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Title: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: IwaoHazuki on May 15, 2003, 09:18:49 PM
I didn't really like anything Nintendo had at the show. Nothing seemed too impressive. When I heard there would be a new Zelda game, I was real excited. But, the new Zelda game was like a mean prank. It had some good games shown... about all of them will see releases on other consoles. I thought Nintendo was going to rule the show this year. Microsoft clearly had the most awesome exclusive games shown. Halo 2, Fable, DOA Online, Ninja Gaiden, Doom III, and the three great games from Rare. Nintendo did have Rogue Squadron III and the new Star Fox Armada game for GCN, so not a total failure. But, it was still outshined by the games shown at E3 for PS2

Nintendo needs to get some exclusive games that can appeal to all gamers. The new Mario Kart scares even my little sister. I thought the GameCube was promised to appeal to older gamers. Didn't Miyamoto say that? I'm a 19 year old gamer and I really think Nintendo needs to get their heads on right. I think Miyamoto is trying to take us to trippy hippie land in every video game he makes now. MGS: The Twin Snakes sounds good, but I'm not looking for another MGS game.

Overall, I was pretty excited about all the games shown at E3, mainly the ones for Xbox. But, I'm still waiting for news about Shenmue III, and that will probably never happen.
Title: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: Mario on May 15, 2003, 10:42:25 PM
*raises hand*

I thought we would have seen tons more games than what they showed. Where was Mario Tennis?!!! I WANT MARIO TENNIS GODDAMNIT!! Ive been waiting for Mario f'ing tennis since before the GCN even launched, and i still havent even seen it!! ARGH!! And what about Too Human, Zoonami's game, Mario 128, Camelot's RPG, Virtua fighter Quest, Pilotwings GC and more that i cant think of right now! But i suppose there were a few games that looked pretty cool, Starfox looks fun, Fzero looks incredible, Metroid Prime 2 looks very promising, Billy hatcher looks fun as hell and Mario Kart is looking good. But still, Gamecube flopped hard at this years E3 IMO, simply for the fact that Sony and Microsoft both had better games *ducks*

PS: The GBA had a good showing though, YAY GBA!
Title: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: Alliedrally68 on May 16, 2003, 06:46:22 AM
The two games I'm most excited about that were at this years show are 1080* Avalanche and Rogue Squadron III.
Title: RE: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: RickPowers on May 16, 2003, 07:02:20 AM
EVERYONE had a lame show this year.  I'll be writing up something about that, probably next week, but the general consensus from everyone I've talked to is that this year's show is a let down.  I mean, a lot of the games are great, but there is an air of excitement and anticipation that simply doesn't exist this year.  I think the press conferences got everything off to a bad start on all three sides of the console "war".
Title: RE: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: boggy b on May 16, 2003, 07:05:17 AM
??? I thought that for XBox and PS2 this was one of the BEST E3s.

Halo 2, DOOM 3, and the Rare games for Microsoft.

Metal Gear Solid 3, GTA5, PSP, GT4 and Castlevania for PS2 to name but few.

Nintendo DID have a lame E3.
Title: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: Bill Aurion on May 16, 2003, 07:38:39 AM
psssst...Nintendo brought back Spaceworld for this year *wink wink*  
Title: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: Ian Sane on May 16, 2003, 07:47:15 AM
I for the most part agree with Rick.  Though I've been mostly keeping up with Cube news I occasionally check out some of the PS2 and Xbox info just to keep in the loop and I haven't really seen anything that great on any of the three consoles.

I think a big problem is that every stupid company revealed most of their lineups BEFORE the show so there were very few surprises.  And the stuff that was saved for surprises was usually pretty lame.  I mean Nintendo shows off Mario Kart and Pikmin 2 and announces Metal Gear Solid beforehand and then the stuff they save for the show is f*cking Tetra's Trackers?  Had Mario Kart, Pikmin 2, Rebel Strike, and a whole whack of over exclusive Cube titles had been saved for the press conference (which was a TOTAL let down by the way) then we would probably have a higher opinion of Nintendo's E3 showing.  I think we tend to think that if Mario Kart is what they're showing beforehand then surely the surprise titles will be an even BIGGER deal.  Nintendo did pretty much the exact opposite and as a result we were all let down.

