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Nintendo: We didn't want to show "wonderful footage" of Zelda WiiU and disappoint fans at E3

Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé stated that they didn't want to show "wonderful footage" of The Legend of Zelda Wii U at the Nintendo's E3 Digital Event.

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-Foxtrot3645d ago (Edited 3645d ago )

I know right. I don't even know what he's trying to say.

It wouldn't have been a mess...we would have been like

"Oh that Nintendo 3D Conference was horrible...HOWEVER, did you see Zelda, it looked amazing. Saving grace of their E3 event"

monkeyDzoro3645d ago

At first I thought it was a Nintendo fanboy statement. You know, the usual excuse and damage control.

With that logic, I guess Sony fans are now... dissapointed with the footage of Uncharted4, Horizon and The Last Guardian.
Naughty Sony... disspaointing your fans that way...LOL

Blurmobjet3645d ago

so, somehow they thought not showing it would be less of a disappointment?

Wingsfan243645d ago

I know the development of Zelda Wii U is still early, but the footage they showed off last year didn't look very good at all really. The world was very bland from the bit of footage they showed off. I'm sure it's improved by now, but after seeing Star Fox...not really sure what to think.

InTheLab3645d ago

I find it amazing they can show the Zelda tech demo but can't show an actual game.

The problem is, Nintendo simply believes in everything they put out. They thought fans would eat up the new Metroid and thought Star Fox would be enough.
I'm sure the negative reaction caught them off guard as Nintendo has been clueless since the 90's...

ShinMaster3645d ago

They spent too much times on certain games and Amiibos, when they could have showed new Zelda Wii U footage(to no one's disappointment).

They need to stop babying us.

subtenko3645d ago

Oh so yall wanna show us horrible footage?

Yall dont love us!? Yall dont love us!? Well let it be known then! -Snoop Dogg

freshslicepizza3645d ago

nintendo has the worst pr in the world. they simply don't care what anyone thinks. my opinion is it's being reworked to allow the game to launch for ninteno's new console and the wii u for late next year.

bouzebbal3645d ago (Edited 3645d ago )

OMG this is the worst excuse i could imagine! He didnt want to disappoint fans by the delay so they decided not to show a WONDERFUL trailer of the game? he decided to show a stupid partnership with skylanders instead?
Who does he think we are?

pixelsword3645d ago

They can't show what they don't have.

In poker, they call that a "bluff":

"I didn't want to depress you by showing the awesome hand that you folded on".

*reshuffles the useless cards into the deck*

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NukaCola3645d ago

Metroid Federation Force. . . Nuff said

Nintendo is losing the charm and respext they once had.

-Foxtrot3645d ago

Don't forget Skylanders SuperChargers Racing

Chronoman23645d ago

Metroid Federation Force is getting previewed well. Maybe you are a loser fanboy?

Utalkin2me3645d ago

I love Nintendo to the bone, but i have to be honest and say it was the worst showing that i have ever seen.

gameboy13644d ago (Edited 3644d ago )

Everyone seems hooked on this years E3 and how Nintendo didn't show off Zelda ? I'm not bothered I'm buying DevilsThird,FastRacing,and a few more games and to be honest that will do me because my wiiu already has many games i keep on playing due to replayability like Mariokart8,Smash,Bayonetta2,ec t so when you add DevilsThird which is huge in replayability more so then COD ect and FastRacing I'm sort of happy it's been a good year for WiiU....

People next years E3 expect WiiU/NX to wipe the floor with the competition....

NX will be 10 times the power of current gen...

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Relientk773645d ago

Nintendo who is running your sh*t

LOL_WUT3645d ago

Enough with the pay cuts this man needs to be fired ;)

Palitera3644d ago

A very drunk japanese, I say.

pcz3645d ago (Edited 3645d ago )

another nail in the wiius already nail-riddled coffin

killacal133645d ago

One more nail in that coffin and you would've used all the nails in the world.

Fin_The_Human3645d ago

Nintendo still has a place in my heart becuse of the great memories.

With that said the Game Cube onward was a middle finger to me and felt like Nintendo just said thanks for ur support now F off becuae ur children will now be my money makers.

