Nintendo apologises to hardcore fans

NewsPosted 23/07/2008 - 10:03am GMT+1

Says the so called 'big titles' need long development periods.

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess screenshot

Nintendo president and CEO, Satoru Iwata, has said Nintendo is sorry for disappointing its hardcore fans by not revealing a new Zelda or Mario title at its E3 2008 media briefing.

"If there is any perception that Nintendo is ignoring the core gamers, it's a misunderstanding and we really want to get rid of that misunderstanding by any means," Iwata told Forbes. "We are sorry about [the E3] media briefings, specifically for those who were expecting to see Nintendo show something about 'Super Mario' or 'Legend of Zelda.'

"However, the fact of the matter is the so-called 'big titles' need a long, long development period. ... We really didn't think this year's E3 media briefing was the time to do so."

Post conference, Nintendo did quietly reveal it's working on a new Pikmin title, which coupled with Animal Crossing: City Folk did at least provide something for Nintendo's hardcore to look forward to.

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Samson

im so sick of people who just keep asking for mario and Zelda. My compliant is that nintendo gave us NOTHINGGGGGG> not a single game worth playing for this year or the next. Finally they show animal corssing and it turns out to be the exact same thing as it was on the dss, so there is absolutely no point at all.

Posted 05:05 on 07 September 2008

Quit bitching

People seem to forget what happened with Twilight Princess. Nintendo tells us a release date, and the date ends up being WAAAAY off. Good games take a while to make.
Would you rather not know about a game that's coming out, or know about a game and have a release date that will probably end up being off?

Posted 03:19 on 01 August 2008

OMG!

Before anyone starts im not dissing or bad mouthing such a great console developer as nintendo, this is purely putting things in perspective.

When the PS3 announced big titles etc needed bigger time spans etc everyone was flaming sonys console and how crap it was etc etc. But strange how such an exciting console is having the same issues and no one flatters an eyelid. Hmmmm.

I do hope we see a new super mario though, that will be kick ass.

All im saying those who wait get what they wanted in the first place no matter what console. :)

Posted 17:21 on 23 July 2008

how about ?

they cant start fixing things by offering that storage solution they promised us. 512 mb is really running short and for that matter how about better vc games!

Posted 14:39 on 23 July 2008