subject, I know you said nintendo’s conference was bad last year. I was just bringing up how I felt about thier conferences the past four years. That was my OPINION and I was letting my OPINION be known. You obviously don’t have any reading comprehension skills because I never once said you wanted only new IP’s. As far as me asking if I have ever played Kid Icarus before, I have more times than I can count. I have owned Kid Icarus for the original nintendo since 1988. That would have made you about 2 years old right? Why in the hell did you bring up Gears 3 and Killzone 3? Those games have nothing to do with this subject. I never said anything bad about the new Kid Icarus gameplay. I said I was dissaponted because it was not on the Wii. The new Kid Icarus may turn out to be a fantastic game. It just seems like an awkard choice to put kid icarus on a hand held since there hasn’t been a new kid icarus game since 1986. I have no problem with new gameplay, but here is something for you to think about. Different does not equal good, different just means different. As far as me complaining, that’s all you ever do on the warzone Mike. I’m pretty sure other people would back me up on that fact. I would love a new Zelda, however the zelda game that was shown looked stupid to me. Obviously I haven’t played it yet, but my OPINION could change. Lastly, I didn’t compare conferences because you wrote an article about NINTENDO. So I wrote my OPINION about NINTENDO. Just because I wasn’t at E3 doesn’t mean I can’t have an OPINION. People on this site have called you arrogant. The fact that you would bring up that I probably wasn’t at E3 and because you were makes you right or better qualified to give an OPINION shows it. You are so arrogant you probably won’t respond. That’s ok, like you said in your reply to me I don’t want to talk to you either. Do everybody a favor in the future Mike A. and try to keep your inner Nintendo fanboy inside. Peace to all the members on this site!!!!
i remember the days when i was a nintendo fanboy……..but i grew out of it. it takes some people a little longer to become a man gamer.
Good read Mike! I agree with basically all of your points, i think Nintendo was clearly out to make a statement this year. They directly addressed the competition and the naysayers. While Microsoft and Sony will try and cut in on their market they actually have them right were they want them. Nintendo has placated to the “casual” gamer this entire generation, while Sony and Microsoft are fighting for reasons why people should pick up their version of the motion control scene, Nintendo are giving fans and owners reasons to KEEP playing and supporting them. They are completely in the drivers seat.
Yet another person with the ability to look at the big picture objectively. Good stuff man.