I think another reason that this year's E3 is kind of dull is that the console war for this generation is essentially over.  We all know who's going to finish in what place.  As a result there's no illusion that Nintendo is going to reveal some big exclusive and it's going to change the console wars as we know it.  We know that things are going to stay as they are for the rest of this generation regardless of what titles are released.  Plus I think because of the pre-determined outcome the console makers themselves are doging it because they know they don't have to bother trying anymore.  Aside from MGS3 there isn't really anything super cool being shown for the PS2.  That's because Sony knows they've won and thus there's no need for them to secure any more huge titles for the year.  Nintendo on the other hand knows they've lost so they're now making whatever type of game they want (like Pacman) instead of concentrating just on potential system sellers.  They probably figure that nothing is going to sell Gamecubes anyway so why bother with a real Zelda game or a 3D Pokemon RPG.  They're likely not going to make a difference anyway so they might as well just release mediocre spinoff games that will likely sell just as well.  MS on the other hand actually looks like they're still trying and by no coincedense they seem to have had the best E3 this year.
Title: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: Grey Ninja on May 16, 2003, 11:28:08 AM
Most people I know think that Nintendo kicked butt at E3 this year.  I tend to agree.  We got Star Fox, Metal Gear, Mario Kart, a bit of Killer7 and Resident Evil, Pikmin 2, Rogue Squadron 3, and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles!

I think that next year you all should stop hyping things so much if you can't accept that it's not going to be all that you hyped.  
Title: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: Vanilla Thunder on May 16, 2003, 01:24:45 PM
In my personal opinion, there's plenty of reasons for a Gamecube owner to be excited this upcoming year, as the software line-up IS great.  Think about it.  

Double Dash fills me with warm, tingly feelings just looking at its smooth, colorful graphics and lickity-split antics, and I know it'll be an absolute blast for my friends and I to resume our multiplayer mayhem, this time with twice as many characters, all-new vehicles, items, and tracks, and even LAN gaming, to boot.  Koopa Troopa's back, and he's pimped up with a tight shell mobile.  What more do you want?  

I'm a diehard 1080 fan (it's pronounced Ten-Eighty, dammit!), and this latest installment expands its stylishly cool world in ways I only dreamed of (a fully realized and fleshed out world, with interactive NCPs, natural disasters, and truly beautiful, see-it-and-board-there scenery).  It's coming along smoothly, and I'm relieved.  I can't wait to finally out-trick my friend down the street (who was insanely good in the first one --- his half-pipe score was like in the tens of billions, seriously).  Hell, I may just go through the rigors of mastering real-life snowboarding out of love for this series --- it's THAT good.  The Winterborn cometh!  

Now I MUST have F-Zero GX --- to my friends and me, a new adventure with Captain Falcon is just as big a thing as the next Zelda or Mario game, and these speed demons are always one hell of a trip, with tons of intense but infinitely deep action.  Take F-Zero X's polished-to-perfection game formula, dress it up with some of the fastest and most visually stunning visuals ever, pump it full of brand new content with Sega AND Nintendo, give it an innovative customization system and strong ties to the arcades (here in the US, too!), and you have a real winner, a true triple A title to keep an eye on.  This IS a killer app --- racing game as it may be, it is.  Casual gamers will see Captain Falcon on the cover, recognize him as the bad ass from SSBM, and pick it up; then the breakneck speed will break them down and whup their ass; then they'll come back for more, and more, and more.  It always happens.  As for the hardcore "gamers," this should already be a must-have title.  

Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes is a dream come true; take one of the best and most popular games of all time, and create the definitive version of it, rebuilt and expanded with Shiggy, Kojima, Silicon Knights, and one really good film director at the helm --- I'm sold already.  And Rebel Strike impresses me to no end, with phenomenal graphics and sound, an utterly complete reconstruction of the original trilogy that I and millions of others love so very, very much, and the inclusion of Rogue Leader, in co-op form... wow.

Pokemon Colosseum looks very appetizing.  The GB games got me addicted, the Pokemon Stadiums bred me into a seasoned veteran of its infinitely deep battle system, and Colosseum looks to take it to the next level, polishing my new two-on-two skills and use of the one hundred some new characters and all of the moves and skills they entail.  Colosseum is the reason that training those little buggers on the GBA is so worthwhile --- it just makes it all the more satisfying to pummel the snot out of your friends in full 3-D.  I must have this game, especially after seeing Groudon rendered in 3-D.  Me likes.  

