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Nintendo is Preparing a New Nintendo Direct for Miiverse

GenGAME writes: "Satoru Iwata announced at the Second Quarter Financial Results Q&A that Nintendo is busy preparing a new Nintendo Direct presentation to show off everything Miiverse can do."

Schawk4195d ago

Cool, some detailed information would be nice

Gr814195d ago (Edited 4195d ago )

Will probably be the Nintendo Direct I pay most attention too. As I've stated in the past, how Nintendo approaches their online infrastructure and online services (especially, but not only the Virtual Console) is imperative for them moving forward.

It doesn't need any bloat, only efficient and simple execution. Allow its consumers to block or friend whomever they want, an account based system so that downloaded games aren't tied to the hardware (in case of hardware breakdown) And no more trickle down releases. If they get this right, Nintendo will be on the right track. If not...oh boy.

live2play4195d ago (Edited 4195d ago )

"If not...oh boy. "
..they will suffer..by many anti nintendo fanboy flamebait articles on internet videogame forums...?

REPLY TO ARIUS

im not defending
i would love for the accounts to be tied
i would love for releases to not trickle down

but the "average consumer" doesnt think about tied accounts
and doesnt look into release dates of games, just whats on tv

Gr814195d ago (Edited 4195d ago )

They will suffer from consumers not seeing enough value in their console and find alternatives for their entertainment. That will in turn hurt their finances even further.

Nintendo fanboys as well as fanboys of the other companies will defend whatever decisions they make..good or bad. And fanboys alone aren't enough to propell a system into mass market acceptance. Just look at the Vita.

Additional Reply: Allow me to clarify, I wasn't implying you were one of those 'fanboys' at all. My apologies if you thought that.

But I don't think you give the 'average' consumer enough credit. Much like how the games industry doesn't give the so called 'casual gamer' enough credit. When my first Wii had tech issues, I sent it back to Nintendo, they gave me a new Wii for free, shipping included, but all the VC game purchases I had prviously were wiped, I won't allow myself to go through that again, so I'm very interested in how they treat online this time.

And I'm pretty average when it comes to video game hobbies.

Nevers0ft4195d ago

Having only minimally taken my Wii online and never bothering playing my 360 online (too many idiots + me sucking = not fun :) ) I'm happy to see where Nintendo is going with this.

All I want is a simple online system, with simple matchmaking and an online shop that highlights the gems and has a decent recommendation system (which hopefully Miiverse caters for)... and Nintendo are famed for using the KISS principle, so I think Miiverse will be fine.

beerkeg4195d ago

Can't wait to finally get hold of the console. Everything I read about it makes me want it more. This is going to be a great end to the year.

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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Online is the New Miiverse

With its new ways of both creating and sharing user-made content, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has become the unexpected successor to Nintendo’s beautiful disaster of a social media experiment Miiverse.

franwex1828d ago

Miiverse was insanity, and it was hilarious. It had a super strange community, there’s a bunch of YouTube videos about it.
I have smash ultimate, but haven’t checked out the new update. I’ll for sure take a look.

Snookies121828d ago (Edited 1828d ago )

I'm interested to check it out as well. Haven't played Smash in a while now... I think it was my issues with having multiple people play at once. The controller drifting and input lag was terrible. Not sure if they fixed that yet, but it was a pain to play when I had 3-4 friends on at the same time.

Gemmol1827d ago

Send your switch in not everyone have that issue, only one that listed that others experience is drifting issue but input lag and playing with 4 people do not have any issues

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Rejoice, Miiverse Has Been Saved on the Internet

After shutting down a few months back, a few fans managed to collate Miiverse posts and save it on the internet.

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ObviousGoldfish2302d ago

Can never get too many penis drawings

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A Miiverse Eulogy: So Long to the First True Social Video Game Platform

The Miiverse gave myself, and so many others, a platform unlike any console had ever seen before. For once, our reactions to games, both about them generally and in the moment-to-moment, were given life in the games themselves. The Miiverse's concept was novel, fresh, new. It felt like the first true social video game platform. And it's a shame that it was for a console that hardly anyone actually played.