E3: Winner of E3? Surprisingly, Nintendo

Microsoft Corp.'s Project Natal dazzled media briefing attendees. Sony Corp.'s Playstation Motion Controller and franchise titles wowed fans. But Nintendo Co., with a conservative media briefing, ultimately won over the Electronic Entertainment Expo audience with a mix of core and casual titles that will translate better to the video game economy than either rivals' lineup.

[xabmol]

I'd say they won too.

After watching their E3 conference I was like, "Damn! They are gonna make a sh*tload of money!"

[GCNSeanFoster]

I want the stuff these people were smoking when they thought Nintendo "won" E3 2009. Did the White Rhino shows itself? And no I am not a fanboy. I dig all three systems and I own all three systems.

All three companies had great showings but Nintendo by far had the most boring show. Microsoft and Sony destroyed Nintendo's press conference.

Sure we had some good games shown but it lacked what their E3 2007 show had (composing Miyamoto, etc). I saw Nintendo's E3 shows the last 9 years and the last two years have been very bland. And I am sorry, a E3 show without Miyamoto is like a Nintendo system being released without ever having a Mario game on it.

I really miss Perrin Kaplan and George Harrison.

[jammy_70]

the GAMERS!!!! especially the 1s who have all the consoles...

[BRG9000]

This site focuses very heavily on video game industry and sales news, so it makes perfect sense for them to determine a "winner" based on which company they feel best showcased products to cater to all consumers, and which company best showed how it will continue to stimulate and grow the video game marketplace. No surprise here.

[N4g_null]

Seriously no one won. The funny thing is IF MS or SONy did win then we will see it next month or better yet during the holiday season yet hold up! Their motion stuff doesn't come out till a new zelda is released. By that time we may have a red steel 3.

[ico92]

nintendo had the worst of the 3 i mean 1st of all they showed all these casual games ok casual gamers don't watch e3 so the hardcore audience isnt gonna care they showed like 2 games on the wii and both are comming out in late 2010 ontop of that you had the boring cammie make an appearence

[leyego]

most of sonys games got leaked b4 E3, FF14 was the only game that shocked me and since im a huge ff11 fan 2010 can't come soon enough

microsoft had multipalts all over the place. most of the games weren't that big of a deal either since i really hate FPS's.

nintendo had 2 mario games and a mertoid game. enough said. they win.

out of all the games announced theres only 4 games i really want to play out of the rest and those are mario wii, metroid m, ff14, and ff13.

[MegaPowa]

Whats the big deal about casual games i mean whats so bad about them i had fun using wii fit and i still play left 4 dead on pc or tf2 true hardcore gamers would play any game and have fun because that's what game were made for.

[Sarcasm]

"nintendo had 2 mario games and a mertoid game. enough said. they win."

Seriously... New Super Marios looks like a lot of fun, but it looks like a port from the DS version. And SMG2 looks like SMG1 with some new features.

And you call that Win?

As a gamer, I'm sad that Uncharted 2, The Last Guardian, Gran Turismo 5, God of War III, Splinter Cell Conviction, Forza 3, Modern Warfare 2
isn't worthy to you.

[leyego]

never said they wernt worthy, im just voicing what i like.
as a gamer i can choose what i like and what i dislike right?

although they are great games doesn't mean i HAVE to like them.
people can have a specific preference if they so choose.
mine happen to be mario, FF, KH, and metroid.

if i buy a game i don't buy it because everyone says its a must buy, i buy it because i want to.

in my eyes nintendo stole it for me since i happen to like mario and metroid, sony got a very close 2nd thanks to ff14, and ms got last cuz nothing interested me in the slightest.

only on N4G where someone gets disagrees up the a$s for voicing his opinion.

[Syronicus]

I wish for once we would all agree that the only winners out of a show like this are the gamers.

[GCNSeanFoster]

The gamers won E3 2009. Because no matter what system you own, there are some great titles coming late 2009 and 2010.

