E3
Nintendo’s E308 “Thank You” Postcard
The single postcard delivered by courier pigeon to Infendo’s underground lair today reads: Thank you for attending our E3 media briefing. Nintendo aims to bring people engaging experiences… to make them smile… and we hope we provided you at least a little of that during our event. Signed, Reggie Fils-Aime Cammie Dunaway Denise Kaigler (I was to lazy to take a picture; if it doesn...
Reggie: Nintendo “lost its soul?!” You’ve lost your mind
One last post-E3 interview, during which I break my word and mention E3 one more time. I guess I do this because I know that like all knee-jerk, vocal minority-driven “public outcries,” this one has been incredibly short-lived. Wii Music was awkward and borderline offensive with its boredom, Blake said, and there were no first party megatons announced on stage during the keynote, this ...
Mega Man 9 shirt coming soon!
We first saw this on the Capcom crew at E3, and now it’s coming soon to a store near you. WIN. And, the reason he’s carrying a pistol and an arm cannon is explained by the curious, but equally badass, Mega Man 2 original box art (someone had asked in the comments before). Look it up.
Iwata shines again, says core gamers are “critically important”
There was plenty to play and hear about from Nintendo at E3 this year, but nevertheless president Satoru Iwata wanted to reassure everyone who’s still shell shocked that everything’s going to be irie. “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,” Nintendo presiden...
“Window of Opportunity” now open for third parties on Wii, DS
More evidence today that Nintendo’s allegedly sour press conference and subsequent lack of games in the remainder of 2008 is, as the Joker says, all part of the plan. “I think Nintendo may be giving the software publishers a window of opportunity, probably a few quarters, where third-party games may be higher profile in stores. I also think part of it may be simply where we are in the develo...
The Fantasy E3 Nintendo press conference that could have been…
So apparently some people thought the Nintendo E3 press conference blew chunks. There were games worthy of being played by core gamers coming out for Nintendo systems this year, that’s undeniable, but for some reason Nintendo chose not to feature a majority of them during its time on center stage. In that vein, Wired took a crack, It’s A Wonderful Life-style, at creating the E3 Nintend...
In case you missed it: Infendo Radio 112
We usually publish Infendo Radio on Monday or Tuesday, but this time the broadcast occurred on the weekend. Tune in now to see what you may have missed! Radio Feed iTunes Feed MP3 What are your thoughts on Blake’s take of E3? Podcast: Play in new window | Download (35.6MB)Subscribe: Email | RSS
Infendo Radio 112 – Blake vs E3
Blake gives us his first hand account of E3 and we discuss the future of Nintendo! Radio Feed iTunes Feed MP3 Respond to our podcast with your comments, please! Podcast: Play in new window | Download (35.6MB)Subscribe: Email | RSS
Hey E3: Change or die (preferably die)
By and large, most of the major publishers phoned in their presentations at E3. There were bright spots all around (yes, even in Nintendo’s presser), but permeating all the news, regardless of your own feelings about the show, Nintendo, or otherwise, was the stink of failure. Not from the Big Three, or the third parties (which were there peddling en masse), but from E3 itself. Twenty people ...
Miyamoto: E3 is for “new concepts,” rest of the year is for everything else
Think the Nintendo E3 presser was terrible, and lacked core games? It was by design, said Shigeru Miyamoto. “I think that there’s probably one other element to it, and that’s that our view of how we use E3 has changed. For a very long time, E3 was an event where – and certainly Nintendo included – catered specifically to the core gamer. Now we look at more ”¦ an oppor...
Nice article on 3rd parties and Nintendo at E3
I wouldn’t say this article is anything major, but Reuters (via NeoGAF) has an article up describing how Nintendo is starting to win over third party publishers. There’s even some solid reporting by the journalist who wrote the article, as they accurately quote Microsoft Xbox division Don Mattrick’s PR spin, and then smack it down in the next few sentences with a fact or two abou...
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia trailer from E3
Woo hoo! More 2-D platforming goodness from the maker of Catlevania. This was the new trailer for Catlevanie: Order of Ecclesia, courtesy of Koji Igarashi. Due out this fall.