Microsoft brought us their version of the
Mii and
SingStar.
Nintendo brought us their version of
Rock Band-lite.
Sony brought us their version of the
Top Gear TV show & lots of pre-rendered nonsense.
I don't remember feeling so depressed about my hobby...
The only plus points were the confirmation that the
Mario and
Zelda teams are
"hard at work" and the rather tasty looking
Resident Evil 5.
I can't believe I'm gonna say this but I'm SICK to my very core of Mario and Zelda and all these Nintendo franchises, I mean I grew up with this franchises and I've played dozens of games (every version of mario kart, every iteration of mario platforming games, every 2d and every 3d zelda game) but now I'm sick of this, if Nintendo needs these franchises to stay alive then they are going to be in some serious problems. Mario Kart Wii was a clone of the DS game and wasn't too exciting, it actually felt like it came out of an automatic Mario Kart game maker instead of real human beings, Smash Brothers was a clone of Melee though it was pretty good, Galaxy was amazing but mainly because of the setting and the comeback of Mario 64 gameplay, Twilight Princess was good but just a big fat echo to Ocarina of Time.
I don't think I can't stand to play Zelda and Mario for the millionth time.
The worst things is, all these games could (and some can) be played with a regular gamepad and would probably be (some are) much better with it

says a lot about Nintendo's real opinion on the Wiimote.
I love Nintendo but they need to realize Mario and gimmicks are NOT going to last them forever, yeah the Wii is selling great but once the new gen of consoles starts right around 2010-2011 then Nintendo is going to be in a pickle.
MotionPlus add-on? What the hell is that? I can understand if it would be used for better 1:1 mapping but I just find it completely unnecesary, a Wii controller is now nearing a $100 considering the nunchuck and the possible price of this MotionPlus add-on.
Zero love for the DS? Come on Nintendo, that's a perfectly fine handheld and is selling better than ever, surely you can't just go and neglect it and if you are, then release something new, I absolutely adore my DS but the hardware is starting to show it's age, I remember playing games with better graphics on 1994

and it would all be fine if developers catered to the hardware and released games on 2D with good gameplay or whatever but all they release is console wannabees, GTA: ChinaTown wars? How is that ever going to work? It HAS to be in 2D and 2D GTAs are not that great anyways.
So yeah, it's quite obvious I think Nintendo's presentation was the most dissapointing, I'm sick by their recent attitude of putting gimmicks on everything and luring non-gamers and then trying to satisfy gamers with the same ol' franchises, these guys created Mario and Zelda, they SURELY can come up with a new IP, at this rate my grandsons' childhood games are going to be exactly the same as mine!
You can flame Microsoft and Sony all you want but they are making a lot of stuff happen for their consoles and they are actually bringing something new to the table, extravagant graphics and extensive online experiences might be or might not be as good as the classic days of old but heck at least it's something new and great. Yeah yeah, the Wiimote is "innovative as heck" but Nintendo themselves have proved games are stil just as fun if not better on a traditional gamepad (Smash Brothers, Twilight Princess and Mario Kart Wii anyone?).
Same goes for Capcom's retarded decision to make Megaman 9 8-bit, I'm all for retro since these are games I originally played in their prime but they can't be this lazy, Megamn 9 looks exactly like the NES games I played DECADES ago! If I wanted to play those I would, I don't need companies releasing the ninth game in the series and have it be the same as the first.
And there we go, all vented now



P.D: This isn't directly related to BoyBach's quote or directed personally at him, it's just something I quoted to start my post.