The nintendo press conference has come and gone. Every year with Nintendo, they trot out Reggie to talk and every year, he comes off like a pompous jackass. Hes like the richest kid in school that rubs your face in it at his weekly pool parties. Well guess what Reggie
Im not impressed. More thoughts about the Nintendo Press Conference, after the jump.
One word describes my thoughts on the Nintendo Press Conference:
Lame.
It was just lame. Half of the time was spent talking about sales figures. Seriously? Who in the world isnt aware of the Wii and DS sales dominance? Pie charts? Graphs? Long term sales projections? Those are fine for a shareholders meeting, but for a Video Game Press Conference full of Entertainment journalists?
I dont think so.
I was thoroughly unimpressed with the press conference. As a Wii owner starving for good content, the announcements of Call of Duty World At War and Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party hardly got me excited.
Star Wars Clone Wars? Eh
The new Wiimote add on that will enhance motion controls looks interesting, but honestly, how long will it take developers to capitalize on this? A year? Two years? Three years?
Im guessing that theyll bundle Wii Sports Resort with the new MotionPlus perhipheral, but thats just pure idol speculation. It does make sense, but who knows.
The only thing that really looked okay was the sword fighting in Wii Sports Resort, but, again, who knows.
Finally
Wii Music? I could see my three year old loving it, but honestly, it just looks gimmicky. Its not even a game, as far as I could tell. It also looked completely broken. The amazing Drum guy, appropriately nicknamed Ravi DRUMS, I kid you not, had a hell of a time hitting the right drums. It was a terrible demo. One neat feature was that up to six people could play together. Seems cool, but Im sure that in reality, its gonna sound like crap when you get grandma, grandpa and the kids together for a jam
In all, the Nintendo press conference was completely underwhelming.
Stop with the pie charts
Spare us Reggie.