Nintendo brought their A-Game to the Direct today. I was really surprised, I thought it'd be more a focus on details for already-announced games. Might start looking into a Wii U after next E3.

Sad day for THQ though, especially since the studios that weren't sold off (like Vigil Games) had to shut down. Hopefully the folks working there can find another place in the industry.

The scary thing is that they said they'd have another Nintendo Direct like this one for 3DS. There's more!?

But yeah, sad to see THQ pass on...Hope everyone out there who lost a job gets along alright =/

...if you transfer games over from the Wii, upgrades will cost $1 to $1.50.

Not good. Personally, I don't see why I should have to pay for something I've already bought. It's not expensive, true, but it's the principle of the thing, having to buy a game (an old game, too!) twice.

I was less than impressed with the direct. No concrete info on the Zelda game, a shiny distraction so that everybody thinks Nintendo is awesome, GBA games for the Wii U and NOT the 3DS (seriously? C'mon), and vauge "we'll show things later!" every other second.

That SSB will be at E3 was probably the best nugget available; it's what I was most concerned would fall by the wayside.

...if you transfer games over from the Wii, upgrades will cost $1 to $1.50.

 

Not good. Personally, I don't see why I should have to pay for something I've already bought. It's not expensive, true, but it's the principle of the thing, having to buy a game (an old game, too!) twice.

You are pretty much paying for the upgraded features.

I was less than impressed with the direct. No concrete info on the Zelda game, a shiny distraction so that everybody thinks Nintendo is awesome, GBA games for the Wii U and NOT the 3DS (seriously? C'mon), and vauge "we'll show things later!" every other second.

That SSB will be at E3 was probably the best nugget available; it's what I was most concerned would fall by the wayside.

New Zelda is a good thing. We got confirmation on one Zelda, this one is being built from the ground up. It takes time.

Keep in mind it was a Wii U Nintendo Direct, not a 3DS Nintendo Direct. If they confirm GBA games they will do it during the 3DS Nintendo Direct they have planned.

They confirmed a bunch of things for E3, when they could have said nothing. Some news is better than No news.

To ignore the Wind Waker news makes me sad. And they said we will only get screenshots at E3. We still won't be getting the games soon.

I would personally rather have no news than vague news; in my general experience with the gaming community, vague news is always bad, because it's ultimately irrelevant. If you haven't said anything concrete that we can hold you too, you haven't said anything at all. E3 will be much more interesting.

How is vague news always bad?

We were told we are getting a new Zelda. How is that bad?

We were told we are getting a new Mario Kart. How is that bad?

We were told we are getting a new 3D Mario. How is that bad?

We were told we were getting Smash Bros. news at E3. You yourself said this was the best nugget available.

Looks to me like E3 will be plenty interesting as there are such vague announcements of what to expect.