[n4f]

i totally agree nobody won e3 its not a matter of who won or lose its just showing stuff.
and if they won wtf do they won?
id ratter say that im happy gamers are winners and fanboy are losers

[N4g_null]

Syronicus I agree with you but wait a minute most gamers here at N4g are not console gamers any more they are PC gamers that do not want to buy a PC to play games, yet end up spend about the same ammount of cash on credit cards.

[Gun_Senshi]

fanboys stopped a real news come past pending. it failed after 10 min they spammed it with duplicate when its not. The news had this video

http://n4g.com/NewsPending-...

Kindly report news to mods maybe it makes it past as its already failed due to sony slave and why dis spamming duplicate when its clearly not

[GiantEnemyCrab]

haha still trying to get the sympathy vote.. bu bu bu Sony is my king! You must give him credit! Get a life dude and get ON TOPIC.

Stop comparing that joke of an EyeToy and PS3Eye to Natal. Nobody gives a crap about Sony's old tech and what do you want some type of certificate that says "Sony made it first". Man, you seriously have one chubby for Sony.. You go to sleep at night dreaming about them?

[Gun_Senshi]

I'm a PC Fan not Sony fan, but I hate it when fanboys spout crap only and Proven wrong they report spam only.

What happened there is plan facism. I guess you support that then. I thought you are better then that.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Well one thing we can agree on is you = Anti-MS/Anti-360.

WTF is the whole point? Do you know the specifics of the tech down to every detail to be able to say it's not doing something different?

I really don't think you do. All you have is a bunch of video clips showing similar things BUT how they were accomplished or how much is real vs staged is unknown and cannot be guessed.

If you aren't a PS3 fanboy you %100 act like one.

Again, what is the point of this? Do you want an award? Do you want to see this fail? What is your motivation? Is it like an 4 year old who says "I MADE THIS!" and you have to sit there and say "ooooh good little boy you did soooo good.. I am sooooo proud of you!". Is that false sense of entitlement creeping it's way again?

While Sony basically introduces a Wiimote RIP OFF. It is a waggle wand.. Funny stuff.. MS copied EyeToy but noooo similarities between their motion controller and Nintendo. You are probably going to try and tell me Sony invented the Wiimote too.

Do you not see the absolute double standard hypocrisy?

@4.4: So your intentions are to get 360 fans to stop being excited and hyping up Natal? Ahh I see.. You've come to piss on peoples parade.. I'm done here.

[Gun_Senshi]

My point is maybe MS Fans stop kissing up Natal as the best thing ever done.

Didn't they say Motion sensors suck and that Eyetoy and PLaystation suck too?

For me? MS can shove natal down their throat, Sony can shove their dildomote up their arse.

[bjornbear]

Its just a video, and its just as valid as any Natal Pro-Article, and considering all the crap that gets approved, that should too.

Don't be so defensive, its just a peripheral. I'm not one of those who thinks Natal is the second coming, but I was impressed and found it to be an interesting advancement.

However, the video has a point, its all be done before, just not as acurately. Can't argue with that, the proof is there. =)

[TheColbertinator]

I agree with Punchjump and Wired that Nintendo won

[tehReaper]

I didn't agree or disagree. Nintendo had a decent conference, but I'd rather have new ips instead of the constant Mario, Zelda, rinse, repeat, ohh look Metroid. Same goes with Microsoft(Halo, Gears, etc) and Sony(Ratchet, MGS, etc) but moreso with Nintendo. Don't get me wrong, I love those franchises, I just wish we had more original games. I know Nintendo can do it, they're just not.

I'm excited for Mario and Metroid but that's it. The Wii is losing steam and they need more games other than just Mario, Zelda, Pikman and Metroid. I'm not dissing the Wii, but Nintendo needs to wake up and they need to get serious. They know how to amaze people, they're just not doing it because of their current position. Yes they're still selling a lot, but how long will that last?

[ultimolu]

I just liked the announcement of a Super Mario Bros.
I hope it doesn't suck. ._.

[FinalomegaS]

word going around everywhere is that it's really fun...

