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The 5 Most Embarrasing Moments Of Nintendo's E3 Conference

Wii Sports is, pack-in or not, the single biggest game in the Wii's library. Heck, for many Wii owners, it's probably the only game in their collection. So the sequel had better be good.
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Published: 520 days 7 hours ago | Article | E3 2008 | Wii | Nintendo DS | Gaming | Industry News
 
 

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Antan - 520 days 7 hours ago
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Only 5?
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skillednutter - 520 days 6 hours ago
1.1 - Agree
we could easy have a list of the top 100 from that one conference alone.

and Wii Music will never match Rockband or Guitar Hero World Tour and infact Wii Music will cost more,

The demo had:

The Game £30
5 wii motes £25 Each
3 Knunchucks £15 Each
Wii Balance Board £70

Not to mention a cameo apperence by M Night Shyamalan = Priceless
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gaffyh - 520 days 6 hours ago
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The biggest fail was the conference being mainly presented by that stupid woman rather than Reggie.
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thePatriot - 519 days 12 hours ago
1.5 - @ gaffyh
she was talking to the audience like they were children. I was expecting her to pauze the conference so they could all take a nap
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Boom - 520 days 7 hours ago
2 - To be honest..
I think the most embarrassing part was the end when all the middle aged men and women were dancing and playing Wii music..
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tojfs7931 - 519 days 23 hours ago
2.1 - And
pretending like they were actually having a good time playing it.
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tweaker - 520 days 6 hours ago
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Miyamoto entering the stage pretending to play an instrument and holding the Wiimote in front of his mouth was pretty embarrassing to me. In fact the entire WiiMusic presentation was pretty embarrassing.
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Omega4 - 520 days 6 hours ago
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how about the part when no one in the audience left when the woman started showing her family photos
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chasuk08 - 520 days 6 hours ago
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The whole nintendo conference was nothing short of a shambles
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CrazedFiend - 520 days 6 hours ago
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Why is Reggie so freakin scary lookin' when he talks???
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sidar - 520 days 4 hours ago
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NOW.........XD
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Eagle_of_Heaven - 520 days 5 hours ago
7 - tbh
Two E3s back i actually liked the idea of the Wii but where they are focusing it has become very boring for me. I am well aware of their business strategy but forgetting the other crowd will decrease the respect most gamers have for Nintendo.

I bet you next gen they will do everything to win their old fans back
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thekingofMA - 519 days 16 hours ago
7.1 - yea, they dont care about old fans that much
let's go back a generation, shall we?

the gamecube-19-21 million sold

VS.

the wii, already 26 (?) million sold

it's a great business strategy to lose fans by winning back old ones isn't it? XD
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NowGen - 520 days 5 hours ago
8 - overconfidence will always come back to haunt you
if thats the best they can come up with, than this last two years was for nothing. imagine all nintendos innovation mixed in with a real nexgen system. now that would be something.
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cooke15 - 520 days 3 hours ago
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sony knows that quite well
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Balance - 520 days 4 hours ago
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i always thought one of nintnedos problem is the fact they can't get over their first 3 consoles. they keep rehashing the games from that era, mario this, zelda that etc... etc.. they can't come up with anything new, now with the wii their new IP games are lame, wii music, wii sports (come on it is a bunch of mini games i am talking full on worth the price games ala call of duty 4 types). every time they need a new game to come out, hell lets put mario in this or in that rinse lather repeat.
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sidar - 520 days 4 hours ago
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" they keep rehashing the games from that era, mario this, zelda that etc... etc.. they can't come up with anything new,"

If you had a company you would do the same, Why miss all that money ?
Beside there are people who love the franchise and for young ones these games are great to begin with.