DanteVFenris6663645d ago

gamecube was still great but they started to lose a few 3rd parties, but stilll had great 1st parties

garrettbobbyferguson3645d ago

Don't you dare talk shit about the gamecube. Amazing games on that console.

Utalkin2me3645d ago

@Fin_The_Human

Thats kind of true. But what they didn't realize was the parents from the old days sticking up and saying NO WAY.

dmeador3645d ago

I'm so sad, bc I was looking to E3 to see if I wanted to grab a U. Looks like it would be nothing but a mario kart, smash bros drinking machine

ameliabaz3645d ago

Even a Mario Kart announcement would have been better than what we got. Seriously who is pining for a new Mario Tennis game......or even Paper Mario and Luigi! It's such a shame they focused their Nintendo Direct conference on games that didn't warrant that sort of attention.

pivotplease3644d ago (Edited 3644d ago )

There's a few other top notch games as well. It's library actually isn't bad at all for a sub-three year old console. I just wish it raked in a few more sales so that Nintendo wouldn't be losers about supporting it. Oh it didn't become a casual fad like the Wii U so now its a write off and we're going to treat it like the Vita (which is a year older I believe).

PizzaSteve3645d ago

I'm sure the fans would've prefer Zelda footage over Federation Force.

AWBrawler3645d ago

i rather enjoyed federation force and they told us early that zelda wouldn't be there.

SilentNegotiator3645d ago

He's trying to say "I can't tell you that we're saving the reveal for when we officially announce NX, which will be a launch title (but still on Wii U, like Twilight Princess)."

Fin_The_Human3645d ago

Wouldn't be amazing if Nintendo surprised with a console that is 2 more times more powerful than the PS4 and XB1 and has a normal control.... Too much to ask for.

SilentNegotiator3645d ago (Edited 3645d ago )

Nintendo seems too intent on having the least expensive home console for that to happen.

And with two ~$400 consoles already getting the lion's share of attention, in no small part thanks to their third party support, I don't see a more expensive console working its way into the picture, unless they end up launching ~1 year before the Ps5/Xbox Two and the console becomes more about competing in the 9th gen than catching up to the 8th.

And ultimately, I don't think that being stuck BETWEEN generations is ever a good idea, since devs aren't ready for transitions and gamers aren't sick of their fairly new systems yet; so I think that they should wait longer than what I'm assuming that they're planning to release the NX (2017 release at latest, is what I'm guessing, since they openly announced/teased it already).

3-4-53645d ago

* I think he's saying this:

"We knew the rest of the show isn't that good so we didn't want to waste the wonderful Legend of Zelda footage on a bad Nintendo Direct and poor E3, it would have gotten lost in the anger." <- something like that

I'm guessing they want it to be the focus of it's own direct when all the news is mainly that so it seems good and the focus is on how good it is.

* LoZ wouldn't have made up for how poor of a showing that was at E3, and they know it.

N4g_null3645d ago (Edited 3644d ago )

Lmao.. Splatoon is sweet though. Too bad no zelda awwwww.

Think they don't want to tease.... Yet that is what everyone wants.

LOL_WUT3645d ago

Nobody cares about that game and judging by that E3 Direct neither does Nintendo otherwise they could've showed what new features are coming in the August update. ;)

N4g_null3644d ago

Its was actually sold out. Im not sure you can comprehend what nintendo was trying to do? Ummm they wanted to get people ready for the next few months. Splatoon is already out and it rocks. If you have a wii u and havn't played the game then you might be listening to the anti hype too much.

Sure E3 sucked, yet hardly any of there games have. No day one patches no failure to actually run optimal for the game play. No hype... literally. This doesn't change the fact that wow I'm having fun and so are many others.

Seriously though casuals could not handle splatoon any way. We had some COD guys come in...LOL

Plus it is pretty fun playing with japanese people they are pretty good. The ranked battle are really sweet and the weapons are like quake and unreal mixed together yet not. The level design is superb also.

Plus to zelda is coming and I'm sure platinum doesn't want to look lame so iwata and platinum heard our pleas. I'm not worried though. Xenoblade is still coming also and some other sleepers.

