If Yoshi is coming late, i wouldn't be surprised if XCX is coming out in June in the US.

Lately, Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga.
Also, Mighty Switch Force 2, MK8 (200cc) and Turtle Tale (boy, as i regret buying this...).

A Nintendo of Europe employee just told that something is going to happen at the beginning and at the end!

And Geoff says that we can't miss the finale!

Oh, oh boy!

Loved the show. Really laughed at some parts.

Mario Maker is looking more appealing with SMB 3 World aesthetics. Those levels were pretty awesome!

Zelda was...wow. The game looks really good and i feel it's going to be really special! Mark my words!

My biggest bet: DS or N64 games coming to VC!

Finally...

I love Zelda 1 so i obviously love that comparison.

Actually the game is starting to give a Zelda 1 vibe with all the exploration already shown.

Really can't wait to see more of it.

I watched the European ND. It ended up beeing the shortest one with only 40 minutes of footage.

It was a really good show for 3DS.
That new Fire Emblem came out of nowhere and launching 2 NEW 3DS bundles willl really help push the console.
From what i have read, some announced games already taking advantage of NEW 3DS, which is pretty cool.

Despite being in it's 4th (almost) full year in the market, there's still a good amount of games coming for it in the first half.

Wii U...

I liked what they showed.
I sincerely loved the Mario Amiibo line. Really am more interested in this line than the Smash amiibo line. Also, the amiibo integration in Captain Toad looks really cool!
The Wii games announcement surprised me - as i was hoping for DS games.
That Bandai Namco announcement was... really confusing. The description and the visuals shown look like two different games. Personally i'm getting a FUSE vibe from Wii U's first free game! Awesome!

But then the bad news hit:

Another Fire Emblem for 3DS and still no sign of the Wii U version (announced 2 years ago).

Wii games are cool if you want to buy games like MP trilogy that cost a fortune today. But other than that, most great Wii games by Nintendo are still sold at pretty much 20€ or less if used. And so far there's no confirmation of 3rd party games coming to the eShop.

Speaking about the eShop, where are the N64 games? Where are the N64 games?

And the worst is that, for the third year straight, Wii U's first half is bare.
Only one more game than last year's first half. But at least, last year we got DK and MK 8. Two heavyweights. Kirby/Captain Toad, MP 10 and Splatoon are not heavyweights.
So, in the second half - and excluding the two project games - we have 7/8 games. Assuming there aren't more suprises coming, like a remade Mario game to celebrate the 30th anniversary.

How Nintendo expects to make Wii U rise in sales and change people's perception of the console is beyond me.

Still, one of the best NDs i ever saw!

If they bring original content to mobile devices their handheld and home console could benefit from that.

Give a little exposure to your franchises and leave people wanting more.

Of course, there's also the risk of people just sticking with them and that's it.

It will all depend on what franchises and what type of games they make for mobile devices.

Different experiences will probably be the best solution.

To me, a third pillar could only be a tablet. It made sense: Nintendo specific mobile games still on Nintendo's HW.

But since no announcement was made, then it most likely isn't it.

What i think NX is.

It's both the handheld and home console where both play basically the same games/share the same library.

This is what i have been thinking for a long time. Yet, because of this conference i can't shake the feeling it's something more.

I don't know if it's HW related, OS related... I just feel that there's more to that "brand new concept" than just the controller being different.
And when Iwata said that this mobile development situation affected the HW development for next gen i just knew that there was something more.
I can think of a few things:

He's actually talking about sharing the same library between systems;

It's just OS related and there's interaction between the mobile side and gaming dedicated devices;

This new machine will interact with QoL to help modify the game according to your physical state , thus adapting it to you and making it a unique experience every time you play;

With the inclusion of PCs and mobile devices, NX will allow to connect to the Android store and STEAM. And whe i mean connect i really mean to use your handheld/home console to use those services and play all their games.

Something crossed my mind today after reading the Q&A.

We all know that the NX talk isn't new, that Nintendo already talked about its new consoles early 2014.
The question is, why did Nintendo, at the press conference with DeNA, said "dedicated gaming device" and not "dedicated gaming devices"?; Why singular and not in plural if everyone already expected that?
And they still used that expression in singular form during the lates Investor's meeting.

Iwata's reply to a NX question:

"Your question also included the "current notion of thinking about home consoles and handheld devices." When it comes to how dedicated game systems are being played, the situations have become rather different, especially between Japan and overseas. Since we are always thinking about how to create a new platform that will be accepted by as many people around the world as possible, we would like to offer to them "a dedicated video game platform with a brand new concept" by taking into consideration various factors, including the playing environments that differ by country. This is all that I can confirm today."

Remember how he also mentioned how he wanted to change how HW is sold to consumers?

Then, what if, Nintendo really is just making one platform that will come alive through different type of HW?
Iwata already mentioned that he would like to increase the form factors, how he sees both handheld and home consoles for next gen, as brother and sister.

This could very well mean that the HW will execute the brand new concept Nintendo has for its HW but Nintendo could also release variants of the same HW ala Steam Machines/mobile devices.

If this is true it actually goes in line with AMD's statement of a 2016 deal that goes beyond gaming.

More and more, i'm convinced that NX isn't this or that HW, but it's actually a way to play their games. And i wouldn't be surprised if we saw some deals to incorporate NX into stuff like TV, Blu-ray players, etc.

