E3 2016 Countdown- It's Here!

[Swamp Sensei]

They stealth announced a new Animal Crossing game.

I'm betting on Animal Crossing Wii U.

 

[LancerStaff]

They stealth announced a new Animal Crossing game.

I'm betting on Animal Crossing Wii U.

Pretty sure it was a mobile game...

 

[Swamp Sensei]

Pretty sure it was a mobile game...

Nope.

The mobile game was confirmed to interact with a new Animal Crossing game.

:D

 

[Guybrush20X6]

I'm not sure about a WiiU Animal Crossing game unless it's a simultaneous NX release. At least a full animal crossing game.

Will it have better amiibo functionality than amiibo Party?

 

[Ura]

Wasn't AC rumored to be apart of the 3DS lineup? I know one of them was Kirby and the other was Rhythm Heaven but their was another one on that list.

 

[Guybrush20X6]

Wasn't AC rumored to be apart of the 3DS lineup? I know one of them was Kirby and the other was Rhythm Heaven but their was another one on that list.

Ah, doing a Pokemon Gen V? Makes sense as AC has always made more sense as a portable game. Wonder if they'll use any NEW 3DS features. Besides amiibo that is.

 

[Ura]

I made an early E3 Prediction List mostly based on things that are likely to happen with a little bit of things I personally want.

- Legend of Zelda 2017
- Hyrule Warriors Legends DLC
- Pokemon Sun and Moon
- Paper Mario Color Splash
- Codename N-Stars
- Codename Torte City (most likely a new 3DS/multiplatform Animal Crossing)
- Mobile Animal Crossing game
- Mobile Fire Emblem game
- Dragon Quest Ports
- Golden Sun 4 (15th anniversary for the series, plz Nintendo)
- Advance Wars 5 (New AW is long overdue, plz Nintendo)
- DMW2
- Quick trailers for Federation Force, SMT X FE and Rhythm Heaven Megamix (most likely Codename Cadillac)
- Retro's New IP
- NX Teaser

Ah, doing a Pokemon Gen V? Makes sense as AC has always made more sense as a portable game. Wonder if they'll use any NEW 3DS features. Besides amiibo that is.

Sorta. I just figured an AC game for the 3DS is somewhat likely given that the leaked 3DS lineup has a Codename "Torte City" which is a big budget game hence me believing it's an AC game. Maybe it will be compatible with the Wii U as well. Being able to transfer content from the Wii U to the 3DS to your Mobile Phone sounds like an interesting concept though I don't really care about AC all that much TBH.

 

[LancerStaff]

Yeah, if we're going to get a new main AC game, it's probably going to be on 3DS. City Folk did terribly, even if you consider it to be an enhanced WW port.

 

[A Distant Demon]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1215125


TLDR Zelda confirmed to literally be the only thing at the event shown.

:/

 

[Sir Gengar de Èctoplasma]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1215125


TLDR Zelda confirmed to literally be the only thing at the event shown.

:/

RIP hype for E3.

Oh, right, I own a Sony console now.

RIP hype for Nintendo event.

 

[Guybrush20X6]

Is this what happens when we demand so see Zelda for so long, it built up until we get nothing but Zelda?

"Never ask me for anything ever again."

 

[Megadoomer]

I might go on a rant here, but this is ridiculous.

I get that last year's E3 was disappointing. Aside from Star Fox Zero being officially revealed and Mario and Luigi: Paper Jam being announced, there wasn't much in the way of new games. I may have forgotten something, but it was mostly giving fans almost what they wanted, but not quite.

-here's a new Animal Crossing game for the Wii U! ...That is a board game that doesn't work without amiibos.
-here's a Wii U Paper Mario game! ...That, by all appearances, follows the same concept as the largely hated Sticker Star.
-here's a new Metroid game! ...That's a multiplayer-focused spin-off where Samus, Ridley, the Metroids, and so on are barely involved

I realize that it's the end of the Wii U's life cycle, and they're shifting focus to the NX, but the solution to that shouldn't be "let's focus exclusively on one new game and make no announcements whatsoever"! The NX comes out in less than a YEAR and we don't even know what its name is, what it looks like, what it's capable of, or anything about it for that matter!

