Nintendo's E3 press conference was pretty awesome. At least, it has certainly topped its own track record for 2008 and 2009. What helped add to the quality of the showcase was the light-hearted fun that Nintendo executives were willing to engage in on stage and in video.
Take the announcement of the 3DS handheld for example. Reggie Fils-Aime was at pains to explain that it is difficult to show off the third dimension in moving images. But a trailer was made to at least try to give the audience a feeling of immersion.
That trailer included Satoru Iwata discovering a 3DS handheld on a chair in an empty room. After seeing Mario pop out of the top screen, the company president is sucked into the device. This was followed by Shigeru Miyamoto, who picks up the 3DS and is also sucked in against his will.
Reggie shortly appears, and finds a whole bunch of game objects littered about - and proceeds to laugh his head off as Miyamoto and Iwata are trapped in the handheld, running away from Bowser and certain fiery doom. Does the Nintendo of America president get sucked in too? You'd think so, right? Nope - he gets his face burnt by Bowser instead.
We don't have the video just yet, but you can print off these screengrabs and probably make a nice little animated flickerbook out of them. Enjoy.
Take the announcement of the 3DS handheld for example. Reggie Fils-Aime was at pains to explain that it is difficult to show off the third dimension in moving images. But a trailer was made to at least try to give the audience a feeling of immersion.
That trailer included Satoru Iwata discovering a 3DS handheld on a chair in an empty room. After seeing Mario pop out of the top screen, the company president is sucked into the device. This was followed by Shigeru Miyamoto, who picks up the 3DS and is also sucked in against his will.
Reggie shortly appears, and finds a whole bunch of game objects littered about - and proceeds to laugh his head off as Miyamoto and Iwata are trapped in the handheld, running away from Bowser and certain fiery doom. Does the Nintendo of America president get sucked in too? You'd think so, right? Nope - he gets his face burnt by Bowser instead.
We don't have the video just yet, but you can print off these screengrabs and probably make a nice little animated flickerbook out of them. Enjoy.
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