Hey what is up everybody at PN and XBL Radio, it is Mr B4 here bringing you the latest news as to what is going on in the Nintendo community. What I have for you today is a response to a recent Interview that Nintendo’s President Satoru Iwata had with Forbes magazine.
Here is the apology he had for the gamers who were dissapointed with Nintendo’s E3 press conference, especially for the lack of appeal that it brought to the hardcore Nintendo gaming community:
“”We are sorry about [the E3] media briefings, specifically for those who were expecting to see Nintendo show something about ‘Super Mario’ or ‘Legend of Zelda.” said Iwata in an interview with Forbes. He also mentioned that the major titles that the fans were hoping to see take a long, long time to develop. He explained this by saying “However, the fact of the matter is the so-called ‘big titles’ need a long, long development period… We really didn’t think this year’s E3 media briefing was the time to do so.”
Alright, here is my response to his statement. First of all, we do not not need an apology for the lack of a new Super Mario or Zelda game being shown at E3, but we do need an apology for the lack of showing a new game from another major Nintendo Franchise, for the Wii, in the way of either a new Kirby or Kid Icarus game. Second, we all know that major titles take a long, long time to develop, but in order to keep the “gamers” excited about your console, you need to show them some reasons as to why they should keep playing games on it. And to be honest with you, a new snowboarding game, a new Wii sports title, and Wii Music are not going to keep “gamers” interested in your console for very long, if at all.
And finally, when you say that E3 is not the time to showcase your major titles to the world, I say that you are either blind, ignorant, stupid, or all of the above. E3 is the time when every major company shows off their highly anticipated titles to the gaming community in order to spike up their software sales. If you just say that you are making too much money to really give a crap about the hardcore gamer, then I would believe you. But by saying that E3 is not the place to show off your big system selling titles, I simply do not believe or agree with you in anyway shape or form. What that tells me is that you are being lazy in this department, and need to do something about it, or else you will lose your spot as the major company in the gaming community.
My final thoughts on this Interview can be summed up in one statement that I am directing at Nintendo. You say that you are sorry, I say I am tired of the excuses.
That is all from this time gamers, take care and see you next time.
This was attached to XBLRadio ver 70.5 post but did interview was not downloading so…
As a separate show is XBLRadio’s Interview with Scott Steinberg of Embassy Multimedia Consultants, Digital Trends, Players Only, and author of many books (see below). Scott sits down to talk to Mr B4, X3R0 9, and INFECTEDPB503 to talk about E3 and the future of gaming in general.
All the Players Only episodes, as well as Scott’s books, are FREE to download! So if you want to “Get Rich Playing Games”? Or Want to be a game journalist? Find out how!
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Topics Include: Too Human Demo! Go Play it NOW! 2008 E3 Media & Business Summit! All this and …
As a separate show is XBLRadio’s Interview with Scott Steinberg of Embassy Multimedia Consultants, Digital Trends, Players Only, and author of many books (see below). Scott sits down to talk to Mr B4, X3R0 9, and INFECTEDPB503 to talk about E3 and the future of gaming in general.
All the Players Only episodes, as well as Scott’s books, are FREE to download! So if you want to “Get Rich Playing Games”? Or Want to be a game journalist? Find out how!
Click the Book Cover For Your FREE Download!
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begins on Tuesday, July 15th, @ the LA Convention Centre but Microsoft and EA, as always, has to be out front and first with everything, will be having their press conference on Monday!
We at XBLRadio will be reviewing these press conferences as well as the content released on XBLM. Come join us on The XBLRadio’s E3 Coverage Shows! Add infectedpb503 to your Skype and call in to join the conversation!
The Following are the shows streamed on Ustream. Please listen to XBLRadio E3 Explanation Show for more details. Stayed tuned for XBLRadio 70.5, recorded with all 5 hosts and with a special interview to be released on Sunday, July 20th, 2008
XBLRadio E3 Show #1 - 7/14/08 XBLRadio E3 Show 2 - 7/15/08
Topics Include: Microsoft’s License Transfer Tool Released! Gears of War 2 MP Video Leaked! Demo Talk! Yah or Nah! E3 Predictions - keep an eye on Platform Nation for all your E3 coverage! All this and more! Thanks for listening, Please leave us a comment on the show or send us an e-mail at: xblradio@platformnation.com
***WARNING***
This show contains some…actually, a lot of EXPLICIT language.
Topics Include: Call of Duty 5: World at War. Are they stuck in the past? Spiderman: Web of Shadows. Will this one be any better? EA Battlefield: Bad Company poking fun at Gears of War and Rainbow Six. Sporn! There goes the spores! This week’s movie review: Hulk! We also touch on other Marvel games coming out in the next few years. Also, special guest KingL3pr3chaun! All this and more! Thanks for listening, Please leave us a comment on the show or send us an e-mail at: xblradio@platformnation.com
Thrillhouse17 wrote this in our forums, I felt he was dead on in pretty much his entire summery so I figured I would post it here for the world to see,
I was very underwhelmed and disappointed. They showed very little new material, and didn’t make many large announcements.
Opening: Total fan service, and dragged on. We’ve all heard the Halo theme, we want to actually hear the music while we SEE the game. Read the rest of this entry »
By now most of you have watched Microsoft’s E3 keynote speech. I can see most of you scratching your heads, thoughts swirling about, asking yourselves, “Where are the big bombs Microsoft?” “No price cut?”, “No Metal Gear?”, “No new exclusives to set my drool glands into over dive?” I too pondered these thoughts last night as I angrily lay my head to bed after what I thought was an hour and a half of my life I will never get back. Sulking until I actually had time to think and reflect about what I had seen, I was only then able to be at peace and thought maybe I could shed some insight as to what had happened.
First, lets rethink the stance of the new E3, it is now back to what it was always supposed to be about, the buyers. Microsoft did an excellent job last night addressing the fact that they have a good foothold in the Next–Gen war and that NOW, meaning this year, this holiday, this crazy credit card inducing time that puts most Americans in debt. The Xbox 360 WILL have the best lineup of first and third party games, hands down. They are showing the retail market that, it is, the Xbox that is going to need your display space this coming holiday season. And that is exactly what they did, by showing off so many quality titles that the average to hardcore gamers are already groaning thinking about the black hole that is going to be wrapped upon their wallets.
People are talking and jumping up and down, thats right rumor has it that there is a 4th XBOX 360 (code name Falcon) price of the elite to drop to $350 smack a rues. Watch out and make sure you are wearing your hard hat cause prices are dropping from the sky left and right. Just yesterday the PS3 price drop hit my dog in the head. Check back for more on E3.
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