Nintendo’s E3 2017 keynote felt like a bait and Switch

Nintendo’s E3 2017 keynote felt like a bait and Switch

By Joe Osborne

If you were looking forward to a blow out of new, high-quality Switch games for 2017 from Nintendo’s E3 2017 keynote, you have about as much to look forward to as you did before. This, frankly, is not the impression that Nintendo gave leading into its E3 2017 presentation.

“Our various E3 activities will showcase the next steps for Nintendo Switch, from a summer of social competitive gaming to a holiday season highlighted by a milestone Mario adventure,” Nintendo of America president and COO Reggie Fils-Aime said in a press release more than a month before the event.

Not only that, but at the time Nintendo tweeted the below, detailing that its E3 2017 presentation would be “a look at Nintendo Switch games for 2017, including Super Mario Odyssey.”

So, what did we get?

While I’ll stay away from saying the dreaded “L” word, Nintendo’s build-up to its E3 presentation was playing with the facts. When going into a presentation expecting to hear all about Nintendo Switch games due in 2017, I doubt many were expecting to see refreshed trailers of 2017 games already announced attached to some release dates.

It should be safe to say that many viewers were expecting to …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Gaming

Samsung S8 Active: New Benchmark Reveals Specs And Details Of Samsung's Upcoming Smartphone Previous post Samsung S8 Active: New Benchmark Reveals Specs And Details Of Samsung's Upcoming Smartphone Seagate's 2TB Game Drive for PS4 makes going all-digital a breeze Next post Seagate's 2TB Game Drive for PS4 makes going all-digital a breeze