Nintendo’s Strange E3 Plans

I’ve been ambivalent toward Nintendo’s unusual E3 decisions over the past few years.

When they first replaced their stage presence with a Nintendo Direct, it didn’t impress me. In 2014, though, Nintendo’s digital show was fantastic, and the Nintendo Treehouse segments kept me watching long after I would have otherwise stopped.

Last year, the Treehouse stuff was still fun, but the digital show was not.

And this year… I’m not entirely sure what they’re doing.

Today, Nintendo made some major announcements. The NX will launch in March 2017, and the Wii U’s Legend of Zelda game has been delayed to release simultaneously for the Wii U and NX.

However, the NX won’t be shown at E3.

Zelda will, though. The new Zelda game will be playable at E3. It will be the only Nintendo game playable at E3.

Wait… what?

I’m not upset about the delay or dual launch for Zelda, because I wasn’t interested enough in it in the first place. And I can sort of understand using E3 to focus on other news to give the NX its own dedicated reveal later in the year. But bringing only a single playable game to E3 feels… alarming.

Supposedly this is to “provide attendees a complete immersion.” That’s… good for Zelda fans, I guess, but it doesn’t do much for attendees who love other Nintendo games.

Why not include Tokyo Mirage Sessions, to help people who still don’t understand what it is? Why not bring Color Splash and prove us naysayers wrong? What about one of the Dragon Quest remakes?

As much as I love Nintendo, this news baffles me. What about you?

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