Nintendo E3 Direct Summary

[Pedeadstrian]

Megaman? Check. Moves from various bosses throughout the Megaman series? Check. Awesome death animation? Check. Yellow Devil? Check. Looks like I'm getting Smash Bros. Now, if only they bring back Mewtwo...

 

[lismati]

New Donkey Kong? Check
New Smash Bros? Check
New Oddworld on WiiU? MOTHERFLIPPIN CHECK

*Does Mr. Torgue's guitar solo in the background*

 

[the_randomizer]

Their presentation could have been a lot worse

 

[jefffisher]

it looks like nintendo is getting at least $400 from me in the next year.

 

[Taleweaver]

The problem I feel with this direct is, Nintendo had all the time in the world for one, but yet this felt like it was rushed. There wasn't enough talk about the games, it was more like "here's a trailer, here's a trailer, here's a trailer, here's a trailer, Bye!"

This. I don't get it...they're sending from their own home, so they should have MORE time to talk about everything than the competition. Instead, it's as if they expected their stream to explode at any moment (perhaps it was my connection, but it kind of felt like it was actually about to do exactly that). Christ...couldn't they at least confirm whether all the minigames of wii fit plus were in the u package? Or mention that pikmin 3 was about to be released? And where's Yoshi's epic yarn? C'mon...I honestly thought the whole show was just about halfway or something when they went off the air. Perhaps because I'm not that thrilled because megaman is in smash bros? But still...It's not something I'd consider the trump card of the show.



I like the donkey kong country, though. And it certainly looked better than the wii version. But even I have to admit that a metroid game would be better to convince others what the wiiu is capable of.

 

[KingVamp]

Well, it felt all the big 3 rush through (at certain parts) with announcing games.


Also, maybe they should stick with just doing Directs.

 

[ElYubiYubi]

With that said, we still have very little in terms of 3DS screenshots, and that's disappointing. I understand it's more appealing to show off the Wii U counterparts, but I would have loved to have seen more of the 3DS specific stages, or more of the combat on the 3DS. Hell, just even how more characters will look on the 3DS. Checking out the Smash site, there are loads of Wii U shots, but considering Sakurai mentioned playing Smash Bros so much at lunch, and I assume this would mean he's playing the 3DS version, I would hope there should be quite a bit available reflecting its existence.

I get it. Gotta sell the Wii U. Don't neglect the 3DS version either though. This is a pretty important step, giving us our first, official, handheld Smash Bros experience.

 

[Harsky]

Was a little sad when Nintendo said they wouldn't do a big stage presentation at E3 and would only do a Nintendo Direct instead. Thankfully the Direct videos were pretty straightforward. Announce the upcoming games. Show trailers. Show release date. Last year's E3 was padded out with people playing Nintendo Land for a long time if I remember correctly.

 

[Silterpy]

I hope the 3ds xl gets a price drop, if it does I'm importing a ntsc xl

 

[Pedeadstrian]

I hope the 3ds xl gets a price drop, if it does I'm importing a ntsc xl

That's what I've been looking forward to most from E3.

 

[Mthb54]

No surprises there.....

 

[hhs]

That feel when everything in the Nintendo Direct except Smash and Pokemon looked awful. I really don't want to buy a wiiU but I really want MegaSmashBrothers.

Any news on that wiikey yet?

 

[BrightNeko]

I am excited for megaman in smash brothers. aside from that sony won this e3. Microsoft needs some burn heal.

 

[Lemmy Koopa]

"We're bringing back an old Nintendo IP that hasn't been touched in forever" - Retro
Brings back an IP that was already done 3 years ago, BY THE SAME COMPANY.

Yeah here's a scenario to sum this up:
Guess what guys, we're having something for dinner we haven't had in forever, PIZZA! (we just had it yesterday).

Seriously? Where's StarTropics?

 

[Scott-105]

Nothing overly surprising, but it all looked pretty good. Can't wait for Smash Bros., Mario Kart, and Pokemon.

 

[KingVamp]

That isn't the only game Retro is working on.

 

[Psionic Roshambo]

Looked pretty solid to me, I see at least 4 games I will be picking up... Damn you Nintendo, I may as well just send my credit card to you and a note saying "yeah just send me what ever you guys make...."

Might even have to pick up a 3DS too, I have been trying to avoid the handheld systems this gen as long as possible since I seemed to get 90% of my enjoyment out of the DS when there was a large library to pick from. (and a good supply of used games to pick from as well.)

 

[Lemmy Koopa]

That isn't the only game Retro is working on.

I hope to god that's the situation, and I hope it's not Metroid too. We know they're working on Metroid, but holy hype that pre-E3 statement was a lame hype ploy.
Donkey Kong Country is cool, but why did they worded it that way?

 

[Felipe_9595]

I am the only one that thinks that the 3DS version of SSB looks better than the Wii U version?

 

[Maxternal]

I actually thought most of it was pretty cool. For me the best were Mario Kart and X, with several others following close behind.
The only thing I was really apathetic about were Wii Fit and Wii Party. When they were like "sorry, we had to delay these" I was like "meh."

I wasn't exactly jumping off my chair for anything but maybe I'd be a bit more excited if I actually had hardware to place something on and/or money to by it or games for it but especially for the price point, if I get anything, it'll end up being Wii U ... and after seeing this, it's looking like more and more worth the investment.