Poll: What Did You Think of Nintendo's E3 2016?

Was I the first voter or the victim of an odd computer glitch? You decide!

well nintendo did something right if zelda is the most talked about game of e3 this year right

the treehouse live stuff was really porely organized and badly paced they basically showed some gameplay and that was it no plan of what they were gonna show just them playing the game

Great job by the Treehouse team this year (Especially Audrey). Kinda disappointed that they didn't have many games to show but it was okay overall.

Again, I'm happy with this year's E3; at least the Treehouse team didn't look like they were trying hard to be funny, moreover, it felt natural.

I'd still prefer a Digital Event (and they had enough games to do so), but, this was a good overall effort.

I was expecting some MK8 DLC so that was a bit of a dissapointment. Zelda looks fantastic, Rhythm Heaven and boxboxboy were nice surprises. Overall I thought Nintendo accomplished was they set out to do; Create buzz for Zelda. But the lack of WiiU games is still frustrating however, especially considering the PS4's impressive show.

Let's be honest, they were completely overshadowed by Sony and Microsoft. It was pretty bad and anticlimactic.

SquareEnix kind of did better than them overall to be honest.

"I thought it was pretty good. I'm pleased overall."

I got what I was expecting and to be honest I'm more impressed with Zelda then I thought I would be. Nintendo and I have a weird habit of thinking similarly which is weird but great for what little gaming time I get. Color Smash seems fun but not TTYD or 64 version but still looks fun. I'm excited to play TMS#FE. And there were a few surprises (Oasis and Rhythm being available right away)they did alright.

I think a direct style entrance or ending could have gotten them to an "amazing" level had they had something else to surprise us with(Mother 3 VC, MK8DLC, a announcement date of NX announcement), but I definitely wasn't disappointed.

Well, it did what it said it was gonna do at least.

This E3 was underwhelming to say the least for all. For me the event is getting less atractive by the year, though I understand Nintendo didn't really had much to show due to the change from Wii U to NX and the 3DS being on what seems to be its last legs.

@MasterGraveheart Weird because according to the graphics lots of people had voted before you posted, showing ratios of 3% and so on.

I'm going to be totally honest and you guys know I'm a Zelda fan so no need to remind me how good the franchise is. As good as Breath of the Wild might be (we really can only judge the visuals because what they showed of gameplay was only a portion of the whole game in tiresome and hypnotic repetition), Nintendo's E3 was horrible, extremely boring, the worst Nintendo has ever done and a shame compared to almost any other E3 event ever. It's fine if they don't want to show spoilers, I'm happy about that, but what they did was like dragging a demo until you get sick of it. The Treehouse parts were the worst thing of the show, I've never been more bored in my whole life while watching and listening to video games stuff. The better parts were the tiny surprises like the new Grezzo game which I think nobody expected.

I liked the Treehouse Broadcasts, those were fine. My top games were definitely Zelda, Pokemon, and Pokemon, but I'm not sure how I feel about Nintendo's E3 overall as I wanted a bit more. (Just Mother 3, MK8 DLC, and possible Pokemon G/S/C for the eshop, and I would have been much happier.) Luckily, NA had a great eshop dump today, and I plan to pick up some items on sale, so I guess I am satisfied for now.

It was very good but the lack of Wii U stuff stopped it from being perfect. Stuff like DLC for 2014 Wii U games would've pushed it to that "perfect" status.

While I thought Zelda was stellar, and Severed was great. Tokyo Mirage Sessions deserves a shout out also, I was overall disappointment with Nintendo for lack of things shown. Pokemon looks nice and I think the mobil transition is neat but why can't they make a console Pokemon. The game would make money!! I do not understand why they are still so stubborn. Why can they not take in new ideas such as make a machine 3rd parties will work on easily and then apply the Nintendo magic to it. I loved the Wii U but it was outdated like the Wii by the time it came out, thus pushing away 3rd parties. They say we do not care about terflops we care about experiences and that is OK. But why can't they include the terraflops anyway and then focus on great experiences. It boggles my mind. In a world where families buy the new iPhone for every member of their family every year, I don't think people are afraid to buy a 400-500$ device that will last them 5-6 years. Make it more expensive with new tech so that it will be successful Nintendo and then add your magic to the system.

I wanted to add that I did love what they are doing with Treehouse. It is nice to see the games played extensively.

How does Zelda at this time only have 35% That's insane!

Comparing to the new games and good games too that Sony and Microsoft had ... Nintendo had a bad E3 overall even worse than last year ... Zelda is not enough specially that they announce it 2 years ago ...

Considering their show essentially focused on a single title and there was no digital event as usual, I have to say Nintendo did a fairly impressive job.

Frankly, I didn't expect much, but Zelda looked really impressive, and I'm still pumped for Monster Hunter. All that, plus a new RPG IP makes it an overall success.

