@NEStalgia I'm willing to bet his expectations for 2019 are coming solely from Xenoblade X. I've seen a lot of people trying to use that game as a precedent.
Problem is, the circumstances of that game's development versus Xenoblade 2's make it impossible to use the former as precedence. With XCX, they were still learning the ropes of HD development, the game supposedly had a shift in direction mid-development, and they did a TON of experimenting. Xenoblade 2 is a more straightforward story driven game that seems to be a distant sequel to an established game and therefore set in an established world with a less demanding art style.
It shouldn't take anywhere near as much time to develop.
@IceClimbers Yeah, they made a whole new engine for that game, which they'll surely reuse for XC2. Helps quite a bit.
And seriously, the initial reveal teaser for "X" was a dude walking through a hangar. For XC2, we saw a full-fledged trailer with recorded Japanese lines. They are in late development, probably have been since March.
I will bake a cake (delicious) that will say that I was a massive jackass and I humbly apologize to all if Xeno 2 is released this year. This I promise.
No. I won't believe them about this particular game because of the franchises history and Nintendos (good) policy of polishing their main line games instead of releasing them as scheduled.
I have absolutely no problem with the stock price rising. Means more wealth for me But the grim fact is that they take as fast as they giveth.
And businesswise we can't honestly say that Nintendo has always been on money. I do believe that Switch has a good chance of success but this years E3 will not be helping in that.
@Timppis That's where I disagree with you. The only people who watch E3 are the most hardcore of the hardcore. Average consumers don't. They don't look at stuff like this, or watch Directs. They see the games online on Amazon or on advertisements, or in the store, and then decide to buy it then. They don't look at Nintendo's E3 performance or "hype." They see games and they buy them. And Nintendo has the games.
They didn't want to put these into E3 spotlight either, because of the backlash.
you could say the same for other backlash Nintendo Games: Paper Mario: Color Splash, Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival, Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash., Metroid Prime: FF... the list goes on!
Now they tell us that E3 spotlight is only 30 minutes long and we already know it will focus on games launching this year.
who knows what Nintendo is up to. it could be good. it could be bad. guess will have to wait and see.
My Top 9 Favorite Games of All time.
1. Judgement
2. Baldur's Gate 3
3. Bully (Rockstar)
4. Person 4 / Golden
5. Sonic Adventure 2
6. Xenoblade X
7. Ape Escape 2
8. Animal Crossing: New Leaf
9. James Bond 007 Nightfire
A 30 minute presentation is absolutely fine for showing off short, concise trailers! After that, we've got days of treehouse time to have an in depth look at whatever is nearing release! And f it, if worst comes to worst, at least we'll get a shed load of Odyssey footage and details! And that's fine by me.
They felt able to announce something as big as Pokemon out of the way before E3, so that could mean that they have plenty of other great things saved for E3.
Not saying I agree with the thread title and post, but I feel like that has been said about past E3's with no real super surprise announcements like we'd hoped (or as many). Maybe I'm mis-remembering though, but it feels like every year there's game announcements before E3 and people think there's going to be new game after non stop new game announcement during the presentation.
You are right that your average mom or dad who buys Switch and games for the offspring won't watch E3 but the media most certainly does as do the retailers. And if there is no hype for Switch (or there is lack of actual units for a long period of time) then there will be smaller portions dedicated to Nintendo in their magazines and their shops.
Yes. You can. Contact your banker or broker that has the access to either direct accredits to Tokyo / Osaka stock markets or buy the international share portions that are equivalent of either 1/8 of an actual share or 1/1 actual share.
There are plenty of International companies large and small that you can contact. Easiest way to do this is just to google or contact your personal bank and ask them if they can help.
I'm hopeful this E3 will be decent. Not outstanding but I'm trying to not feel like I should be overhyping something that let's face it, can be so awkward to watch. Nintendo in particular I'm hopeful can do some fun stuff for their presentation and not suffer the same continuous problems that plague E3.
lol My thoughts exactly about Sony's E3 shows in the last few years. While Nintendo may not annouce as many games this year at E3 or not, we can almost guarantee most of Nintendo's E3 titles will release before 2019/2020. Sadly I can't say the same for Sony and to a lesser extent, MS.
That's part of the reason why I'm not too into E3 these days anymore. I just can't get excited for all of these cinematic trailers and dry game announcements when the game isn't anywhere close to being released or it's like barely staring development.. It seems like a decent chunk of the gaming community is more into hyping games rather than playing them.
I am Massive fanboy of Nintendo and have been such since 1989 that I got my first Nintendo related gaming device.
And Switch is awesome. I also love my Wii U even if it is fair to say that it was a catastrophical error on many ways.
But I am also way too many times been overhyped and then been let down. This time there are very clear indications (Online delay announcement, separate Pokemon Direct) that are giving away that Nintendo doesn't have a home run coming in the E3. They have done everything you are expected to do in a situation like this. Get rid of the worst news before E3 (online), Get rid of the Highest anticipation before E3 (Pokemon) and then they will try to focus on the greatest gaming franchise possible, Mario and play that up.
I have no doubts that Mario can be Awesome. 3D Marios usually are. But that won't carry Nintendo forever.
Switch is selling like hotcakes (which is a silly expressions, since no one really buys hotckakes anymore) but we are already seeing warning signs of bad scenarios, lack of units which might carry all the way to holiday season, 3rd party subpar versions of their games etc.
And E3 is still the place to raise the hype. It still is significant even if Nintendo has managed to spread their content and announcements in a very clever fashion with directs. But directs have lost a lot after Iwatas passing as well.
Switch is still young. It has a lot of potential. But it is not foretold in any prophecy that it will be a sensational hit. Nintendo has a lot of work ahead of it still.
From the looks of it. This E3 is not going to be a success. It will be that for the Mario-obsessed Ninty fans for sure. But for the industry, not so much. For a person like me? Investor and gamer and huge fanboy. Looks to be Massive disappointment, with a capital M.
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