A Nintendo Direct on 02/13/2014 is happening

[osirisjem]

The idea of Iwata retiring is asinine

Why is that ?
There were *LOTS* of calls for his resignation.
Are all those people asinine too ?

Are you saying you shouldn't even try to rescue a sinking ship ?

Spoiler

 

[FireGrey]

This will be a more unpredictable direct than what we have seen in the past, the only thing we can expect is Mario Kart 8, certainly no Zelda U though.

 

[heartgold]

Expecting no less than....

Zelda Majora's Mask 3D
Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire remakes
Metroid U/ 3D
Zelda U
1 DS

 

[Clarky]

Soroya Sage has retweeted about this Nintendo Direct, so expect X to be on for the show

 

[chavosaur]

I don't
Need
3DS focus
It had its year
Give the Wii U the spotlight for ONCE
Hell, Give it 10 Spotlights, so it can see its way out of the dark pit it's stuck in ;O;
Also Needs MOAR Yoshi Yarn.

 

[Foxi4]

Are you saying you shouldn't even try to rescue a sinking ship ?

The "ship is sinking", if you could even call it that, not specifically because of Iwata but because the company as a whole is stuck in the past. Their research team failed to properly analyze the trends, their designers made a system that's behind the times, their marketing team slept on the job and so on - Iwata is merely one cog in the company structure and he's not the sole man to blame for Wii U's shortcomings. At the same time, the company's exceeding expectations (as per usual) in the handheld sector under his management, so this generation isn't a total catastrophy.

As far as the Nintendo Direct is concerned, I'm not sure what people are expecting - it's going to be another one of those "we ain't got nothin', also Watch_Dogs got delayed, prease understand" sort of conferences - nothing to get excited about.

 

[PolloDiablo]

And I'm always up for some XXX, but you can't depend on Nintendo for everything.

we have gbatemp's hidden porn section for that

 

[Tigran]

If Nintendo has to cut back any more, this will be Direct-to-DVD.


And I'm always up for some XXX, but you can't depend on Nintendo for everything.

BUt... The Nintendo system -was- the only one to have uncut BMX XXX!

 

[calmwaters]

I want new games for the U. Not ports: not rereleases: not N64 titles: new games. The 3DS world is of no concern to me; Nintendo handhelds have always done well. It's the console history that worries me. I know this might sound like a lot to ask, but... if they release any games for the U, will you PLEASE get them? Nintendo needs support; you might've noticed they're not doing well financially. The money you give them for their games would improve their financial state. inb4 Ninty's marketing sucks

 

[Nathan Drake]

I want new games for the U. Not ports: not rereleases: not N64 titles: new games. The 3DS world is of no concern to me; Nintendo handhelds have always done well. It's the console history that worries me. I know this might sound like a lot to ask, but... if they release any games for the U, will you PLEASE get them? Nintendo needs support; you might've noticed they're not doing well financially. The money you give them for their games would improve their financial state. inb4 Ninty's marketing sucks

lol you realize there are only maybe 10 or 15 people on this forum that own a Wii U, right? The system has only sold about 5.7m units worldwide, so even guessing that 10 or 15 of them are on here might be a bit generous when considering the size of our active posting community. There just isn't really any interest in the Wii U. People don't want the same first party titles with whatever tweaks that they've been playing for 20+ years now. Plus, there's the issue of those such as myself not being able to get past the fact that Nintendo pretty much was all I played in my childhood, and anymore, I just can't bring myself to play it anymore. It isn't exciting. It's just kind of Nintendo games. Predictable, fun at times, but in the long run, not generally worth getting too excited for. Nintendo's consoles are no longer RPG machines like they were long ago. They certainly aren't a haven for shooters. There is no big, popular genre that really defines Nintendo, which may be another issue. They don't appeal to a specific crowd except for the brand loyalty bunch.

People just have to accept that the Wii U is going to end up like the Gamecube and the N64, being overshadowed probably by Sony, if past trends are going to hold true this generation, which seems likely since the Xbox One isn't appealing to the European market, and it definitely won't appeal to the Japanese market. Even Nintendo has clearly given up on the idea that they'll be able to turn the Wii U around based on what we've seen from them these past few weeks. After over a year, if your console still isn't selling worth a damn and there's nothing really drastic you can do to fix it (like they did when they relaunched the DS as the DSlite), you just kind of have to accept that it's probably going to toil away on the fringes of success, just surviving the best it can.

 

[FireGrey]

lol you realize there are only maybe 10 or 15 people on this forum that own a Wii U, right? The system has only sold about 5.7m units worldwide, so even guessing that 10 or 15 of them are on here might be a bit generous when considering the size of our active posting community. There just isn't really any interest in the Wii U. People don't want the same first party titles with whatever tweaks that they've been playing for 20+ years now. Plus, there's the issue of those such as myself not being able to get past the fact that Nintendo pretty much was all I played in my childhood, and anymore, I just can't bring myself to play it anymore. It isn't exciting. It's just kind of Nintendo games. Predictable, fun at times, but in the long run, not generally worth getting too excited for. Nintendo's consoles are no longer RPG machines like they were long ago. They certainly aren't a haven for shooters. There is no big, popular genre that really defines Nintendo, which may be another issue. They don't appeal to a specific crowd except for the brand loyalty bunch.

People just have to accept that the Wii U is going to end up like the Gamecube and the N64, being overshadowed probably by Sony, if past trends are going to hold true this generation, which seems likely since the Xbox One isn't appealing to the European market, and it definitely won't appeal to the Japanese market. Even Nintendo has clearly given up on the idea that they'll be able to turn the Wii U around based on what we've seen from them these past few weeks. After over a year, if your console still isn't selling worth a damn and there's nothing really drastic you can do to fix it (like they did when they relaunched the DS as the DSlite), you just kind of have to accept that it's probably going to toil away on the fringes of success, just surviving the best it can.