Frankly, the fact that they managed to take up so much time with Zelda without even touching on story elements or spoilers is a testament to how massive that game is going to be. At the rate I'm finishing games these days, it may end up being the first major console Zelda game I never finish. But man... I want to though.

I will kill time until then trying to clear that backlog... and playing lots of Monster Hunter.

I thought this would be a hot, hot mess, but it was far better than I could have ever guessed. I hope next year they return to the Digital Event format and have new content to show. Zelda was a showstopper, however, and if they had shown or announced anything else of much value, it would have been absolutely lost in the Zelda hype. Had the new Zelda not looked so darn good, this would have been a catastrophe; luckily, I think this worked out shockingly well and I left E3 really excited.

Now...... announce some NX stuff ASAP! I'm sick of just wondering; we're under a year away from launch!

EDIT: I also appreciate the level of female representation from the Treehouse group, since every year it seems there's an uproar about the lack of female presence at E3. Sure, the gender of Link made some of that happen this year anyway, but I think Nintendo should be commended for actually enacting the kind of gender representation and diversity so rarely seen on gaming's biggest stage. I know me using the word "gender" at all means I'm risking getting some really fun replies to this comment, but it was something I noticed and appreciated and I thought deserved a mention.

I'll be honest, the only conference I had any real interest in & that I watched all the way through was MS, but I did flick back & forth with the tree house stuff on here.

Although I'm not much of a fan of the series, I was still very impressed by LoZ:BotW especially with that beautiful soundtrack & visuals. My absolute highlight out of the three had to be Rhythm Paradise Megamix though (honourable mentions to Recore, Gravity Rush 2, TLG & Sun/Moon). Gonna be a long four months til it drops here in the UK but I'm soo excited for it after playing the demo.

Overall I thought it was fairly good, not Nintendo's best but alot on the horizon to look forward to with; MH Generations, 7th Dragon III Code, Dragons Quest VII, Sun/Moon & Ever Oasis on the 3ds front.

Nintendo cleverly lowered our expectations so that their pitiful lack of effort would look more impressive. But every other company, even EA, had a better showing than Nintendo did. I am very disappointed in how little Nintendo cares.

Nintendo also liked highlighting crappy games, as Paper Mario Color Splash was confirmed to be even more worthless than we all thought, and Mario Party Star Rush looks all set to be the worst Mario Party game ever.

That said, not everything Nintendo showed was terrible. While not my cup of tea, I think that people will enjoy Ever Oasis. At least for North Americans, the surprise release of Rhythm Heaven Megamix was welcome, though I'd prefer Europe's physical version instead of digital only in NA.

Also, that tweet from Nintendo UK hinting at MK8 DLC was just plain mean. I was really looking forward to that too.

"Meh."

E3 this year was OK. My hype was pretty low to begin with, so any little bit of good news stuck around a little longer for me. It was a little better than last year, but that's a pretty low bar to cross. Don't get me wrong, just cause I said it was OK, does not give them a passing grade. They showed up to E3 with practically nothing other than Zelda, so they need flak for that.

Zelda was good to see (finally), but with it still so far away after showing 2.5 hours of it, is a bit disappointing once you come back to reality. I personally thought the demo was way, way too long for a release date in March next year.

The other stuff was fine or good. Ever Oasis looks interesting (my wife should love it). Pokemon, Yo-kai Watch, Monster Hunter, Dragon Quest and Paper Mario all looked solid as well.

Mario Party on 3DS? Hard pass. Ugh, not E3 worthy, I'm sorry.

The coolest thing that happened was getting Rhythm Heaven immediately. I love it when they surprise us like that.

Overall verdict:

Better than last year, but that's not saying much. My hype was derailed on last year's train, so keeping that thinking in mind was the best way to come into Nintendo's E3 this year; with literally zero expectations.

I thought it was hilarious that Miyamoto seemed to make an unplanned announcement for Pokemon Go's release. If they really weren't planning on it, then they added late July to the Pokemon website because of him.

I enjoyed E3 quite a bit, but I do wish there were more new games. It was amazing seeing the new Zelda, and nice to get more info on Pokemon.

I think they exceeded expectations big time especially when people can't decide if Sony or Nintendo won E3. I think Sony definitely did better than EA and Microsoft and it was definitely more exciting than Bethesdas but when you look back on it there wasn't that much meat to it

E3 seems like it went well for what it was despite not being the nx blowout we all wanted.

They were okay. They really milked Zelda and luckily for them, Zelda is still as loved by people as it usually is, despite them screwing around with it as of late. Next E3 will be the NX's time to shine(?) so they'll probably(/might) do better next year.

@medalofhonorfan Agreed.

Yeah, it was a rude thing to tease MK8 DLC like that on Twitter for nothing.

