Nintendo at E3

Hero of Canton wrote:

Herbi wrote::lol:

Nintendo are going to have to show some big name games to even batter an eyelid this E3

'Batter an eyelid'?

I think Nintendo will use a lot of the phrase 'RIGHT NOW' tomorrow.

People were saying a lot of Motion+ is obsolete now in the MS thread and I don't think that's the case at all. Motion+ can very implemented into traditional games with some excellent results, right now (or in a couple of months) it's going to have a big impact on Wii games for the next few years. This Natal thing, right now I just can't see it being used in games, in the same way, for at least 5 years. You have to build something crazy up from scratch for it and even if the money/time is there to do it I don't think the developers are there yet. It's taken like five steps forward at once (as long as what we saw is realistically possible and not smoke and mirrors).

Oxx wrote:

Alvin Flummux wrote:http://twitter.com/RetroStudios

We think you guys will be pleasantly surprised in just a few hours

This was posted 16 hours ago.

He was talking about Natal.

Why would he be talking about a rival company's product?

I really hope Nintendo do well at E3 but they've got to pull a really good effort out of the bag to reverse their fortunes with the "core gamers".

Ok Nintendo. If you haven't got a new Zelda or Mario ready, you have less than 24 hours to knock up a demo.

GET TO IT.

People were saying a lot of Motion+ is obsolete

This.

Mockmaster wrote:Ok Nintendo. If you haven't got a new Zelda or Mario ready, you have less than 24 hours to knock up a demo.

GET TO IT.

Frankly, I actually think Nintendo would do very well to show us even the briefest glimpse of Zelda Wii. I know it'd be totally uncharacteristic of them but they really need to bring out the big guns for tomorrow.

Alvin Flummux wrote:

Mockmaster wrote:Ok Nintendo. If you haven't got a new Zelda or Mario ready, you have less than 24 hours to knock up a demo.

GET TO IT.

Frankly, I actually think Nintendo would do very well to show us even the briefest glimpse of Zelda Wii. I know it'd be totally uncharacteristic of them but they really need to bring out the big guns for tomorrow.

I don't think they even need to show us it. Just have a screen saying "Zelda Coming Soon".

MCN wrote:

Alvin Flummux wrote:

Mockmaster wrote:Ok Nintendo. If you haven't got a new Zelda or Mario ready, you have less than 24 hours to knock up a demo.

GET TO IT.

Frankly, I actually think Nintendo would do very well to show us even the briefest glimpse of Zelda Wii. I know it'd be totally uncharacteristic of them but they really need to bring out the big guns for tomorrow.

I don't think they even need to show us it. Just have a screen saying "Zelda Coming Soon".

Ah, so nothing big from Nintendo yet then (and by that I mean a new Zelda), I'll check back in tomorrow night since GRcade has now been blocked at work.

MCN wrote:

Alvin Flummux wrote:

Mockmaster wrote:Ok Nintendo. If you haven't got a new Zelda or Mario ready, you have less than 24 hours to knock up a demo.

GET TO IT.

Frankly, I actually think Nintendo would do very well to show us even the briefest glimpse of Zelda Wii. I know it'd be totally uncharacteristic of them but they really need to bring out the big guns for tomorrow.

I don't think they even need to show us it. Just have a screen saying "Zelda Coming Soon".

I'd settle for the Triforce logo appearing on the screen, then the Master Sword with a Wiimote handle spinning in from out of nowhere and arcing nicely to sit at that standard Zelda logo diagonal angle, maybe with Link's "Hyaaa!" at the start. Fade to black, with the text "Coming Soon" appearing. The 'i' in coming has a Navi-esque fairy as the dot.



Okay that's a lot more than what you suggested, but it'd still be strawberry floating cool.

Alvin Flummux wrote:

MCN wrote:

Alvin Flummux wrote:

Mockmaster wrote:Ok Nintendo. If you haven't got a new Zelda or Mario ready, you have less than 24 hours to knock up a demo.

GET TO IT.

Frankly, I actually think Nintendo would do very well to show us even the briefest glimpse of Zelda Wii. I know it'd be totally uncharacteristic of them but they really need to bring out the big guns for tomorrow.

I don't think they even need to show us it. Just have a screen saying "Zelda Coming Soon".

I'd settle for the Triforce logo appearing on the screen, then the Master Sword with a Wiimote handle spinning in from out of nowhere and arcing nicely to sit at that standard Zelda logo diagonal angle, maybe with Link's "Hyaaa!" at the start. Fade to black, with the text "Coming Soon" appearing. The 'i' in coming has a Navi-esque fairy as the dot.



Okay that's a lot more than what you suggested, but it'd still be strawberry floating cool.

