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Reggie: We’ll Be Better at E3 This Year

Posted Tue, 14 Apr 2009 by Damien McFerran

Work it, Reggie

Work it, Reggie

Nintendo hoping to make amends for 2008's dire performance

E3 2008 wasn’t a particularly good one for Nintendo. Sure, the company was riding high in the sales charts but the limp presentation (which was essentially geared towards the casual gamer) did little to appease dedicated fans – and after all, they would have been the ones watching.

You think your average soccer mom has even heard of E3?

Anyway, Nintendo is keen to make up for this, it would seem. Speaking to GameTrailers, Nintendo of America ringleader Reggie Fils-Aime had this to say:

From Nintendo's perspective we always go into E3 with a very high bar, wanting to satisfy not only the core fans but also ourselves. We're hoping to do a much better job this year.

Reggie even went on to add that we can expect new projects from the teams behind the Mario and Zelda franchises.

I guess that beats hearing about Wii Music 2, eh?

Source: eurogamer.net.

Tags: E3, E3 2008, E3 2009, Reggie, Wii, DS.

User Comments

seanehawk

1. seanehawk United States 14 Apr 2009, 17:26 BST

Yes, that definately beats wii music 2 XP

greyelephant

2. greyelephant United States 14 Apr 2009, 17:26 BST

I still have night terrors over E3 2008. It was painful to watch.

MrPinguy

3. MrPinguy Portugal 14 Apr 2009, 17:55 BST

"I guess that beats hearing about Wii Music 2, eh?"

Shh Ssh!!!! don't give them ideas >_>

Shiryu

4. Shiryu Portugal 14 Apr 2009, 18:05 BST

F-Zero / Starfox / Pilotwings for both Wii and DS. I really need them... :-(

PopeReal

5. PopeReal United States 14 Apr 2009, 18:21 BST

F-Zero Wii online with 30 players and all is forgiven......

ok I'll take 20 :P

Outrunner

6. Outrunner United Kingdom 14 Apr 2009, 18:21 BST

Wave Race or F Zero please.

motang

7. motang United States 14 Apr 2009, 18:30 BST

Good! Looks like they heard us when we all complained!

Apocalypse

8. Apocalypse Netherlands 14 Apr 2009, 18:42 BST

"We're hoping to do a much better job this year."

Hoping? That doesn't sound good at all. The correct sentence would be: "We know that we are gong to do a much better job this year."

WarioFan63

9. WarioFan63 United States 14 Apr 2009, 18:50 BST

You know, their E3 2008 show wasn't best of the best but I never really had a problem with it..

dagreenone

10. dagreenone United States 14 Apr 2009, 18:53 BST

Well, the only direction they can do is Up. Can't get much worse than last year.

TwilightV

11. TwilightV United States 14 Apr 2009, 19:23 BST

@dagreenone: It can get WAY worse, but that doesn't mean they're going to let it. :)

jakew161

12. jakew161 United Kingdom 14 Apr 2009, 19:45 BST

GOOD but the only problem, i liked wii music, I WANT WII MUSIC 2 i want to play kirby on a NES horn!

TwilightV

13. TwilightV United States 14 Apr 2009, 19:50 BST

Yeah, SOME of us appreciated Wii Music, but just want a lot more out of a sequel. I want more Mii Maestro!

wiiboy101

14. wiiboy101 United Kingdom 14 Apr 2009, 20:26 BST

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MarkyVigoroth

15. MarkyVigoroth Puerto Rico 14 Apr 2009, 21:01 BST

Wii Music is "shovelware"?

Kid_A

16. Kid_A United States 14 Apr 2009, 21:02 BST

I really like Wii Music (glad to see I'm not the only one!). Probably one of my favorite Wii games, actually. But yeah I certainly want to see some more core games this year. More details on Spirit Tracks and Sin and Punishment 2 would be nice, and hopefully a totally new game.

Wiiloveit

17. Wiiloveit United Kingdom 14 Apr 2009, 21:07 BST

Let's blummin' hope so, although the Mario team thing will likely just be Pikmin 3.

Koto

18. Koto United States 14 Apr 2009, 21:24 BST

F-Zero Wii,please and also Star Fox Wii

The Fox

19. The Fox United States 14 Apr 2009, 21:31 BST

@post 15 wiiboy101
"reggy why apologize to morons E3 is a trade show not a day for fans"

Yes, because companies certainly don't tailor their shows to fans in hopes of generating free (well, not FREE, but you know what I mean) publicity and excitement for upcoming projects for months to come.
Wait a minute, that's exactly what they do. My mistake.