And although Tetra's Trackers hardly seems substantiated enough to hold my attention for long, Four Swords looks AWESOME.  No, I'm dead serious.  Four Swords looks like a ridiculously fun time.  I have the fortune of having two gaming brothers and half a dozen gaming friends right down the street, all with GBAs (not all with cables, though), and being a seasoned expert of four-player gaming, I can see the potential this game has for great, great times.  Yes, the graphics may be simple, but since when was simplicity bad?  They're by no means ugly, and they look quite swell at that, duplicating the stylized look of ALttP and polishing it to a fine degree.  Either way, the fun factor is the selling point, and Four Swords looks like it's well worth the money; exploring a huge world with your friends at your side, the world we've all come to know and love; slashing, boomeranging, shooting, and bombing all of your favorite villains, then competing furiously to reap the riches they leave behind; staying with your pals, in the highlands, forests, mountains, and towns, or going solo underground or through houses on your GBA; playing with complete control over what your friends know and what they don't, always plotting your next move to get ahead... I LOVE THAT!!!  Four Swords looks like a nostalgic throwback to Zelda world of old while at the same time being a triumph of innovation and technology, and it's definitely on my to-get list.  I just fear that others may not be so responsive to the game's greatness.

In addition to this, the Gamecube also has a new Star Fox on its horizon, one which is early now but with Namco's vision and Nintendo's guidance packs great potential.  There's a sequel to Pikmin, which continues to expand this new franchise's universe, and Wario makes his console debut in an action-packed brawler set in his zany world of mischief.  Mario Party 5 is making all the right moves with over 60 all-new minigames, fully 3-D maps (about time), all-new Mario characters, and new gameplay features, with entire new minigame modes and strategies.  Geist looks like it has great potential to be a truly entralling FPS, and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles is another great reason to link your two Nintendo systems together (if you don't have one, they're a bargain to get now --- and a very worthwhile one, too).  Viewtiful Joe, Soul Calibur 2, Sonic Heroes, Killer 7, Resident Evil 4, Metroid Prime 2, and plenty of other great games round out the arsenal.

And you have one great year of gaming!    

BUT, being the thrill-craving humans we are, it's only natural to feel disappointed when we don't get the adrenaline rush of huge announcements and big new franchises that we expect each year at E3.  Perhaps we were spoiled by last year's blowout.  At any rate, this year's case is not that there's not anything to be excited about (no, that's clearly not the case, judging from all the great games), but that we knew most of everything coming in and there wasn't any "surprise."  That's all.

In the end, the games are what matter, not how explosively they surprise us at E3.  I'm impressed with them, I'm excited to play them, and that's all that matters.  I can't wait for some of them, and with that in mind I can safely say 2003 will be a good year for gaming.    
Title: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: GoldShadow1 on May 16, 2003, 02:55:11 PM
I, too, was rather disappointed.  I simply didn't see anything earth-shattering from Nintendo.  Sure, Mario Kart sounds fun, but really, it's just another Mario Kart.  Sometimes I wonder if Nintendo is simply making sequels for tradition, not because they need sequels.  The only thing that sounds interesting is Geist, but I'd prefer it if it were just an action-adventure instead of a shooter.  This E3 is all about sequels.  And Nintendo promised us innovation this year, too!  What happened?
Title: RE: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: Cube323 on May 16, 2003, 04:25:40 PM
I agree w/ RickPowers, everyone had a really flat show.  Still I can't believe that anyone could think that Microsoft had a good show.  They had tons of lame titles, especially those made by rare, and they filled dead floor space w/ old games that no-one played.

$ony was just a joke.  Eight years of playing the same crappy, unchanging, GT series titles.  Also even though I'm a big Castlevania fan, the new title reminded me of the horrible N64 titles and the camera (which could not be controlled!) really sucked!  I can see the reviews now, all 5's and 6's.  It's an average title at best.

Plus as far as PSP is concerned, it was nowhere to be seen.  It's also rumored to cost over $150!  Finally I wonder if it will break down just after your warranty expires.  As that seems to be the way $ony designs all of its systems.  I have very little faith in their vapor-ware hand held.
Title: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: Vanilla Thunder on May 16, 2003, 05:09:30 PM
Yeah, and if Nintendo has THAT attitude, the PSP will steal the handheld market from right beneath their noses, just like Sony did with the console market and their Playstation.  There's no telling what the PSP will be like, so no reason to write it off just yet.  
Title: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: GoldShadow1 on May 16, 2003, 07:00:49 PM
Obviously, I wasn't there, but I think the PC did the best - Half Life 2, Homeworld2, Deus Ex 2, Doom III, Star Wars Galaxies, Knights of the Old Republic... all huge, huge games.  On the other hand, though, these are all games we already knew quite a bit about, with the exception of HL2.
Title: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: Michael8983 on May 16, 2003, 07:29:22 PM
"I think another reason that this year's E3 is kind of dull is that the console war for this generation is essentially over. We all know who's going to finish in what place."