[ultimolu]

Oh, cool then.

[gamingisnotacrime]

everybody won E3 it seems

[Spike47]

LOL, I love the xbox fans.

[vox]

finally someone is getting it
maybe not the best conference, but as far as e3 being about game announcements
nintendo unveiled the most exclusives and original ips for the wii.. games they didn't even mention in their conference like Monado

[Dick0]

but it was in 2nd place followed by sony in 3rd

[da720izcumin]

i thought nins press conference was actually pretty good...
sony, on the other hand, had no idea what they were doing...
i don't blame them though...

[Qwagy UK]

do me a favour!

[No FanS Land]

Must say that metroid made me jump off my chair. no that should more be like golden sun :D.

[eagle21]

Nintendo announced two huge mario games so their E3 was great too. :)

[mrv321]

I kinda agree Nintendo's show was very enjoyable, the game quality is awsome considering the platform. But on Graphics PS3 won, 360 won in terms of casuality, Nintendo won in terms of Nintendo and gimmicks.

[danielle007]

360 won on "Casuality"?

Are you calling Alan Wake, Forza 3, L4D2, Splinter Cell, and MGS Rising casual games?

...What?

[Socomer 1979]

Mario Galaxy and Metroid other M along with deadspace.

The DS has very interesting titles as well such as Golden Sun and Scribblenaughts.

The Kids know what they like and Grand ma doesnt mind babysitting anymore. For Nintendo fans, could be a win but it just needed that 1 extra game. ZELDA.

[rupi]

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA, you're kidding right?

[Planet]

Nintendo won for me!

[San Frandisco]

HAHA take that sony and xbot fanboys..

Nintendo wooped all yall conference:

1)we had God of war Wii

2)Uncharted 2 among Wii's

3)WAG (Wii Action Game),with a massive 6 player online modes.

4)and dont forget about Wii Fantasy 14..

[bjornbear]

And GTWii...i mean, they totally owned MS and Sony O.o....

[DNAgent]

But it was in 2nd place followed by Microsoft in 3rd.

[SmokingMonkey]

also 4 player SuperMarioBros is a great idea, I'm surprised MediaMolecule came up with it 1st on LBP!

Nobody wins E3, btw

i'm still not convinced we need motion sensing, but i agree with Sony in that you need buttons/trigger for this type of gaming to work (think Japanese people have enough room in their living rooms to use Natal? Hell nobody has enough room to use Natal unless you're standing in place stomping your feet to run forward?! Also isn't emotion cap and face recognition a program? Any camera can do it, it just depends on the program, right?

[Pandamobile]

I've heard absolutely nothing about Nintendo at E3 besides the Wii Motion Plus thing that was unveiled a couple months ago.

[MegaPowa]

You must of been living under a rock..and by the way MP was shown at last years e3 not a few months ago..

[Jack Bauer]

nintendo, at least on the console side... had the worst showing of all... i mean seriously? Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Metriod M... 2 games for your more core gamers? (new mario wii looks too casual to me, i could be proven wrong) nintendo shows off less games than i can count on one had and they expect me to be satisfied... if it werent for my anticipation and love for the legend of zelda i wouldnt even own a wii...i guess it is why i have never went to this site anyway... although most other non fanboy sites (isk if this one is) seem to be picking MS as the best showing... imo sony did by far... ... i mean natal is awesome, but they vagualy said they could make core games, when sony specifically said they were.

Sony showed off games like: the last guardian, agent, FFXIV, GoW3 (even though i am not a fan, i will acknowledge its awesomeness), MAG, Uncharted 2, Ratchet and clank, Motion Controller, and more...no contest, against nintendo anyway, MS was closer to sony.

[BrotherNick]

Natal is a year away, Sony's motion controller is a prototype. Nintendo has games for guys and girls, children and old people. The other systems have games for men and very awesome women.

[bjornbear]

Just proving how "credible" all the "who won E3" sources are xD...its all B.S, get real no one "won"...