ONLY 5.7 MILLION!?
Do you know how silly you are sounding right now Mr. Drake?

 

[Nathan Drake]

ONLY 5.7 MILLION!?
Do you know how silly you are sounding right now Mr. Drake?

In the worldwide market after about 14 months with no actual "next gen" competition yet? Yeah, 5.7 million is pretty abysmal, especially when you compare it to, as I've mentioned elsewhere, the fact that the PS4 has already sold 5.1 million consoles without even launching in Japan yet, in only a little over two months. Now, if the PS4 and Xbox One had both sold low numbers as well, one might not be able to say that 5.7 million is a bad number here. Unfortunately for Nintendo, people are really gravitating towards the competition.

 

[ElYubiYubi]

The "ship is sinking", if you could even call it that, not specifically because of Iwata but because the company as a whole is stuck in the past. Their research team failed to properly analyze the trends, their designers made a system that's behind the times, their marketing team slept on the job and so on - Iwata is merely one cog in the company structure and he's not the sole man to blame for Wii U's shortcomings. At the same time, the company's exceeding expectations (as per usual) in the handheld sector under his management, so this generation isn't a total catastrophy.

As far as the Nintendo Direct is concerned, I'm not sure what people are expecting - it's going to be another one of those "we ain't got nothin', also Watch_Dogs got delayed, prease understand" sort of conferences - nothing to get excited about.

This BUT Iwata is the Captain of that Sinking Ship. Nintendo NEED a WHOLE new crew or it will end worst than Titanic.

This Direct will just be about the NDS Games on Wii U(Because the Wii U has no games it need some help of the successful NDS)
Mario Kart 8
Super Smash Bros(Hopefully REAL gameplay like matches or something)
MAYBE MK8 & SSB Demos/Betas
Not Zelda U but some more about Hyrule Warriors
Kirby 3DS
Yoshi Island 3DS
X?

But again where is the Third Party Support??!

 

[Agent_Moler]

I predict we won't see anything exciting but instead a lot of footage for Donkey Kong and Mario Kart. If they show any new games it will be the indie games that are slated for release that IGN previewed earlier this week. In short, no surprises but just a few teases. I think Nintendo will continue to disappoint for the remainder of the year. I wish they would just buy Capcom!!

 

[Taleweaver]

Why is that ?
There were *LOTS* of calls for his resignation.
Are all those people asinine too ?

Are you saying you shouldn't even try to rescue a sinking ship ?

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Is that in the same way as " *LOTS* " of people complaining about the gamepad? I held a poll about that a month ago, but while admittedly there wasn't much of a turn-up, your vision wasn't shared.

Here...likewise. What is replacing him going to solve? And more importantly: WITH WHOM?
I'm not against replacing him, but I doubt anyone even knows a proper successor. Miyamoto would be a stupid idea because that'll mean he will has less time on working on games and I haven't heard anything what Reggie would do different. Oh, and the fact that he barely speaks Japanese is...kind of an issue in a Japanese company (you wouldn't expect the new chief of an US-firm to barely know English, right?).

Yes, they need to do things differently. And yes, it needs to be done soon. But it's not like he singlehandedly made the wiiu not sell well. So for now, I'm glad that he and some bigshots in the company have their paycheck reduced. It's not like they're going to starve from hunger, but I bet it WILL make them take a proper look at how things got to where they are.

 

[ultimatetemper]

Hoenn Confirmed.

Why everybody wants Hoenn now, when before the 3ds was released Gen 3 "was the worst Gen"?
Gen 1 and Gen 2 remakes were made because of the impossiblility of transfering from the GB/GBC games to the Gen 3 games.
If something, Wii U's Battle Revolution or Pokemon Z.

PD: Give us a new Metroid game, dammit!

 

[FireGrey]

Why everybody wants Hoenn now, when before the 3ds was released Gen 3 "was the worst Gen"?
Gen 1 and Gen 2 remakes were made because of the impossiblility of transfering from the GB/GBC games to the Gen 3 games.
If something, Wii U's Battle Revolution or Pokemon Z.

PD: Give us a new Metroid game, dammit!

I'm fairly sure more people considered Gen 3 the best gen.

 

[Black-Ice]

Why everybody wants Hoenn now, when before the 3ds was released Gen 3 "was the worst Gen"?
Gen 1 and Gen 2 remakes were made because of the impossiblility of transfering from the GB/GBC games to the Gen 3 games.
If something, Wii U's Battle Revolution or Pokemon Z.

PD: Give us a new Metroid game, dammit!

Hoenn was never the worst gen.
It was the gen that brought the best changes.
Battle rev on wii was terrible, a complete waste of my money.
But i'm looking forward to Pokemon Z

 

[ultimatetemper]

I'm fairly sure more people considered Gen 3 the best gen.

I always heard Gen 2 is the best gen, before and after HG/SS's launch...

Battle rev on wii was terrible, a complete waste of my money.
But i'm looking forward to Pokemon Z

I'm referring about the game in which you can send your handheld game's Pokemon and play with them on the TV.
Like Stadium for Gen1, Stadium 2 for Gen2, Colloseum for Gen3, Battle Revolution for Gen4.
I want something on WiiU for Gen5 and Gen6.

 

[Issac]

Only 10 to 15 on this forum who owns a Wii U eh? I find that hard to believe, considering how many vWii posts there have been and all that jazz.