Topic: 3DS-Focused Nintendo Direct Coming This Wednesday

[Webmalfunction]

Rev your engines, 3DS owners!

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/33854

A new Nintendo Direct focusing on Nintendo 3DS will be broadcasted this Wednesday, April 17 at 7 a.m. PT/10 a.m. ET, as announced by Nintendo of America. UPDATE: The Direct was also confirmed for Europe, too, at 3 p.m. GMT, which is the same time as the North American one.

Though no specifics were revealed, it has been stated that the showing is "focused on the latest information on Nintendo 3DS."

[KisakiProject]

Uhm...that's not the console we need a direct for

[Art_de_Cat]

Can't wait, love hearing more about the 3DS!!!

[Ceric]

Uhm...that's not the console we need a direct for

And Seconded.

In before Broodwars does a Batman impression.

[NWR_insanolord]

Last year Nintendo was criticized for having a lousy E3, so now they're (apparently) saving most of their Wii U stuff for E3, and we complain that they're holding too much back. Reggie's right, we are insatiable.

[Adrock]

Tease Metroid and let the two month boner until E3 begin.

[BlkPaladin]

This ND will probally get the MiiVerse patch addressed, with some games to garish the presentation. The Wii U stuff will probally be covered at the Investor Meeting next week since they are going to have to talk about what they are going to do turn things around. Or like in January have a ND that just shows off Wii U stuff for the summer including the WW progress.

[Ceric]

Last year Nintendo was criticized for having a lousy E3, so now they're (apparently) saving most of their Wii U stuff for E3, and we complain that they're holding too much back. Reggie's right, we are insatiable.

The difference here is:
Last E3 was a CONSOLE LAUNCH.
This E3 we have a whole gaming community drastically wanting to know why the WiiU even has a right to exist and whether their investment was really worth anything or was like speculating in the Greek Economy.

Its like everyone buying Natural Gas Water Heaters and the Natural Gas Pipes that were installed can't fill the demand for Natural Gas so now people are mad because they only occassionally get hot showers and the Gas Company is waiting to an arbitary time to calm their fears.

[NWR_insanolord]

Tease Metroid and let the two month boner until E3 begin.

If they are making a Metroid game that's exactly the kind of thing they should wait for the E3 press conference to reveal. They already teased Mario and Mario Kart and Monolith's new game, and they teased Zelda the previous year; they need to hold on to something to be a bombshell "one more thing" at E3.

Last year Nintendo was criticized for having a lousy E3, so now they're (apparently) saving most of their Wii U stuff for E3, and we complain that they're holding too much back. Reggie's right, we are insatiable.

The difference here is:
Last E3 was a CONSOLE LAUNCH.
This E3 we have a whole gaming community drastically wanting to know why the WiiU even has a right to exist and whether their investment was really worth anything or was like speculating in the Greek Economy.

Its like everyone buying Natural Gas Water Heaters and the Natural Gas Pipes that were installed can't fill the demand for Natural Gas so now people are mad because they only occassionally get hot showers and the Gas Company is waiting to an arbitary time to calm their fears.

Last year was a console launch, but this year they're going up against TWO console launches, and they need to bring their A game if they want to get any attention. At this point, E3 is less than two months away, so I doubt any reveals are going to have enough of an effect on sales between now and then to offset the effect Nintendo could have with a monster blowout press conference.

[Ian Sane]

Just last week there was discussion about the possibility of Nintendo pulling an Excitebots and announcing a release date for one of their upcoming Wii U games.  That was kind of a pipe dream but if that was going to happen it would be during a Nintendo Direct around this time.  The fact that this is focusing on the 3DS squashes any realistic chance of that.  This will likely be the last we hear from Nintendo before E3 and anything at E3 is usually a few months off.  I can't see Nintendo announcing a release date at E3 for a game due to come out only a few weeks later.

The Wii U needs games but they either exist or they don't.  Nintendo can't just pull one out of their butt.  If they had something ready they would almost certainly announce it and release it.  And with the Wii U release schedule the way it is I can't see them doing an Excitebots-style last minute announcement because they would gain so much from having a longer pre-release hype period to reassure Wii U owners.

If you had a system that wasn't selling as expected and a big release drought and an anxious userbase and you had something almost ready that could have its release date announced already why wouldn't you do it?  They obviously can't do it or they're really clueless in regards to PR.

[Pixelated Pixies]

Things that would make me happy:
 
1. Nintendo introduce a 'gifting' option for the 3DS eShop.
2. Nintendo announce downloadable tracks for Mario 3D Kart
3. Nintendo announce plans to release a 3DS lite.
 
Things that would make Nintendo a lot of money.
 
1. Nintendo introduce a 'gifting' option for the 3DS eShop.
2. Nintendo announce downloadable tracks for Mario 3D Kart
3. Nintendo announce plans to release a 3DS lite.
 
Things that are unlikely happen:
 
1. Nintendo introduce a 'gifting' option for the 3DS eShop.
2. Nintendo announce downloadable tracks for Mario 3D Kart
3. Nintendo announce plans to release a 3DS lite.

[broodwars]

Uhm...that's not the console we need a direct for

And Seconded.

