Wow Nintendo went all out. Just Wow.

Zelda, Fire Emblem, Metal Mario in Mario Kart, Zelda, Monster Hunter 4

Good to know that Nintendo is going out with a bang before they die and become 3rd party

Agnates said:

Green gauge in SS is sprint gauge, stamina. Kind of annoying to have it there every time you sprint, it should just be an invisible gauge. Oxygen blue gauge is important to show underwater, stamina not so much.

And we did post news, all those videos and screens of each title from the conference in one nice tidy place

Best thing was Skyward Sword, by far, totally hyped for the game now, I'd get it anyway but I wasn't hyped.

That sprint gauge is assy and intrusive.

My net connection is slow today so I can't watch most of the zelda videos. I read the layout of the map is like wind waker?

Reuters said:

Nintendo's attempt to rescue its failed 3DS handheld games gadget failed to dispel market gloom, triggering a 5 percent share slide and stoking deep worries for an iconic brand desperate to win back users.



On Tuesday, President Satoru Iwata introduced what he said was an unprecedented range of games, aimed at attracting everyone from hardcore gamers to fashion-conscious girls and fans of the long-running Mario series.



The Japanese company also announced on its website a new 1,500 yen ($19) slidepad accessory needed for certain games.



But analysts and investors dismissed the line-up as lackluster and largely irrelevant in the face of cheap or free games played on the likes of Apple's iPhone and iPad and Google-powered Android devices.



Nintendo has been criticized for sticking rigidly to its own hardware, meaning it has no access to the new generation of mobile devices.



"I don't think the new games will make any difference," said Mitsushige Akino, chief fund manager at Ichiyoshi Investment.



"Nintendo succeeded by pulling in people who weren't gamers and their needs now are no longer being filled by Nintendo, they are happy playing games on their mobile phones,"[ he said.



Nintendo's shares ended 5 percent lower in a strong market. The Kyoto-based company's shares have plunged nearly 50 percent so far this year, hit by the 3DS flop and doubts that it can replicate the success of its Wii home console with the next generation WiiU, announced at the E3 games show in June.



Nintendo, which means "Leave luck to heaven," was forced to announce price cuts of up to 40 percent in July to try to boost slumping demand for the glasses-free 3D version of the DS, but this only temporarily spurred sales.



In July, Nintendo slashed its outlook for the business year to end-March to its lowest in 27 years as it braced for losses from the 3D gadget and a stronger yen.



In a subdued Tokyo conference hall on Tuesday, an appearance by the company's star game designer, Shigeru Miyamoto, wielding a toy sword and shield raised a laugh, but a series of 3DS game images depicting Miyamoto and Iwata as a pair of young lovers was met with silence.



LINE-UP OF GAMES



"From the end of this year to the beginning of next, we are planning the kind of extensive line-up that has probably never been seen before in the history of video games," Iwata told reporters and guests.



"We will make an all-out effort to see that the 3DS sells enough to become the successor to the DS," Iwata said.



That will be no easy task, given that earlier models of the DS had sold a cumulative total of about 148 million units by the end of June this year. The gadget, along with the motion-controlled Wii home console, enabled Nintendo to dominate the industry for years.



In Japan, 3DS sales leaped to more than 200,000 units in the week of the price cut, but swiftly fell back to about 55,000 units, according to research firm Enterbrain.



That leaves only the secretive company's famed content, never made available on other firms' hardware, to revive sales.



"The only possible way for Nintendo to revive would be to stop concentrating on mobile games and switch to Wii-type games for the whole family," said Makoto Kikuchi, CEO of Myojo Asset Management. "However, at the moment, I can't see this change coming."



Iwata took a 50 percent pay cut, and other executives took 20-30 percent cuts to take responsibility for the poor performance.



Analysts have cut their full-year operating profit forecasts for Nintendo by an average of 45 percent in the past 30 days and the stock is now trading at 45 times its estimated forward 12-month earnings, according to Thomson Reuters data.



Shares in software provider Capcom slumped by 8.3 percent after the company said it would be developing the next generation of its hit Monster Hunter game for the 3DS.



Nintendo slashed the price of the 3DS after sales shriveled to just 710,000 units in April-June from 3.6 million in the first month after its launch, and a tiny fraction of the 16 million unit target for the year.



Macquarie Securities analyst David Gibson said he still expected the 3DS gadget to sell about 14.5 million units over the year. ($1 = 77.000 Japanese Yen)

Looks cool

Capcom, Square Enix shares drop after 3DS announcements




Investors seemingly underwhelmed by strong publisher support for Nintendo's portable

Reuters said:

Nintendo's stock fell five percent following this morning's pre-TGS conference as the company failed to be win over investors with new product announcements, but the news was even worse for one third party publisher.





Capcom, which announced Monster Hunter 4 for 3DS at the event, saw its shares fall 8.3 percent today, Reuters reports.