Objection_Blaster

20. Objection_Blaster United States 14 Apr 2009, 21:33 BST

Yes, New Zelda, Mario, Metroid, Starfox, and/or Pikmin, please!

RevolverLink

21. RevolverLink United States 14 Apr 2009, 21:34 BST

Just give me a glimpse of Pikmin 3, Nintendo. That's all I ask for.

The Fox

22. The Fox United States 14 Apr 2009, 21:39 BST

I don't know about asking for another Star Fox game, though. They could give us Star Fox Adventures 2, after all. (shudders)

melvin2898

23. melvin2898 United States 14 Apr 2009, 22:17 BST

I'll believe when I see it.

melvin2898

24. melvin2898 United States 14 Apr 2009, 22:18 BST

I'll believe it when I see it.

Stuffgamer1

25. Stuffgamer1 United States 14 Apr 2009, 22:32 BST

I appreciate the number of people defending Wii Music here. Although it's certainly not the most popular Wii game out there, it's nowhere near as bad as people say, either. You just need to be a REAL music fan to appreciate it, that's all.

As I've said before, though, I'm tired of hearing just about anything Reggie says. We'll see what happens when E3 hits.

timp29

26. timp29 Australia 14 Apr 2009, 22:35 BST

zelda Zelda ZELDA YAY!

EDIT: Sorry for my ignorance, but what month is E3 in anyway. I hope the 'new mario and zelda' is more than just an announcement and comes with some awesome video. Who can remember the first glimpse of ocarina of time footage. When I saw that, I preordered my OoT. Probably 6 months before it even came out.

GabeGreens

27. GabeGreens United States 14 Apr 2009, 22:59 BST

@ timp29
there is a wonderfull magical invention that rimes with moogle, noogle, soogle, and oogle, that can answer your question.

EDIT: its june 2-4

Nintendo-Naut

28. Nintendo-Naut United States 14 Apr 2009, 23:17 BST

SEE! I knew Nintendo wasn't down yet! C'mon Nintendo! BLOW ME AWAY!

Kojak

29. Kojak Austria 14 Apr 2009, 23:31 BST

I have to admit: I HATE Miis!
they look terrible in almost every game out there!
they look terrible in Mario Kart, they will look terrible in this Waverace-Clone!

what i REALLY want, is a new "Pilot Wings"
there are so many possibilities to use the mote with it!
btw: Pilot Wings 64 was the first game featuring Miis! ;-)

SupermarketZombies

30. SupermarketZombies United States 15 Apr 2009, 00:16 BST

Couple people mentioned a new F-Zero...which would be too awesome.

I needs the speed. F-Zero X on the VC got me addicted.

Clayfrd

31. Clayfrd United States 15 Apr 2009, 00:31 BST

E3 '08 was abysmal for N. If they reveal a new F-Zero, my life will be complete. On a related note, why no Captain Falcon RPG (yes)? Okay, that would be ridiculous, but he's such an awesome character that we need a game with him outside the Blue Falcon. No SSB doesn't count.

MrPanic

32. MrPanic Netherlands 15 Apr 2009, 01:10 BST

They're going to be better than last year?

Well, they didn't set the bar too high now did they. They can show 1 screenshot from a new Zelda game for the wii and this year would be better than last. :s

Well, they probably show us one or two games that will put a smile on my face. I'm not getting my hopes up though, Reggie said the same thing last E3 and look what that brought us. :s

Kawaiipikachu

33. Kawaiipikachu Australia 15 Apr 2009, 01:20 BST

Hopefully they some some juicy details about a DS successor including having truely having a 120MHZ processor a portable virtual console & its orignal downloadable software & hopfuully able to download the few DSiWare software titles .
That itself will make Nintendos pesentaion for E3 2009 much better than E3 2008 .

Hazuki

34. Hazuki United States 15 Apr 2009, 05:42 BST

im hoping for a core game that uses motion+...

and i hope to god they put "robbie drums" in rehab...

