Nintendo of America’s sales and marketing boss Cammie “That Woman” Dunaway hasexpressed her disappointmentin Nintendo’s E3 performance. You might remember it — it’s the one where Reggie insists thatAnimal Crossingis a game we should all blow our load over and a man is invited on stage to have a seizure in front of an imaginary drum kit that plays itself. No ideawhythey’d show remorse for that little exhibition.
“I would say the message is we were disappointed with our performance at E3,” statedThat Woman. “There were titles likeWariowhich we think will be really fun titles that we should have showcased.
“We were excited that Mr. Miyamoto made the commitment thatPikminis coming. It would have been nice if we could have said that on stage. But, we think it was a good recognition for us that we care for our core fans, and not just the new people who are now discovering Nintendo.”
Yes, youshouldhave showedWarioduring the press conference, and itwouldhave been nice to announcePikminon stage, but it didn’t happen. I think the problem recently lies with developers and publishers being terrified of scaring off these “new” gamers, like they’re coaxing out a rare bird that’ll fly away the second someone moves too quickly. What I see from NoA is all the good stuff being hidden away, shunted into a dark corner like a shameful secret that only the old school Nintendo loyalists know about. Have some damnpridein your best work and give it some of the spotlight next time, Nintendo.