Speaking of which, as a Wii U owner, I feel like I was thrown under the bus. I didn't get it until a year or two into its life-span, but the amount of time between games seems way longer than in previous console generations. Maybe it's because Nintendo is still not used to developing games in HD, or maybe it's because third party developers, for whatever reason, seem bent on absolutely ignoring the Wii U, leaving Nintendo to almost entirely support the system on its own. (though I would still buy a Wii U over a PS4 or an Xbox One, because at least it has a significant amount of exclusives - it seems like most of the "exclusive" titles for the other two are slightly upgraded games from the last generation)

It's just that, before Star Fox Zero came out, the latest worthwhile Wii U game was Xenoblade Chronicles X, which was released five months before Star Fox Zero in North America, and a year before Star Fox Zero in Japan. Not counting Pokken Tournament (which was made by Namco), the last Nintendo game that I bought before those was Super Mario Maker in September. While the Wii U has plenty of games, like Smash Bros. and Bayonetta, that have a lot of replay value, five to eight months is a long time to wait for any meaningful game releases for your console of choice, especially since basically nothing meaningful was released between Xenoblade and Star Fox outside of Pokken.

Now, they're saying that there's basically no Wii U games coming out, and we'll have to wait anywhere between half a year to almost a full year before the next, and presumably last, one (Zelda) is released. (depending on if it comes out in November, or with the NX's supposed release in March)

Between that, and them showing nothing about a system that supposedly is coming out in less than a year, it seems like Nintendo's really dropped the ball on E3, and it's not even June!

 

[Ura]

Funny, this all comes out right after I had a dream about Nintendo's E3 conference where a new Metroid Prime game and others are revealed alongside Zelda U.

 

[ElectroLightning]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1215125


TLDR Zelda confirmed to literally be the only thing at the event shown.

:/

*swears* *swears again*

 

[WaddleKing]

Is this what happens when we demand so see Zelda for so long, it built up until we get nothing but Zelda?

"Never ask me for anything ever again."

So basically

( Not that i really ever cared about Zelda U, so that makes it even worse )

 

[Deleted member]

Well I look forward to Zelda U. But my E3 is looking short this year. Oh well.

 

[Perikong M.TurtleBits]

They could at least give us some information about Pikmin 4, Miyamoto said long ago it was almost finished and we haven't seen anything yet, not even a single image. This is a really weird decision, but typical of Nintendo. I at least hope this will be the best Zelda to date, after waiting 5 years with two delays to the point the Wii U won't have any original Zelda and a whole E3 conference will be dedicated to it. The only good thing about this is that we won't have to see Color Splash again.

 

[LancerStaff]

Yeah, there's going to be a ton of backlash against Zelda U.

I don't think it'll be bad, though I don't like the direction they're going in, but there's no way it's going to live up to the hype. Even if they have been working on the game the entire time, which I doubt.

 

[Deleted member]

I get it though I mean Wii U is dead and as much as I love it the GamePad and Wii U's library of games where in it's swan song they don't have anything else planned and their just winding down development until NX launches oh well least Wii U will have some final games for it. I don't get why the 3DS is not being shown off Pokemon Sun and Moon unannounced 3DS titles? Where's that? I hope we get a pre-E3 direct with some Wii U/3DS news but even I don't believe that'll happen.

 

[Guybrush20X6]

I've heard conflicting reports of there being a Nintendo direct at 9 on June 14th or a Treehouse. Did some wires get crossed?

 

[Deleted member]

Probably just some more false info. Rumors their every where.

 

[Swamp Sensei]

Probably just some more false info. Rumors their every where.

That was from their official site,

 

[A Distant Demon]

That was from their official site,

Can't trust anyone these days.

Not the media, not the industry. . .not even me!

 

[Deleted member]

Oh yeah alright then thanks for the clarification well I look forward to all the Zelda E3 stuff.

 

[Guybrush20X6]

On non-nintendo stuff I look forward to Gravity Rush 2.

 

[_Sheik]

Ever since I 'discovered' E3 back in 2013, all I cared about was Nintendo's stuff. However, Sony and Microsoft both showed really cool games for the most part at E3 2015, so I can only hope to be surprised yet again.

 

[Ax^2]

If anything, all im really hyped about is Sega and sonic atm. They claim to be working real hard about something, seem to be working on a trailer, and they recently announced end of service for sonic runners.

So yeah, a blue hedgehog needs some love.

 

[Deleted member]

From Sony and Microsoft God of War 4, The rumored Spider-Game, PS4 Neo, and maybe The Last Guardian are what I want I look forward to see there.

Microsoft Gears of War 4, Call of Duty's next installment and Xbox One's new slimmer version is what I'm looking forward to from them.

 

[Arcadenik]

I don't feel hyped for E3 2016 knowing that Zelda Wii U will be the only thing Nintendo will be showing.