Neomega

35. Neomega United States 15 Apr 2009, 05:46 BST

Wave Race, Donkey Kong 64 Remake, ....and heres the big one:

Nintendo and Rare SWALLOW YOUR DAMNED PRIDE AND GET BACK TOGETHER!!!11!!!

Lode Runner

36. Lode Runner United States 15 Apr 2009, 06:00 BST

Neomrga - Man, a new Wave Race would be SOOO COOOL!!

Storm Owl

37. Storm Owl United States 15 Apr 2009, 07:02 BST

Wii music 2 FTW!!!!

LEGEND MARIOID

38. LEGEND MARIOID United Kingdom 15 Apr 2009, 10:20 BST

Good.

Sean Aaron

39. Sean Aaron United Kingdom 15 Apr 2009, 11:14 BST

Wii Music 2 with no-codes video sharing and DLC for new tracks/instruments would be very nice.

I'd also like to see an announcement that Captain Rainbow is getting a global release, but then I do live in Cloud Cuckoo Land Manor...

warioswoods

40. warioswoods United States 15 Apr 2009, 12:50 BST

"I guess that beats hearing about Wii Music 2, eh?"

No, Wii Music is a great game that unfortunately was announced in a disastrous manner last year. Giving it some thought after the fact, I feel as if their primary miscalculation was giving a presentation that was geared more towards Japanese audience than an American one; ie., it was intentionally campy and focused more on the comic image of a group of people flailing about than it did on the fundamental mechanics of the game. This is not to say that a Japanese audience doesn't care about the latter, but I'm simply pointing to the fact that the US gamer audience is extremely cynical and tends to take itself too seriously.

They should have let JC lead the presentation; his demonstration of Wii Music for the Google event not long after E3 was almost the exact opposite, and his further demonstrations in the form of music videos and tutorials on the Nintendo Channel have been excellent.

Ender

41. Ender Spain 15 Apr 2009, 14:28 BST

We still miss F-Zero on Wii & DS...

Atlantis1982

42. Atlantis1982 United States 15 Apr 2009, 14:49 BST

I can only imagine Sin and Punishment 2 being the top game for the holiday season, and that will be our "hardcore" game. Not that is a bad thing, but I don't think we are getting anything else.

KDR_11k

43. KDR_11k Germany 15 Apr 2009, 16:32 BST

Moar Dynamic Slash plz kthxbye. This needs more information.

wiiboy101

44. wiiboy101 United Kingdom 15 Apr 2009, 19:13 BST

E3 IS A TRADE SHOW NOT A SHOW FOR US TO COMPLAIN i get the whole i want a good show i want a games blow out

BUT NINTENDO IS A BUSINESS AND E3 A BUSSINESS SHOW

Tails86

45. Tails86 United States 16 Apr 2009, 03:57 BST

All i wanna see is something everyone can enjoy whether it's A new mario game zelda game or S&P2 just nintendo i ask one thing NO CAMMIE DUNAWAY PLZ

Machu

46. Machu United Kingdom 16 Apr 2009, 17:23 BST

All I want is Zelda!!!!!

I went into last years conference expecting awesomeness thanks to the success of DS&Wii. But got a bunch of crap, and people acting dorky onstage. Whilst I was over the moon with Wii's success, I shuddered at what they did (and what it meant). Hell, they shoulda just rolled around in mounds of cash, pointing and laughing at the crowd.

This year I hope to see... Shigeru walking out on stage with a full on Master Sword. He thrusts and swings the blade around, before announcing that "soon, you too will harness the power of the Master Sword". From his back pocket he reveals a Wii-mote+, the curtains draw back and the new LoZ trailer begins.

I expect to be disappointed, but I feel they have to give us the next Nintendo classic, whatever that may be. Wii need it!

Rapadash6

47. Rapadash6 United States 16 Apr 2009, 20:32 BST

Well it's not that hard to do better than the worst you've ever done, I suppose. After last year it's really hard for me to get excited about E3 this year. Not that I think Nintendo doesn't have any great core titles in the pipeline, I'm sure they do, but I have my doubts that we'll see them at E3. The companies October conference on the other hand, is the one I'm looking foward to.

WeeGee

48. WeeGee United States 17 Apr 2009, 02:31 BST

All they're gonna do is talk more about the new ds Zelda game, announce Mario Party whatever, DSiWare news, Wiiware news, Conduit news, Wii Sports Resort news, and more casual gamer crap.

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