What are you talking about? Nintendo and MS are still basically neck-and-neck.
Nintendo is supposably still ahead in worldwide sales and MS has only a relatively small lead in the US and an even smaller lead in Europe. Before MS started its bundle deal, Nintendo was doing better than it in Europe and was very closely tailing it in the US.
There are AT LEAST another two full years (and two holiday seasons) before the new consoles will be released and A LOT of hardware can still be sold in that time.
Title: RE: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: oohhboy on May 16, 2003, 08:58:27 PM
Sure the press conference had taken the wind of of this years E3. But atleast you got to play/see the games that were announced barely weeks ago and considering that this generation is sort of in a mid-life crisis(Term used lossely) where there isn't really any new devices/games like on launch year or the year before. We have just simply not impressed any more because it isn't new any more.

I'm sure when NGCNX/XBOX2/PS3 comes out or is shown for the first time, people will be wetting themselfs again.

Then you say, "Sony annouced the PSP". But the thing is that they did not show it. If they had something to show for it all, then they would have stolen the show. Video's of DOOM 3 don't count as with all other videos. I mean they are only videos right?

Title: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: ThePerm on May 16, 2003, 09:05:22 PM
well the goods the bads

goods

mario kart double dash looks like it will be the next awesome multiplayer game.
geist looks kinda cool
Teenage mutant Ninja turtles looks like its really going to rock.
Iv heard good impressions on the new final fantasy.
metal gear twin snakes is some of the mature support a system loves to have.

bads
Miyamoto said their would be new franchises announced...they're were'nt..he lied Miyamoto lied! ...cries in corner..idol has
lied to him
Metal Gear isn't as impressive looking as it was made out to be..it heavily needs work...snake loosk great..but the textures and lighting need to be improved..we were promised resident evil visuals in FULL 3d..one would expect Silicon Knights  with such awesome lighting and texture talent would have made a game that looks crazy by now..but iv been told its early..so i hope it comes out looking better then it does currently.
Everything that was new they told us a few weeks before the show...if they would have waited juist a tad longer they could have made it seem more substantial to the show.

i'm a little dissapointed this years e3....but i think the goods outweight the bads.

Title: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: Mario on May 16, 2003, 10:47:11 PM
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What are you talking about? Nintendo and MS are still basically neck-and-neck.

Give it up. GameCube is third. THIRD. THIRD! THIRD!!!!!!!!
Title: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: Uncle Rich AiAi on May 17, 2003, 01:37:53 AM
Well said The Perm.  I was wondering too.  Didn't Miyamoto say that Nintendo were letting other companies develop games for their existing franchises to work on new franchises?

Or maybe they were too early in development to be shown?  Or maybe that's for SpaceWorld if they have one this year?

E3 did suck this year.  *sign*

And where's my Virtua Fighter Quest?????????????  *does Hulk smash!*  Isn't this game being released at the end of the year?  Shouldn't Sega be giving info on the game now?
Title: RE: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: Gamefreak on May 17, 2003, 01:50:15 AM
Everyone, Rick? I thought that PC gaming had some awesome stuff this year. Thief III, Half Life 2, DOOM III, Halo online, Age of Mythology: The Titans, and other games that are sure to rock, or at least be far above average.
I thought Xbox had a surprising number of games that I want to play to, even if I don't have one Halo 2 is amazing, and I've always been a big fan of Midtown Madness and can't wait for MM3. Xbox is also getting the next Jedi Knight game while GCN isn't this time around...sigh. It's also getting Knights of the Old Republic. Rare seems to be actually working too, not just hanging out in the huge food court Nintendo built them right next to their offices...right across from the in-building shopping mall Ok so I made the mall up... Oh, and I made up the rest too. Rare's even lazier under MS, if that's possible...
On PS2's side, I only really want to play Gran Turismo 4...
Anyway, I thought Nintendo had a far better show than the average company, but it fell well below their shows from the past two years, and especially last year, which was in my opinion the single best showing from any company at any E3. But hey, Microsoft and such never had shows of such high calibur, in fact this year was probably MS's best E3, even if it was "lame" to you guys. Nintendo on the other hand just dropped from "best of E3" to "good". Sure, there are a number of amazing games coming out such as F-Zero, MGS, Crystal Chronicles, Rebel Strike, etc. but hey, we already knew these games were going to be good, and we've known about them for a while. Metal Gear Solid is the only real big game where we've seen footage of for the first time, and it's still in the early stages AND is a remake of a game that everone has already played. So it wouldn't have surprised anyway.
On the other hand, Nintendo blew everyone away with Metroid Prime, and with just a cut down version of the opening Space Station sequence at that. And then on top of Prime they showed amazing footage and demos of Wind Waker, Star Fox, Eternal Darkness, and Mario Sunshine. And those were just the really high profile games...