The day they showed Zelda, it was the best day ever... The next day? I couldn't care much. I'm more than pleased with just Zelda, but as far these shows go, it was good enough but not great.

It wasn't bad

"I'm not really sure" about sums me up.

There was no Ninredo Direct, and they completely relied on Zelda to carry them entirely this year. Which it totally did from the way the social media trends are looking. But just because Zelda is good doesn't necessarily mean their E3 as a whole was good. So, I really am not sure.

Splatoon and/or MK8 DLC and a smaller Eshop title or 2 and I would be really happy but none of this happened. As impressive as Zelda is it's still too far off to feel hyped for so for me this E3 was a.big disappointment. Never mind ,next E3 will be a big one for Nintendo ....I hope.

It's missing several things, Mother 3 and SNES for 3ds are main ones

Although I liked the look of several games, I did miss the digital event- it's a bit more to the point and clearer in delivery than watching 8 hours of Audrey and co.

Also, I felt certain things were suspiciously absent that could have been shown- Mario and Sonic Olympic games Wii U, Metroid Federation Force, and of course the last Smash amiibo. (I wonder if the games are just awful and the amiibo are going to be annouced with FF7 NX and Bayonetta 3 NX?)

Before the second day, I was a little worried since it was all Zelda all the time. Now, that's not a bad thing, but I was for sure hoping for some more surprises, since it was E3 after all! Now that everything has been revealed, I am quite happy with Nintendo's Presentation overall.

I'm a little disappointed that there was no MK8 DLC, the NA eshop "Massive" sale was a bit of a letdown, and Color Splash doesn't look too fun to me...

On the other hand though, Zelda looks AMAZING, MP: Star Rush looks very promising to me, Shantae is coming to Runbow, and Rhythm Heaven looks as fun as ever!

So overall, I feel like this E3 was pretty good. Not the best, but not the worst either. Well done, Nintendo.

If it weren't for Zelda, this would have been the worst Nintendo E3 ever for me. Thank Goodness Zelda managed to make this a fair showing still (along with Pokémon, Ever Oasis, Rhythm Heaven and a couple of others, though Zelda was certainly the biggest saving grace), but I'm still super disappointed in this year's E3 showing on Nintendo's part.

Oh well. Better luck next year, Nintendo. You better pull out all the stops for the NX.

Since I'm not interested in Pokemon or Zelda, I didn't think E3 would have anything of interest for me this year. Ever Oasis and BOXBOXBOY! were really nice surprises for me. Overall, I'm happy.

I am honestly shocked it went as well as it did, AND they managed a few surprises/came out on top of some companies who had stuff to reveal, but really didn't bother doing more than that (yeah let's get some more old guy football managers on the stage, EA).

Overall, I was pleased with how it went and am looking forward to Ever Oasis (oh, and Zelda I guess).

I am very disappointed. No new WiiU games this year, no DLC for Mario Kart, no DLC for Pikmin 3, nothing about Pikmin 4, no Super Mario Maker update...
In the end we have a long waiting time for Zelda BotW which didn't get me hyped a little bit. Yes, it looks good, feels fresh but where was the content? Running in a open world and collect stuff didn't catch me.

Was there any question at all to whether Zelda Souls: Survival of the Wild won E3?

Joking aside, watching the reveal for Nintendo's new Zelda iteration reinvigorated the Nintendo fanboy inside this crumbling husk of a vessel. Was feeling unenthusiastic after being written off as a Wii U owner, and I still refuse to buy into the Wii U economy any further. Regardless, I will fervently await the NX's release!!!

For what it was, they did a pretty good job.

Zelda looks absolutely INCREDIBLE. Can't wait for that game. I was very impressed with what I saw.

The Pokemon Sun/Moon segment pleasantly surprised me. I honestly thought that the segment would be much shorter and would largely just be the localized rundown of the info in CoroCoro from a few days before, as that's how these things usually go. However, we didn't get that at all - it was all new information, and quite a bit of it.

Ever Oasis was a very nice surprise. Looks cool, and I'm glad it's coming next year and not this year.

Rhythm Heaven and BoxBoxBoy were nice too.

Grown men trying to act excited about Pokemon and Grown adults playing Mario Party and badly acting as if they were watching their country winning the world cup.

The worrying and sad thing would be if they were not acting.

Disappointed by no Wario Kart DLC or VC mentions (won't get my hopes up.for a direct)
Did they forget Federation Force?
I was always gonna get Pokemon and will get excited by Zelda closer to release.
Bit meh overall for me.

Was really hoping for a New 3DS release date, or even just some new colors for the XL.

Woah, it's over already?! Man...

Overall: They did the best they could with what they got. While it could've handled a bit better. (Though i was in and out on the stream) Bring on the NeXt Generation of consoles! and zelda.

I would've preferred to have a bit more stuff, but overall, what they DID have was good (with the exception of Paper Mario...there is no Paper God...).