I'm trying to go along the lines of what they could knock up last minute with Powerpoint!

Rik wrote:

People were saying a lot of Motion+ is obsolete

This.

MCN wrote:

Alvin Flummux wrote:

MCN wrote:

Alvin Flummux wrote:

Mockmaster wrote:Ok Nintendo. If you haven't got a new Zelda or Mario ready, you have less than 24 hours to knock up a demo.

GET TO IT.

Frankly, I actually think Nintendo would do very well to show us even the briefest glimpse of Zelda Wii. I know it'd be totally uncharacteristic of them but they really need to bring out the big guns for tomorrow.

I don't think they even need to show us it. Just have a screen saying "Zelda Coming Soon".

I'd settle for the Triforce logo appearing on the screen, then the Master Sword with a Wiimote handle spinning in from out of nowhere and arcing nicely to sit at that standard Zelda logo diagonal angle, maybe with Link's "Hyaaa!" at the start. Fade to black, with the text "Coming Soon" appearing. The 'i' in coming has a Navi-esque fairy as the dot.



Okay that's a lot more than what you suggested, but it'd still be strawberry floating cool.

I'm trying to go along the lines of what they could knock up last minute with Powerpoint!

All right, add in some stock 'woosh!' SFX and make the master sword just slide in from one side and you've got my idea.. again.

Okay, I'm off to work. Won't be home until 6.30pm at the earliest. I'm going to miss the press conference.

Just don't be too embarrassing, Nintendo.

What's the best excuse to use for leaving work at 3?

Super Mario Bros font?

gooseberry fool yeah I love my job, I get to bunk off early meaning I'll be home in plenty of time, the streams had better not be universally gooseberry fool this time. No chance xbox.com will be showing it is there?


Alsowhy isn't this at the top of the page with the othe conference threads, bloody anti-nintendo grcade

It's bloody despicable, that's what it is!

Actually, the less attention the better, just in case Nintendo do something silly again this year.

hideous_enigma wrote:It's bloody despicable, that's what it is!

Actually, the less attention the better, just in case Nintendo do something silly again this year.

Well from the looks of things, they already have some good games on display, including a Mario game. They're doing pretty well already, and they haven't even started yet.

MCN wrote:

hideous_enigma wrote:It's bloody despicable, that's what it is!

Actually, the less attention the better, just in case Nintendo do something silly again this year.

Well from the looks of things, they already have some good games on display, including a Mario game. They're doing pretty well already, and they haven't even started yet.

I was thinking that. Sin and Punishment 2 and a new Wii Mario are a good, solid foundation. But it doesn't look like any Pikmin game (if shown) is going to be on the show floor, unless Nintendo has lots of its best stuff behind closed doors.

Herbi wrote:

Hero of Canton wrote:

Herbi wrote::lol:

Nintendo are going to have to show some big name games to even batter an eyelid this E3

'Batter an eyelid'?

I think Nintendo will use a lot of the phrase 'RIGHT NOW' tomorrow.

People were saying a lot of Motion+ is obsolete now in the MS thread and I don't think that's the case at all. Motion+ can very implemented into traditional games with some excellent results, right now (or in a couple of months) it's going to have a big impact on Wii games for the next few years. This Natal thing, right now I just can't see it being used in games, in the same way, for at least 5 years. You have to build something crazy up from scratch for it and even if the money/time is there to do it I don't think the developers are there yet. It's taken like five steps forward at once (as long as what we saw is realistically possible and not smoke and mirrors).

The Project Natal thing is just a glorified EyeToy with no more applications that mini-game compilations and this is all we're going to see, just as we did with the EyeToy and although they were fun, Motion+ and the Wii remote have applications that go beyond the mini-games.

Most of the great Wii games dont involve waving your arms around like a loony and in fact require small gestures to complete. The Wii remote has managed to fit into a wide variety of genre's, from sports to music to FPS's and the Natal bar just doesnt have this sort of scope of interaction. Can you imagine using it against a regular 360 controller for a FPS game? or a Golf game? The scope of interaction just doesnt reach this far.
And Microsoft are still just preaching to the converted. The Natal bar gets launded by the 360 community of mainly core gamers but you arent going to see the mainstream market branching out to buy a 360 just for the Natal bar simply because the 360 doesnt have the neutral, all-comers branding Nintendo have had for the last 30 years. It wont turn the market around and it wont get granny buying a 360 which is what Microsoft is really wanting. Instead the 360 market that already exists will pick it up and we'll and up with another Lips/Scene it! scenario where microsoft are doing good things expanding the range of software on the 360 but a bad job of expanding the range of consumers.

Its highly doubtful Bungie will make Halo: Reach a Natal exclusive title!