God damnit Nintendo...

I have not sworn so much during a press conference in years. Corporate god damn bullshit through and through, it's like watching an Apple keynote really. Just a big show of consensus reality; If we can convince enough people that we are great, then it must be true!

Nintendo, you motherfuckers. I already own your stupid Wii, 3 of your stupid DSes, 2 GBAs, 3 iterations of the Gameboy, the NES, the SNES, i own your god damn hardware, okay? I OWN it! Give me some mother fucking games to play! A press conference full of self appraisal, bullshit "interviews" with people on the street, it's a god damn reality bubble, and watching the MS and Sony keynotes, where they are actually building their brands and actually gaining some momentum, the feeling i'm stuck with is that Nintendo is resting on their early gains, and that they are going to get bum rushed the hell out of the market altogether.

I have invested so many years in that company, and they are doing EVERYTHING THEY CAN to alienate me at this point. A *SINGLE* game i'm remotely interested in? For a whole press conference? How the hell can they go from my absolute favorite to frustrating cock tease on such short notice?

It's literally heartbreaking. Throw that insincere Cammy chick out the window. Give Reggie his balls back. Less philosophy from Iwata and more ACTION. You're all talk, no action! A *pulse* sensor? Are you fucking kidding me? WHAT?

I have not sworn so much during a press conference in years. Corporate god damn bullshit through and through, it's like watching an Apple keynote really. Just a big show of consensus reality; If we can convince enough people that we are great, then it must be true!

Nintendo, you motherfuckers. I already own your stupid Wii, 3 of your stupid DSes, 2 GBAs, 3 iterations of the Gameboy, the NES, the SNES, i own your god damn hardware, okay? I OWN it! Give me some mother fucking games to play! A press conference full of self appraisal, bullshit "interviews" with people on the street, it's a god damn reality bubble, and watching the MS and Sony keynotes, where they are actually building their brands and actually gaining some momentum, the feeling i'm stuck with is that Nintendo is resting on their early gains, and that they are going to get bum rushed the hell out of the market altogether.

I have invested so many years in that company, and they are doing EVERYTHING THEY CAN to alienate me at this point. A *SINGLE* game i'm remotely interested in? For a whole press conference? How the hell can they go from my absolute favorite to frustrating cock tease on such short notice?

It's literally heartbreaking. Throw that insincere Cammy chick out the window. Give Reggie his balls back. Less philosophy from Iwata and more ACTION. You're all talk, no action! A *pulse* sensor? Are you fucking kidding me? WHAT?

My thoughts exactly, with slightly more cursing.

I felt so bad for them... It was like they didn't see the grave they were digging...

I can't help but agree when I bought the wii a few months later I suddenly regretted it so picked up a PS3 then later the 360, having watched that my thoughts were something like:
1. Nintendo announce a new mario: We get that Mario sells but come on something new.
2. Nintendo announce Mario again: Well I get that mario sells but twice in one conference, too much mario maybe a new IP is next,
3. Nintendo announce Mario yet again: Well fuck that get some new IP you lazy bastards.
4. Out comes metroid: yeah I can dig that. But new IP?
5. Conduit: meh new IP but not more than an FPS.
6. Pulse sensor: Wait what I heard that right didn't I? It checks my pulse? If I need to check my pulse I'll assume I have heart problems and I'd see a doctor.
And that doctor won't be Dr. Mario.

I thought the Nintendo conference was pretty good but yeah, Sony and Microsoft kicked the crap out of them.

I wasn't expecting any better and luckily I wasn't dumb enough to buy the Wii when I was really close to doing it. Thank god.

Sell the damn thing, that's what I did after I got a PS3 and then used the money to get a 360 to be it's friend. Now we're a happy family.

Dude:

• Mario Galaxy 2
• New Super Mario Brothers Wii
• Metroid: Other M
• Golden Sun DS
• Mario & Luigi 3

I'm in a wheelchair and when he showed the pulse sensor I literally laughrd so hard I almost fell out of my chair it's ridiculus.

I think we'd all like to talk about the grave Nintendo is digging. Realistically? They shit money. But yes their conference sucked. Despite Reggie acknowledging he "reads the blogs." He clearly does not understand.

Here's the thing: Nintendo isn't meeting their "core" because the "core" already left them. Remember how the Playstation took over the mainstream mindset of the gaming population, despite the fact that Nintendo kept putting out interesting and original games for the Gamecube? They realized they were fighting a losing battle, so instead of trying to reach out to the already dedicated gaming populace that left them for greener pastures, they reached out to other audiences. And succeeded, more so than they ever have before.

I get so frustrated with the elitist attitude of so many traditional gamers towards Nintendo's mindset towards developing games for "everyone." I'm not saying that I want to play those games, but they're not for me. Things like The Other M and Super Mario Galaxy 2 (which yes is  return to an old template, but fuck if SMG wasn't amazing; I recently named it my favorite game of 2007, and can't wait to see what the sequel has to offer) give me what I want, and I'm curious to see how the Conduit turns out.