The female members of the treehouse staff seemed to really enjoy having link wear as little clothes as possible.......
I loved the Zelda though. It was amazing. Bill Trinin confirmed pyromaniac.

I judge these things on new game announcements, so this whole E3 was a tad disappointing after last year's 'year of dreams' but Nintendo in particular. I knew I was buying Zelda from that reveal two years ago, so honestly could not care else about new footage from that. Well, I suppose I could care a bit less, like... if they were showing off a game that I'll be playing a week from now, like Tokyo Mirage Sessions. In fairness they did warn us, but just because we knew there'd be no big announcements, doesn't make it less disappointing.

It was pretty good, but that wasn't really hard when everyone else delivered a poor performance (looking at you, Bethesda). Probably could have done with showing off those eShop games in the stream rather than on Geoff Keighley's show. But, still pretty decent.

Next year's may not be that good unless Nintendo only show off launch titles when they reveal the NX and then drip feed the rest of the games through E3 and Directs.

It was... good! I wasn't expecting that. Not as good as Sony's but still, I was expecting atrocious. The treehouse segments were not particularly good, I would definitely change those up for next year. A lot of awkwardness.

Next year I hope there are games that make me want to buy a console for them. Neither Nintendo nor Sony made any progress with me on that front.

It was kinda disappointing. I didn't really pay attention to most of the games. I don't like Monster Hunter Generations, I don't like that Tokyo game, I don't like Dragon Quest 7, I don't like Yokai Watch, I don't like Pokemon Sun/Moon, I don't like Pokemon Go, I don't really like Ever Oasis, I don't like that block game for the 3DS, and I don't really like Paper Mario Colour Splash. I only liked The Legend Of Zelda Breath Of The Wild and Mario Party Star Rush. The only games they pretty much announced that was new was Ever Oasis, and that block game for the 3DS. They didn't announced anything else. Also this year was my first E3.

I can't say it's as good as E3 2014. But for the number of games they did pretty much as well as they could. They did better than certain years where they had significantly more new games.

I'm expecting one more Nintendo Direct before the NX reveal in the fall with a couple more unannounced Wii U games (maybe a remaster) and information on Color Splash.

The games they showed were few, but awesome. I'm really looking forward to a lot of the games coming in the next 6 months, and Zelda has me more excited than before about the NX. Considering that almost everything Nintendo showed was an exclusive coming this year, as opposed to the distant and/or multiplat games games shown by Sony and Microsoft, I'd say they stack up pretty well against the competition, despite their sparse announcements.

That said, I was disappointed that "Nindies at Home" didn't make a comeback, or get expanded to Nintendo's own games. I also found the Treehouse to be more boring than the last two years, but I don't know why, and was disappointed by NoA giving its fans the worst "massive sale" of the three major regions, even if I did get some great games from it.

For now, I'd say it was a good E3 for Nintendo (impressive, all things considered), but I'm more eager than ever to see the inevitable Nintendo Direct with the NX reveal and launch line-up.

It was a pretty decent E3 for Nintendo and I'll say that this year's is better than last year's, but that isn't saying a lot for me. The Zelda segments I enjoyed, but there was just a little too much for each of the segments for me to watch. I mean, I still want Breath of the Wild, but dang those segments were just boring in some parts.

I have my eyes out for Breath of the Wild, Mario Party: Star Rush, and Paper Mario: Color Splash.

@MasterGraveheart Do I decide in another poll?

Nintendo had a pretty lame E3...overall...but by far, far, the best game on offer. That's not to say there weren't great games elsewhere. I'm hyped for Last Guardian and Horizon Zero Dawn, which were equally shown last year but Zelda BLEW me away. It's everything I ever wanted in a Zelda game... or any video game. Period.

Zelda is arguably one of the greatest franchises in gaming, which has lasted for the last 30 years, and this latest entry has the potential for true greatness.

On a side note - having watched all conferences, Nintendo must've had a feeling that their lame effort could benefit them. Apart from Sony, and perhaps a little from Microsoft, every other publisher was total rubbish. As much as I despise ea, even they cannot come close to the awfulness of Ubisoft. That presenter, Aisha? is the most dreadful person in gaming...ever.

I was pretty skeptic of Nintendo after hearing Zelda was going to be their only playable game and they won't have a Direct but I admit they did better than I expect. This isn't to say their E3 was amazing, Zelda Breath of the Wild being the absolute only thing I found of interest, but that game alone looks impressive to me. that being said, Sony won E3 hands DOWN.

I enjoyed what I seen of the treehouse live, but I can see how many found it boring if they were watching the entire thing. I still prefer that method of showcasing games over a scripted presentation of trailers. With that being said, I think the Nintendo Direct with treehouse following is the best format I've seen yet. With a stronger lineup I'm sure they'll go back to that.

