What are your most and least favorite moments?
s I watched this year's E3 press conferences, it was impossible not to compare them to those from years' past. So many memories of excitement, shock and embarrassment came to mind.
A lot of us have a childhood fondness for Nintendo and it's probably for this reason that the company managed to elicit such strong feelings from myself and many other gamers with its presentations.
When I think of exciting, fan-pleasing reveals I instantly think back to Nintendo's conference from 2004. Having already wowed viewers with the first details for the then-revolutionary DS, Nintendo saved one last bombshell until the very end &#*212; a superbly crafted trailer for a new Legend of Zelda title that would eventually be named Twilight Princess. Played to a track from Basil Poledouris' epic score from Conan the Barbarian conference attendees were almost in a frenzy, greeting a sword and shield-bearing Shigeru Miyamoto with a rapturous applause.
From such highs to such lows. In subsequent years, Nintendo's conferences began to focus more on its increasingly "casual" user base, much to the chagrin of what seemed like entire games industry. The absolute rock bottom moment was probably the 2008's demo of Wii Music. Presented as a live "performance," it featured four overly enthusiastic Nintendo staffers and Miyamoto making an horrendous attempt to play the classic Super Mario Brothers theme. Watching this was, and still is, like being stabbed in the eardrums (and the heart, for that matter) by lots of tiny daggers.
But there are many other good and bad moments from press conferences past. What are your most memorable?
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