Nintendo preparing the media for E3

[Hellfire]

http://1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3145951
A little odd if you ask me, but it probably means, we'll be almost in the dark until E3.

[Stocka]

E3 2006 is going to be AMAZING....surely.

[Hellfire]

E3 2006 is going to be AMAZING....surely.
(makes Watto's voice) No doubts of that, eh?

[Jordan]

Screw E3... it's ages off. I wanna see something this Friday.

[Deku-Nutz]

Shigzy is at some japanese University on 2nd Dec isn't he? WHY oh WHY did people start beliving he would use that to advertise Revo.??

[Bowser57]

E3 2006 is going to be AMAZING....surely.

Come off it Stockton, people say that kind of thing every year! (Well, not "2006 is going to be amazing" but you know what I mean). And we always end up with "E3 was crap!!, but TGS will make it all better!".

[Stocka]

Come off it Stockton, people say that kind of thing every year! (Well, not "2006 is going to be amazing" but you know what I mean). And we always end up with "E3 was crap!!, but TGS will make it all better!".

True, I got so hyped for E3 2005 that it didn't live up to my expectations, but then again think, if Revolution and PS3 are going to both be PLAYABLE, it will be very interesting.

And Jordan, don't get you're hopes up too high, afterall Jim Merrick said no games would be shown this year, but then again he said we should hear information about games and see the controller shell so who knows. Firday is going to be a very interesting day indeed.

[Hellfire]

Well with Revolution, PS3, XBOX360 and DS, it's probably going to be a great E3. But yeah, people were expecting so much this year, that they all got disapointed. Well I didn't :P

[Stocka]

Can't wait to see some new DS games, its about time they bloody showed Diamond & Pearl. Oh and I wouldn't be suprised to see Zelda DS there, or possibly F Zero.

[phez_boy]

could some1 please post a summary of this news? for some reason my internet isnt letting me onto the site.

[ViPeR]

WTF, sod E3 I want information now. We were told before the end of the year... END OF THE YEAR I TELLS YA!!!

[Shenlong]

That's ridiculous E3 thats a whole 5 months of by then, its a bit risky people may just forget bout it lose the hype, they best keep givin us teasers or shit til then.

[BigTac]

True, I got so hyped for E3 2005 that it didn't live up to my expectations, but then again think, if Revolution and PS3 are going to both be PLAYABLE, it will be very interesting.

And Jordan, don't get you're hopes up too high, afterall Jim Merrick said no games would be shown this year, but then again he said we should hear information about games and see the controller shell so who knows. Firday is going to be a very interesting day indeed.

The PS3 maybe playable before E3. I heard Sony will have PS3 playable at CES.

[Stocka]

The PS3 maybe playable before E3. I heard Sony will have PS3 playable at CES.
When is CES again? January?

[Link]

CES is in January

[djamb3]

Humm... anyone knows when will be the keynote this friday? I never though they could make a controller like this so if they promise anything new this friday I'm the the first to believe that.And E3 is still far far away but sounds promising however it seems a bit late to shows a playable console since Xbox was it already this year.

But do you know when wiil be the keynote? A decent hour I expect....(the wait in tgs almost killed me:D)

[Maverick]

Screw E3... it's ages off. I wanna see something this Friday.
Roger That! megaton confirmed?

[White_Wolf]

What happened to knowing everything by the end of the year?

[killer kirby]

E3 2006....... well thats fair while, all i want to see at E3 is in-game footage of Zelda and F-Zero.

[Konfucius]

Finally we have confirmation for what everyone suspected before and I'm thinking about this in a good way because now, whenever there's a speech we (I) don't have to get up our (my) hopes too high.
I think showing everything at E³ - shortly before they release the console - is the best thing to do it, to get the hype machine running on maximum but they have to let out little details over the coming month or the current hype will die.

[Woz]

lol, MEGATON!!!!

[system_error]

Broadway and Hollywood will be revealed at the Kodac Theater (Oscars anyone?) what a coincidence :grin:

I just hope that means the console is done in may because I don't want to wait over a year to finally get one ... but to be honest I think Nintendo will be the last in the competition again. No I don't think Sony will launch in spring but I am sure they will launch before Nintendo and I am afraid that Microsoft will have much to battle the PS3 and Revolution launch at this time. More advanced games which really show off the power of the 360 maybe even Halo 3 and this means a serious hit to Revolution and the PS3 in my opinion.

Nintendo late to the party as usual ....

[phez_boy]

Finally we have confirmation for what everyone suspected before and I'm thinking about this in a good way because now, whenever there's a speech we (I) don't have to get up our (my) hopes too high.
I think showing everything at E³ - shortly before they release the console - is the best thing to do it, to get the hype machine running on maximum but they have to let out little details over the coming month or the current hype will die.
you know as much as it does piss me off that we must wait this long for the info (i still dont know what is on the page coz my internet wont let be, but i trust what u guys have said) i deffinately agree with you. I mean i live in australia but when E3 is on even our news covers the big stories (we were shown both the xbox 360 and the ps3), and considering I'm pretty sure that there is no news that could possibly dwarf the unvieling of the revolution, it will be the high light of the show for sure and will be THE BIGGEST thing at E3, there for we will be hearing about it everywhere.

well... at least i hope this happens

[Mundi]

Broadway and Hollywood will be revealed at the Kodac Theater (Oscars anyone?) what a coincidence :grin:

I just hope that means the console is done in may because I don't want to wait over a year to finally get one ... but to be honest I think Nintendo will be the last in the competition again. No I don't think Sony will launch in spring but I am sure they will launch before Nintendo and I am afraid that Microsoft will have much to battle the PS3 and Revolution launch at this time. More advanced games which really show off the power of the 360 maybe even Halo 3 and this means a serious hit to Revolution and the PS3 in my opinion.

Nintendo late to the party as usual ....
You make it sound like it already happened :hmm:
Let just let wait and see when they come before everyone bursts out in negativity

[Twilight]

If I´m not mistaken, Jim Merrick and NOA have both hinted that more information on Revolution will be forthcoming on a regular basis beginning early next year. And at E3, Nintendo will propably reveal everything that they still have in store and have Revolution playable.

And I still wouldn´t say Nintendo is too late. At least in Europe, Revolution has big changes to come before PS3.

[Librarian]

megaton it is... as sure as Ash is going to the workshed.
But yes.. that a loooooong time from now.. almost as far away as xmas

[system_error]

The E3 unveilling is okay for me but in general I think both Sony and Nintendo are too late. The 360 has now over a year to get a good customer base, announce new games and features for the console and also developers get more and more into the 360 hardware.

Resident Evil 4 looks brilliant but look how long it took Capcom to finally reach that level on GC hardware.
I am still curious about E3 and I am also buying a Revolution as soon as possible but from a global strategy it seems Nintendo made a mistake.

[ViPeR]

If they wait to reveal absolutely everything at E3, well it isn't going to work. They have to reveal things such as specs, game details, price, final name etc, beforehand otherwise how are people going to make a decision on what to purchase. Especially if they're aiming for a worldwide release in the same year, people need to save up.

[Mimternet]

Come off it Stockton, people say that kind of thing every year! (Well, not "2006 is going to be amazing" but you know what I mean). And we always end up with "E3 was crap!!, but TGS will make it all better!".

That's not going to happen this time though is it? By keeping quiet until E3 Nintendo are going to steal the show with ease. What are Sony and Microsoft going to do? Show more games, have them playable. Whoopdeedo. Yes, exciting seeing more of the games. But how much more exciting to have an entire system's previously unseen functionality up and running for the first time with REAL games using an outstanding new control method.

This is one of the best moves Nintendo has made since unveiling the controller at Tokyo Games Show. It's going to put all of the pieces of the puzzle together in one spectacular way. Games are already heavy into development for Revolution, by May they are going to be phenomenal and the new control method will be given the chance to prove itself.

If you want evidence that this strategy works, you must have missed the Revolution Controller unveiling. Speculation built to a boiling point and on unveilling the controller was featured on the front page of nearly every piece of every related website and magazine. XBox 360 just didn't garner that kind of attention because they let info trickle out until people knew all there was to know.

If they wait to reveal absolutely everything at E3, well it isn't going to work. They have to reveal things such as specs, game details, price, final name etc, beforehand otherwise how are people going to make a decision on what to purchase. Especially if they're aiming for a worldwide release in the same year, people need to save up.

I hate this perspective, it's so misguided. People don't make up their minds months and months before buying a product, they certainly don't decide on the stats. Consumers can change their mind at any point right up to the point of purchase - in fact, point of purchase is where most decisions are made.

By announcing at the start of May they're still going to have months before release anyway.

[system_error]

For us the E3 is important but surely not for the average casual gamer or consumer and I thought that is the market Nintendo also aims for. So if everything is revealed at E3 I am fine with it but where is the marketing campaign to explain the benefits of the Revolution to parents and others to help making a decision?

Even if Nintendo launches the day after E3 the casual gamers know next to nothing about the system. It would have been much better to do that early because either it takes a long time after E3 before we can buy the console or Nintendo doesn't need marketing.

[Mimternet]

For us the E3 is important but surely not for the average casual gamer or consumer and I thought that is the market Nintendo also aims for. So if everything is revealed at E3 I am fine with it but where is the marketing campaign to explain the benefits of the Revolution to parents and others to help making a decision?

