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often considered the worst E3 from Nintendo aside from the wii music presentation from E3 2008 (although at least that one had some good memes come out of it)
hey at least there was a Metroid game there
I dragged it a lot online, then felt bad about it when they revealed Iwata was really sick later. I also have a bingo card from that time that was popular on Tumblr
Oh that's really interesting! I never heard this rumor before but it would explain why this showcase did lack the one major "heavy hitter" announcement that the E3 showcases do haveSupposedly the presentation took a big hit when new Retro Studios IP was delayed (and lately cancelled). It was going to be revealed at 2015 presentation and be announced as last big WiiU game
Starfox zero looked bad? I had a very hard time with the controls of that game which makes me prefer the n64 original but I remember Starfox zero looking visually like eye candy. I still think its looks pretty good.It could've been a good Direct but from what I remember, everything was handled so badly. For exemple, I remember :
- Hyrule Warriors 3DS was announced on youtube a few days before the Direct, the exact same trailer was shown during the Direct.
- Starfox was also a huge announcement but it looked visually so bad, it disappointed lots of people as well.
- Animal Crossing WiiU was shown right after Happy Home Designer 3DS, everyone thought it was a brand new game, but it was just a party game.
- Metroid Federation Force was a disappointment, as well as Mario Tennis WiiU.
- Not even saying that they announced a few weeks before the conference that Zelda BoTW wouldn't be showed at E3. Just for Miyamoto or Aonuma to say "we almost included it at the last moment" a few days after the conference.
Splatoon was released 2 weeks before (and holiday 2014 and H1 2015 were pretty cool for the WiiU in terms of software), it was a huge success, they could've made more announcement about it. They could've announced Zelda TPHD (march 2016) and Paper Mario (october 2016) but with this Direct, Nintendo probably wanted everyone to know that the WiiU was dead.
This. I'm a diehard Metroid fan and my reaction to Federation Force was one of indifference more than anything else. Kind of like "oh, well at least the Metroid brand is still alive." I was downright confused to see the seething hatred among the fandom and the petitions to get it cancelled. I was really embarrassed to be a Metroid fan at that point. I didn't think the game looked great necessarily but it being seen as an absolute abomination and an insult that needed to be wiped from the face of the Earth was such a baffling overreaction. It was clear that it wasn't the end-all-be-all of Metroid; in fact, I saw it as a sign that the series had life in it and would continue as normal shortly.even then I thought Metroid Fans were overreacting like immature babies