Edit: Oh, and Mario, IGN and Gamespot both confirmed on the first day of E3 this year that the GCN is SECOND worldwide, beating the Xbox by 1.3 million units sold, Xbox however, still has a sizable lead in the US, which happens to be where Nintendo sells the most software...But hey, Nintendo is profiting at least, until MS's game divisions...  
Title: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: rabid chicken on May 17, 2003, 02:00:14 AM
I was fortunate enough to attend e3 and left the show with an overall feeling of unmet expectations.  Like Rick stated, though: the exhibition was unimpressive on all fronts.

The reason that Nintendo's showing seemed so lackluster relative to that of the other console manufacturers is that Nintendo, for the past two years, has shocked the public with either stellar line-ups or massive surprises (or a combination thereof).  This year, the public was instead treated to a score of rehashes and franchise-milkings (presented under the guise of the gimmicky GBA-GCN connection) combined with an underwhelming display of sequels.  Star Fox, for example, played and looked absolutely horrible -- certainly not up to Nintendo's standards of quality and not even up to those of Namco.  The greatest showings in the Nintendo booth (in my opinion) weren't even 1st-party games; Soul Calibur II and F-Zero GX garnered the most personal attention and seemed to be crowd-pleasers moreso than Nintendo's own titles such as Pikmin 2 and the lackluster Kirby Air Ride.  Titles scattered about the rest of the show floor such as Viewtiful Joe were better-received still than the majority of Nintendo's showings.

Conversely, Sony-specific products such as Final Fantasy X-2 and Microsoft-licensed products such as Conker: Live and Uncut were sickeningly unimpressive given hype and expectations.

This is an awkward time for the game industry.  We're roughly halfway between generations with three consoles on the market, with third parties being juggled about, with rumblings of mergers, with franchises being outsourced to exterior developers (Star Fox, F-Zero, Metal Gear, etc.) -- it's not especially abnormal, then, that this year's e3 fumbled about itself.

What is abnormal -- at least to me, as a Nintendo loyalist -- is the apparent utter lack of an attempted push forward ahead of the competition.  Nintendo generally exceed its competitors at this show -- not match them.   It's for this reason that I'm disappointed in Nintendo's showing.  This was their time to shine -- rather, to outshine -- yet, in my opinion, they failed to do so.

Here's hoping to a grand Spaceworld this August.  
Title: RE: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: Gamefreak on May 17, 2003, 02:01:43 AM
Here's hoping for a Spaceworld at all this August...
Title: RE: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: KDR_11k on May 17, 2003, 04:14:50 AM
I knew too much had leaked and there would be nothing big left. Nintendo did not fail my expectations.
Title: RE: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: oohhboy on May 17, 2003, 06:00:43 AM
Translation. We have been treated like spoiled brats. We wanted Nintendo to be more open about thier games right. Well, we got. it in spades. We are left wondering, what happened?
Title: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: Nintendo Gamecube on May 17, 2003, 06:49:50 AM
I think someone said it best. Everyone released info about their games before E3; there were no surprises.

The only new thing I never heard about that I saw at the show was Geist. WOOOHOOO. (Sarcasm)

