E3 2012 | June 4th to 7th | Nintendo's Software Showcase at 6PM PDT

[Micah]

What the heck was that? I've never been so unexcited as a Nintendo fan. It even looks like they screwed over Paper Mario.

 

[Conor]

That was very underwhelming.

 

[Micah]

Spike is claiming that Nintendo's setting up a top secret game from a big developer right now. Hm...

 

[TheFarmboy]

I thought Nintendo's conference was alright. It was alot better than Microsofts, on par with Sony, and it can use 2 gamepads. But I'm looking more foreward to the Software Showcase. But on a whole. It was average. Ubisoft is the best, then Sony/Nintendo, then EA (bit of controversy there). Microsoft is at the bottom.

 

[BlueBear]

Out of the 3 3DS games they mentioned AC was not one of them
But I'm glad they mentioned Paper Mario and Luigi's Mansion.
Did anyone see the ghost dog?! N'awww!

Just gotta wait for tomorrow now!

 

[Grawr]

I think I'm more excited for the 3DS thing they've got going tomorrow. I didn't think Nintendo's conference was all that bad, though. Microsoft's wasn't so great, in my eyes - they tried to 1-up the WiiU with this whole "Smartglass" idea, but I'm still more excited about the WiiU.

And I wasn't excited about the WiiU whatsoever when they announced it last year, I actually hated the idea. But it's growing on me now.

And that intro? With the pikmin? Dynamite.

 

[BlueBear]

I felt the exact same about the Wii U myself, but it is starting to grow on me.
Did anyone catch the NintendoLand clip? There's an AC game coming out for NintendoLand, didn't catch the name though, and I think it's a mini game type thing..?

 

[Grawr]

I felt the exact same about the Wii U myself, but it is starting to grow on me.
Did anyone catch the NintendoLand clip? There's an AC game coming out for NintendoLand, didn't catch the name though, and I think it's a mini game type thing..?

It's called Sweet ... something. Something to do with candy. If you went to e3.nintendo.com right after the conference ended, Iwata was talking all about it - showed a ton of gameplay footage, explained how it works, etc. It's like a little minigame where people with wii remotes have their miis dress up as animal crossing characters and they run around collecting candy, while the "chaser" (aka; the person with the game pad) tries to catch them. It didn't really look allllll that exciting.

 

[Prof Gallows]

I felt the exact same about the Wii U myself, but it is starting to grow on me.
Did anyone catch the NintendoLand clip? There's an AC game coming out for NintendoLand, didn't catch the name though, and I think it's a mini game type thing..?

I don't remember the name, but yeah it'll be like a mini game for NintendoLand.

 

[BlueBear]

Oh I see..
Well that doesn't sound that interesting to be honest.
I'll try and get a look at that one myself though..

But thanks for explaining it!

 

[Grawr]

Oh I see..
Well that doesn't sound that interesting to be honest.
I'll try and get a look at that one myself though..

But thanks for explaining it!

Sure thing, ha. Yeah, none of the NintendoLand titles look particularly good to me - but they seem like they'll do what they're designed to do - get people used/introduced to that "asymmetrical gameplay."

 

[BlueBear]

Yeah, and they are probably short so it could be treated as a quick game if you just need a few minutes to yourself

 

[Trent the Paladin]

Well Nintendo's conference was extremely disappointing. :L I could have skipped it and played Radiant Historia like I did for Microsoft as I predicted a repeat of last year. "Please buy Kinect, have a Call of Duty trailer. " Missed most of EA, saw Medal of Honor and liked what I saw. Don't get why people hated the 2010 reboot, it was great. Ubisoft had was awesome, but I missed the last twenty minutes because I wanted to eat non burned lasagna. Sony was pretty chugging on awesome until the book thing, clearly not ready for demoing. Nintendo was disappointing. Last year they did so good, why? I thought they learned their lesson with Shawn White and Cammie to never suck again.

Sony > Ubisoft > Nintendo > EA > Microkinect

 

[SockHead]

Here's the Animal Crossing Sweet Day Minigame footage:

 

[Caius]

I'd say watch TGS for Animal Crossing. TGS is usually a safer bet for nintendo stuff

 

[Trent the Paladin]

I'd say watch TGS for Animal Crossing. TGS is usually a safer bet for nintendo stuff

Or whenever Nintendo decided to host their "Not-TGS" conference this year. I expect some Wii U pricing by then.

 

[Micah]

That Sweet Day preview was unbearable. :/

 

[BlueBear]

Oh god, that video x_x
Well I suppose it's...cute?

 

[Kip]

Being an A fan hurts after watching that video...

 

[SockHead]

Found more footage of Sweet Day, if you don't like hearing that family scream: