Pac-Man was revealed at the Smash Bros. round table and Wii Fit Trainer was revealed at the E3 show floor. The trend has been bucked since day one.
I'll admit that I forgot about the Pac-man reveal being shown at a physical event, though it was behind closed doors without cameras being allowed, since Nintendo was going to show it later. And to my knowledge (could be wrong), WFT was shown via the pre-recorded "conference" Nintendo streamed during E3. They didn't actually have a show floor press conference in 2013 or 2014.
My point in that post was that Nintendo was extremely unlikely to show up
at Comic Con and show something, since they have yet to do that. Release a video during Comic Con? Perhaps. I still find that unlikely as well, but with the 3DS tournament happening there, it's certainly possible.
You guys kidding, comic con is for comic books, SUPERHEROES.
WARIOMAN must be confirmed!
Comic Con has evolved far being just comic books. Mortal Kombat is supposed to have something announced there this year, and I remember Capcom's big MvC3 reveal of Spencer at Comic Con, despite him being strictly a videogame character.
Not saying Smash will have anything there, but Comic Con is about way more than comics nowadays. I think more people go there for the movies and TV shows than anything.