E3 sucked, but the line-ups are still good. <---I think that sums it up best.
Title: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: thecubedcanuck on May 17, 2003, 06:59:59 AM
I think MS and Sony had very good shows. Nintendo showed a few good titles and bunch of crappy looking Zelda stuff.
Was this suppose to put Nintendo on top again?
I think a retooling is nessasary very soon.
Title: RE: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: Rabidsquirrel on May 17, 2003, 07:10:20 AM
yah, i think we were all expecting this huge line up of newand amazing games, but we got (still really great) games that were allreaddy announced, and yes the whole excitment for e3 was gone this year like rick said.
Title: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: Luciferschild on May 17, 2003, 10:03:44 AM
I was let down by nintendo's E3 in fact I'm starting to get fed up with nintendo. The only game that got me really excited is lotr: return of the king....viewtiful joe sounds promising and I'm skeptical about rebel strike and star fox. And no NBA Jam, that just f-ing pisses me off. If nintendo just keeps churning out hippie games and no cool action games or mature themed games and or anything new that is worth a sh_t...I don't know man........................................  
Title: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: cubist on May 17, 2003, 12:57:56 PM
Walking the floor at this year's E3, one thing is always apparent...I end up at the Nintendo booth almost every time.  Sure, gathering shirts and walking the other halls while taking pictures with really fine women is fun, but the Big N's booth seems to draw you like a magnet.  I was disappointed by MGS: Twin Snakes and the camera work on with Rogue Squadron (you can't even control the camera on the ground missions); however, I really wasn't impressed by any other booth.  Sure, Microsoft had HALO II, but that was it.  I was a big Conker's BFD fan for the N64, yet it didn't seem to make a giant leap in gameplay and graphics in my honest opinion.  Kameo had some potential, but the market has become flooded third person.  Sony had a pretty solid showing, but it didn't outshine anyone elses.  

All-in-all, I'm going to have to agree that there wasn't really anything impressive all around (except for Prince of Persia...that game rocks).

cubist
Title: RE: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: Cube323 on May 17, 2003, 03:21:58 PM
Well I would take the opinion of a man who calls himself a child of lucifer, nothing says credibility more than identifying yourself w/ the ultimate image of evil. (sarcassm) I don't know man.....

Anyway, who said Nintendo was third, thats far from the truth. About 1.4 million units away from the truth actually.  Didn't you read any of the press?  What about the business page or the WSJ?  Even when Nintendo was behind in the numbers the X-box was losing $140 per system! lol!  Now that number is more like $100 a system, ever since micrsoft decided to get cheap w/ their parts.  Plus X-box sells the fewest games of the big three.  Wanna know why?  They suck!

I'm beggining to wonder if any of the Nintendo bashers in this thread were even at the F**king show!

It may have seemed like an average show to some, but that is because next year is going to be one of the biggest "do or die" shows in E3 history.  This is the calm before the storm.  Next year we will see the Gta series on GameCube and X-box, plus there's that rumor about the Final Fantasy 7 remake for GameCube.  

I think all three companies have something really big up their sleves.


   
Title: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: Mario on May 17, 2003, 05:05:28 PM
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Edit: Oh, and Mario, IGN and Gamespot both confirmed on the first day of E3 this year that the GCN is SECOND worldwide, beating the Xbox by 1.3 million units sold, Xbox however, still has a sizable lead in the US, which happens to be where Nintendo sells the most software...But hey, Nintendo is profiting at least, until MS's game divisions...

I was actually just talking about the US, Europe and Australia, but yeah GC is second worldwide
Title: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: Syl on May 17, 2003, 05:54:11 PM
i was HORRIBLY dissapointed by this years E3.
(Rick is partially to blame with this... getting my expectations up....(he knows what I mean)

I have, however, bitched about this enough.  And im not going to do it again here.

I'm getting the new PS2 design...
thats how much this E3 dissapointed me.
(and how badly i need DDR)
Title: RE: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: deminisma on May 17, 2003, 06:13:15 PM
I wasn't there but from what i've seen...

Nintendo - 6.5/10

Not a poor showing, just not that great. Pokemon and Zelda games were anti-climaxes, basically no-one cares about a new Pokemon Stadium and Pokemon TV sounds mildly interesting at best. Also the Zelda games were a complete joke, why they even showed them is beyond me. Something escaped from the NCL labs while the guards were on a break. They look like freeware PC games made by 16 year old programmers. 16-bit games might have *just* cut it a generation ago, but they sure as hell don't today. Geist was a pleasant surprise with a wonderful concept, and if some heavy work is put in by N-Space AND Nintendo, this could just be a Halo killer. The Twin Snakes got DOMINATED by MGS3: Snake Eater, Nintendo should have just had SK working with Konami to port Snake Eater to the cube. Remakes are sooo two years ago. F-Zero looks great, Starfox looks average, 1080 looks almost redundant. Mario Party 5 and Mario Golf should be huge sellers in Japan, so a sensible (if not obvious) move on that one. The whole GBA->GC connectivity feature looks stupider everyday, time to drop it guys.

