So why is this post so much shorter than yesterdays Microsoft’s summary you may ask? Well, Nintendo really did not have much to talk about, at least in comparison to Microsoft…. who really didn’t have to much to show (games wise) either. Awesome.
How much other consoles/handhelds cater to non-gamers, in graph form.
Really the biggest thing coming out of this conference was the major “paradigm shift” from core to non-gamers. As much as they talked about satisfying both they really ended up cementing the fact in this fans mind that Nintendo as a whole has started to move away from their core franchises/fans and started to cater much more heavily to all those people who buy hundreds of millions of Wii’s and DS’s worldwide, which obviously makes sense from a business perspective. Of course if your one of those people who actually enjoys Nintendos core games (the Zeldas, the Marios, the Metroids, etc) this media briefing was pretty underwhelming.
And then their was Iwata, and it was disappointing.
Their was a brief glimmer of hope when Iwata referred to Nintendos R&D teams, that they will continue to make games for the hardcore audience, but their was nothing to show for it. If anything the closest thing they had to a announcement resembling something that you and I might want to play was Animal Crossing: City Folk and the new Motion Plus Wiimote add-on. It almost felt like a E3 06 scenario where Sony announces the Sixaxis out of nowhere and developers when asked if they will incorporate the new ’tilt’ functionality of the Sixaxis respond with a resounding “Um, yeah, probably.” Why announce something like the Motion Plus and and at the same time have nothing to show for it? I’m not saying they shouldn’t of announced it at all because then they REALLY wouldn’t of had anything to show. I’m not discounting Wii Music here, but again, from the perspective of someone who does not own a Wii nor has any interest in Guitar Hero: On Tour Decades or Pokemon Ranger this Media Briefing was mostly devoid of significant games announcements. Overall in my mind Nintendos showing was almost non-existent and really as with all the big three I’m much more interested to see if their will be any larger announcements outside the briefings or at other publishers briefings as that has been the trend thus far.
Oh, and I’m sorry, but I think they could of toned down on the use of “paradigm shift”, too many buzz words guys.
[Photos taken from Joystiq/Engadget]
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