It was good for this e3, but bad for a good one, because all in all this was one of the worst e3 in years.

More videos and less talking. And who hired that sales lady who just kept saying over and over again "you can do it anyway you want, thats what's so awesome about this game! When i played this part [xyz] happened"

I call shenanigans that she ever even played the game!!!!

I think it was terrible. Zelda was absolutely brilliant. But does 1 game make or save E3? I don't think it does. I'm looking at it purely as a Wii U only owner. No new games, no VC announcements, no rumoured Earthbound 3, no rumoured MK8 DLC, no surprises full stop. We've 3 games left from Nintendo.

~ Zelda, amazing but now probably the definitive version will be on NX. 9 months away at least
~ Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE, niche, poorly ported, censored, charging for DLC that should be on the disc. Out next week, you wouldn't even know by its nonexistent promotion.
~ Paper Mario: Colur Splash. This game has issues and certainly doesn't look like it can even hold a candle to the previous classics. Out in October. What's for Christmas?

And no mention of NX was a major disappointment even if they let us down in advance.

@Frank90 worse than last year tho?

Whoa. I'm shocked at how little people are hyped for Monster Hunter...

@Peach64 - agreed. 2016 E3 was not a vintage year, regardless of publisher, even sony's best game was one of last years biggies, and wasn't shown off to any great extent, though that GOW reveal was epic. At least there was some effort with Zelda.

From a Nintendo perspective, with NX just nine months away, it's logical that Nintendo wouldn't have much to show off, as much as I dislike that. They know they've got something special with BOTW, which they'll use for Wii u's swan song and give the the NX a massive kick start.

Personally, I'll get Zelda for the Wii U. It was originally designed for it and will be the crowning jewel in my Wii U library.

Im actually surprised at how much I have enjoyed Nintendo's presence at e3 this year. While I still stand by my opinion that the lack of any NX details at the worlds biggest stage for Gaming was a complete mistep by them. Overall I loved every second of the Zelda footage, and was very surprised to see other titles like Paper Mario make an appearance with a release date. I just hope we will get a direct or stage show dedicated fo revealing the NX very soon because if Nintendo leave the reveal of the machine until late into the year, when the machine is due for release in march 2017, it will do nothing but hurt the potential success of the NX. And I dont think Nintendo can afford that.

So yeah, enjoyed their e3, but they are still on probation with me until I see the NX.

@NintendoEan - at least it can only get better

Given the day-one focus on Pokémon Sun and Moon, I think Hawaii is a fitting metaphor for this E3 as a whole.

This year, Nintendo's E3 was like Hawaii - the landmass, represented by Pokémon Sun, Pokémon Moon and The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild, is a total paradise for those who live there (read: Pokémon and Zelda fans). However, life in the ocean is impossible, and said ocean is full of [metaphorically] drowning fans who expected more for either WiiU or 3DS, if not both. Those who are boarding the WiiU ship just now are either [again, metaphorically] good swimmers or simply people who want to visit the island. And there are people who took the PS4 and Xbox One airlines who are too afraid of the water and the idea of drowning to ever set foot in a place in the middle of the Pacific.

I voted that Nintendo had a fantastic E3, but with a huge "considering." Considering that we're sort of in-between two home console cycles at this point, the focus on Zelda in lieu of a butt load of new titles to show worked.

Nasar Haris

I actually feel really disappointed about the developers not developing the new Zelda game without Wii Remote combat like in Skyward Sword I will still buy the new Zelda game, and will helplessly feel irritated that the game "HAD" to use the Wii U Gamepad... Honestly, this game should of been designed with the already amazing immersive combat of the Wii Remote. I bet the developers made the decision to use the Wii U Gamepad for insecurity of the Wii U console not meeting expectation of Wii U owners. If that's the case, then its a shame the new Zelda game didn't at least have the Wii Remote combat and allow the Wii U Gamepad as an alternative way to play. Couldn't they''re been better decisions of using Wii U Gamepad? Link using the best combat experience from using the Wii Remote to adventure and combat (like in Skyward Sword) while the Wii U Gamepad is used in co-op play (online or offline). Naive, Link's fairy (hope she's in the game) or Link's wolf companion to help fight, scout, loot, puzzle, adventure, craft. etc, all from second player using the Wii U Gamepad. I hope the new Zelda game for Wii U is actually different than the NX. I would want the developers to excel Zelda's combat from Skyward Sword of utilising the Wii Remote on the NX. It's hard to believe Wii U Gamepad is better than the Wii Remote for a Zelda game. Skyward Sword already made ever reason how Nintendo secured its players and consumers for the next Zelda game - its gameplay and amazing combat like no other!

Ugh. If this is the future of gaming, my gaming has no future.

I just came for Zelda really. I wanted something impressive and epic, and that's roughly what they've delivered.

Nintendo won apparently...

the most talked about game is Zelda so yeah.

