Nintendo of America's sales and marketing boss Cammie "That Woman" Dunaway has expressed her disappointment in Nintendo's E3 performance. You might remember it -- it's the one where Reggie insists that Animal Crossing is a game we should all blow our load over and a man is invited on stage to have a seizure in front of an imaginary drum kit that plays itself. No idea why they'd show remorse for that little exhibition.
"I would say the message is we were disappointed with our performance at E3," stated That Woman. "There were titles like Wario which we think will be really fun titles that we should have showcased.
"We were excited that Mr. Miyamoto made the commitment that Pikmin is coming. It would have been nice if we could have said that on stage. But, we think it was a good recognition for us that we care for our core fans, and not just the new people who are now discovering Nintendo."
Yes, you should have showed Wario during the press conference, and it would have been nice to announce Pikmin on stage, but it didn't happen. I think the problem recently lies with developers and publishers being terrified of scaring off these "new" gamers, like they're coaxing out a rare bird that'll fly away the second someone moves too quickly. What I see from NoA is all the good stuff being hidden away, shunted into a dark corner like a shameful secret that only the old school Nintendo loyalists know about. Have some damn pride in your best work and give it some of the spotlight next time, Nintendo.
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10:18 AM on 08.19.2008
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I couldn't have said it better myself.
I agree that this should have been a job for Captain Obvious. I mean, WTF...they teased us about a big name title that everyone has been waiting for, and all the rumors were saying it was a new Kid Icarus game. We even had supposed-possibly-real artwork leaked out.
And what did we get? Animal Crossing and Wii Music. I'll get AC when it's released...but that's the big news?
Oh wait, there are none. Yeah, I'd say that E3 conference was a disappointment.
with one hour in the internetz they would knew that they preseentation was awful
Yet, they did not apologize for that.
yea, i've given up on the wii as a real gaming system; fun around the family but not so much when playing alone..
plus, my ass and back were getting sore from paying money for games i'd bought in cartridge format years ago.
"Wario Land: Shake It" was developed by Good-Feel.
That awful Wario DS game was developed by Suzak.
"Yoshi's Island DS" was done by Artoon.
I know I am channeling Captain Obvious here, but Nintendo really only puts marketing muscle/pride behind first-party Nintendo products.
I now feel that she completely screwed up instead of actually purposely sabotaged nintendo with the gamers that actually buy games.