The only reason I get hyped for E3 is because I want to see what new first-party games or remakes Nintendo is working on.

In my opinion, I think best E3 was 2013... with SSB4, 3D World, Mario Kart 8, Wind Waker HD, Tropical Freeze, and Pokemon XY. I was hyped from beginning to end!

 

[Sephazon]

I'm excited to say I will be attending E3 for the third time this year. I understand a lot of people are disappointed with Zelda being the sole focus of Nintendo this year, but since I was planning on getting primarily Zelda coverage, I can't help but be excited. This will be a great opportunity to get Zelda-centric interview material, gameplay footage, and meet great people to collaborate with.

That said, I believe this year will be a quiet year for most gaming companies and for E3 as a whole. E3 follows a pattern of great conferences all around to slow and quiet conferences about every five years. I'm not particularly worried about Nintendo, but I will say my standards aren't terribly high for them right now. However, Zelda U/NX/GOTY had better be one great experience.

In my opinion, I think best E3 was 2013... with SSB4, 3D World, Mario Kart 8, Wind Waker HD, Tropical Freeze, and Pokemon XY. I was hyped from beginning to end!

I would say Nintendo's conference in 2014 was spectacular as well. More Super Smash Bros. announcements, Yoshi's Woolly World seeing the light of day, and Zelda U being shown was pretty cool. Splatoon being announced and its demo footage was cool too, but I didn't quite know what was going on when it was first shown.

 

[Deleted member]

2014's was my favourite to date. All The Super Smash Bros. Gameplay plus the Invitational Splatoon's first footage was awesome too.

 

[TuukkaTime]

I don't feel hyped for E3 2016 knowing that Zelda Wii U will be the only thing Nintendo will be showing.

The only reason I get hyped for E3 is because I want to see what new first-party games or remakes Nintendo is working on.

In my opinion, I think best E3 was 2013... with SSB4, 3D World, Mario Kart 8, Wind Waker HD, Tropical Freeze, and Pokemon XY. I was hyped from beginning to end!

2014 was definitely the GOAT in terms of Nintendo E3's. My favorite E3 of all time had to be 2006 though because of just how much the internet ran with the PS3 memes. As a Nintendo fanboy at that time nothing could have been more satisfying.

 

[Zzuxon]

I'm honestly most excited for Kingdom Hearts 3 news at this E3.
I have trouble getting hyped about Zelda U, as I know so little about it.

 

[Sephazon]

Is anybody else attending E3 this year? It'd be cool to meet up and have an in-person match at the event.

 

[Sari]

I always hear about how good 2014 was that I wish I could have watched it (the only thing I remembered at the time was the three Sm4sh characters announced).

The first great Nintendo E3 that stuck out to me was 2010, mainly because of Skyward Sword and the 3DS reveal.

I don't think anyone can deny that 2015's event on the Nintendo side was one of the worst they've ever done.

I'm hoping Nintendo does better this year, though I have a feeling most of the event will be about the NX and barely about the Wii U.

 

[Sephazon]

Looks like I have a new mission at E3 this year! HYPE!

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[_Sheik]

Looks like I have a new mission at E3 this year! HYPE!

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HOLD IT!

Source?

 

[Sephazon]

HOLD IT!

Source?

「Nintendo Treehouse: Live @ E3 2016」で、ポケモンの最新情報を紹介！ ニコニコ生放送でチェックしよう！https://t.co/0pbP1brvI5 #ポケモン_サン・ムーン #PokemonGO pic.twitter.com/HEDLHwsR3r

— ポケモン公式 (@Pokemon_cojp) June 2, 2016

Meanwhile...

With the @PokemonSymphony #PokemonSunMoon and #PokemonGo attending @E3 this year, we're in for an E3 PokéParty! pic.twitter.com/sR0Kqbm853

— Robert Sephazon (@Sephazon) June 2, 2016

 

[Megadoomer]

Nintendo's announced that they'll be showing Monster Hunter Generations, Dragon Quest 7, and the Shin Megami Tensei/Fire Emblem game on the Treehouse stream, which just leaves me wondering why they couldn't have said that in the first place instead of "we are literally only showing Zelda".

 

[Starlight_Lily]

Nintendo's announced that they'll be showing Monster Hunter Generations, Dragon Quest 7, and the Shin Megami Tensei/Fire Emblem game on the Treehouse stream, which just leaves me wondering why they couldn't have said that in the first place instead of "we are literally only showing Zelda".

Well Nintendo of America's marketing team hasn't exactly been on top of their game these past few years, so they're probably to blame.