Nintendo Wii Fanboy

how about the fact that AC doesn't count and everything else was just breifly mentioned - i wasnt disappointed but they spent alot of time fapping to casual games

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Denial is not a river in Egypt... :/

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If you're into the games, you KNOW the Big IPs are coming. Maybe it's disappointing because one didn't hear anythind directly from the conference, but it would just be ignorant to assume that Nintendo didn't have something big in the works. They're full of surprises.

I'm not saying they're always right, or that they always do what I want, but I think I'm stressing that I'm not worried. It's important for them to stress, especially publically, that all the people who bought a Wii and DS as casuals aren't going to be stuck with a system that doesn't have any care coming straight from the Big N. Because these are the things that get shown in family magazines and other circles, it's good for PR.

And, for everyone else, you know that Nintendo WILL have the other big stuff when it's ready. Stress that again -- WHEN IT'S READY.

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Uh, I don't own a DS. What about the Wii, Reggie? You showed nothing I care about.. Animal Crossing is hardcore if you're four years old.

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Hard at work could mean "In the two years or so." No screens, no vids, no happiness.

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Isn't there another Nintendo conference today? Saw something about it on Gonintendo..

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Exactly what I want, eh? I don't recall begging Nintendo (or Rockstar, for that matter) for a GTA on the DS...

Animal Crossing... slight yes. But GTA on the DS? Meh.

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Screens or it didn't happen Reggie...

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I love Animal Crossing a lot, but I wouldn't really consider it a "hardcore" game. I think we were looking *too* forward to Zelda and Mario, that when they only said they were working hard, everything else seemed like "casual" crap. Even though I said otherwise, I could see myself playing what you call "casual games". But, I still deffiently prefer "hardcore" games to "casual" by a large margin.

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I don't own a DS for one.

And for two, if the new Zelda and Nintendo really are in the works... why not throw us a frickin bone? A clip? Some concept art? Anything that shows us you're serious?

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I can't play GTA Chinatown on my Wii. Please make that console relevant. Animal Crossing was fun the first time, but when I finally stopped playing I wondered why it was so addicting in the first place. Watching my ex play it for hours (using the AC gamecube disc in the wii) did not make me want to go back to Humptown... AC:CF isn't for us, you just thought it would placate the fanboys while appealing to the casual crowd... it's more casual than MySims for fucksake.

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The truth of the matter is, Nintendo doesn't have to care about core gamers, at this point. They're selling Wiis and DSs to people who don't need hot new games every week; they're selling it to people who play Wii Sports with their friends every once in a while. And that's great, for those people, and obviously for Nintendo.

But if Reggie can honestly look at their list of announcements yesterday and think that core gamers would be satisfied by freakin' Animal Crossing and a GTA DS game (with no screenshots or other viable info), then he's completely insane and out of touch, and having Mario and Zelda games "in the works" just doesn't cut it anymore. It took me the better part of a year to find a Wii, and now that I have it, I hardly ever use it; I have a DS and I hardly use that, either, and it's disappointing.

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Welll from what i hear ALL the conferences were a flop:
http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/7/16/

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Animal Crossing, even though has a city and some minor communication upgrades, looks to be a complete rehash or the DS version.

Until AC allows a "hub" where random people can meet with out those $%^&ing friend codes, AC will NEVER be the game it has the potential to be.

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Animal Crossing is a kids game (if you could even call it a game) and people that want to play GTA will play it on their XBOX 360 and PS3.

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yeah reggie, because animal crossing is sooooo... not casual... I think Nintendos' PR department is run by retarded monkeys...

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We're disappointed reggie because nothing interesting was shown. You displayed YOUR companies first party games that taylor to Senior citizens or 6 - 10 yr olds the majority of the time.

Plus besides enhancing the systems capabilities (which they didn't), they announced two new accessories that are definitely gonna cost extra to get, which by the way are nothing fantastic to begin with.

That conference proved quite honestly that the wii will be, and probably forever will be, a childs gaming system.

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I'm pleased with the Wii, but disappointed at how long it takes for things to happen with the Virtual Console. Case in point, I've got 7,600+ Wii points purchased and waiting to be spent on the following titles...

SNES
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Super Mario World 2 - Yoshi's Island
Super Mario All-Stars

Nintendo 64
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Super Smash Bros.
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Tetrisphere
Bomberman 64
Gauntlet Legends
Perfect Dark

...and I'm beginning to wonder if Nintendo will ever get around to releasing any of the above. *Sigh*

Mondays = No VC Love = Feeling Left Out

Any chance of NintendoWiiFanboy starting it's own VC petition list to send to Nintendo? I'd volunteer to count & sort the results!

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For all we know the Zelda will be Link's Balance Board Party and the Mario will be Mario's Babysitting with Doggies. I don't even really want a new Mario or Zelda at the moment. I'm perfectly satisfied with Galaxy and Twilight Princess for now, I just want something good! Something that isn't mind-numbingly bland, gimmicky and casual and made for grannies; the things that made up 99% of your cringeworthy conference.

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One thing they're forgetting is the Hardcores that want to go back to the roots of playing and download all of the VC games, and even some of the WiiWare Games. They need to come out with some kind of storage solution before they come out with games that have DLC, or Wii Speak, etc. Nintendo should get their priorities straight. A 2 GB SD Card isn't going to cut it to store all of my games on.