One game does not a good E3 make. Zelda looked great, but without any other big reveals and the only mildly interesting stuff being steeped in hours and hours of boring Treehouse streams rendering the "live reveal" idea just about moot, this E3 was garbage. If you're not going to bring the games you might as well not show up. E3 is nothing without surprises.

I think Nintendo's strategy of absolutely destroying everyone's expectations about a month beforehand paid off remarkably well.

I don't think anyone was really expecting them to 'compete' with Sony and Microsoft, given they had no real presentation whatsoever. Nintendo essentially didn't even 'enter' the E3 Competition; turning up to E3 without any sort of presentation is like turning up to a tennis game without a racket.

But the show happened, and we saw some stuff, and a lot of that stuff looked very good. I'd rather spend my time looking in depth a title that is worth it, than trying to muster enthusiasm for an endless series of games I have little interest in (or simple aren't very good).

It was sort of boring. I'd rather get an hour of trailers and announcements, and then optional demonstrations of every game... To be honest, I have always criticised MS and Sony because I don't like watching other people playing games, I enjoy playing those myself. So, in this era, 2016, they could make an hour direct with videos so we know what's coming and then decide what gameplay demos to watch, or even better, make the demos available through internet for everyone to try, make it limited to five times and there you have it, everyone is happy.

I hated watching 40 minutes of Pokemon after that AMAZING LoZ trailer in the beggining... Poke was ok, but that guy's play was so dumb and slow...

2 things:
1.Give us a demo
2.Give us the Wii U version if we purchase the NX one

I feel like not showing the NX was a mistake because it meant they really couldn't show much of anything new, but that aside it was a good presentation. The only other problem I have is that the pacing was a little wonky in the SM showing.

Not bad for Nintendo. But better they fix some aspect for Paper Mario Color Splash and Mario Party Star Rush. I don't like Zelda games so I don't care if people talking about that too much. I just keep focus for next 3DS games like Ever Oasis, Style Savvy Fashion Forward and Mario Party Star Rush.

I don't care with Sony and Microsoft games on E3 2016. My interest level stay on ZERO %, even FF XV with very detailed graphic will NEVER capturing my heart. I'm done with Final Fantasy "Roman numbers" since the XIII installment. Bye bye for both of them.

@uhhhhhhhh For Nintendo it was way better, but in general was very poor. Only one Nintendo presentation can beat the sadness of 2015, and it's the one with Wii Music.
@NintendoEan Really sorry to hear man, but don't give up, E3 is usually better, not just for Nintendo, and 2017 almost every game announced in the last couple of years will be released before or right after E3 2017, so it's guarantee that we'll see new stuff.

This E3 was meh but it wasn't Nintendo's worst. I'd say that was e3 2003. We got pacman vs, Mario kart double dash and Pikmin 2.... that year sucked

I really hope Mario Party: Star Rush turns out ok. I've been missing Mario Party for quite a while.

Zelda is great of course, but I don't care for games not releasing the current year.

And then Pokemon is fun as usual, but I really hope they put in either some difficulty or some end game content that isn't just "Battle Location". I still think an endless dungeon would be the best thing. They always mess up something with PMD, but the main series has always (imo) been perfect for it.

This may sound strange but I'm upset at no Mario Maker announcements. The game needs like 2 out of these 3 additions: vertical levels, place-able water/lava, and some kind of world editor; then I'd be satisfied.

But I think Super Mario Maker has died down too much. The hype for the game is over and Nintendo is moving on. I just wanted one or two more updates, but alas.

At least we have key coins and keys; I wouldn't be playing the game still if it wasn't for that.

Nintendo did this E3 for their fans, so only their fans would appreciate it. It seems to be about maintaining the small home console market share they have. I really don't see them winning many new fans with that presentation.
They were saying to their fans "Please stay with us".

Sony, MS and everyone else's presentation was about gaining new fans more than maintaining the ones they already have. It was about growth.
They were saying "Come over to my side" or "Choose me".

To me it perfectly sums up the industry at the moment. Nintendo's small showing reflects their current position in the home console business.

Better than E3 2015, that's for sure.

Their E3 wasn't bad. The only game they showed that I'm hyped for is Breath of the Wild. Everything else I passed by, which usually doesn't happen with Nintendo's E3. They usually have more games that I really want; but that wasn't the case this year. Maybe next E3.

I'm only hyped for one game, but the surprise release of Rhythm Heaven was pretty cool. It was a good E3. Not great, but better than last year's. Paper Mario looked better in its E3 trailer than the Animal Crossing and Metroid games they showed last year. If I could be disappointed with one thing, it's that Mother 3 and MK8 DLC weren't announced.

E3 in general this year was disappointing but Nintendo's was probably the worst overall.