Microsoft - 6/10

Halo 2 being unplayable makes it utterly pointless, nothing more than a glorified tech demo. Rare's games looked somewhat interesting but i'd say the selling potential of a game titled "Grabbed By The Ghoulies" is questionable at best. Ultimately nothing particularily exciting from Rare, for the $250 odd million they put in, Rare looks to be a dog of an investment, with nothing your average studio couldn't do. Doom III is exciting, but somewhat nullified by it being released on PC as well. Microsoft seems to be aiming for the PC gamer in a way, so we'll see what happens there. Xbox Live is really the only thing selling Xboxes (but rightly so). The line from MS this year seems to be "Japan? Where is that!?!", good on them for having the balls for cutting their losses, I feel sorry for the 3-5 Japanese gamers who are now stuck with living with a box, maybe they'll find some use for it as a table.

Sony - 6/10

Forget PSP, a poor attempt to rattle Nintendo to disguise a fairly poor showing. Nontheless it seems to have worked, the heat is on now for the GBA and Nintendo, however it doesn't mean much to Joe Public, as no one really cares about a sheet of specs to be made reality a year and a half from now. GT4 yawn, it's GT, again and there is really not much else to it. Castlevania yawn, we've seen it butchered in 3D by Konami before, looks like they're coming back for an encore. MGS: Snake Eater looks exceptional, Konami seems to be leaving the Xbox version in never-neverland where it belongs for this one. Sony had nothing else interesting at all really.

All in all this year i'd say there were no winners, just losers. In comparison to last years amazing show, this one was pretty run of the mill. If anything it was the 3rd parties who put on the show.  
Title: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: Nintendo Gamecube on May 18, 2003, 08:27:45 AM
From hearing what everyone said, I think this is how the award show should go:

Winner: Prince of Persia

Join Losers: Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft

that would be the funniest thing.
Title: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: Marcus Arillius on May 18, 2003, 09:30:49 AM
I haven't been paying attention to the gaming industry at all for the past month.  I've kind of been sick, but I'm also losing interest but thats another story.  Anyway, i logged on here and just missed e3 back went and looked at all the coverage. my impressiom:  meh.  I wasn't impressed. I'm excited about some of the games but there is no way i'm gonna shell out 50 bucks for something like tetras trackers. a load of crap in my opinion.
Title: RE: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: Gamefreak on May 18, 2003, 08:05:10 PM
Yeah third parties actually had some of the best stuff this year.  
Title: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: Mario on May 18, 2003, 08:32:13 PM
Wait til Spaceworld!
Title: RE: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: KDR_11k on May 19, 2003, 05:00:37 AM
Yeah, get your hopes up for Spaceworld, so they can kick you in the balls again! Seriously, I think those shows are definitely overrated.
Title: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: egman on May 19, 2003, 05:54:45 AM
I've said this in another thread, and I think that it bears repeating here. I don't think Nintendo set out to blow us away at E3. Looking at their press conference, it looked more like they were shedding their image as a company who could care less about 3rd parties or what the major part of gaming community wants (ie mature games). They weren't completely succesful on that front (the GBA connectivity looks like it's going alienate more GC owners rather than attracting GBA owners to the GC). For the most part, though, I think they did a decent job of showing some change.

I think Nintendo is really getting ready to  compete now. The N-Space thing did surprise me, and when you combine that with the news of the new Tokyo development team, farming out franchises, and even Nintendo splitting up development teams to work on more projects, I feel as though that they are really trying hard to atone for things they have been accused of in the past.

People bitched endlessly about the trickle of games on the N64--well right now it looks like that will be over with.

Some have been disappointed with the lack of mature software or certain popular genres like fps--it looks like that Nintendo is developing it's own exclusive fps while trying to get closer to 3rd parties who could fill in the blanks in their lineup.

Yeah, it was disappointing not to see something with the kind of fanfare that Halo2 or Half-Life 2 recieved (I watched the web closely during E3 hoping to see the supposedly jaw dropping Mario 128). However, I think people have given Microsoft too much credit for their show. They got the presentation down in spades, but they lacked the substance. Halo 2 was still just a video, and the rest of what they showed was not new or terribly interesting. I also would like to know what is going on with Rare. I reserve my judgement until their games come out, but what they showed at E3 only seems to feed into the opinion that they are a shadow of their former selves.

I won't even get into the PS2 show. I surprise that more people haven't complained how their showing was nearly as boring as Nintendo's.

I guess the last thing I want to say is that we need to be patient. There were few posters last week that ranted like crazy about the short commings of the GC. I'm frustrated as well, but these things take time. I takes nearly 2 years to make a compentent 3D game these days. It also takes time to cut deals with 3rd parties. My prediction for the rest of this generation is that the GC will stay in the place it is, and when all is said and done it will go out in a blaze of glory with some incredibly strong and quirky titles. When the next N system is introduce that is we will all be able to appreciate the fruits of Nintendo's labour as all their chips will finally be in place. I think it's too late now to expect any great surprises except possibly in the realm of the handheld market. I dying to see how Nintendo is going to counter.
 
