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Nintendo to hold another fall press conference; nothing important to be announced
NihonTiger90 \| 10:29 PM on 09.16.2008	7 comments

Expect lots of this.

So, perhaps you've heard by now: Nintendo's holding a little press event at the beginning of next month. According to the company that listed the event, Nintendo is set to announce "new products", something that flies in the face of what they said at E3. Naturally, this has excited some people, but not me.

Last year, they pulled a similar stunt, and while a few notable games were announced, there were no megatons. I expect this year to really be even more dull, with Nintendo spending most of the time talking about Wii Music, Wii Sports Resort, and maybe one or two DS titles they neglected to mention at E3. There won't be any big shocking announcements, no new DS, no Wii storage solution on the horizon.

I know this how? Mostly based on past history and just a gut feeling. This company does not like to make big announcements months in advance; rather, they wait a few weeks ahead of time to spring the news on an unsuspecting public. I doubt they've changed this strategy, so the press conference will likely be about games they already have revealed. The only possible "surprise" is a Disaster: Day of Crisis release date for Europe and North America, but that game even looks dumb, so it's not much of an announcement if you ask me.

What do you folks think? Will this be a dud or dynamite?

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7 comments | showing # 1 to 7

MaxVest

It used to be that a press conference was a good way to communicate with your fan base and potential investors. But maybe they should just start doing events for investors, as the press conferences make "core" gamers weep, and aren't published anywhere their casual crowd is looking.

Electro Lemon

Nintendo Toaster. It doesn't make toast, or have any plugs, but it's got Nintendo written on the side in blue sharpie.

pedrovay2003

I'm still waiting for the Tokyo Game Show.

Fanatism

waaah waaah waaah woooh

Sidar

@pedro
If I'm not mistaken, Nintendo won't show up at TGS.

Nintendo is full of surprises, so honestly I don't know what to think..

covah

I honestly have a little glimmer of hope for SOMETHING... but I should probably learn to kill that bit of hope.

and screw WiiMusic

Wexx

Maybe it'll be the Wario game, or a new Kirby game? I thought I saw something the other day about a kirby game. Maybe it'll be that =\

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