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Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#7551: Jun 18th 2013 at 9:31:46 PM

I'm pretty sure we didn't know about that X game before Nintendo's E3 Direct and that was rather awesome. Yeah, we knew the company (Monolithsoft, I believe) was working on a new title but that's it. Also, that Smash Bros. trailer and stuff about a 3D Mario game were exactly something you'd expect to see at any given E3. Really, Nintendo's E3 Direct was exactly what one would expect to see at any given E3 that didn't introduce a new console or handheld except it just wasn't packaged as an E3 presentation.

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Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#7553: Jun 18th 2013 at 9:36:31 PM

Oh. Well then.

Still, the Direct had stuff that I expected to see at any given E3 and the Directs in general do make having an E3 keynote a bit pointless unless they had a few major game announcements that corresponded with it or they were announcing new hardware.

Although I will admit that it would have been nice if they had shown us at least one new game that we didn't expect that wasn't Donkey Kong.

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BadWolf21 Since: May, 2010
#7554: Jun 18th 2013 at 9:41:34 PM

There's nothing wrong with Donkey Kong, IMO.

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#7555: Jun 18th 2013 at 9:42:45 PM

Seeing Dixie Kong back made the Donkey Kong part well worth it.

And we also overall got things like Super Mario 3D World.

Nintendo Direct has been pretty good so far.

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Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#7556: Jun 18th 2013 at 9:45:54 PM

[up][up] Oh, I'm not saying there is. I like Donkey Kong, but it's just not one of my favorite franchises.

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#7557: Jun 18th 2013 at 9:48:50 PM

So everyone got something different out of this, basically. tongue

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#7558: Jun 18th 2013 at 9:54:02 PM

That may be a strike against Nintendo branching out too much - building more distinct fanbases that they will inevitably have to disappoint at least some of the time [lol].

Marioguy128 Geomancer from various galaxies Since: Jan, 2010
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#7559: Jun 18th 2013 at 9:55:19 PM

I dunno, they seem like a broken record at this point. NEW MARIO! NEW ZELDA! NEW MARIO! NEW ZELDA! And so on and so forth.

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#7560: Jun 18th 2013 at 9:57:46 PM

Actually, the Zeldas take while. Link Between Worlds will be the fist handheld one since Spirit Tracks, and Wind Waker HD is a way to tide people over while work is underway on he nex console one, which could take a few years.

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BadWolf21 Since: May, 2010
#7561: Jun 18th 2013 at 10:01:17 PM

Marioguy: The problem is that when they don't announce a Mario or Zelda, people get on their case about it.

BadWolf21 Since: May, 2010
#7562: Jun 18th 2013 at 10:03:44 PM

In other news, Iwata weighs in on the used game debate.

Nintendo's way of ensuring they don't lose sales to the secondhand market? Make games that people don't want to sell in the first place.

Sounds like a plan to me. smile

edited 18th Jun '13 10:04:00 PM by BadWolf21

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#7563: Jun 18th 2013 at 10:04:54 PM

[up] Old news, but that IS the best way to solve it. I also think that they're succeeding because I can't recall ever selling a Nintendo game.

edited 18th Jun '13 10:05:21 PM by Zelenal

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#7564: Jun 18th 2013 at 10:05:22 PM

Id like to see Nintendo make more franchises.

However, I realize that, if they do that, there will be people who want more of that franchise, until it becomes another part of Nintendo's stable of I Ps, like Mario, Zelda, and Kirby.

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Marioguy128 Geomancer from various galaxies Since: Jan, 2010
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#7565: Jun 18th 2013 at 10:10:38 PM

So in other words, they're basically doing nothing about it. ... Fine with me.

I have to wonder, after the PR disaster that was the Xbone, and E3, and Sony's brutal MURDER of the Xbone, how has this affected the Wii U sales in June? It might've gotten a slight bump in sales.

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#7566: Jun 18th 2013 at 10:13:33 PM

I know about the whole "How to let friends play your PS 4 games on theirs" thing but did Sony do anything else to lash out against the Xbox One?

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#7567: Jun 18th 2013 at 10:14:13 PM

about what?

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BadWolf21 Since: May, 2010
#7568: Jun 18th 2013 at 10:15:13 PM

Marioguy: I don't have any exact numbers, but I have anecdotal evidence that suggests something about E3 is making people buy the system. When I was at Best Buy on Saturday to try out Wind Waker HD, people were walking out of the store with Wii U's in their hands.

Also, the Wii U shot up the Amazon sales chart something like 800% when the Xbone was first revealed. Not sure what it's done since then, though.

Zel: The PS 4 does not need to check in with an internet connection ever, while the Xbox One needs to do it once every 24 hours. And it's $100 cheaper.

edited 18th Jun '13 10:16:08 PM by BadWolf21

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#7569: Jun 18th 2013 at 10:17:55 PM

Additionally, doing FTP multiplayer on the PS 4 is free, as is using Netflix, whereas it looks like there hasn't been any changes to how XBOX LIVE is required to play Netflix.

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Marioguy128 Geomancer from various galaxies Since: Jan, 2010
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#7570: Jun 18th 2013 at 10:19:12 PM

I know about the whole "How to let friends play your PS 4 games on theirs" thing but did Sony do anything else to lash out against the Xbox One?

Did you watch Sony's conference? For the last 15 minutes, they were basically shitting on Microsoft. It was like the console wars in the 90s, it was glorious.

The one downside to the PS 4, is that you need PS+ in order to play online, but PS+ does offer some very good deals.

edited 18th Jun '13 10:19:54 PM by Marioguy128

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#7572: Jun 18th 2013 at 10:20:34 PM

To be more exact, towards the end, Sony mentioned very specific thing that the PS 4 is not limited by, which are all things that came up about the Xbox 1 the previous week or so.

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#7573: Jun 18th 2013 at 10:22:25 PM

Free To Play.

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BadWolf21 Since: May, 2010
#7574: Jun 18th 2013 at 10:23:06 PM

That's what I thought. And I'm just as confused by your statement.

Enkufka Wandering Student ಠ_ಠ from Bay of White fish Since: Dec, 2009
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#7575: Jun 18th 2013 at 10:26:06 PM

PS+ is required to play online multiplayer games on PS 4, which is what Xbox Live currently does. However, FTP games will not require PS+, while I don't even see any details about Microsoft hosting similar FTP titles over XBL.

PS+ is not required to use Netflix Instant view, XBL IS required to use Netflix Instant View.

That clear things up?

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