Also Nintendo Can come up with new stuff, but you think its weird we have not seen new Ip's coming allong? 2 generations long they have been in trouble, so best thing they could do is rely on OLD Ip's.
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thePatriot - 519 days 12 hours ago
9.2 - sony
always gives us something new with every generation of consoles. like naughty dog. playstation one crash ps2 daxter ps3 uncharted insomniac went from rachet to resistance and zipper went from socom to MAG and the best part is that they dont completly abandon their old franchises.
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sidar - 520 days 4 hours ago
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Funny thing is this whole E3 was bad to me, but for some reason you people really are taking the piss on nintendo.
But LMAO funny pictures XD
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whoelse - 520 days 4 hours ago
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The rise and fall of Nintendo? I doubt it but the Wii's life is short-lived.
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cooke15 - 520 days 3 hours ago
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then why does it keep selling more year over year?
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AuburnTiger - 520 days 3 hours ago
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I used to think playing the wii on the couch was embarrassing but doing it on stage with a sh!t ton people watching? That is a 4th grader in class accidentally crapping his pants embarrassing.
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gamerosity - 520 days 2 hours ago
12.1 - You're...
...right about that Auburn, lol. Let some kids practice with it and then put them on the stage. Don't embarass yourself, you're a corporate executive for goodness sakes!
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tojfs7931 - 519 days 23 hours ago
13 - I thought
The presenters that were playing Wii music as a band looked pretty dumb.
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tojfs7931 - 519 days 23 hours ago
14 - Was it me
or did anyone notice that none of their voices seemed to be in synch? Maybe they were employing a 7 second delay in case they said anything that wasnt towing the company line.
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tojfs7931 - 519 days 23 hours ago
15 - If you think that was bad...
How about when whats his face from Bethesda was starting up Fallout3 and the joystick needed to be connected and everyone laughed and he went "Im good" how embarrasing.
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thekingofMA - 519 days 16 hours ago
15.1 - ok?
modern "joysticks" are called controllers, but i didn't think that was that bad

bad would have been someone playing the wii and accidentally letting go of the wiimote, where it flew into the projector, a conference attendee, or (hopefully) cammie dunaway (is that her name)

but next time try combining your comments into one instead of posting three consecutive ones?
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big shadow - 519 days 22 hours ago
16 - WTF
the lady from the nintendo conference freaked me out.
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Homicide - 519 days 20 hours ago
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Pretty much Nintendo said F You to core gamers. I can't believe I spend one hour of my life watching that.
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razorbladelight - 519 days 20 hours ago
18 - so... wehre's this game they've been promising me???
reggie told gttv that he had something BOTH casual and core gamers would like.... not something casual gamers will scratch their heads about (animal crossing) and something only ten year old kids or anyone with an IQ of less then 40 would buy (GTA... any GTA game)
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lizard81288 - 519 days 19 hours ago
19 - hehehe
sounds like it went bad
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wangdiddy82 - 519 days 19 hours ago
20 - geez
the wii is soo gay.. Sorry but what a piece of sh$t it is.
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wangdiddy82 - 519 days 19 hours ago
21 - oh i didnt know that was Night Shyamalan on the drums..
lol Gay.. I lost all respect for that dude.. He look like a complete douche bag..
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Jamzz - 519 days 18 hours ago
21.1 - Not M. Night Shyamalan
not him. Just a guy who looks like him.

Wiimusic no penalty's for mistakes its not really a game. Why bother?
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beavis4play - 519 days 18 hours ago
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that was one of the funniest articles i ever read on this site.
the sad thing for nintendo: they weren't trying for laughs.
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HollyWoodrulz - 519 days 17 hours ago
23 - sorry soccer mom is nintendos audience
lets face it real gamers call wii what it was from the beginning...a fad...I love that they got exposed for the sham that the is..Hard core gamers already thought this system wasnt cool but to trot some soccer mom out there to kiss reggies fanny is a disgrace...wii isnt competing with 360 or ps3 because wii is hopeleesy outclassed by both...and reggie please stop trying to intertwine ds and wii numbers like its the same thing.
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FirstSight - 519 days 16 hours ago
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Wii must be the biggest fad in history. I feel sorry for all those consumers who got scammed by Nintendo. Wii is a fad that will last you prob atleast a month and never play it again but Reggie on the other hand IS STILL LOVING THE Wii! Please Reggie, please tell us, all your LOYAL Nintendo fans how you can put up with the Wii for a year and still ENJOY IT!
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