WonderboyIII3645d ago

Using one mess (delay) to justify another mess (no showing footage)

herbs3644d ago

Soo strange Nintendo, in the article its states they decided to not show Zelda at the last minute but I remember them stating ahead of time no Zelda. That's not a reassuring sign wierd nonsensical back peddling and twisted logic, horrible PR.

modelgod3644d ago

Tell me about it. It's about time Nintendo go the way of Sega and let Sony and MS have zelda and donkey kong country. " we didn't want to show wonderful footage of Zelda and disappoint fans." I didn't even read the article.

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DarkBlood3645d ago

im so confused with that statement.

GCO Gamer3645d ago

Exactly, it's just Nintendo using PR speak to cover up something stupid up.

I_am_Batman3645d ago

I was wondering if the abscence of Zelda could mean that it is no longer a Wii-U game. I know this is pure speculation but with Wii-U selling that bad I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo pushed the game to the NX.

PhucSeeker3644d ago

@batman: Maybe it's a cross-gen game, like Twilight princess.

LackTrue4K3645d ago

i think it was a jab towards Sony and Microsoft.

and if it was, it was lame.

fanboysmackdown3645d ago

Yes, Nintendo are kings of oxymorons.......beginning with Reggie and ending with Miyamoto.

_-EDMIX-_3645d ago

Agreed. Something is either wrong in development, its more far off then they claimed or someone made a HUGE mistake when choosing to not show it. They have zero reasons to not market a working game, even if its a year away, its still something that gets gamers buying a Wii U to prepare for it.

Yet...we already saw it? They could have just shown something small and it would still be something. They still have E3 next year, I truly don't feel showing a small sneek peak would have hurt them......who the hell isn't buying this damn game based on a sneak peak that otherwise would have? lol.

Its a easy day 1 for ANY Zelda fan, its easily the most anticipated Zelda game in a long, long time.

MWH3645d ago

I remember you, you're the coward that attack and insult people via PM then block them and run.

you're a champion, lol

_-EDMIX-_3645d ago

@Seg- OT.

Don't you have Fallout 4 stories to troll about it being on PC?

WonderboyIII3643d ago

You could have shown something small too? But I am sure it won't be something :)

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AKR3645d ago

I get the frustration, but his point is that they didn't want people to get hyped again, only to be let down by the fact that this isn't a game we're getting very soon.

Not that I'm defending it; I think it would'be been great to see some new footage, but nevertheless, I ALSO don't know why everyone is so surprised. They announced earlier this year that Zelda won't be at E3, so it's not like they pulled the rug from under anyone's feet.

Spotie3645d ago

That's a horrible point. Anybody would obviously be more disappointed in not seeing the game at all.

As for them saying it wouldn't be there, would it be the first time a company had lied about such a thing?

AKR3645d ago

Lie about what, exactly?

Eonjay3645d ago

Wow. I'm sorry what? This is an oxymoron. Why would wonderful footage disappoint?

Kingdomcome2473645d ago

Baffling. I'm almost certain that there isn't a single solitary Zelda fan that agrees with his statement.

spicelicka3645d ago (Edited 3645d ago )

I think they mean it would be disappointing to see wonderful footage and know it's not coming out till the end of next year.

Which is pretty pathetic because it means they had nothing else to show.

Eonjay3645d ago

Even if that is the case, I fail to see how not show it at all is less disappointing.

bunt-custardly3645d ago

My opinion is there were too many other big announcements/games showcased so they held off showing it for now until they can do so at a later date with more focus on this game.

iSuperSaiyanGod3645d ago

But they didn't even show anything worth watching? It's was awkward & embarrassing to watch lol . My mom even said it . We were both watching it and it was just horrible . Even from a non gamers perspective lol she watch the Microsoft & Nintendo one & even think Nintendo looks like they're being run by a bunch of idiots that don't know anything about this day & age lmao

RpgSama3645d ago

You forgot the /S at the end... you know, of sarcasm.

mcstorm3645d ago

@iSuperSaiyanGod I think it depends on what games you are into and how they are shown off. What you need to remember is Nintendo are not a big USA run company and have different ways of showing games off and the way the business runs. Sony an Microsoft are big in terms of the US side and they also have a lot of games that are aimed at the US market. UC, TR, Gears 4, Forza 6 etc are not big hits in Asian markets where Nintendo showed off a lot of games that will sell well over there including Mario maker, Mario Tennis and Yoshi world.