It's great they showed a lot more of Zelda and finally gave it a title but I felt that other than that they pretty much went to e3 empty handed.
Here's hoping that with everything Nintendo has in the works behind the scenes they come out guns blazing at next year's event

Not bad, but not great. Ever Oasis got my attention. Overall at E3, I'm looking forward to NieR: Automata next year, Steep this holiday, and Forza Horizon 3 and ReCore in September.

Honestly, way better than last year's E3. I went in expecting nothing, but got not only the Zelda game of my dreams (Seriously, this is the kind of Zelda game I've wanted since I was a kid), a brand new IP that, to me, looks amazing. Secret of Mana + Zelda + super cute and cool character and aesthetics? Count me in hard!! Plus Rhythm Heaven seems cool but I hope it gets a physical release otherwise I might not buy it to be honest.

The downsides were mostly known beforehand
No NX, Color Splash is Sticker Star 2 (I will admit it looks gorgeous though), a significant lack of other games, compared to Sony and Microsoft, etc. By the way, Sony had a great show. Tons of games, even though as a big Resident Evil fan I think RE7 looks like trash... But honestly, Zelda and Ever Oasis are among my two most anticipated games, both coming from Nintendo. I'm also excited for Cuphead, The Last Guardian, and Persona 5, but Nintendo is the only one that had two games I'm really looking forward to.

I'm sorry to say, but this E3 was mostly disappointing for me. I'm not into Zelda or Pokémon, so the Waluigi amiibo reveal was my highlight lol.

I'm really surprised they didn't mention or show any Federation Force; it comes out in 2 months so why not? I've been craving a new Metroid title for too long; hopefully I'll enjoy FF for what it is.

When you consider that Nintendo is plugging what is essentially a dead console, and they have yet to officially reveal their next hardware, it was a remarkable E3 for them.

The more I think about it, the more I am convinced that this was not a great idea for Nintendo to pull a stunt like this, warning or no. They have basically forced their fans (and others) to decide if their E3 was great based on one game, which polarizes opinions far more than they can really afford to right now. If you like Zelda, you may have really enjoyed this E3 and thought it worthwhile (although I have seen several comments contrary to this from Zelda fans). For all others, this E3 was strike 2, since I highly doubt any of the other games and announcements were nearly enough to carry Nintendo's E3 for anyone.

Overall, they survived it...but not everyone is a Zelda fan (as the poll clearly demonstrates). Nintendo is cutting things close here, and I only hope the NX can breathe new life into the company. Because after all the secrecy and shenanigans, I'm starting to question if it will be enough for them.

I enjoyed what I saw from Nintendo this year but let's be honest. Many fans, myself included, had such low expectations that I think I approached this E3 quite differently from the past E3's. I was only excited for Zelda and I was totally blown away. I am really pumped for that game and I pre-ordered it from Amazon. I don't pre-order much these days. I was pleasantly surprised by what I saw from Colour Splash and I'm a sucker for Mario Party (even though they have been crap lately). Zelda made it enjoyable for me.

Wii U looks so empty after the summer. I hope Nintendo has a new direct in the fall to showcase a few other games. Wii U is being left out in the cold. The Sony presentation was the best and I can't wait for the fall.

Nothing really new or impressive from Nintendo.

Zelda will be a great open world rpg (very predictable) and there is basically nothing else interesting from N (also very well known before)

I think it was a very good E3 for Nintendo, they proved that just showing a limited number of games can still have a big impact. I watched several clips of games shown at the Microsoft and playstation conferences, but had to stay keen eyed in order to see any actual gameplay. A good example was the new Kojomi game which showed nothing at all. I much preferred to see the games played so I could get excited to play them myself. I understand the excitement and anticipation of good things to come, but the more I got to see of the games the more I enjoyed it.

For me overall Nintendo won E3 with just Zelda, but a few more games would have put a glitter on it.

Roll on the next direct which I think will be soon. (fingers crossed)

Loved Pokemon Sun and Moon, I thought Zelda was pretty cool BUT I WAS SATURATED WITH IT! Couldn't they have spread it out with other games? Like with, oh I don't know - THE GAMES ON WEDNESDAY! There's a thing called variety, EMBRACE IT! Also DO NOT do this purely Treehouse thing again! Go do a Digital Event like the last year, it's short, sweet, and to the point.

I thought it was pretty good, I'm pleased overall. BotW was fantastic! It will be the best Zelda game ever!

But... Mother 3. Why not Mother 3?!

Well, I couldn't pick three games... I liked Zelda...

Zelda looks great but I was really hoping for some new Mario Kart DLC after that mysterious tweet the other day. Felt like that would have been a nice sweetener considering there's not much else between now and Zelda and a great reminder that MK8 is still an amazing game. A Zelda:BOTW track released during e3 would be amazing promotion and a way to drop hints at what the game will contain. They've sort of done a similar thing in the recent past with Corrin appearing in Smash before FE:Fates was out.