I'm not saying that Nintendo's press conference excited me too much. Even NSMB Wii didn't really do much for me (seems way to chaotic and unfocused). But I can't really see how the fact that Nintendo isn't devoting all their development time to you, or is trying to create different gaming experiences for different people. I just can't see how broadening the definition of "gaming" beyond the genres and expectations we have is a bad thing, especially when they are still giving us things like Other M, SMG2 and whatever the next project Retro is working on, which Reggie hinted at on G4.

Do you really want and expect gaming to stay a niche market?

I with you all the way Sunjammer.  Maybe it's cause we grew up and realised that Nintendo hasn't changed; we have.  When I look at the games on my 360 like Gears of War 2, Oblivion, Resident Evil 5, and Fable II and then look at the games I could play if I owned a Wii, I realise that I don't wanna play another game with 50+ minigames or another cooking sim.  I wanna play a game like when I picked up Windwaker for the first time.  I absolutely loved it.  Though, whether or not it was the greatest in the series is for a different thread.

Dude, besides Mario Galaxy 2, so weak.

-- God Bless.

hmmm... Metroid looked kinda cool, but other than that, the Nintendo conference was a little meh.  

Nintendo do not need the hardcore anymore.

The only redeeming quality of the Nintendo conference was Golden Sun DS.

Every group is gonna have rehashes, that is how things work.  Yeah Nintendo went a little far with the gimmicks and useless attachments, but as far as games go they look alright.  New Super Mario Bros. Wii looks fun and co-op play is always good.  Super Mario Galaxy 2 will be excellent just like the first was and Metroid Other M blew me away.  You also have Conduit, Golden Sun DS, Mario and DK 3, Mario and Luigi RPG, and Zelda: Spirit Tracks.  Dunno about anyone else but I'm satisfied.  Could do without the continual shovel ware, but it sells so what can you do.

 I wanna play a game like when I picked up Windwaker for the first time.  I absolutely loved it.  Though, whether or not it was the greatest in the series is for a different thread.

there are some good games coming, Grinders looks great

Come on man, Team Ninja making a metroid game and you're not even curious about it?

Think about it man, Itigaki, that crazy mofo, making a metroid game!

Dude you're right, but still, team Ninja is an interesting choice, cant wait to see that. This is the first game for the wii im really interested in.

It's Nintendo, what were you expecting?

Often forgotten fact: both the NES and SNES have a library LOADED with crap.

Yeah I'm pretty pissed at myself for picking up a Wii when the only game I'm interested in is the new Metroid. I'm hoping that something good will come out to make me wipe off the dust that has been collecting there for months.

Golden Sun DS made everything else not even matter.

They showed off two game im even remotely interested in,Metroid M and Mario Galaxy 2.While Sony and Microsoft's conferences were full of good games.

AgentJ, I recently loaded the entire SNES library onto my Wii to go through again. The SNES is CROWDED with crap, 90% of the games are bad sports games and movie adaptions. The number of great games on the Wii is higher than what the SNES had after two years and higher than what the N64 and Gamecube ever had.

The Wii is getting a lot of bad reputation which is reinforced by some new crappy game now and then, but in the end, it is absolutely unjustified. People got a certain opinion about the console in 07, which was justifiable then, and now just continue to look for signs that reinforce that opinion, totally shutting out everything else.

Whoa dude, nice Blog Post. 

However, while this definitely still isn't the NES/SNES days anymore, I still feel like there's some really gewd stuff coming-out that was not shown at Nintendo's E3 2009 Conference... like Arc Rise, Monster Hunter G, Zelda: ST, Fragile, and Muramasa; along with what others have posted.

You just restored my faith in humanity, Luke.

No, it wasn't, people just knew to ignore that shit instead of highlight it at every opportunity just to go lol, hence most gamers never saw it. Anyway, the industry was certainly smaller at the time, a better comparison is more recent systems like the original PlayStation and its successor, both leading their respective generations in sales and volume of titles, both being infested with an immense amount of shovelware, yet that never really tainted their reputation as people focused on the good stuff alone, and you only ever saw the bad titles on some magazine's joke page about the "month's dud" that was simply attacking the given game, perhaps its developer, but never the system it was on (unless Saturn/DC).

The Ninty conference actually went beyond my expectations.  I quite literally expected nothing.

Hey, as far as Ninty's goes, in comparison to Sony's when talking about pure announcements, it wasn't  that bad (metroid, new mario, new overpriced mario versus unshown agent, karts, final fantasy 14 mmo)

Mario Galaxy 2, Metriod other M, No more heros 2, The conduit, Golden Sun DS, Kindom Hearts, Final Fantasy: The Crystal Bearers,Wii Sports Resort. ( for the motion plus) and the fact I can now enjoy a golf game with that thing.

Yea Nintendo has NOTHING. Those god damn mother fuckers.

Edit: Forgot about NEW Supoer Mario Brothers:Wii, Mario Vs Donkey Kong and Mario& Luigi. Not like it matters *QUE THE EYE ROLL*