Nintendo E3 Conference 2012: Predictions and results

[JSR]

Would need to see more how it is controlled etc. Hard to judge from a small trailer but at least it was gameplay that was shown.

Yeah, there's a lot of unknowns at this time. Still seemed like a fun, action-packed game. Loving the art-style to. Despite being from Platinum it reminds me a lot the earlier Nintendo vibe, like in Earthbound.

[Cornflakes]

Regarding project P-100. That platinum games guy drew some symbols on the touch screen and something, think it was a command, popped up on the TV screen. Looks interesting, but I doubt it will make it in time for launch. When that GT tv guy as Atsushi Inaba if it is a launch game, he said basically that they are not sure.

[Wil]

Obviously you can't truly judge those games based on a quick clip but as a presentation designed to get me excited about the Wii U it failed completely.

It really needed a Mario Galaxy, not another in the line of seemingly identikit New SMB. By all means give us another Pikimin but please appear to do something a little bit different with it. More minigames? Fine but not as your main big hitter.

All it needed was a Retro re-imagining of Star Fox, a Dragon's Dogma/Monster Hunter-esque Zelda or, heaven forbid, a real, important new character/IP/franchise that they had some faith in. Then the faithful would have gone away happy.

And 3rd party? Lego looked OK and the use of the tablet in Zombi U and Batsy was interesting but that's about it. It seems that the gamepad really will be used just for maps, scanners and inventories.

So, no excitement for Wii U from me. I'm sure there'll be something at some point that I'll get excited about but not at launch it seems.

[JSR]

No, but I wasn't talking about solely launch window. I want a reason WHY I should buy their console. Zelda is one. What they've shown, nothing is compelling enough for me. I love pikmin but not enough to buy a whole console for it.

Zelda will come, so will Smash Bros and a new Mario Galaxy. Outside the certain ones, I'm willing to bet money on a new Donkey Kong, Starfox and Metroid.

[ETC]

So everything you find dull is casual? Makes sense.

Nope I thought it looked dull as I have played Pikmin twice, little kings story soon to be twice and I don't fancy playing a similar title again so soon hence a bit dull

[Fader209]

NOw showing ZombieU on GT.

[MartyG]

So, no excitement for Wii U from me. I'm sure there'll be something at some point that I'll get excited about but not at launch it seems.

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This.

E3 has been a general fail this year, ports, sequels and meh. Beyond on PS3 was my highlight - but it's been measly pickings overall.

[Kit]

Genuinely thought when Reggie said 'new Mario' they were going to show Mario Galaxy HD. Instead more blandness with the new* Super Mario Bros.

[JSR]

Nope I thought it looked dull as I have played Pikmin twice, little kings story soon to be twice and I don't fancy playing a similar title again so soon hence a bit dull

Ah, my mistake. Thought you said it looked casual. No idea where I got that crazy idea from...

But again, we know very little of how it plays. From the short demo I've seen nothing to compare it to Pikmin. It seems like a fast-paced brawler with aerial combos and much variety.

[ETC]

I did say it looked casual but that was poor choice of words on my part

[Shozuki]

ZombieU looks cool, Pikmin looks cool, NSMB and hopefully some same day new 3rd party releases I think thats pretty solid for launch to be honest... Sold if unspectacular I thought overall.

Course I wouldnt have minded seeing something like Starfox, Metroid or F-Zero - but maybe those franchises are dead to Nintendo....?

[Fader209]

ZombieU looks interesting. I like how Ubisoft have used the pad for lots of different things. Graphically it looks decent enough, nothing special to write about though. Odd they decided to have this "1 life" and you are dead system.

[EvilBoris]

And 3rd party? Lego looked OK and the use of the tablet in Zombi U and Batsy was interesting but that's about it. It seems that the gamepad really will be used just for maps, scanners and inventories.

That's one of the biggest letdowns for me, the actual uses for the pad had all been predicted a year ago, Nintendo should of been the ones wowing us and giving us a really good reason for the inclusion of this screen , but it looks like its going to be exactly the same as the DS, developers won't know what to do with it and will resort to maps and inventories as you say.
Even Pikmim used it for a map.

To make things even worse, the pad seems to be almost entirely optional for several games the showed.

As it turns out, NSMBU and Rayman both use the Pad for the exact sake gameplay mechanic, a rather boring support role.

[Synthesthesia]

Zelda will come, so will Smash Bros and a new Mario Galaxy. Outside the certain ones, I'm willing to bet money on a new Donkey Kong, Starfox and Metroid.

I know they will, but to me these conferences are about drumming up excitement, they started out well with Pikmin but after that, nothing IMO. Year old games with some new controls slapped on do not constitute new experiences, despite what Reggie might think. Nor do 69p iOS games that look no better than they looked on iOS.

Honestly I hope you're right, Nintendo have been neglecting Metroid for years now even teasing Metroid Dread inside of the Metroid Prime games, and for what? Nothing yet. Not even a mention for it's 25th like Mario and Zelda got. It's their black sheep, they don't care about it despite how much the fans love it

[Shozuki]

the Wii U system drops to 30fps if using 2 Wii-U pads.... Wonder what happens to already 30fps games...?

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/05/nintendo-two-wii-u-gamepads-will-work-on-one-system/