The other day, looking for information about what was presented by Nintendo and the statements on it given by Miyamoto and Reggie Fils-Aime, I found an interview of Geoff Keighley, famous for the Doritos-Dew controversy, to the latter. And it was surprising to see how Geoff mercilessly fired questions and incisive criticism about the presentation and the current state of Wii U.
The practically null support of the third, Nintendo's little originality in what was announced, the disappointing sales or a catalog that still has months to go to start were just some of the topics that were discussed in said conversation and from which Reggie came out as best he could, repeating them ad nauseam. answers. After the jump, the feeling that Nintendo has left in this E3 2013.
It is true that, keeping things simple, while Microsoft and Sony were playing a lot at this convention, Nintendo and its Direct They came with the only pressure to improve a very decayed environment and that, with any title in the medium or long term, they would be satisfied. And it is true that, with the usual rhythm of the Direct, Satoru Iwata He presented a good string of "news." And the quotation mark comes to the fact that the existence of practically everything that was taught was known in advance and what was not known ended up being another sequel to the main sagas of the company.
If something has characterized Nintendo throughout history, it has been that powerful charisma and personality in each of its franchises and titles belonging to them; if a saga was successful, it varied and differentiated enough between deliveries to continue surprising and if, on the other hand, it did not have the reception that Nintendo was looking for, it was left in the fridge for a while to launch it in time with a facelift. Now, it seems, neither one thing nor the other.
Mario barth 8 and the new Super Smash Bros they can afford more of the same because they always have been and it has always worked. Despite that, it is true that this Mario Kart does include certain novelties that have been asked for a long time. On the other hand, one of the games, a priori, most important in the Wii U catalog, the new mario 3d, has ended up being little more than the continuation of Super Mario 3D Land. In fact, you just have to change that Land to World and we have its new title. The first thing it transmits is that it is too far from what was seen in the two very great Super Mario Galaxy and that it does not innovate in practically anything.
On the other hand, we could also see what he is working on Retro Studios, another of the great assets that Wii U had, and is, at the studio's decision, a sequel to the acclaimed Donkey Kong Country Returns that seems not to take very far the concept already seen in this installment: a change of camera, the return of Dixie Kong and little else. In my opinion and although I am not a big fan of this saga, I think a new Metroid would have been better received.
Platinum Games had its weight within this presentation since a new gameplay of Wonderful 101 and finally you could see more than Bayonetta 2, even more hyperbolic than the first part. Undoubtedly, two great titles from the Japanese studio.
A new trailer for Pokémon X / Y, which will arrive on October 12 to the whole world, and that, ironically, is the game that shows a greater evolution with respect to previous deliveries. And, for me, the best of the Nintendo Direct, a new video with gameplay from X, the successor to the great Xenoblade Chronicles in which, it seems, the mecha will have paramount importance.
In short, it is undeniable that the Wii U catalog will hit an expected rush from the end of this year, but it is surprising that many of these titles are so unoriginal and innovative coming from the hand of whom they come. Remakes like that of Zelda Wind Waker, new deliveries traced to previous ones like Super Mario 3D World or direct sequels like the new Donkey Kong show a certain laziness that, in my opinion, I don't know if it is necessary for the console to raise its head.
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