Even if Nintendo launches the day after E3 the casual gamers know next to nothing about the system. It would have been much better to do that early because either it takes a long time after E3 before we can buy the console or Nintendo doesn't need marketing.

E3 is first and foremost a press event. The whole point is to inform the gaming and general press. While hardcore gamers are interested in the event itself it's the information that filters out through the press that matters and it's this that will get the message to casual gamers. The company that shouts the most will get the most press coverage and in 2006 it will clearly be Nintendo.

Also, to discuss getting info to casual gamers, lets take Nintendogs as an example. The majority of hardcore gamers didn't think this would succeed - well, it has! And not because screen shots were revealed a year beforehand. It succeeded because it appeals to non-gamers and was well advertised AFTER IT WAS RELEASED. The most important marketing is done at launch or after a release when the casual gamer - who isn't excited by these things and doesn't anticipate the release of a game in advance - can see it and play it for themselves.

And once again - E3 is at the start of May - Revolution won't be out before July at the very earliest giving at least 2 months for people to find out about the games. Remember they already know about the console!

[Bowser57]

This is one of the best moves Nintendo has made since unveiling the controller at Tokyo Games Show.


With all due respect, if they had fired the new controller into the crowd from Shiggsy's bottom the fanboys would have thought it the best thing ever.

I'm just saying, look at folks now, already getting hyped that E3 will save video gaming (just like it was supposed to last year). With all the hype that gets generated (partly down to all the games companies as well) it never stands a chance of living up to it.

[Mimternet]

That's not Nintendo, Sony or Microsoft's fault. "Fanboys" work themselves up based on rumours and not by the facts. E.g. Nintendo never said Revolution was going to be unveiled at E3 2005, everyone just ASSUMED it would = disappointment. This year Nintendo are planning well in advance, 5 months in advance. They have told us what's going to be there. There are no assumptions. That's the difference.

You're underselling the impact of the Revolution controller announcement. It took the entire industry by surprise and knocked them for six. It even made it onto Sky and BBC news in the UK.

[Bowser57]

Again though, let's not count chickens before they're hatched.

I'd imagine Segway scooters made it on to far more news stations than the Rev controller did. How many of them do you see on your way into town? They were going to change the world too. I've seen pics of George Bush falling off one and am pretty sure I saw a basketball player on MTV Cribs with one.

I'm underselling, but I'd argue you're overselling the controller and what it means just yet.

Until it's selling very well what difference does it really make how great it is?

I do hope it's fantastic, but lots of you have already decided it is based on not a lot if we're honest.

[ViPeR]

I hate this perspective, it's so misguided. People don't make up their minds months and months before buying a product, they certainly don't decide on the stats. Consumers can change their mind at any point right up to the point of purchase - in fact, point of purchase is where most decisions are made.
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Well i'm going by the friends I know who i'd consider casual gamers. They're looking at buying Xbox360's as their one and only choice of console. They, like me, know hardly anything about the Revolution. Only one has actually seen the controller. I don't see them changing their mind and looking towards getting a Revolution if they have to wait until May just to find out basic info. Obviously for those hardcore gamers who are going to buy more than one console, releasing information at E3 isn't so bad. However we know of like, 2 games supposedly in development, that isn't enough to get my casual gamer mates excited and once their into one console it's very unlikely they'll buy another.

[Hellfire]

Again though, let's not count chickens before they're hatched.

I've seen pics of George Bush falling off one and am pretty sure I saw a basketball player on MTV Cribs with one.


The segway wasn't powered on, that's why he fell. You see, he's not very bright :laughing:

[Sooj]

Correct me if I am wrong but Nintendo waited until E3 to unviel EVERYTHING about the DS and look at the impact, I say that we shouldn't worry, just let things be.

[Hellfire]

Yeah, but Nintendo revealed some stuff about DS in January, so they might do something similar this time.
"You're probably just starting to plan your time for 2006. With a mere 165 days to go (give or take), it's time to start thinking about next year's E3. Nintendo is most certainly thinking about it. So pencil us in. You'll hear all the incredible details about Nintendo's upcoming games and hardware, including our next home console, code-named Revolution. You won't want to miss it. See you there.

WHAT: Nintendo's E3 Media Briefing

WHEN: Briefing begins at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 9, 2006.

WHERE: Kodak Theatre (home of the Academy Awards), Hollywood & Highland Center, 6801 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028

WHY: You know why. "
Jesus, the Kodak theatre, that's like, fucking huge! Big plans Nintendo?

[quich_delvyn]

i cant wait until e3 but i want to know somefin b4 then