[Let’s Talk] Your thoughts on Nintendo’s E3 2015 performance
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Let's Talk | 42 Comments
Let’s Talk #13: Your thoughts on Nintendo’s E3 2015 performance
Well, that’s it! Another E3 is in the books. Now it’s time to talk about it all.
Just like last year’s E3, Nintendo did quite a bit in conjunction with the show. The Smash Bros. presentation kicked things off on Sunday morning, followed by the Nintendo World Championships later that night. The Nintendo Digital Event was on Tuesday, and the Treehouse Live streams lasted for three days.
As it was where the big announcements were made, I’ll be focusing on the Digital Event. You guys can feel free to discuss any part of Nintendo’s E3 presence, however!
To recap, below were the big announcements from the Nintendo Digital Event:
Wii U
– Star Fox Zero revealed, PlatinumGames working on the project
– Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival announced, out this holiday, amiibo figures revealed
– Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash announced, out this holiday
– Skylanders SuperChargers is getting Bowser and Donkey Kong figures that also act as amiibo
– Super Mario Maker: out September 11, new amiibo officially revealed
– Xenoblade Chronicles X: out December 4
– Yoshi’s Woolly World: out October 16
– New Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem trailer, reconfirmed for 2016
3DS
– The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes announced, out this fall
– Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam announced, out spring 2016
– Metroid Prime: Federation Force revealed, out in 2016
– Hyrule Warriors Legends confirmed, out Q1 2016
– Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer: out September 25
– Yo-Kai Watch: out this holiday
– Fire Emblem Fates gets its final name, reconfirmed for 2016
So that was the big stuff. Looking back on everything, how do you guys feel about what was shown? I’ll kick things off with my own thoughts below.
Man, there is a whole lot to talk about concerning the Digital Event. The general impression, unfortunately for Nintendo, seems to be leaning towards the negative side.
Once the Digital Event ended, I was a bit disappointed myself. For a few reasons.
For one thing, there wasn’t much new announced for Wii U. Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival and Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash were the only games we didn’t know about before for the console. Both are due out later this year. What do we have to look forward to in 2016 aside from Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem? I hope we see some announcements later on in the year!
Metroid Prime: Federation Force is a strange thing for me. On one hand, I’m happy that we finally have a new Metroid. On the other hand, it doesn’t feel much like a Metroid game right now. I’m not personally liking how it looks currently, but I’m very much willing to give it a shot. Let’s see what happens as development progresses.
Looking back on it and really reflecting on things, the Digital Event wasn’t awful in my opinion. Don’t forget we had E3 presentations like in 2008, which featured a whole lot of Shaun White Snowboarding and Wii Music. It definitely wasn’t Nintendo’s strongest, and last year’s event was much more exciting by comparison.
Some other random thoughts: where was Devil’s Third? Did anyone else feel like the Digital Event was missing “one other game” or “one big title”? After the Mario Maker bit, I was hoping Nintendo would have one final title to reveal. The puppets were lovely, but some segments felt like they ran on too long. Considering Yoshi’s Woolly World was featured in last year’s Digital Event and is launching extremely soon in Europe in Japan, a trailer probably would have been enough.
Okay, that’s enough from me. I better stop now. My brain has melted from E3 coverage, so I’m probably just rambling on too much at this point. Let us know what you thoughts about Nintendo at E3 2015 in the comments below!
Highlights from last week’s topic: E3 2015 hopes and dreams
Timppis
In order of preference.
New IP – Large scale JRPG but with more fantasy settings than Xenoblade games. FF9 or White Witch -style.
Paper Mario – Have to have this. The rumors must be true
Star Fox open world game – Not going to happen unfortunately
New line of Mario Sports games, highlighted by Mario Strikers 3 with HUGE career mode – Also not going to happen.
Mario sports games in general – Baseball, Rugby/American football mashup, Basketball, anything. -Not happening
Super Mario Sunshine HD – Plausible
Resurrection of any of these franchises – Waveracer, Golden Sun, 1080 Snowboarding, Advance Wars, Earthbound… – Also not going to happen
Im going to be so disappointed this year… I just know it ;_;
AJK
A new Metroid is the dream really. Ideally a new Prime type game.
Also please please please don’t let Starfox be underwhelming. I have waited since Starfox 64 for a decent Starfox shooter. My fear is that they might try something gimmicky instead of sticking to what made the first 2 games so great.
My final wish would be a new Golden Sun game on 3ds.
Vorsun
I’m probably alone on this, but I really wanna see more of Devil’s Third. That game is shaping up to be a really fun 3rd-person hack-and-slashooter. And of course I want Nintendo to be playing another trick on me and show a trailer for Zelda U, even though I’m sure there won’t be one.
As far as games I want them to announce, I would love for Retro’s new game to be Metroid Prime 4/Dread/whatever, but I’m torn because I also want them to do their own IP. I want Platinum’s game to either be Vanquish 2 or Wonderful 102 or… dare I ask for God Hand 2? With Bayonetta 2 being Wii U exclusive, the possibilities are astounding. And of course, as always, my greatest desire is Custom Robo U/3DS. I will not be satisfied with some cardboard cutout trying to be Custom Robo. I need the real steel deal.
icecreamperson
So I want a couple of things….
An hd remake for zelda for wii u
a new big 3d mario game announced in the vain of galaxy, sunshine or 64 fr wii u
a new paper mario announced for wii u
diddy kong racing for wii u announced
Hyrule Warriors Legends – Wind Waker story epilogue, unannounced character(s), more
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 34 Comments
Nintendo and Koei Tecmo officially revealed Hyrule Warriors Legends during the Digital Event that took place on Tuesday. In an interview with Famitsu this week, producer Yosuke Hayashi shares more information about what we can expect from the game.