I loved the look of some of there games and yes I don't think they will be big sellers in Europe or the US but in Asia I think they will do well. But I do get why people look at it as being a poor e3 as alot of people watching e3 are from European and USA markets

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Astro Bot was so good it almost "outdid Nintendo at its own game", says Reggie Fils-Aimé

PlayStation platformer Astro Bot impressed former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé.

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Levii_92142d ago

Oh yeah it’s certainly a special one. I think Astro Bot 2 is gonna be a big one, the one for the books as they say.

I also hope Team Asobi expandes thanks to the massive success of Astro Bot and works on another IP, they are just too good.

porkChop142d ago

"I also hope Team Asobi expandes"

That's kind of a double edged sword for me. On one hand it would be good for Team Asobi. On the other, Sony shut down and laid off all the other devs at Japan Studio. It would just kind of piss me off that they shut down the rest of the studio only to now build it back up after screwing over those devs.

FinalFantasyFanatic141d ago

They probably should have kept Japan Studios, they could really use them now that they realised they need to revitalise some old IPs, or make something other than Live Service/GaaS.

IRetrouk141d ago (Edited 141d ago )

They recentered japan studio around asobi because some of the main staff left after sony wanted to increase their budgets to make bigger aaa games, I thought this was well known.

Cacabunga142d ago

They need to give us a PSVR2 version.. the first one is still glorious to this day on PSVR

gleepot142d ago

I would agree. It stands toe to toe with Odyssey.

Good-Smurf142d ago

I think Astro Bot outdid Odyssey in terms of pace and level of interactivity immersion it gave.
I mean look at how many charming animations they make for each of the 300+ Astro Bots in the game scattered around at crash site home base, just the sight of that alone never fails to give you a huge smile and joy.
Astro Bot is also the first ever platform game I played that never made the post-game activity felt like a boring drawn out collect-a-thon challenge mode feel and was actually still as fun as main game to collect them and played them all throughout.
Even Odyssey felt like a collect-a-thon in post-game after credits rolled.

Doge141d ago

Agreed honestly. Odyssey’s mechanics/gameplay wise was the best Mario’s been. But the moon collecting became hella tedious down the line.

Smellsforfree141d ago

I'm fine with collect-a-thons so long as there is an actual platforming challenge to overcome in collecting the thing. Those are fun. I feel like Odyssey had such a mix of interesting to collect moons compared to just moons on the ground you grab -- they could have done a lot better.

Astro Bot and Odyssey both shine for different reasons. I agree with you on the interactivity immersion of Astro Bot -- but the skill wall of Mario's move set, for me, makes it a bit more interesting as a platformer and game to speed run through.

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Reaper22_142d ago

When you do something wonderful people will imitate it.

mkis007142d ago (Edited 142d ago )

Easier said than done. Plenty of imitators of successful games out there. It rarely stands on its own.

neutralgamer1992142d ago

That's not easy though. If you remember during 360 days mahy tried copying halo and especially gears of war and came up short

8bitAssassin142d ago

The best game that did anything remotely close to Gears, was the incredible game Binary Domain.

neutralgamer1992141d ago

And not enough people played it. Such a great game

Armaggedon142d ago

The imitators normally fail.

GotGame818141d ago

It's true! Sony literally took the very best of what Nintendo did and put their own take on it. I have acknowledged that, but Sony fans act like Sony came up with it all on their own. It's hilarious! I'm going to get a bunch of down votes for being honest. Astro Bot, is AMAZING, but come on now! Hey, I don't care, Astrobot is a fantastic game, and I replay it, because it's fun.

-Foxtrot141d ago (Edited 141d ago )

Yeah, just like how Nintendo saw the Outfoxies and were inspired to do Smash Bros...

