Game Tapes 04: The Rise of the Revolution

Oh shit I actually watched this semi recently. This conference was kinda dumb! But sooo hype

Who the fuck approved that Miyamoto segment?! How did that make it to the actual press conference??? Hoooooooly shit, that was some top tier cringe.

I can't believe how 90's the "Revolution" logo is.

Edit: Wait, they really namedropped "Earthbound" when talking about the virtual console? They didn't even do that until the WiiU.

Iwata was a freaking genius.

Iwata looks like a Bond supervillain in the 2nd half of this.

Murder was the tapes that they gave me

Love that Mario Party 7 is in this. It's stark reminder for things to come haha

I used Elecktroplankton during a set at an art gallery opening.

Not saying it was a good set.

@kasaioni: that seemed so unlike Miyamoto to say that I think he must have been 100% literal about it. It definitely takes a different tone once you see the actual tape!

Their dogs cuddle. It's actually pretty cute.

Nintendo E3 2005: The joke is BANGIN'

@kanerobot: I had to rewind because I did a double take when I heard it the first time. That is the one thing I really miss from these older generations. No one is really going at each other like this anymore, especially not on a stage as big as E3.

LET'S GO POWERPOINT-ASS PRESS CONFERENCE! SALES NUMBERS! CHARTS!

My wii is black, it did come out eventually!

I remember back then stacking 3 dvds cases to get an idea of how big it was.

The black Wii did come out in North America. That's the one I own.

I won't and can't defend Nintendo WiFi Connect on the Wii, but I feel that the crew let that failure swallow up the functional state of Nintendo Network on 3DS and Wii U a bit more than I would like. Granted, the communication and friends list features you would want aren't there (or aren't used by Nintendo out of fear), but you can get in to a game of Splatoon, Mario Kart, and Monster Hunter (mostly) fine. I know Jeff eventually remarks that the Nintendo Network on the WIi U is fine near the end of the video, and that's nice.

Ah, what a cool look back. Man, I wish Battalion Wars was a better game than it turned out to be because the video looked neat. Hmm, I should watch some video of Battalion Wars Wii to see how the sequel is.

Can you guys one day upload the Saturn Reveal Press Conference at E3? That would be interesting given what happened afterwards.

Here's what in that "Twilight Princess Preview Trailer" for the DS (it's just the trailer):

And, of course, this amazing remix:

Just figured out Tina is the one who along with Major Nelson kicked off the ill-received Xbox One initial reveal event. This woman has some historic reveals under her belt.

something about this seems still mired in the 90s to me.

also man i miss iwata.

@eribuster: For sure, a lot of it was the time period too. Sure, PC and Xbox were online, but PS2 and GCN were late to the game and people were developing tunneling services like Warp Pipe to play LAN enabled games online. It seems like such a weird thing to tout "3 Wi-Fi games" but it was relatively significant.

Games Tapes, hell yeah! I really appreciate how much of a pain in the ass this has to be to do (dragging out the hardware just to play the tapes, even if you didn't have to go through that this time), but the end product is always so fascinating. Something about the nostalgia mixing with the insider info really makes for great content.

Seriously, what other site has the kind of hardware to play DVCPro tapes (especially anymore), the tapes themselves, or simply the willingness to do it? GB can be kind of magical like that.

It's reallyfascinating to see how E3 press conferences have changed over the last decade.

I remember being so excited to play Nintendo games online through my DS only to be let down once I encountered one issue after another trying to connect. In fact, almost every new router purchase I've made has been to get a piece of Nintendo hardware online.

Ah this is from one of the years where E3 was so fun for me, being still young and impressionable, and I was such a big Nintendo fan. This is either going to be joyfully nostalgic or tragically nostalgic.

Fuck yea charts!

I'm excited for the eventual Nintendo 2004 episode when they show off the DS for the first time...

"It's beyond online, it's no line!"

That number is 2...

Gamecubes strapped together...

I could watch these old press conferences for hours.

Edit: "Ubisoft-Vivendi" feels like some weird foreshadowing. There's also something oddly great about the fact that the Nintendogs demo is only half-translated (30:26). "Mr. Miyamoto and Tina"

Now I know you haven't seen this....

*zip*

Miyamoto, you dog!

The *REAL* Dave Holland.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvG8B39_Alc

it seemed only Jeff reacted to miyamoto's smooth moves.

we need more wireless lan games

Bit of a disappointment this wasn't a true Game Tapes, because man that video quality is total garbage.

The commentary is top quality as usual though so I can't complain too much.

EDIT: Jesus, that Miyamoto comment to Tina "I can show you backstage" was incredibly awkward and stupid.

Wait, wait, wait... Was that "backstage" thing on purpose? I mean, was it actually implied he was taking her backstage to Ninten-do her? To polish his stylus? Mash her A button?

...Sorry about that last one.

These press conference videos are always amazing for me, because both have been from the time where I was interested in games but didn't follow them very closely. Watching this stuff is like seeing chunks of my childhood, but now getting the context to go along with it. Hope they do these more often!

LOVE THESE! Please get VINNY BOT back for the next one... I know Vinny won't ever be on the WEST again cuz this world sux, but can't you guys SKYPE him in for one of these GAME TAPES? Such amazing content without Vinny sounds immoral!! Appreciate all the work ya'll do and will be a DUDER til the day I die! Peace out, gentlemen

Man I didn't know what I would feel watching this. In one word it was 'endearing'. I like how it made Jeff think. It is a weird company, for sure. With a lot of fans, that stand by them and can point out why. They just don't always hit their marks. In a strange way this got me hyped for the NX. Or maybe hyped is not the right word. It got me rooting for the NX. I really want it to be good.

Watching this stuff back is really fascinating. The way the conferences are put together is weird but I think that's an unfair criticism as at the time they were all doing that sort of thing and they weren't the big productions they are now. The real fascination for me comes from the idea Nintendo mentioned how important the Internet and 'Wi-Fi' games were in the context of what they went on to do. The behind the scenes stories of what ultimately went on and the reactions to how the market went must be nuts. Not that Nintendo likely cared at the time given how well the Wii went on to sell

'05 Reggie bears a striking resemblance to the Mafia 3 protagonist.

Ooooh boy what a shit show. Press conferences certainly have come a long way in the last decade from a production stand point but awkward live demos will never die apparently.

I remember this press conference. Specifically I remember not being able to understand a word Iwata was saying at the time due to all the compression on streaming videos. I seem to recall being pretty mystified by what seemed to be one of the most pointless and content free press conferences of the year, if not all time. All of the worthwhile DS games were shown in a 30 second montage while we got a 10 minute segment on Electroplankton.

And then not a single Wii game was shown, nor was any actual explanation of the feature set. And the two big concrete promises, solid online functionality and virtual console games, ended up being pretty much worst in class in the case of the former and underwhelming in the case of the latter.

Sony E3 2005 would be amazing

That shit don't fly in 2016 Miyamoto.

What was the post-conference song Drew immediately knew?

Not sure if I think Nintendo were aware of how it sounded when Miyamoto said he wanted to show that woman some tricks backstage, oh my

As a graphic designer, it amazes me how design and visual communication has evolved during the 2000s. Stuff from 2005 looks like it comes from 1998 but meanwhile stuff from 2016 looks nothing like something from 2009. In multiple ways, on various areas, we were stuck in the 90s pretty much until 2010.

I never thought I'd have nostalgia for a press conference.

This Conference sucked, no wonder why Nintendo bailed out on them.

Drew's Face at 33:50 when Miyamoto takes Tina Wood backstage. LMAO AWKWARD #Creepyamoto