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Dude, Nintendo isn't going to go shit on Ubi, Activision or T2 parade. Let them announce some big games.

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Whoa Whoa Whoa... what? you guys don't like animal crossing? I'm 22. I LOVE them!

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I was pretty disappointed in general. I guess my kindergartener might like Animal Crossing, but it looks like it could easily become a time sink that we don't need if that's the case. As for GTA - couldn't really care less. I wasn't asking for it and would actually rather not have it available for the DS. Parents do a poor enough job already watching what their kids are playing that we don't need an ultra-portable "M" game. I realize I'm probably in the minority on this one, but it lowered my respect for Nintendo more than raised it.

Overall the announcements were just not exciting. External storage - that would be cool. DVD Playback - sorta cool, but not essential. Media streaming (like what xBox and PS3 offer, even if slightly less) - that would be exciting. A microphone? Extra precision controllers (without a real use for them to date)? Animal Crossing? Not anything to get me excited.

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Because Animal Crossing is a little girls game?

Because I don't own a DS, yet can play better GTA games on my PS3 or PSP.

I think that sums it up for me Reggie. I was pretty psyched about a possible Kid Icarus game too.

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This has been probably the worst E3 conference that Nintendo has had in many years. I don´t care about Animal Crossing or DS games, but what about Disaster Day of Crisis?, Sadness?, The Counduit?, MadWorld?, Samba de Amigo?, Skate it?, Castlevania Judgement?, Tales of Symphonia?, i mean, come on! we got no new info about these kind of games, it looks as if Nintendo don´t know anything about them. And when it comes to casual games, all we got is horrible graphics, bad controls, stupid characters and boring games. That´s the true. I´m not even waiting for new Zelda or Mario games, I just want games that when i play them, i don`t feel i paid $5 dollars for it. Nintendo has left its hardcore fans really alone. I´m really dissapointed.

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There just aren't "adult" hard-core gamer titles. Animal Crossing, Zelda, and Mario are NOT "hard core gamer" games. They're fun, sure, but they're not what we mean. For me, I'm looking for titles a-la Square Enix, Bioware (Mass Effect), or a Bioshock-level title. No, a new WW II Call of Duty doesn't count (on any platform... :-P )

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I at least wanted a trailer for a new Zelda, but we didn't get anything of the sort......

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Well Reggie, let's see.

We all knew Animal Crossing was coming, so that was no surprise. There's nothing in the game to get anyone excited, it looks like the Gamecube version got ported to the Wii with waggle and the same level of online found in the DS version. INNOVATE, that's what Nintendo is supposed to do, but you're rehashing the hell out of every game on the Wii. Screw that.

Wii Sports Resort... I'm sorry, but throwing a frisbee to a dog is not a Wii Sports kind of sport. This looks more like Wii Play 2 than Wii Sports 2. And $50? Are you kidding me?

Wii MotionPlus should have gotten more coverage. Does it add to the experience with older games? Does it REALLY bring 1:1 control to the Wii? Is this something developers have to code for, or will it work with any game?

Wii Speak is stupid. Give us a Bluetooth headset, or even something that plugs into the Wiimote. This is something I can't use without disturbing the other people in the house. $30 for this cheap piece of crap is robbery.

Focus on games. We get Animal Crossing and Wii Sports 2, but you're giving people the impression that's ALL they have to look forward to. Stop patting yourselves on the back and promoting the endless number of gadgets, and please stop showing montages of people having entirely too much fun with their Wii.

You could learn a lot by watching the conferences by Microsoft and Sony.

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Sure AC is good but many people were expecting a zelda trailer or something else(kid icarus pikmin hard drive dlc) but since everything was casual it made hardcores cry.

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People are dissapointed because the core audience you were presenting to were developers and gamers with long time affiliations. Obviously the market share domination and subtle kicks in the face to the other companies were great for Developers or potential affiliates.

On the other hand I seriously doubt the audience your presentation catered too (children, women, very casual gamers) were even watching or attending E3. What were you thinking?

Unless your really excited about Animal Crossing (im not particularly) there was no material that excited your core customer base (males ages 15-28). Most of us think Wii Music isnt deep or challenging, animal crossing is borderline childish, and wii sports beach is just an exoected addition. Peripherals are awesome, but again give only hope that they will eventually be used properly down the road. A simple "were working on stuff" could be said at anytime and provides us with nothing new.

Try again Reggie.....dont forget the people who made nintendo stay afoot all these years. It surely wasnt the audience you were presenting too.

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To me all of the big 3 made a huge hiccup. Nintendo by not announcing really anything that we didn't already expect (GTA excluded). MS by showing off a new interface for the 360. And Sony for showing all of us that they are supporting the PS2 still when it comes to games and making the PS3 an overpriced Blu Ray unportable Ipod! What a let down this year, when it comes to the console makers.

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@Shogan -- Based on other reports, Wii Sports Resort comes with the MotionPlus (though they didn't say how MANY MotionPlus it comes with... I'd hope for 2?), so that's why it's $50. Also, it has been said that dev do have to write specifically for the MotionPlus, and that MotionPlus will NOT aid existing games in any way. Also, MotionPlus-only titles won't work without MotionPlus, so devs will have to write for both controller types! Doh!

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