OH WAIT...if we go by your logic then Nintendo just copied them, right?

There was even a couple of kart racing games out before Mario Kart, I know you may like to believe different but even Nintendo found inspiration or weren’t the first to do something, they just put their spin on it and did it better.

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CrashMania142d ago

The alt won't be happy with this comment lol.

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The Game Awards 2024 Was Bigger Than the NFL Super Bowl

Reggie writes: "@thegameawards is the biggest global entertainment event of our time, now shockingly bigger than @NFL's Super Bowl. Well done, @geoffkeighley"
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jznrpg176d ago

It’s such an akward show. I watch it to see if there is any good reveals. Some great ones this year but that’s not always the case.

gold_drake175d ago

to be fair, the superball is mostly watched in america. not the world.

but this year was really good. but damn was it a long damn show. especially in europe

MrNinosan174d ago

We watch Superbowl here in Europe as well.
And this years TGA wasn't much longer than earlier years, and the runtime was exactly the same amount of seconds here in Europe as any other part pf the world, even if it was in the middle of the night 😏

gold_drake174d ago (Edited 174d ago )

thats exactly why it felt so long. it was also 15 mins longer.

superball eint being watched in europe. maybe in the uk and even that, hardly.

MrNinosan174d ago

@gold_drake
It's not 'superball', so wouldn't be surprised if you didn't know we watched it also from Europe.
I live in Sweden and haven't missed a Super Bowl final in years.
I can guarantee you most countries has access to NFL, just like NBA and NHL.

Retroman174d ago

What is Superball?? UK slang language of saying SUPERBOWL??

Rebel_Scum173d ago

Straight facts. Also the rest of the world has no interest watching a 3 hour game where the ball is in play for only on average 11 minutes.

And this is coming from someone who does watch highlights of NFL regular season and the entire superbowl. Its just not that great a game. Its biggest problem is the guaranteed possesion, stop/start nature of play and lack of laterals that could open up the game more like rugby union or rugby league.

gold_drake173d ago (Edited 173d ago )

yea and ppl who say "oh its being watched in europe" forget that the superball starts really really late at night for us and goes into the early mornings.

but yeh. people dont know what they dont know.

GhostScholar175d ago

The way that was calculated was misleading. The Nielsen ratings are not straight forward. Length of viewing was way longer on superbowl. Game awards were basically just watched during the windows where there were game announcements.

anast175d ago

It was not. This article is an advertisement.

jjb1981175d ago

I'm pretty sure these metrics are equivocal.

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Random: Fans Are Begging Nintendo's Ex President To Sell His N64 Collection

When ex-President of Nintendo of America, Reggie Fils-Aimé, showed off a portion of his N64 collection on social media, we suspect he probably wasn't anticipating a wave of offers from potential buyers.

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XiNatsuDragnel280d ago

That'll be amazing maybe lost media too

Profchaos278d ago

Imagine the irony if he had the only known copy of mother 3 on the n64 dd

TheNamelessOne279d ago

Mine will be worth a small fortune in the future.

Knightofelemia279d ago (Edited 279d ago )

Why should he sell his collection? It's his collection if he wants to sell then that is his decision maybe he wants to save it as a nest egg or pass it down to his kids. That's like asking the AVGN to sell his giant collection plus the Nintoaster. Or like asking Jay Leno to sell his car collection. Collectors like to brag, show off, and explain the history or the rarity. Be lucky Mr. Ex Predisent even gave you a glimpse of his collection.

Profchaos278d ago (Edited 278d ago )

I think it great he shows off his collection it shows that despite the criticisms he got he really wasn't just a suit and truely loved the games and that really shows in the fact that he still talks about Nintendo years after departing the company we need more Reggie and less matrck in gaming

SeTTriP278d ago

Quest 64, I brought that dumpster fire day 1.turned me into a die hard square enix and PS fan.Gawd that game was horrible.

gold_drake278d ago

it was fairly busted too once u had a certain lebel of earth magic haha otherwise yes. dumbsterfire ha

huuuge potential tho