edgecrusher said:

So Iwata apoligized for Nintendo's lame E3 showing, saying Mario and Zelda tke a long time and weren't ready.

Doesn't he get it? Its not that people are mad because they didn't show another Mario or Zelda. People are mad because they wanted to see new games of the same ilk AS Mario and Zelda. New games for the serious gamer.

They probably could have gotten by not even showing hardly anything out of Nintendo Japan too. They could have blown out The Conduit, had a big spotlight on MadWorld, some de-Blob, Deadly Creatures. To have 3rd-parties making these great looking games for your console and choose to show nothing but the multi-platform Call of Duty, is pretty stupid. A short video on whatever Retro is doing....maybe Factor 5, some RPG's, etc. It seriously worries me that Nintendo truly think people just want Mario and Zelda.

Like Matt C. said in his writeup of E3....if Nintendo want to go for impressing the ultra-casual crword so badly that they don't even throw a bone to the more serious players, they may as well just go on the Oprah show and have her throwing virtual frizbees at dogs with a big smile on her face, as that would reach a hell of a lot more of these people than E3.

Agreed Nintendo has a solid line up this six months, but they did not show it in their press conference. They need to do 3 things. Shut the Cammy girl up, more time for Iwata (Iwata is awesome) and show more games. Their presentation was not really bad in the style of presenting (except for Cammy), they just lacked games.

Or alternatively cancel E3 all together. What is the point of E3 anyway? It's seesm such a waste of time

steelattack said:

iga_bobovic said:

Or alternatively cancel E3 all together. What is the point of E3 anyway? It's seesm such a waste of time

This was adressed by an IGN editor. The future looks grim for the ailing show.

The sad thing is....it didn't have to be this way. There's no reason why it should be grim.

As I've said before, they should have never changed it. EVERYBODY wants the old E3 back, everyone from us, all the way to the developers. What it is now is just stupid....not to mention the fact that nobody waits until July to show off games coming out by the end of the year.

It was a shock to me when they did this to E3. Like one of those things where you're just baffled why they'd go and butcher something awesome for no reason at all. Pointless.

The spectacle and magic of old E3 was just ripped out, along with all the boobies. *honk honk*

Oh God. She looked way hotter on that pic that GG posted. Here she looks like a cackling witch. I call bullshot.

@Edge: Totally, man. That IGN guy said that E3 could benefit from the German Games Conference, in which they let people in only after the first day, which is reserved for press, devs and publishers. That way, everyone is happy, and we get all megatons in one day.

dvader said:

How can you not like this face???

Avatared.

gamingeek said:

angry_beaver said:

ravenprose said:

Nintendo Facing Controller Ban Over Patent Lawsuit

on GC, Wavebird, and Classic Controllers.

This worries me. GC backward compatibility is rendered unusable without GC controllers. I better get one or two on Amazon quick-like.

What compounds this issue for me is that I don't have a GBA anymore, so I play my GB and GBC games on my GC, and I need a controller for that.

I only have two GC controllers and one of them is crap (though still usable). What are everyone's thoughts about the new controller patent that Nintendo has? The thing looks like a GC controller that the Wiimote rests in. I can only hope that it isn't affected by this ordeal.

As an ebay user I couldn't really care less, they will always be availible. My cube controllers are still in perfect working order anyway and you can even pick up Hori controllers or like a logitech GC controller that is pretty good.

I'm more interested in the legal details of this case really. Some dude experiments in his garage, files a couple of patents. Meanwhile halfway across the world in japan a company is making a new controller. I just don't see the link here. How are they suppossed to have ripped him off? Now this guy gets $21 million? Patent trawler?

i'm pretty well fixed for nintendo controllers too i think with a couple of wavebirds, 2 original controllers and my trusted classic controller but as gg said this kind patent lawsuits are really annoying since it is obvious that there was obviously no ripping off and they are hindering innovation and progress for the sake of everybody.  intellectual property laws need some serious reform not just in the case of video game related gizmos but also more serious stuff.

Fuuuuuuuck.

It looks like he has the exact same expression, no matter what.

Mr. Iwata! The Wii is dominating the gaming industry!

Mr. Iwata! The DS is destroying the PSP worldwide!

Mr. Iwata! You have herpes!

WTF?

It's a little early for my shift, but I'm bored, so I'm going to do some news updates.

ravenprose said:

Iwata's a badass. Nothing fazes him. He always remains cool and collected.

Iwata = Fedor Emelianenko

iga_bobovic said:

steelattack said:

Oh God. She looked way hotter on that pic that GG posted. Here she looks like a cackling witch. I call bullshot.

GG posted? Hoi, I posted her picture, plus the Iwata pictures, the triangle choke picture and the braveheart picture. Some quality spam from me.

Sorry man. I misread that quote. I should've known GG is a whiny bitch who can't post a hot pic even if his own ass depended on that.

Yeah I love you too, GG.