Cool story, bro!

Nice show!

At least that rumour had one thing right: April 1st really was the date for the new ND!

From what i read, Atlus has also retweeted the ND. Could it be that we'll see FExSMT!?
One thing is garanteed, with Shibata taking part, we'll get release dates.

Looking forward to that TreeHouse event. Splatoon is my bet.

Nintendo doesn't have any more deals with DeNa to announce, otherwise they would have said so already.

And if the "leak" is talking about what was announced, Fall is the time period already chosen and talked about since Nintendo announced it would close Club Nintendo.

I stopped here. I'm sorry but that is straight up not at all in anyway true. In fact I'm pretty sure Nintendo is the company that has made the most money off video games in the world to date and they certainly didn't make all that money by the end of the SNES era. That's one strange looking failure.

Wait what?

I wasn`t speaking about the financial side.
What happened (n the home console segment) after the SNES - and even with the SNES, as it lost marketshare to SEGA - is that in terms of marketshare and people`s perception, Nintendo keeps going downhill.
Yes, they struck gold with the Wii - and had they managed better the last 2 years like Sony did for PS3 and things would have been better for Wii U - but when it comes to the non-gamers or casual audience, Nintendo keeps going down the path of irrelevance. All the games they want are on MS and Sony camp. Why are they going to really bother buying a console that has about a handful of really great franchises?
As i said, nobody is going to rush to a store to buy a phone that only does a few exclusive, despite great, things, when they can a phone that offers them a lot more. Things that the mass market wants.

Wydra:
Making money in the N64 and GC (those consoles that tried to appeal to the core gamer) won`t save them in the long term.
With Wii U in danger of doing even less than the GC, what kind of future awaits Nintendo? Nintendo is only now making money on Wii U. Next gen, with development costs rising and a small userbase to sell them to, the profits are bound to go down.
If nothing changes at Nintendo, the home console business will stop being desirable to investors and they are going to start calling for it`s end.

Great post, some of the others failed to realize that you weren't taking about financial figures you were speaking about their relation to 3rd party developers, something only one who actually read the post would have comprehended.

Not just 3rd parties, but because of that and the lack of Nintendo's interest in offering games that gamers also want, they fail to build a market that really appeals to everyone. A market that is becoming smaller and smaller with each generation. Not to mention that the mobile market is eating into it`s, once, exclusive market: kids and families.

For some reason, MS entered the gaming business and went after Sony`s market and not Nintendo's market.

When Sony and MS came into the scene, they did 2 things: listen to developers and create na ecosystem for their own (3rd party games) to succeed.

In other words, they put out the HW and business model that pleased developers and they created a market for themselves by marketing, courting devs and most importantly, they invested in games that catered to that same market. And those games were of the type that Nintendo never meant to do.

Why has Nintendo failed since the SNES?

Because there was a new market that Nintendo simply overlooked.
Basically, Nintendo did it`s own thing, as they always did. The problem is, the competition - which started with Sega - didn`t do that.
They went after the gamers, they offered exclusives games of the franchises gamers were starting to love. They went after developers and sold them a market.
And because they did that, they won.

Nintendo isn't losing marketshare because of the mistakes of the past, they are losing marketshare and even mindshare, because they are always one step behind their competition - when they actually decide to go after that competition.
Until Nintendo realises that gamers want all the online thingies, (exclusive) shooters and other games like GoW, Uncharted, Halo, Destiny, etc., Nintendo is always going to be a second choice not just for gamers, but for developers.

People aren`t going to buy, in droves, a console, that will have about a handful of great exclusive franchises and about, little more the same number in games, of said franchises per generation.
Nintendo franchises can sell a good number of consoles, but they aren`t diverse enough to attract millions of gamers, anymore.

That reeks of awesomesauce

 

 

It really is.

After the last trailer, even i, who am not a fan of this type of game, started getting an itch to play it. It just feels so epic that i think i'm going to lose it and buy it one day.

Maybe.

But if that's that one i won't mind at all!

If the new Zelda is as engrossing and beautiful as this game seems to be, then it's going to become the best Zelda ever!

Here's a close up!

Looks really good.
Wasn`t expecting it too look that good.

Hope it`s fun to play!

Its a good point, and plus, Nintendo abandoned any different game, like any racer beyond mario kart, they dont have any FPS, or anything out of their comfort zone.

That has always been Nintendo's problem on the home console market: they just didn't compete after the SNES.
N64 was probably the last console where they actually tried getting games that people liked and helped them a lot in the US: Nintendo Sports titles (even became a brand), Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, San Francisco Rush, Turok. Yet, they forgot about Europe and Japan tastes, basically.

I like Iwata, i really do, i think he's the man for the job, but at the same time it's mindblowing how blind - or willingly blind - Nintendo can be.
During the Wii days they saw that despite its success, they lacked the big titles except for CoD. No AC, no Dead Space, no GTA, no nothing. And that is something that you know it's going to be absent of your library for at least 2 years (minimum time to develop those games).

What did they do? They did absolutely nothing.
They lacked all the games and genres that made PS and XB a success amongst gamers and didn't do anything to try and build a userbase for those franchises to hop onto Nintendo's consoles and now they are hurting, and hurting badly.