As E3 Approches, Nintendo Looks Lost

Yesterday, Nintendo presented a recorded live stream as a prelude to their upcoming E3 briefing. While they have a lot riding on this year presentation, mostly due to the release of the Wii U, the live stream shows that they are ready to give what the gamers want but not what they need.

Nintendo has always been a company full of innovation. Since the release of the Nintendo 64, Nintendo has given the gamer new experiences with wild ideas that, for the most part, have been entertaining, but with that amount of willingness to do things outside the industry norm, comes a price of Nintendo not learning from their mistakes. Why do I say this, well take a look at what they showed yesterday and the questions that I feel they have to answer on Tuesday.

Question number one; will the tablet come with the Wii U and based on that choice, how much will it cost?

This can be a deal breaker for the upcoming system. Look at it like this. That tablet can't be cheap to make. If it comes with the tablet, then we could be looking at a system that cost around $350. With out the tablet and with a plain Wii-mote, we could look at the system costing somewhere around the starting price of the original Wii at $250. So what about that tablet? Nintendo can not be stupid with this decision. Simply put, if this thing cost more that a Kindle Fire and does less, they have already lost their fan base.

Question number two; have Nintendo gave into the third party?

They shown off their 360/dual axes gamepad at the live event as well. Nintendo has really studied that controller are cause it is a direct rip off of both. Doesn't this already show that the third party developers weren't interested in making games with the Wii-mote and the tablet? They damn sure wouldn't be interested in making games with the pro controller and the tablet, especially with single player campaigns. Can I also mention that there are now three primary controllers for the Wii U? Does that mean that I have to own all three to play a game at any given time? 

Question number three; do I really have to join another social network?

I do not want another social network to join. Why do we have remind Nintendo who they are? Nintendo could have fully integrated Twitter and Facebook into their ecosystem without having to create one of their own. It could be a good idea to have a Nintendo network for people who love Nintendo, but knowing Nintendo, they will make it complicated and use friend codes to invite their users (I hope they are smarter than that).

My last and most important question; WHERE ARE THE GAMES?

Please Nintendo, I am begging you. Your briefing is only one hour. You need to spend 15 minutes on 3DS; 15 minutes on the hardware of the Wii U, and the rest of the time just show the games. You can not have any more mini game collections because that will not carry the system into the next generation. You are already behind in graphics as it is. You have to find your roots and channel the times of the past. Make the Wii U about the games and not about the hardware. This is how you beat Sega; this is how you beat the next generation. As much as I think you are going to fail, the gamer that was five years old when he played his first game wants you to succeed. Don't make a fool of yourself. 

Also, my games that I downloaded online better be transferred to the new console.