I spent most of last week comparing this E3 to E3 2006, at least from a Nintendo point of view, but it just didn't deliver. Perhaps it's as much to do with the fact that the Wii Remote was very easy to demonstrate, but the Wii U Game Pad is not. Nintendo are keep saying the playing is believing, and in no games is that more true than Nintendo Land. The impressions coming now are of a better game which is much better in practice than on paper, something which is hard to show in a media conference.
Sure, I think we're all a bit dissapointed that we didn't see what Retro Studios are working on, and that fan favourites like Star Fox, Metroid and F-Zero were absent, but I think Nintendo could have mitigated that by showing Project P-100 or Rayman Legends. I think Eurogamer summed it up well saying that "Wii U looks great, but it was a bad press conference."
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Re: Wii U Will be a 'Great Value Proposition'
I'm expecting a price around the £200-£250 mark. I think they would struggle to justify selling it for more than that.
Re: Reaction: Your Opinions on Nintendo's E3 Conference
I spent most of last week comparing this E3 to E3 2006, at least from a Nintendo point of view, but it just didn't deliver. Perhaps it's as much to do with the fact that the Wii Remote was very easy to demonstrate, but the Wii U Game Pad is not. Nintendo are keep saying the playing is believing, and in no games is that more true than Nintendo Land. The impressions coming now are of a better game which is much better in practice than on paper, something which is hard to show in a media conference.
Sure, I think we're all a bit dissapointed that we didn't see what Retro Studios are working on, and that fan favourites like Star Fox, Metroid and F-Zero were absent, but I think Nintendo could have mitigated that by showing Project P-100 or Rayman Legends. I think Eurogamer summed it up well saying that "Wii U looks great, but it was a bad press conference."