[hellboy1880]

Nintendo, Micorsoft, Sony. Which one is it? This is getting pretty ridiculous. Some are claiming Microsoft won, some say Sony now Nintendo?

Who cares?

You know won? We did. The gamers. The more these corporations fight, the more they innovate, the more they cut prices to stay competitive, the more WE win.

[bigjclassic]

they did announce the sequel to this gens best game (SMG2) and a mega seller in NSMB for Wii. I believe SMG sold around 7 million units while
NSMB on DS sold about 15 million units. So yeah if it came down to bonafied AAA mega sellers then Nintendo won.

If it came down to the "cool" factor, then MS won. And as far as the games with the most potential, then PS3 won.

In actuality we all won as gamers, and BAM there it is.

[mshope10]

i'am a diehard nintendo fan and a hardcore gamer who only has wii and ds lite and dsi and i'am not saying nintendo won e3!!!but they had a great showing for all of us gamers and that what us nintendo fans want people to realise!they maybe didn't have the best show but it was not as bad as everyone made it out to be.this year we are getting tiger with motion plus wii sport resort new super mario bros the conduit silent hill dead space the new vs capom resident evil little king story zelda spirit tracks mario and luigi 3 red steel 2 and many more mostly exclusive games this year and next! so to say it was bad it just being dumb!!!!!

[Shnazzyone]

http://www.n4g.com/up/0/Blo...

I think that says it all... though imo they definitely did not do too bad.

[danielle007]

I kept waiting for Nintendo to wow me.

And then they brought out that pulse reader. And I promptly gave up hope.

However, I must say the Mario games look decent, and other M looks like it might be worth it to pick up. Buut.. Idk. I still wasn't wow-ed. I was just like, well, I hate them a bit less this year than last year.

M$ won it for me. I'm just not one of those GamersLite kind of gals, i spose.

[KnightOfTheMorning]

I honestly think Nintendo had the best showing of games..mainly because of variety. sure Sony and Microsoft had great games, but the highlights of their show was something Nintendo has been doing..motion controls.

natal looks great and I will be an early adopter because I am a hardcore gamer, and it reminds me of "minority report" too cool :). Sony's motion controller also looks nice, but both of these techs will be out when? 2010? By that time Nintendo will have Wii motion plus in millions of gamers hands with hopefully many great games to support it. So once again Nintendo will beat the competition to the punch. If things looks bad for Nintendo in the slightest, Bamm! Wii price drop.
lets look at games:
SMG2,new super mario bros,Metroid M,Dead Space,Resident evil:DC, sin and punishment2, No more heroes 2,
wii sports:resort,Grinder,FF:cryst al bearers, spyborgs,tatsunuko vs capcom,wii fit 2, tiger woods,madden 10,overlord: DL, drawn to life,Silent hill, red steel 2, muramasa and gladiator AD..wow! i know i forgot some but that is a very nice list..biggest part being almost all are EXCLUSIVE.

[kesvalk]

I won! i am waiting for a Metroid May Cry/Metroid Gaiden for more than 12 years!!!

sorry everyone, I won...

[N4g_null]

What is funny is Spy borgs rocked from what I'm hearing and nintendo did not even show it on stage and the crystal bearers game rocked also. Spyborgs may use motion + also. Red steel crew are serious this time also. A lot of games where not show cased it seems. I think TGS will be the hardcore event we all wanted.

What is funny is we will be playing our hardcore motion games before the HD guys and then on top of that we are about to have some real fights for the hardcore popping up on the Wii this winter.

It is clearly obvious that if you are not in the HDs guys E3 line up you really will not matter to most HD gamers.

[CaulkSlap]

Confirming that they're going to make more casual garbage doesn't make them winners. Just a bunch of greedy businessmen manipulating the idiot market. Nintendo is hardly even recognizable as gaming anymore.

[KnightOfTheMorning]

What a stupid statement to make..that is all they do is make games. its the other guys that stray away from games and add all in 1 home entertainment systems(not saying its a bad thing)but please refrain from making crazy comments.