Title: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: Hostile Creation on May 19, 2003, 04:02:26 PM
Yeah, I sort of agree with you, egman.  I was happy with everything Nintendo showed us.  All the games I intended to get still look awesome, and even ones that I thought would suck look great.  Giftpia, which I had seen nothing of before, looks extremely cool to me (I don't know why, just does, though I still probably won't get it).  M$ and Sony dished out a bunch of sequals and stuff, and that's basically it.  Not to say some of those won't be good (Halo 2 and GTA should be), though.  I just preferred Nintendo's, and I sure as heck can't see what everyone's whining about.

But I'm fairly easy to please, if'n you know what I like.  And Nintendo seems to know what I like.
Title: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: yellowfellow on May 19, 2003, 09:17:45 PM
i wrote long post and my f ucking browser just... grrr...

the point of my post was essentially, nintendo... forget it, i'll write it tomorrow
Title: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: Marcus Arillius on May 20, 2003, 06:15:09 AM
I wasn't really looking to be blown away, but I was hoping to at least be impressed.  From what I've seen, the show wasn't horrible, it just was....well, it just was.  It wasn't good or bad.  If there were a 5 star rating, it would have a 3.  I was surprised by tetra's trackers, but not pleased.  Someone said this already, but it is very gimmicky.  WW was already about tracking things down for the most part, which i hated.  So I know tetra's trackers isn't worth my time, and especially not 50 dollars.
I was pleased with Pikmin 2, and Mario Kart, DD but I already knew about them though. I guess the best part about this year's E3 is that nintendo posted direct feed movies of most the games shown at E3 on their website. And they are in Quicktime. Yey.

edit- my post was supposed to read "the show wasn't horrible"
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Post by: oohhboy on May 20, 2003, 08:54:38 AM
What do you people expect mid generation? Back when the N64, SNES was in mid-generation, there was this time where no one was impressed because it seemed that you already saw it all. But then comes end of generation where suddenly games like DKC and Rogue Squadron came out and people started pissing themselfs again. The fact is that this happens every mid-generation you end up with this slump we are seeing now.

But still, I got to get me some of those games
Title: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: Hostile Creation on May 21, 2003, 02:59:05 PM
Well, whatever.  I still liked it, so you all can mope while I have a blast playing these games.
Title: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: codyy on May 22, 2003, 11:39:50 AM
**Whisper**" If you wait until space world, they will come"**Whisper**
Title: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: Bartman3010 on June 16, 2003, 04:07:35 PM
I thought that Nintendo did decent this year, but this years E3 was pretty lackluster. Yeah, the Mario Kart stuff was shown way too early to get excited about. Thats not to say that Nintendo was the most disappointing at show.

Theres a bunch of titles to get excited about. I'm not a big fan of F-Zero, but I'm very interested in Star Fox Armada. I hope they fix the controls though...
Title: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: Mario on June 18, 2003, 01:52:53 AM
Well theres no spaceworld this year people. Nintendo suck :\
Title: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: Hostile Creation on June 18, 2003, 05:16:23 PM
Sweet Jeebus, stop complaining.  The games will come out, whether or not they show them at E3.  Just try to have a scrap of patience.  These things don't determine how good a company is; the games themselves do.  Therefore, Nintendo is easily the best; you may say that all their games sucked, but you know that they don't.  No surprises?  Whoopti crap.  Every game I saw on the Nintendo list (pokemon playoffs aside) looked very fun.  So that's my take on it.  I'm happy, and I pity those of you that have tricked yourselves into disappointment.
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Post by: PIAC on June 19, 2003, 03:14:55 AM
mario isn't being serious

i think its time for nintendo to announce Space world down under yepah i could sure go for a space world in australia
Title: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: Hostile Creation on June 19, 2003, 10:41:23 AM
I know he was kidding (I was talking in general), but he was still actually disappointed that it wasn't happening.  Or I at least imagine he was.  Either way, I wasn't talking to Mario exclusively.  It just weirds me out that everyone's unhappy about the games that are coming out.
Title: Anyone else think Nintendo had a lame show?
Post by: Big_Pimp on June 28, 2003, 09:47:06 PM
Things will begin to turn around when Gamecube 2 is announced, hopefully during next year's E3.