No revolution at E3?

Crash · 03-12-2005, 01:31 PM

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GS: What can we expect from Nintendo at E3?

RF: At E3 we will certainly share more information about Revolution. Having said that, Revolution won't have a big presence at the booth itself. It'll be touched on in our press briefing, I'll talk about it with our retailers, we may show some things in the back room so to speak. But on the show floor it really is all about Game Boy Advance and showcasing the great product we have for that system. It's gonna be about DS and the new games we're launching for the August-through-holiday time period, and showcasing the great product for GameCube, especially the Legend of Zelda game.

but on the other hand

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We have a lot more footage to show, (zelda) will be playable at E3, and it's a fantastic game. I've the opportunity to play some of it and it's phenomenal. It's deep, it's rich--it has all of those elements that you love in a Zelda game and graphically it looks beautiful.

and now REggie is Delirous

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GS: What's the lasting impression you want people to walk away with after they leave your booth at E3?

RF: We want them to leave feeling that "Wow, Zelda is going to be as huge hit and I want it now. And I'm going to go to my local retailer and put a deposit for the super premium edition of the game," which we'll make available. We want the fans to walk away saying, "Wow, look at all this great GBA product and I'm going to be a two-handheld consumer, having both my old-time GBA as well as my brand new DS." I want the consumer walking away just totally blown away with all the great product coming out for DS, especially Mario Kart, Metroid Prime Hunters, and Animal Crossing. So, in total, I want our fan walking away saying, "Yes, I need to be a three-system household, SP, DS, and GCN."

I'll kill Nintendo if that is true!

Teuthida · 03-12-2005, 01:35 PM

Typical Nintendo. Going out of their way to screw things up for themselves in the future.

DarrenMcLeod · 03-12-2005, 01:40 PM

Why would someone need SP if they have DS?

Teuthida · 03-12-2005, 01:41 PM

^GB and GBC games. Nintendo knows that's important enough to buy two new handhelds.

MuGen · 03-12-2005, 01:42 PM

i was really looking foward to seeing sumthing new from Nintendo. I dunno wut they think they're doing.

Jonbo298 · 03-12-2005, 01:45 PM

They already said Revolution will be shown at E3, just most likely not on the floor to play with

MuGen · 03-12-2005, 01:47 PM

exactly..... another way to lose 3rd party support.......... xbox ii and ps3 will be playable and so the third party developers will start to sign and jump on the bandwagon.

Blackmane · 03-12-2005, 01:51 PM

STupid Nintendo and their lack of doing things right.

Solid Snake · 03-12-2005, 02:03 PM

Nintendo will miss out big time in the next generation if they don't showcase the Revolution.

Nintendo is just too secretive about everything they do, you can still be public about what you are doing without giving away too much.

Crash · 03-12-2005, 02:10 PM

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AMN News Team Leader Ray Almeda had the recent oppurtunity to ask Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo's Vice President of Sales & Marketing, for a straight answer whether or not the Revolution would be playable or consumer-demoed at E3:

"We'll have more details there. But as for playing it at E3, not a chance. It's still way too early."

Also asked whether or not the upcoming Game Boy system, labeled "Game Boy Next" by some, would make any appearance at E3, Reggie said, "Game Boy Next? What is this Game Boy Next? People keep talking about Game Boy Next here and there. We're still committed to focusing all of our priorities on the GameCube, our portable systems including the DS, and the Revolution. The next Game Boy will not make an appearance at E3. It's also way too early."

DAMMIT!!!!

Blackmane · 03-12-2005, 02:13 PM

OMG, way too early for the GBA 2? Aren't they talking about releasing it later this year? They must not be planning to release it that early.

I'm thinkin it might coincide with the Revolution release.

GameMaster · 03-12-2005, 02:18 PM

The DS is a brand new product and not many people know about so it's definitely okay that Revolution isn't going to be present. Everyone is curious about the DS and how it works.

Nintendo Has 2 Mysteries: DS and Revolution

Sony Has 1 Mystery: PS3

Microsoft Has 1 Mystery: Xbox 2

Jonbo298 · 03-12-2005, 02:48 PM

Nintendo mentioned Revolution being shown behind closed doors to select people but when developers see how far along Sony/MS are with their consoles and how far behind it seems Nintendo is, they're gonna learn a hard mistake.

But who knows, maybe things will turn out great....

Null · 03-12-2005, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by GameMaster

The DS is a brand new product and not many people know about so it's definitely okay that Revolution isn't going to be present. Everyone is curious about the DS and how it works.

Nintendo Has 2 Mysteries: DS and Revolution

Sony Has 1 Mystery: PS3

Microsoft Has 1 Mystery: Xbox 2

sounds like a justification. no one is all interested in learning about the all mysterious DS. they can walk into a store and play it. now i didnt say they arent interested in the DS, i said the 'all mysterious ds' the DS still has many things that people would like to know. but i certainly wouldnt call it a mystery, and if at E3, nintendo expects to show DS while MS and Sony are showing the first showings of playable knew hardware that no one has ever seen before, then nintendo is going to be hearing many crickets around thier booth.

DarrenMcLeod · 03-12-2005, 03:31 PM

I was kind of disapointed, but maybe it's for the best. Look how hard of a time Microsoft got after their E3 showing of Xbox sucked. They had to work their asses off to make themselves look good. Nintendo shouldn't show until it is going to blow peoples' minds.