Iwata Apologies for E3 Disappointment

By Jorge Ba-oh 23.07.2008 16

Nintendo's performance is still in the news this week with company president Satoru Iwata apologising for their appearance at E3 this year.

According to IGN the man who brought the company into modern times clarified Nintendo's intentions towards the casual and hardcore markets. Speaking to Forbes, Iwata once again apologised for a lack of new projects during their E3 media briefing.
He reiterated recent interviews with other Nintendo representatives that core titles are in development and will be shown at another time.

If there is any perception that Nintendo is ignoring the core gamers, it's a misunderstanding and we really want to get rid of that misunderstanding by any means. We are sorry about media briefings, specifically for those who were expecting to see Nintendo show something about 'Super Mario' or 'Legend of Zelda.'

However, the fact of the matter is the so-called 'big titles' need a long, long development period. We really didn't think this year's E3 media briefing was the time to do so."

Thanks to C3 reader Marzy for the tip.

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Stulaw is offline. Stulaw 23.07.2008#1

I've just been reading this on ign, and i don't think he really needed to apoligise, they say it took balls for him to apoligise, but he is right about good quality hardcore games taking time to make.

I just don't know where half of the franchises are going, Donkey Kong, Kid Icarus(if the game exists), F-Zero, and Starfox to name a few. Just because they weren't announced doesn't mean that there not going to come out. Nintendo Have already released quite a few hardcore games compared to the lack that GC got orignally, even if TP was an upscaled GC game.

And with announcing motion plus, they've made sure third parties don't have excuses for poor controls.

Also, the people on the forums of Ign are taking it as if the next mario has actually been confirmed, Which hasn't happened, he's just using it as an example as a game people like to see.

We've still got a few gameshows left this year (big and small) in which Nintendo can announce anything. They've also got Treasure and Factor 5 which didn't show up.

Thy just need to announce something when they're ready to announce, even though i could swear Disaster is ready for release.

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the boy who likes to is offline. the boy who likes to 23.07.2008#2

@stulaw I agree....people on the internet suck.

Nintendo has often announced games at other shows. And if Nintendo want to take a new direction with E3 then that's fine with me.
And I'm still excited about some of the stuff that did come out of E3 from Nintendo.

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JoshSL is offline. JoshSL 23.07.2008#3

Really nice of him to apologise to us like that. It's also a shame that so many people complain about Zelda or Mario of all things, because we already got them so recently and it's understandable that Nintendo are working hard on the next ones and they won't be ready for a while.

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ohm is offline. ohm 23.07.2008#4

Yeah we're not asking for a new Mario or Zelda, just a proper game of any sort, not this non-game garbage.

 
Martin_ is offline. Martin_ 23.07.2008#5

Cool. He needed to apologize. Sure, real games take way longer than Wii Sports/whatever to develop, but that didn't stop Sony and MS showing real games.

 
-orion456- is offline. -orion456- 23.07.2008#6

It annoys me how people are going on about wanting a mario and a zelda. There has been only one massive 3D mario for each console and Galaxy has just come out.

I'm hoping for an f-zero - the last one was made in 2003! And a Star Fox as well.

It's great that Iwata has had the guts to apolagise though, and Shiggy has been trying to explain the direction they went with E3. While Reggies and Cammie (still... who is she) are just putting on there smiley faces to everyone.

It's obvious now that Nintendo used E3 to show off new thing for the casual gamers because of the show's coverage in the media. They must be showing off more gamers games at Tokyo game show or the german one.

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Ultralordsmow is offline. Ultralordsmow 23.07.2008#7

The only thing I'm bummed about is pikmin since they didn't show it, it will probally take till late 09 thats my only beff.Smilie

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Birdo Is A Tranny is offline. Birdo Is A Tranny 23.07.2008#8

Nice of him to apologise, but I still think they should have atlest confirmed some games.

 
rammpeth is offline. rammpeth 23.07.2008#9

What bothers me is that Nintendo has like a bazillion in house development teams and second parties (which they should buy more of, btw). I mean, they could develop at least have their IPs at the same time.And if they feel lazy and dont feel like doing that, they could just pick up games from developers and start a big publishing move.

