Nintendo ditches Tokyo Game Show? [Update 1]

by David Hinkle { Jul 6th 2006 at 9:00PM }

Taking a quick glance at the list of attendees for September's Tokyo Game Show will show that Nintendo, for the second year in a row, will not have a significant showing of playable games. This is odd, considering that we're supposed to hear word on release and price for the Wii in that same month, and also with the ~~strong~~ ~~amazing~~ ~~incredible~~ immaculate showing that Nintendo had at E3 this year, why would they want to stop more people from getting their hands on it, especially on their home turf? Of course, the list is only final as of July 5th, so there is still time for Nintendo to hop on board, but it isn't a likely scenario that will play out.

[Update: Clarified some of the post's wording. Iwata is likely to show up and give a speech -- there just won't be a giant Nintendo booth.]

Tags: e3, game, nintendo, show, tgs, tokyo, wii

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Crazylink @ Jul 6th 2006 9:19PM

Second year in a row? I thought that's where they showed off the controller last year.

matt @ Jul 6th 2006 9:28PM

Maybe they will silently push it out the back door and we'll be taken by surprise.SO in the past two or three days they have said they will have a price and release date in September (which makes less sense now that they won't be tgs) i wonder if they'll just update there website on the sly.

Franky Digital @ Jul 6th 2006 10:08PM

Rumour is there's supposed to be another SpaceWorld in September where Nintendo will announce all their own stuff, including the announcement of price and date.

http://www.armleg.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4487&mforum=mozlapunkmessag&sid=b352d219ae63108f948a3c8545381def

r @ Jul 6th 2006 10:37PM

Uh what? It's not odd at all. Nintendo has never had a booth at TGS. Just having the keynote they had last year was a remarkable turnaround.

Josh @ Jul 6th 2006 11:01PM

I said it when Iwata told us the price and release date would be revealed by September, and I'll say it again:

SpaceWorld

Armin @ Jul 7th 2006 10:59AM

Nintendo is fameous for attending TGS, they revelaed the Wiimote there last year.

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