Although Nintendo has done some big reveals at The Game Awards, it's not been involved in the Summer Game Fest. Creator Geoff Keighley has mentioned in a recent Q&A how he hopes that can change in the future.
Speaking about the major first-party companies (aka the big three) - Keighley noted how Summer Game Fest has maintained good relationships with "Microsoft and PlayStation" but hasn't quite got the same history with Nintendo.
Unsurprisingly, he would love to see this change:
"Never really had Nintendo be a big part of Summer Game Fest yet, we always hope that it'll be the right year for them to come in and get involved, but it hasn't happened yet."
Geoff went on to mention how he understands everyone is running on their "own playbook and plan" - especially at this time of year, but is fine with it, as there are "so many games out there" and not everything can realistically be covered during the show or across this particular event.
"It's nice to have a couple announcements from companies, but it's nice to spread things around across different places...they kind of need their own thing to support all that stuff...it's an always evolving landscape...Summer Game Fest is you know, is not just a two hour show, it is really is a whole sort of time period...we don't lay claim to those events, those companies are doing those events but we try and bring everyone together so the audience can sort of have a journey through all these announcements"
Nintendo previously confirmed a Direct showcase would take place in June 2024, focusing on software for the Switch and the latter half of 2024. This will be followed by a Switch "successor" announcement this fiscal year.
If you would like to hear what else Geoff had to say about Summer Game Fest for 2024, you can check out a recording of his latest live stream on Twitch. He's also told fans to temper their expectations, suggesting Sora's next adventure won't be at this year's showcase.
Would you like to see Nintendo eventually play a big part in the Summer Game Fest? Tell us your thoughts in the comments.
[source twitch.tv]
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Given Nintendo does their own presentations anyway I don't see the point. Plus the Summer Game Fest is kind of an insufferable grinding chore to watch anyway.
I'm sorry but I don't buy it at all. Keighley and Nintendo have bad blood, and their last real connection died when Reggie moved on from NoA. I don't expect Nintendo to have a big presence at SGF or TGAs for a very long time. And I really don't care, Keighley's representation of gaming is extremely self-centered on his agenda and commercialism.
Summer Game Fest hasn't done anything for me. It's no replacement for E3. Nintendo is better off doing their own thing right now.
I'm sorry I just don't trust anyone named Geoff.
What? Cannot get enough rushing Nintendo teams off your stage for more game advertisements?
I'd rather Nintendo do their own thing than join this insufferable show. Don't get why Geoff even thinks SGF is going to live up to what E3 used to be. It's inferior in every way, shape, and form.
Nintendo is good doing their own thing. Most of the companies apart of SGF don't even show up to the show itself, but rather have showcases around the event that just get branded as apart of SGF- even if they don't even connect at all to the event itself. Don't know why Geoff thinks his show is really relevant when most tend to watch it out of obligation and FoMo.
I'm sure he would, just like The Game Awards.
@Isoph0451 we love to see the its always sunny references
@Not_Soos I agree. I’m glad it’s a thing so we at least get news but the hype just isn’t the same.
i dont hate geoff or his events, but id much prefer for nintendo to keep on doin their own thing. Gosh, directs already have so much nothing in them half the time, the last thing i need is MORE of that nothing!
There’s honestly no way in heck Nintendo would be apart of Summer Games Fest, given that they do their own presentations that have been widely successful for a decade now, and, from what I’ve seen, get better reception than Summer Games Fest itself.
If I get too negative here, sorry, but I just think the bad reception towards Summer Games Fest has to do with how it’s riddled with advertisements, doesn’t really focus on games, and how they tend to be underwhelming and disappointing somehow despite the lineups they have. I have never heard anyone anywhere say anything good about it, and it never sounded exciting to me from its inception.
You could also say the same about The Game Awards, which seems to be more or less the same; it’s also full of adverts and doesn’t really focus on gaming, instead being all about commercialism and making their award recipients skip and shorten a ton of heartfelt speeches just to play ads. Aonuma being told to leave the stage just because his acceptance speech didn’t last for a few seconds just showcases how the people behind some of these events don’t give a dang about games.
I honestly miss E3 a ton now…even if E3 became a big mess nearing the end of its lifespan from how times changed, I always had something to look forward to with each show. Even though some E3 presentations had ads, they weren’t so excessive and a ton of the runtimes of the shows focused on getting game news and updates out to people, which is something Summer Games Fest keeps forgetting as a result of being too distracted with money and ads.
This guy started his career and became well known by saying Nintendo was doomed to failure because of the GameCube. Why would they ever want to collaborate with him?
Insert laugh track here.
Well, Nintendo should provide their games on booth including the less popular IP like ARMS, Mii games, etc.
I'm already bored to see Mario games too much.
Some less popular IP games are way more interesting to get better recognition.
Yeah Nintendo should just have it’s own presentations because I don’t feel like watching 2-hours or more of stuff that is uninteresting with only a couple select short Nintendo announcements sprinkled in there. At that point I’d probably wait for a NintendoLife article to tell me if there’s any Nintendo games!
The less Nintendo has to do with Geoff Keighley, the better.
Nah. Geoff can keep his no show-show. Nintendos fine.
Because Nintendo doesn't need Geoff, don't trust him, and after that stunt with Aonuma in December I'm surprised they haven't sicked Ninjas in him.
@Zeebor15 Which stunt are you referring to? I watched TGAs last December and I was struggling to keep myself awake the entire time, did I miss something? XD
Keep your show on the little guys Geoff, Nintendo ain't coming. Not when they had their own stuffs to show on their own terms. Just focus on the indies and other third party devs so everyone got a chance to shine.