Meanwhile, having tumbled over ten percent last week following the announcement of Dragon Quest X for Wii and Wii U, Square Enix shares fell 3.9 percent following today's announcement of a new 3DS RPG titled Bravery Default Flying Fairy.





The share declines at the three game makers came on a day when the Nikkei stock average rose one percent.

Nintendo, the only platform where if you announce support your share price tumbles.

Imagine if these games were coming to other platforms? Do you think we'd see the same share price dips?

What a stupid ass peripheral.

You get 2 extra buttons and a second analogue. Cool for Wii U streaming but IMO fairly pointless for 3DS games. Why can't they put a small circle on the bottom right of the touchscreen and you move your thumb on it like a stick to move the camera?

Did Capcom's shares drop back in the day when they tried to say the Resident Evil series was going to be Gamecube exclusive? I can't remember.

edgecrusher said:

Did Capcom's shares drop back in the day when they tried to say the Resident Evil series was going to be Gamecube exclusive? I can't remember.

I couldn't see anything on the Wiki, but I did see this: "Nintendo opted not to include a character from Capcom in Super Smash Bros. Brawl as a direct result of Capcom's breaking of exclusivity, despite featuring characters from rival third parties Konami and Sega"

LOL

Another Zelda trailer, holy crap!!! Media overload!

Set your alarm clocks: Sony's Tokyo Game Show 2011 press conference starts at 5am BST (UK time) tomorrow (Wednesday) morning.

That's 6am central European time (CEST), midnight US East Coast (EDT) and 9pm Tuesday evening on US West Coast (PDT).



Eurogamer will be seated in the audience and report live from the event. Features editor Martin Robinson will do the words.



Our blow-by-blow account will be posted automatically below. Your comments will update automatically as well, with the newest posts displayed at the top.



Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida will do the talking for Sony. And he'll focus heavily on the impending 2011 launch of PlayStation Vita in Japan. We still don't know a specific Japanese release date, let alone the 2012 timings for the US and UK.

Sony has teased 18 unannounced Vita games for the Tokyo Game Show, as well as three mystery PS3 games. Will we find out what they are?



Will Monster Hunter 4 be a 3DS exclusive, or will there be a Vita version as well?



Will there at least be a new video of The Last Guardian to appease the demo-hungry crowd?



Find out very early tomorrow morning. Until then, waffle away - what would you like to see?



You can supplement your enjoyment of Eurogamer's live coverage of Sony's conference by also watching a live video stream.

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The award for the most bizarre news headline ever goes to.............................................

Gordon Ramsey" doppelganger dwarf pornstar found dead, partially eaten by badgers

FOUL-MOUTHED chef Gordon Ramsay was said to be “f*cking furious” last night after it emerged that a DWARF who is his spitting image appeared in a string of PORN FILMS!

Pint-sized Percy Foster, 35, made a decent living every Christmas playing one of Snow White’s dwarfs or Santa’s elves.

But he found there was better money to be made, all year round, by getting his pip-squeak pecker pulled in porno vids.

And since a production assistant on one movie noticed that Percy is the spit of fiery Gordon, 44, he’s been writing his own pay cheques.

Percy said: “I made my first adult feature in 2009 with fully-sized woman Sonia Splitarse – I don’t think that’s her real name – and it was great fun.

“It was in June of this year, on the set of Hi-Ho- Hi-Ho, It’s Up Your Arse We Go, that someone noticed I looked like Gordon Ramsay.

“Porn lookalikes get more money than normal actors. Dwarf lookalikes are as rare as hen’s teeth and so can command top dollar.

“I’ve already ordered a new BMW and a diamondencrusted Soda Stream.”

Grumble movie producer Dexter Yamunkeh said: “We are not passing off Percy as Gordon Ramsay – for one thing, Gordon’s not 3ft 6in.”

A friend of Ramsay, who has no connection with the adult film industry, said: “Gordon is f*cking furious – f*cking, c*nting furious.”

AN itty-bitty porn star who hit the big time as a Gordon Ramsay lookalike has been found dead in a BADGER’S SETT!

Last week, Sunday Sport revealed how diddy Percy Foster, 35 –– who is the spit of the foul-mouthed TV chef –– was appearing in adult movies.

But with the world at his feet and producers beating a path to his door, it’s all over for pint-sized Percy.

His tiny corpse was found deep in an underground chamber by Ministry of Agriculture experts ahead of a planned badger-gassing programme near Tregaron, west Wales.

And expert CSI teams had to use fingertip technology to remove his body from the six-foot-deep burrow.

Sources close to the investigation said Percy was clothed but parts of his corpse had been “partially gnawed” by animals.

It is not yet clear how Percy died, though suicide has not been ruled out. Movie producer Dexter Yamunkeh said: “Percy was a little guy with big problems.

“He was doing well but he was under pressure, 24/7, like everyone in this goddamned business.”

A friend of Gordon Ramsay said he had not “f*cking heard” about tragic Percy’s death. An inquest has been opened and adjourned.