In before Broodwars does a Batman impression.

Well, it IS the Nintendo Direct we deserve, but not the one we need.  :

Overall, my reaction to this is overall just pure indifference.  It'll probably just be about known upcoming games like Project X-Zone, Soul Hackers (which would have just released), Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, etc. I agree that we'll probably see some housekeeping announcements like the 3DS Miiverse and whatnot.  They're not going to make any huge announcements now when E3's only a few months away.

[UncleBob]

Metroid isn't what I would consider the "one more thing" title that would get everyone's attention...  Other M was so hated on and the Prime series hardly tore up the sales charts...

[TJ Spyke]

3. Nintendo announce plans to release a 3DS lite.

Before the 3DS XL was announced, this was discussed and it was pointed out that it would be very difficult to make the 3DS any smaller without making the screens smaller too. There just isn't much space to get rid of.

[Pixelated Pixies]

... and the Prime series hardly tore up the sales charts...

Perhaps not, but it tore up my heart. 

[broodwars]

Metroid isn't what I would consider the "one more thing" title that would get everyone's attention...  Other M was so hated on and the Prime series hardly tore up the sales charts...

I would have to disagree with that assessment.  I remember working at EA during that particular E3, and when Other M came up as the "one more thing" my entire QA bay lost its ****.  It also made numerous "most anticipated" lists in the lead-up to its release (most notably Gametrailers' Top 10 Most Anticipated Games of the Year).  Sure, we didn't know then how bad the game would end up being, but I can tell you from personal experience that that game got people excited.

As for the Prime series, I don't know why Prime 3 never really caught on, but Prime 1 was a million seller on the GameCube, which was impressive for its time and the install base of the GameCube.  If Nintendo announced a Prime 4 as their "One more thing", it would at least get people interested in the possibility of buying a Wii U.

I figure at this point Nintendo can really only end their show on the new Zelda game; the new presumed Xenoblade game; or a new Metroid game, if they want to end their show with a bang.  Mario's pretty destined to be a start of the show presentation, so that just leaves those unless Nintendo has a new or resurrected IP in the works.

Or Nintendo could just do something like launch some Nintendo Land fireworks again.  Because that worked out so well last time. 

[UncleBob]

Other M *was* a great "one more thing" title.

But the game is so hated now that "Other M 2" (which is what everyone is going to be worried about) would make a bad "one more thing" game.

[broodwars]

Other M *was* a great "one more thing" title.

But the game is so hated now that "Other M 2" (which is what everyone is going to be worried about) would make a bad "one more thing" game.

I think it would depend on whose name was in the trailer.  I think if Sakamoto's name was in it or Team Ninja's (though I still contend that they performed their job with Other M admirably given the design they were ordered to use), yeah there would probably be a great deal of skepticism.  However, if instead we saw...say...Retro Studios' name on it or Next Level Games, people could possibly get excited again.  It would certainly help if the "Other M" name was completely ditched altogether.

[Pixelated Pixies]

I love Next Level Games as much as the next guy, but I kind of hope they aren't given Metroid.

[Ceric]

"Other M" brand is too tarnished to be anything but a bad endorsement.  If they use that we will truly know beyond a shadow of a doubt that Big N's marketing team just doesn't get it.

[shingi_70]

I'm connfused about the Wii U not getting any press before E3. Its not like they're aren't games that could be released between now and E3. This waiting for a big blwout could backfire depending on what the others show.

[Ian Sane]

Metroid was exactly the sort of game that would typically go over well with the type of people that follow E3.  But the series is tainted by Other M.  They can announce a new Metroid but unless they outright acknowledge Other M and how this won't be anything like it, the best response they'll get will be reserved optimism.  We all want a new GOOD Metroid but we're going to have to wait and see if we get one.  The series needs a comeback to establish Other M as a one-off misstep, instead of a new direction for the series.

[Fjurbanski]

Hmm. It's a difficult decision, because people reeeeeally want Wii U news right now, but I think they're doing the right thing. They need to save Wii U news for E3. And if they get all the 3DS news out of the way, then they can partly ignore it during E3. Then the don't have to take up that much time talking about the 3DS at E3 and can have more focus on the Wii U than they'd get normally.


It sucks either way, but that's the position they're in now. The lesser of two evils.

[Adrock]

If they are making a Metroid game that's exactly the kind of thing they should wait for the E3 press conference to reveal.

They teased a bunch of Wii U games. Nintendo could tease a 3DS Metroid then drop the bomb dot com on a Wii U Metroid at E3.

I still contend that Other M wasn't a bad game; it was bad for a Metroid game. The game suffered in areas Nintendo's games normally suffer in (characterization and plot), except they actually went out of their way to try with Other M. The gameplay, while the worst in the series, was still pretty good. We've gone over the issues many times before. It wasn't perfect, but it wasn't even remotely close to terrible.

[ymeegod]

Give me Bravely Default :0.

Also kinda want a dates for Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney, Ace Attorney 5, and Shin Megami Tensei 4.  Still upset we didnt' get Miles Edgeworth (WII) so maybe a port of that game too while I'm making my wishlist.