 
J4K is offline. J4K 23.07.2008#10

Its good of him to apologize, but to be honest, I wasn't expecting Zelda or Mario like he seems to allude to. We already have a Mario -- the highest rated game of this gen and the last -- Galaxy. We already had TP. To be honest, the Wii has had a lot of AAA franchises from Nintendo, in a short amount of time. But Nintendo has a heck of a lot more core franchises, and we expected to see some of them.

How about Disaster? That was announced years ago. It should have been at E3 playable. Or at least a video clip or two.

Or this Kid Icarus we've all been hearing about. Zelda is a long way off, and it should be. They need to make this Zelda something incredible. But how about showing this game off in the meantime?

Or a new F-Zero with a solid online mode (talk about how hard core awesome that would be...). Or actually show Pikmin 3, instead of just mentioning it at the end as they realized how disappointed we were with them.

Or just tease us with what Retro is working on right now...

Instead, we got Wii Sports Resort. Come have fun throwing a virtual frisbee for your virtual dog. And Wii Music. Shake the remote furiously and let the game take care of the rest. Yes, Animal Crossing rocks, but its underwhelming when you look at your calendar, and see that that's pretty much all there is from Nintendo for the rest of the year.

Yes, a lot of people are idiots for expecting so much from Nintendo. And in the end, we're always going to want more. But you can't really blame fans for being disappointed when the most 'hard-core' game Nintendo showed was Animal Crossing: City Folk.

 
Demoni Rakkausenkeli is offline. Demoni Rakkausenkeli 23.07.2008#11

Birdo Is A Tranny said:
Nice of him to apologise, but I still think they should have atlest confirmed some games.

Well they have, Zelda and mario teams are hard at work. Thats 2 games. Miyamoto confirmed Pikmin. Thats 3. Miyamoto also almost confirmed Kid Icarus. He said he's not the one producing it, meaning someone else is, meaning its being made. So we had 4 core games announced. What else do you want? I think what you want is footage. We all want to see these core games.

 
JoshSL is offline. JoshSL 23.07.2008#12

Kid Icarus was confirmed, and the Mario and Zelda teams "working" doesn't mean anything. Those are probably 2 of the biggest teams at Nintendo, they're obviously working! The thing is they might not even be making Mario or Zelda. They could be working on another game or a spin off, and any game they're making may not be here until 2010, and of course we were gonna get at least one hardcore game eventually.

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RATGUOF is offline. RATGUOF 24.07.2008#13

Sorry doesn't help that I'm still pissed about Nintendo's E3 Conference this year. I've went from thinking my Mii deserved more than he got to really hating & disliking him. Nintendo's E3 conference was mainly a bunch of half-assed games & making you realise they half-ass the Wii-Mote when they first made it.

I sold my soul to Sony for a PS3...
 
Fatman is offline. Fatman 24.07.2008#14

bs we were elliminated from nintendo\'s priority list. we no longer matter to Nintendo. they have the casual\'s money now.
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RATGUOF is offline. RATGUOF 24.07.2008#15

Fatman said:
bs we were elliminated from nintendo's priority list. we no longer matter to Nintendo. they have the casual's money now.

And this sums up Nintendo's E3 Conference...

I sold my soul to Sony for a PS3...
 
Keven is offline. Keven 28.07.2008#16

Yep, that sums it up pretty good. That thing (geder unknown) was the most annoying person I have ever seen or heard.

Like someone at G4 said, "This was Nintendo's confrence to lose." It's pretty true. But the fact that they see their mistake and are trying to fix it is a good sign.

I really didn't expect a Mario or Zelda this year, but I expected something!!


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