The Duc Pond

After today, Nintendo fans worldwide are wondering what the fuck Nintendo is thinking. I’ve already ranted extensively on what I thought was the worst E3 I can remember, so I’ll just paste some stuff I’ve already said. Like this:

I just got home, and the more I think about how horrible today’s press conference was, the more I’m convinced that Nintendo’s days in the gaming business are numbered.

I was stunned by how out of touch they were. Nobody wants this GBA linkup crap. And people are tired of nothing but sequels. Nintendo has absolutely no idea what most gamers want. You couldn’t write a fake Onion-style story that would be more ludicrous than one about how the most talented game designer in history is making a Pac-Man game. Or a story about how Nintendo was taking one of their most sacred franchises and making a ridiculous fetch quest party game out of it. Or how online gaming isn’t a viable business to pursue. Or how one year they’d chastise other developers for producing so many sequels and then the very next year create almost nothing but sequels.

Most of this is OK for us, who by and large love their bread and butter games and don’t mind 10 Mario-themed games in one year. But if they’re marginalized into nothing, we won’t even get that much.

I liked something NapkinEater wrote, in response to Iwata’s claim that Nintendo didn’t see a killer app for online gaming:

You missed the boat with F-Zero. You missed the boat with Mario Kart. Prepare for Gran Turismo 4 to show you what you could have had, Nintendo.

And as I posted at Gaming Age:

Even at Nintendorks, a bastion of Nintendo love if there ever was one, more than a few of us are depressed. Angry even. Certainly frustrated.

It may be sad that I care so much. But as anyone who knows me even in the least should know, I love Nintendo and I don’t want to see them die. Sony’s announcement of their new portable system didn’t help. Today was a sad day for Nintendo fans.