I can understand why Nintendo hasn't wanted to work with SGF. They have their own Directs obviously(which are much better paced). Not only that, but seems like a contrast between audiences of both shows too. Nintendo fans usually aren't into SGF that much(myself included) and folks watching SGF folks for the next big Western game usually don't care about most of Nintendo's IPs anyway.
WRAP IT UP Geoff, ain't gonna happen on your watch.
@Novamii During Aonumas acceptance speech for Totk they asked him to leave the stage because he was talking for longer then they wanted (which was only a few seconds)
@HatesCheese To add on, I searched online and they give the recipients only 30 seconds to make an acceptance speech, which to me is super insane… If I remember, the speech was in Japanese and then put into English by a translator, which likely also made the speech slightly longer than 30 seconds.
Geoff is still salty they gave away more Steam Decks than anticipated with the ‘every minute giveaway’
Why would he even say that when he is on Sony's payroll?
Summer Gamesfest has the same core issue as E3- it lives and dies on how many games they have to show. Who cares about the ad breaks in between the programmes? Especially when those ads have ads as well for things like snacks and films?
Man I miss staying up late for e3 presentations. Heck, go back further, I miss waiting until the month after to see it all in photos and tiny screenshots in gaming magazines.
Yeah they have no reason to get involved in Summer Game Fest when their Direct presentations are better in every way for them.
Whenever I take a peek into a Summer Game Fest livestream it just reminds me how well paced Directs are in comparison!
@Axecon what makes you believe they have bad blood? There have been a ton of Nintendo announcements at The Game Awards since Reggie left. The biggest being the Sephiroth Reveal in 2020.
The point of the Directs is to give Nintendo a controlled way to release information to the public. It doesn’t seem like they would gain much by deviating from that format.
What a coincidence, I too would love Nintendo to "Be a big part" of my birthday parties! "But it hasn't happened yet"
I'm pretty sure I've said this elsewhere but the likes of E3, SGF and the TGAs need publishers more than publishers need those events to push their products. Even with smaller games you have wholesome directs and Indie World showcases to properly show off your work on a dedicated presentation. With larger titles, there's platform specific events and like.
WRAP IT UP
WRAP IT UP
WRAP IT UP
They dont want to be associated with mediocrity, sorry Jeff.
It's never gonna happen. Nintendo doesn't need it nor Game Awards. For ***** sake, Nintendo is the one that started the whole Direct standard, if they didn't need E3 what on earth would make Geoff think they need Summer Game Fest. Lol.
The only reason why it could be nice is because we would always know for sure that we would get a Nintendo Direct during that specific period, but apart from that it's way, way better that Nintendo do their own thing for all the reasons already mentioned by comments here.
I refuse to be entertained by a bunch of fat cats sitting together, back slapping each other and acting like kings of the world. While already being rich but putting the whole evening on a company card.
@TheStormGL A ton? Nintendo barely shows up to The Game Awards and that's usually to collect their prizes. They haven't had anything to announce since the 2020 reveal of Sephiroth and that was it for that year. Back when Geoff was a game reviewer/journalist, he lambasted Nintendo and gave harsh reviews of their games. If you want an example, just read his review of Metroid Prime (2002 Entertainment Weekly) to see what I mean. Geoff has spoken incredibly negatively of Nintendo in the past, I'm not surprised they don't want to work with him.
Haha I’m sure you would Geoff. Isn’t this a bit like me saying “I would love to win the lottery?”
Personally I think nintendo is better with their directs because ever since E3 went officially went down the tubes and pretty much any game related event like this has for the most part average to good at best wheras nintendo directs are for the most part are abouslty amazing.
No, thanks.
I think that Nintendo should not associate with this big ego full of himself. He represents all the bad things that we got in this industry.
Plus, he used his father fame to open some doors.
Games should be for everyone, but this Keighley do not care about that at all. It is not summer for everyone, and not everyone is awake at PST.
The Summer Games Fest is terrible anyway so nothing of value will be lost.
Glad Nintendo doesn’t get involved with summer games fest. Geoff is just full of himself. After the game awards last year, I wonder if Geoff is on Nintendo’s s**t list if he wasn’t already. Lol. Seriously though, I bet he wouldn’t be kissing Nintendo’s butt nearly as much if the switch and Nintendo themselves were doing bad like the Wii U days.
Keighley is a self promoting scumbag who acts more like a Sony publicist than an independent journalist. Nintendo and Microsoft shoukd both just give his dumb ### the cold shoulder
@Axecon
I have no stake either way in SGF or Game Awards or anything, but I looked up the Metroid Prime review and did not see anything that can be labeled as "lambasted" or "harsh"
Was it..."you’ll be hard-pressed to find another game with smoother controls or environments that eclipse the beauty of areas"
or..."At its core, the game delivers what matters most: well-designed gameplay with interesting puzzles."
The most criticism comes from the games story and the fact there is no voice acting and a narrative "is a series of text blurbs that have all the drama of a fortune-cookie message.".
There is a little hyperbole in the opening lines but it is overall a postive review.
I always get confused. Which one is Geoff Keighley and which one is Tommy Tallarico? Same basic guy, but the gaming press loves one and hates the other, right?
Keighley spent 2 generations completely bagging on Nintendo. They shouldn't give that hack the time of day.
Geoff will just have to retroactively tweak the SGF timing after Nintendo announces their Direct. 😋
Nintendo's Direct is happening June 16th? Err, our new SGF schedule has been reworked to June 10th-15th!!
And, Nintendo is better off without that guy showcasing his ugly face and awful show near them. Keighley has always thrown crap at Nintendo, only Reggie put up with this guy's mediocrity, and that was a bad decision from Reggie's side.
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