Did you happen to see Nintendo’s E3 press conference? I did. It was complete and utter horse piss. Not only did the company not announce “Dead Rising: Chop Til You Drop” or the new “Pikmin” game, but it completely neglected upcoming releases for WiiWare and the Virtual Console.

Satoru Iwata, Nintendo’s president, has already apologized to those core gamers who were disappointed with the company’s lack of announcements. Cammie Dunaway, whose E3 performance drew much ire from gamers, recently assured the core audience that they are still important to the company.

I like being reminded that I am special every once in a while. However, when I hear it over and over, it starts to get old. Unfortunately, this practice is likely to continue as Nintendo has once again decided to give its core consumers the proverbial middle finger.

Another noticeable absence from E3 was a storage solution for the Wii. Nintendo fans with a propensity for downloading VC and WiiWare games have been longing for additional storage space to supplement the console’s 512 MB internal memory. Nintendo has acknowledged that some gamers might be low on space, but has yet to offer a solution. Many had hoped that an announcement would come at E3. It did not.

In a recent interview with Joystiq, Nintendo spokesman Charlie Scibetta continued the tradition of acknowledging the company’s awareness of the problem, but offered no new information.

What’s great about the songs and the games that you can download is that the system remembers that you did that. So if you need to clear off space off your SD card, you can. It’s not like once you delete them you’ve lost them forever and you have to pay for them again. It’s just a matter of managing the space you do have and keeping the stuff on there that you play the most while clearing up when you want to bring new stuff on.

For a company that is lauded for its originality and creativity, Nintendo sure does like to recycle its excuses (and franchises).

Nintendo seems convinced that SD cards are the answer to gamers’ storage problems. The company is constantly touting the ability to store games on the tiny devices.

The problem with this current system is that the games can’t be played directly off the SD card. They have to be copied from the device to the console. This is a laborious and tedious process. It would probably be quicker to dust off an actual NES.

My big problem with Nintendo is that the company continually says they care about core gamers, but seem disinterested in actually backing up those words.

Actions speak louder than words Nintendo. While you might be saying core gamers are important, your actions relay a completely different message. Make me believe Nintendo.

Unfortunately, us geeks and otaku probably won’t be getting a storage solution any time soon. Luckily, with the exception of “Mega Man 9″ and the first two games in the franchise, it doesn’t appear that Nintendo plans on releasing any significant titles for the VC or WiiWare any time soon. Therefore, you probably won’t need to worry about storage space.

Source: Joystiq

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