The Treehouse broadcasts felt very dull in my opinion, and they didn't really need to spend so long over games such as BOXBOXBOY (which I think looks great) but Zelda looks really impressive! I'm not a Zelda fan but I'm interested in this one.

Zelda looked interesting, but how are people saying Nintendo's showing came even close to rivaling Sony's? You know what I saw at Sony/Microsoft's conferences? Lots and lots of great games. I saw one at Nintendo's booth. Nintendo fans like to rave about "quality over quantity," but it looks a lot like their competitors have both. And only one of Nintendo's upcoming games looks like it has "quality" going for it at all.

What a total disappointment.

@zool why would I be more excited about my country winning the world cup than winning at a game I'm actually playing directly with people who I know that are also playing to win? Is nationalistic fantasy more for "grown men" or something? Once they're impotent and can't play for themselves they are then "men" and should only show emotions when other strangers that have nothing to do with them and don't know them accomplish something?

I just don't get what you think men have to give up from their childhood so they can't openly enjoy simple pleasures anymore. I know people think like this, but I've always considered it the misguided ignorant knee-jerk actions of eight-year-olds trying to prove they are grown up. "That's baby stuff" when really they are just closing off (very valuable) parts of their brain.

It wasn't good. One game does not make a good E3. I know that Zelda was amazing and all, but its still ONE game. It just doesn't seem right to book all of that space for one game.

It wasn't as bad as last year, but I still think it was mediocre at best.

Yes, Zelda was great, possibly even the best game shown at E3 (given your game preference). The problem I have is that E3 is generally a press conference about games coming in the next year, and Zelda was really the only first party title with mass appeal coming in no less than one year. Sure Splash and FE looked interesting, but those were literally the only other Wii U games shown. It really seems that the Wii U is going away with no other games in development. I was disappointed to not see mention of MK8 DLC, but perhaps like the final Smash amiibo Nintendo will make mention of them soon. So in conclusion, Zelda was marvelous but it was disappointing to have no real surprise developments for Wii U.

@Jimmy_G_Buckets I'm starting to think that the MK8 teaser "good things come to those who wait" must be a teaser for post e3. It's like NOE wanted to be first to get the word out. That or they were teasing MK9 on NX a bit early. OR they just were messing with us and teased e3 itself with a Mario Kart caption at random. Time will tell.

Not a fan of tree house broadcasts. Sure you get to see the game in action but they feel they have to fill every moment with discussion with goes on for far too long. I had to have most of it on mute for this very reason.

@aaronsullivan Nintendo said they want to release more games for females and children. Their words not mine.

Most people I guess would consider Pokémon to be a game for children.

My point is that grown men were acting excited, over the top excited while playing the game. Maybe because there was little else they could do to promote the game.

I agree with above post.

This was a legitimately terrible E3 for Nintendo, and I am very dissapointed in the direction that they chose for it, yeah Zelda looks great, but having no overarching presentation is inexcusable.

Am looking forward to
Zelda: Breath of the wild
Pokemon sun/moon
Paper Mario: Color splash

Not a great E3, but Zelda looks so good, they get a passing grade of a C-. Though if you are talking about games coming in 2016.... woof.

Zelda didn't impress me. It looks good but it was just a of running around open fields and forests which were mostly devoid of enemies. The Rock Golem enemy was pretty neat but the combat looks the same as it ever has so not much to hype there.

Was looking for more story information or info on how dungeons work, or snippets of anything remotely more interesting than cooking and picking up enemy items. I see a lot of folks putting down other open world games as Zelda was "Open world gaming done right," when all it's doing is borrowing from other games with next to no original ideas. Now that might be impressive to some but honestly I expected to see more of a marriage between Zelda and open world games not see more of the latter.

I'm certain the game will turn out fine but I felt they could have done a better job showcasing the game. They want to avoid spoilers but I'm curious if they really couldn't be bothered to augment he game enough for a demo or if they skimped on the story so much to give you that feeling of isolation the tagline seems to indicate. If that's the case this may be the first Zelda game I skip.

@Syrek24 I wouldn't call Mario Party a game that has "mass appeal." Lol

Zelda and Mario Party are the only things that interested me. This E3 was better than last year's I think, but that doesn't make it good.

@Syrek24 from what I could understand of your comments you have a different opinion to me and that's fine, but you come across as being upset, I guess you are an adult who plays Pokémon.

I actually liked last years E3 better. It was more exciting for me and I loved those adorable puppets. This year I'm excited for Zelda and it renewed my interest in Tokyo Mirage Sessions. I'm a little disappointed in Paper Mario Color Splash. While it looks beautiful, it just doesn't really look fun. I have been very excited for this game for months, now I'm having second thoughts. And I wish they would of announced a few surprise games for the Wii U. I also thought Pokemon Sun/Moon presentation went on forever.