Looking back over the last month, it's no secret that Nintendo's digital event got its ass kicked hard. It would have been a lackluster event even if Sony hadn't gone Oprah and started giving everybody their dream games, or Microsoft didn't announce backwards compatibility for the XB1, but they did and it was perfectly timed to give Nintendo a severe case of butt hurt it seems.
The event was so poorly received that it created an embarassingly large petition against the release of a game that actually looks like a solid title. This has lead to an unprecedented level of candidness in Nintendo's handling of the Metroid Prime news. Kensuke Tanabe has come out and said the next real Metroid Prime game is "likely now to be on NX" and the game is all but confirmed. This situation could easily have been avoided by putting Tanabe in the Digital Event in one of their producer interview segments.
R.I.P. doomed Metroid Monster Hunter. that could have generated tons of new interest in the franchise.
Tanabe could have said they're working on a new Metroid Prime for the future, and introduced Metroid Prime Federation Force as something to hold fans over. The game would have been perceived as a peace offering to buy more time, as opposed to a replacement nobody wanted. Instead, Metroid Prime Federation Force acted as a piledriver to fan expectations, crashing them into the ground so violently that they died and released their bowels with such force that it created a shit storm.
Satoru Iwata made a few tweets in the aftermath of the Nintendo Digital Event that many accepted as an apology, a pretty classy move to admit they let fans down and promise to do better in the future. Never one to not look the gift horse in the mouth, Reggie Fils-Aime came out and vehemently denied that it was in any way an apology. Forget placating the crowd, he decided to poke it with a stick and call it stupid for even suggesting they should apologize for their super awesome train wreck. At least, that's how it seemed to fans.
This is the start of Nintendo looking like crybabies. Seemingly all interviews after this would be disparaging towards popular trends that Nintendo wasn't getting in on. It doesn't matter that I personally agree with most of the things they said, because they have no understanding of the concept that everything has its time and place.
Complaining about stuff you're not doing after having your pants pulled down and being spanked with all of the belts Tetsuya Nomura's going to put in Final Fantasy 7 Remake, on the biggest stage of your industry no less, is the definition of looking like a sore assed crybaby.
I agree Mr. Miyamoto, there are way too many games that focus on realistic graphics. More developers should experiment with art styles over generic realism that won't age well. Unfortunately, nobody can hear you over those blistering welts on your posterior.
SMT X FE was announced years ago, not Revelation of the Illusion ♯FE, so technically it's not hypocrisy…
I think it's kind of cool to focus only on upcoming Reggie, Nintendo does consistently put out higher quality products than most third parties, with experiences you can only get from Nintendo platforms. It does suck that those other companies show off games we won't get to play for years, though it is great to know they will be coming. Nintendo would never announce games several years in advance.
That being said, it's hard to take you seriously when the only "new" announcement you made with any real force behind it was a game that at times looks like it could be on the Gamecube, and has unpleasant controls. Especially after your Digital Event was showing off a lot of games that were in last year's show, over a year ago…
I agree with Mr. Miyamoto and Reggie on VR not really being where it needs to be at the moment. I'll do them one better, I think VR is useless for the vast majority of games. If it's not first person, which most games aren't, I don't see the point paying more money to play it on less enjoyable screen that could make me motion sick. I haven't had my ass seared red on a global stage though, so I don't look like a giant crybaby when I say it.
This common thread of snide remarks and downplaying opponents goes on and on.
We all understand why they're doing this. The people at Nintendo have to try and spin their decisions as good ones, it's part of their jobs. Sometimes taking an aggressive, antagonistic stance against opponents' practices is a good tactic. Now isn't the proper time for that tactic though, and it makes Nintendo look worse. Nobody likes a crybaby, Nintendo. Suck it up, take your beating, and make some more games.
