Nintendo Direct 11.5.2014

[AceWarhead]

I missed the last ten or so minutes(had to go get kid from school), did we get a release date for the New 3DS?

Nope. Not even a mention of the thing.
And to be honest, this was a waste of a direct. It's just rehashed news of already confirmed titles, with one "new" game. Plus the amiiboooo stuff irked me.

 

[WiiCube_2013]

Nope. Not even a mention of the thing.
And to be honest, this was a waste of a direct. It's just rehashed news of already confirmed titles, with one "new" game. Plus the amiiboooo stuff irked me.

So we now know.. Nintendo doesn't like money.

 

[Foxi4]

That's all part of running a business, errybody rapin' their wallets up. Did people expect any less of a large international corporation?

It's actually bad for business when you think about it. It doesn't increase the sales - it actually has the potential to lower them.

Your average gamer isn't able to pick up several Day One games at the same time - most pick up one game every couple of weeks. By making two high profile releases on the same date, Nintendo makes you choose which one you "want more" and by the time you're finished playing that, the other one is available pre-owned. A smart business person knows that there has to be some space in-between of the releases.

For the same reason you will never see Halo released the same day a new Call of Duty comes out - those two games have a common audience and the potential to cannibalize each other's Day One sales. Nintendo games also have a common audience - the Nintendo crowd, and this Nintendo crowd will be put between a rock and a hard place trying to pick the game they want to buy if they can only afford one.

 

[Bat420maN]

I don't care about any of those games. I wanted a New 3DS date, and a date for next wave of Amiibo would have been nice.

 

[KingVamp]

Even I'm iffy on the amiibos. At least they don't hold back anything important. I think they need their own game as well.

 

[Bat420maN]

Even I'm iffy on the amiibos. At least they don't hold back anything important. I think they need their own game as well.

I plan to buy all the Amiibo's(I am a Nintendo whore). I probably wont even open them. Just hang 'em on the wall.

 

[weavile001]

I´ll probably buy just 3 Amiibos, Palutena, Shulk and Robin, my mains on SSB

 

[the_randomizer]

It's actually bad for business when you think about it. It doesn't increase the sales - it actually has the potential to lower them.

Your average gamer isn't able to pick up several Day One games at the same time - most pick up one game every couple of weeks. By making two high profile releases on the same date, Nintendo makes you choose which one you "want more" and by the time you're finished playing that, the other one is available pre-owned. A smart business person knows that there has to be some space in-between of the releases.

For the same reason you will never see Halo released the same day a new Call of Duty comes out - those two games have a common audience and the potential to cannibalize each other's Day One sales. Nintendo games also have a common audience - the Nintendo crowd, and this Nintendo crowd will be put between a rock and a hard place trying to pick the game they want to buy if they can only afford one.

Shitting timing on their part I guess. Just as well that I'm not a Pokemon fan, like, at all, nothing would convince me otherwise, so.... I'll go with SSB4 instead. The release day being the same for both is baffling.

 

[Issac]

Majora's Mask? Oh. ... Finally! I love love loved that game

 

[WiiCube_2013]

I plan to buy all the Amiibo's(I am a Nintendo whore). I probably wont even open them. Just hang 'em on the wall.

They're not really high quality figures for collectors to have a boner but if you're a Nintendo fan I guess that's something to look forward to.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

For the same reason you will never see Halo released the same day a new Call of Duty comes out - those two games have a common audience and the potential to cannibalize each other's Day One sales. Nintendo games also have a common audience - the Nintendo crowd, and this Nintendo crowd will be put between a rock and a hard place trying to pick the game they want to buy if they can only afford one.

It's ok Foxi, they'll just have their mommies buy them both

YAY NINTENDO WILL BE WASTING MORE MONEY REHASHING YET ANOTHER OLD ZELDA TITLE RATHER THAN MAKING SOMETHING NEW THAT ISN'T SUPER MEH! GET HYPED EVERYBODY! THEY'LL MAKE THE GRAPHICS PRETTIER AND THEN CHANGE NOTHING ELSE OF ANY IMPORTANCE! YEAH, ENHANCED PORTS THAT WE'LL INCORRECTLY CALL REMAKES! WOOOOOOOO

And pretty much all of this. Remember kids, "HD ports remakes" are totally bad unless it's Nin10doh

 

[Clydefrosch]

It's actually bad for business when you think about it. It doesn't increase the sales - it actually has the potential to lower them.

Your average gamer isn't able to pick up several Day One games at the same time - most pick up one game every couple of weeks. By making two high profile releases on the same date, Nintendo makes you choose which one you "want more" and by the time you're finished playing that, the other one is available pre-owned. A smart business person knows that there has to be some space in-between of the releases.

For the same reason you will never see Halo released the same day a new Call of Duty comes out - those two games have a common audience and the potential to cannibalize each other's Day One sales. Nintendo games also have a common audience - the Nintendo crowd, and this Nintendo crowd will be put between a rock and a hard place trying to pick the game they want to buy if they can only afford one.

but do pokemon on 3ds and smash bros on wiiu have the same audience? outside the general population of nintendo console owners?
also its christmas time, the time of year when money is a bit more loose anyways

 

[mightymuffy]

Ha! It was bent to happen sooner or later, I guess.

Hah, first thing I thought when I saw it .....at least we don't have to start moaning at the Direct hype threads anymore (well, not Majora's Mask-related moaning anyway)!!

Not read the rest of the topic yet, or seen a half decent quality version of the Direct - only just got in from work, but is it just me or was the MK8 DLC the best bit of the whole Direct? (What bit you could make out at that horrific bitrate anyway)
F-Zero track we already knew about, but actually seeing the thing - phwoar! And Big Blue BGM! And a Zelda track, plus SNES Rainbow Road?! Fukks sake lads, I think I weed a little at this...(out next week too!) Bit of a daft move though Nintendo - all that goodness in Pack 1, I don't give 2 shits about Animal Crossing so what's of interest in Pack 2 now?!
Also enjoyed the look of Captain Toad actually!! Better still was seeing (again I've not seen the rest of the thread yet) the rrp of it shown on the pre-load news - clearly $39.99 as opposed to the usual $60, so a bit cheaper too - good stuff!
Rest of it seemed a bit meh - Splatoon admittedly looked fantastic, but it's just not my kind of game......

 

[Joe88]

ultimate nes remix
dl'd the recently released eu version and somehow they cant even get nes games running without lagging...

 

[Bimmel]

ultimate nes remix
dl'd the recently released eu version and somehow they cant even get nes games running without lagging...

Thats part of the authentic experience! Don't you feel the good old days? ...!

 

[CathyRina]

Thats part of the authentic experience! Don't you feel the good old days? ...!

Ubisoft: "These slowdowns are so cinematic!"