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Nintendo needs to have a kickass Direct at this year's E3 to make up for last year's

AuthenticM

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Last year's E3 Direct was disappointing. I get why they did it. One, they were putting all their weight behind Smash to make it as big of a success it could possibly be, and two, they probably wanted to avoid showing stuff that they would end up showing again at E3 2019. That doesn't change what transpired last year though. Nintendo only showed one game.

So this year, Nintendo has to make up for that; they can't have a second consecutive disappointing E3. They have to show a ton of games. Metroid Prime 4 is a must. There has to be a Switch Mario game in there, either a new one, such as Odyssey 2, or a remaster of an older one, such as Galaxy 1+2. They need to show what Retro is working on, too. Retro has been radio silent for five years now. That's crazy. It's time. It's probably too soon for a new Zelda, but fuck me, I would love a teaser to a sequel to Breath of the Wild. Nintendo needs to Galaxy 2 that shit and give us a refinement of the previous game. There's no way they are not showing the new Pokémon and Animal Crossing games, so there's that at least.

I'm sure there's stuff I forget. But yeah, they need to pack their Direct.

What do you want to see in it?
 
Dyle

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Be prepared for a 25 minute deep dive into fruit stacking and pattern making in Animal Crossing
 
Peleo

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Nintendo's main goal is to meet their main customers needs with great products and achieve great sales numbers.

They have been doing that with the Switch.

Releasing hype announcements for forum enthusiasts is not crucial in the grand scheme of things.
 
Meg Cherry

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Need is an intense word. Nintendo could probably frame the entire thing around Pokemon 2019 and be totally fine. Single-game presentations have done fine for them, and translated into solid sales for hardware and software. They've proven they can showcase stuff outside E3, and it doesn't make a difference.

But I would love to see them prepare a more diverse blowout for 2019. There's a lot of really exciting stuff on the horizon (Prime 4, Animal Crossing, Pokemon, etc) that would benefit from a big show.
 

QuigleyMcShine

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Why?

They seem to be doing just fine. It's just that the E3 direct doesn't have to be much more important than any other direct.
 
Raijinto

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Last year's Direct was great. Have mad respect for the people that put together that 'Everyone is here' trailer for Smash- it was fantastic.
 
SinCityAssassin

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We're going for apology directs now?

Sony freaking skipped over PSX and E3 themselves and I haven't seen someone say the PS5 reveal better be so good to make up for that.
 
KtotheRoc

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I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo put most of its focus on one game again. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this strategy. Last year's focus on Smash was great.
 
Burli

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It will be a similar approach where in they tease/reveal/trailer for a few games and dedicate more in-depth views into one or two main games (Animal Crossing and Pokemon 2019) - and it's all they need to do.
 
ASaiyan

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Nintendo doesn't need to do anything.

Pokemon, Fire Emblem, Animal Crossing, Yoshi, and Luigi's Mansion are all out this year. Metroid and Bayonetta both might be out this year too. Mario, Zelda, Smash, Splatoon, Mario Kart, and Mario Party have all released on Switch already. What more would you like them to announce?

Additionally, last year's E3 was fine. Nintendo doesn't need to "win" E3, when they can announce stuff sporadically throughout the year as soon as they're ready. They can have as light or as heavy an E3 as they want. After all, no one is complaining about Sony's E3 2019, which is literally nothing.
 
New Donker

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Yeah that was definitely a losing strategy for them based off of how the Switch is performing.............
 
Coolduderedux

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If you set high expectations or fall into false hype set by others that are not Nintendo themselves, you only have yourself to blame.
 
ChaosXVI

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I thought their E3 was just fine. Not the best, and far from their worst. It still baffles me that Yoshi was kept out of it even though it's coming this Spring, but other than that, it was a solid showing.

I expect this year to be a pretty big one though. Too many big games are on the horizon for it not to be a banger.
 
JeffGubb

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Nintendo has like three E3-level Directs each year. It does not need to pack its E3 one specifically.
 
Kouriozan

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If you haven't learned yet, Nintendo do not hold onto big reveals for 1 or 2 events in a year, they spread it throught the year so this is not going to happen. Otherwise we would have got Animal Crossing and Luigi's Mansion 3 at E3 instead of 2 months later.
 
Hailinel

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Last year's E3 was fine. Fire Emblem was all I hoped for, and I got it.
 
Dyle

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Mr.Fletcher said:
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A little bit (we don't need to learn about fruit stacking since it was in New Leaf already!), but I think Animal Crossing will almost certainly be their big showcase game this year (as were Smash, Odyssey, and BotW in the last 3 years), so it will probably get a substantial info dump
 
DtG

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Well now that Smash is out we don't have to worry about future Directs spending 30 minutes covering one shitty game :-D
 
Mr.Fletcher

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Dyle said:
A little bit (we don't need to learn about fruit stacking since it was in New Leaf already!), but I think Animal Crossing will almost certainly be their big showcase game this year (as were Smash, Odyssey, and BotW in the last 3 years), so it will probably get a substantial info dump
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Oh no, I'm totally with you.

The year of the underappreciated - Animal Crossing, Luigi's Mansion and Pikmin... I can see it now.
 
Arthands

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Didnt Nintendo sold the most consoles in the recent holiday and have a rather good E3 direct? I think they know what they are doing
 
Plinko

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They have multiple great Directs throughout the year. E3's direct doesn't "need" to be anything.
 
Kraid

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It's going to be basically the same format as we've gotten the last couple of years: focus on their big Fall release taking up 40% of the Direct, updates on known games, a few announcements, and things get fleshed out at Treehouse.
 
Elven_Star

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They just need to keep doing whatever they have been doing. Maybe ease up on the new releases a bit, because it's becoming ridiculous really. Actually, they should do a Direct on how to keep up with everything coming out on Switch.
 
Heruderu

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I don't think they NEED to do anything, honestly. Yeah, I didn't enjoy having 25 minutos for Smash going in small details, but I'm sure a lot of Smash fans were happy with that.
 

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No, they don't.

Nintendo already set us expectations for 2019 by announcing earlier big games like Luigi's Mansion 3 or Animal Crossing, we're not exactly going in blind as it happened in 2018.

We know there are a bunch of games like Daemon X Machina, Yoshi's Crafted World, Marvel Ultimate Alliance and Fire Emblem that could/should be out in the first months of this year, based on how far in development they look, so i'm expecting the next Direct to show us more of these games on top of other side announcements.

We saw a bunch of games just announced with a teaser showing nothing literally, so right now i'm almost more interested to know more about the already announced titles.
 
NateDrake

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Nintendo makes use of the entire year to announce/reveal things. E3 isn't the major spectacle people like to think. Nintendo's approach to E3 in recent years has been fine.
 

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Aside from Metroid Prime 4 and Retro's new game, those demands sound fairly safe if not boring. I hope Nintendo has more interesting games to show this year.
 
Saikar

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I don't think we need an apology or any such nonsense, but I'd like to see a much more varied direct next time. There's too many Switch games that I know basically nothing about because they get, at best, a 30 second quickie callout during a rapidfire single direct.
 

Dark Cloud

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Nintendo spreads their announcements out a lot more now. I mean Smash was announced March. Luigi's Mansion 3 and Animal Crossing were announced in September. So imagine if all that and Town was kept for E3 pre Directs.

But I do think for this year we'll get a lot of variety for Nintendo's E3.
 
Aters

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I'm gonna learn the name of every villager in Animal Crossing.


Seriously. I never played Smash and Nintendo already made me hate it.
 
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