In one of his responses, Hayashi notes that planning started for the 3DS version after the Wii U title released. He said:
That was after the release of the Wii U version. The Wii U version got a positive reception from people who played it, but as there are already many Zelda titles on the Nintendo 3DS, many Zelda fans said “I’d like to play this on 3DS”. The development of the Nintendo 3DS version took off from there.
Takahashi says it takes about 30 hours to get a Skell in Xenoblade Chronicles X
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 11 Comments
Xenoblade Chronicles X has a feature that allows players to obtain and fly various mechs known as “Skells”. Just don’t count on gaining access to a Skell right away. Speaking with IGN, senior director and chief creative officer Tetsuya Takahashi said that it takes about 30 hours before mechs become accessible.
He said:
“The reason we decided to do that was because the scale of the game changes once you get a Skell. We wanted to make sure that the initial difficulties you might have had maneuvering across terrain or trying to figure out how to reach a certain spot would be something you had a full sense of before you got the Skell.”
“We didn’t want people from the very beginning being able to be to zip towards the exact opposite end of the continent. We wanted people them to have the experience of knowing that distance first hand by running it. Once you do have the opportunity to control a Skell, it really does change the feel of the game. And we feel like these are gradual steps that ease you into that process.”
“When people hear 30 hours of gameplay, they might be reacting to that number a little bit. But I think that something that’s going to be familiar to MMO players is the idea that 30 hours is not necessarily a really long time if you think about the total gameplay time that might pick up. Now, certainly in traditional JRPG terms that may feel like that’s quite a ways out, but I think that we’ve designed the content in such a way that it feels fast as you’re going through it.”
Xenoblade Chronicles X launches in North America and Europe in December.
Japanese Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS DLC commercial
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos, Wii U | 2 Comments
Nintendo has prepared a new commercial for Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS in Japan to promote the DLC offered in both games. Check it out below.
Yooka-Laylee developer interview with Grant Kirkhope and Andy Robinson
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At E3 2015 this week, GameXplain sat down with Grant Kirkhope and Andy Robinson to talk about Yooka-Laylee. You can watch the full half-hour discussion below.
Media Create software sales (6/8 – 6/14) – Top 50
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 1 Comment
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./00. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best+
02./00. [3DS] Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butouden
03./01. [WIU] Splatoon
04./00. [PSV] The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky Evolution #
05./06. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 #
06./07. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition
07./05. [PS4] The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
08./00. [PS4] Alien: Isolation
09./02. [PSV] Shiren the Wanderer 5 Plus: Fortune Tower and the Dice of Fate
10./12. [3DS] Style Savvy 3: Kira Kira Code
11./11. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition
12./00. [PSV] Moujuutsukai to Oujisama: Flower & Snow
13./14. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire
14./04. [3DS] Stella Glow
15./13. [3DS] Ansatsu Kyoushitsu: Korosensei Daihouimou!!
16./09. [3DS] Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai Deluxe
17./16. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
18./19. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
19./10. [PS3] Natsuiro High School: Seishun Hakusho
20./23. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Shin Uchi
More: charts, Japan, Media Create, sales
Skip and Vanpool are both working on Chibi-Robo!: Zip Lash
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 3 Comments
Skip has been the primary developer of the Chibi-Robo! games. The studio is making the latest entry, Chibi-Robo!: Zip Lash, but they’re also receiving some help. A listing from the Australian classification board reveals that Dillon’s Rolling Western creator Vanpool is working on the 3DS project as well.
More: Chibi-Robo!: Zip Lash, Skip, Vanpool
Rhythm Heaven: The Best Plus sold through 82% of its initial shipment in Japan
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Rhythm Heaven: The Best Plus was the best-selling game in Japan during the week of June 8. It moved 158,000 copies, and Media Create reveals that it sold through 81.56 percent of its initial shipment.
The Japanese sales tracker offers up a couple of reasons for Rhythm Heaven 3DS’s success. Commercials probably helped things, and because it’s a compilation of the series’ previous installments, dedicated fans held it in high demand.
3DS hardware as a whole – including the new Pearl White color – sold 26,000 units. This was an increase of 44.05 percent. While many individual hardware have been on the decline since last week, 3DS has driven the hardware market to an increase compared to last week, just like the sales of software increased from last week.
Rumor: ZombiU might not be a Wii U exclusive any more
Posted on 9 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in News, Rumors | 71 Comments
Update (6/20): Brian here, and I’m bumping this to the top to give an update on things. This rumor is looking likely, as an Xbox One version of “Zombi” has been rated in Australia.
ZombiU was an exclusive to the Wii U at launch, but was never able to really gain any traction on the console and never generated a profit for publisher Ubisoft. Originally there had even been talk of a sequel but due to lackluster performance in sales that idea had to be scrapped. Now according to Unseen64, Ubisoft might be looking for another alternative for the title. It would appear as if Unseen64 has heard from a very reliable source that Ubisoft might be looking to port the game over to Playstation 4 and Xbox One, which could mean pretty significant changes to the gameplay not to mention the title needing to happen if that were done. At the moment this is still a rumor but considering Unseen64’s track record, you just might see this happening in the future.
More Splatoon Bluefin Depot map footage
Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 2 Comments
Update: Another couple of videos:
Last night, Nintendo brought out the Bluefin Depot as the latest map in Splatoon. Take a look at some additional footage of it below.
