Nintendo Not at TGS. Period.

It’s not really news that Nintendo will not have anything on the show floor of the Tokyo Game Show, after all, they never do. However, this year, there will be no Nintendo executives making a keynote speech at the show. Last year, Iwata used it to reveal the controller for what was then known as the Nintendo Revolution. It completely stole any thunder anything would have at the show. The only game to come close to receiving the type of attention the RevMote did was the trailer for Metal Gear Solid 4.

This year, it looks like Ken Kutaragi will be doing the keynote in Iwata’s place. Sony fans should be excited because Kutaragi has big shoes to fill. After Iwata’s speech last year, there’s a lot of anticipation for this year’s keynote. Seeing as TGS is so close to the launch of the PS3, expect full details on what’s going to be happening!

What about Nintendo though? The only other game conference before the launch of the Wii, which should be shortly before the PS3, is the Leipzig Games Convention next month. It doesn’t seem likely that Nintendo will reveal their stuff there, although it is the third largest games convention of the year (behind E3 and TGS). Maybe Nintendo will hold another Space World this year? The last time they did it was to reveal information for the Nintendo GameCube. We’ll keep you posted!

It’s not really news that Nintendo will not have anything on the show floor of the Tokyo Game Show, after all, they never do. However, this year, there will be no Nintendo executives making a keynote speech at the show. Last year, Iwata used it to reveal the controller for what was then known as the Nintendo Revolution. It completely stole any thunder anything would have at the show. The only game to come close to receiving the type of attention the RevMote did was the trailer for Metal Gear Solid 4.

This year, it looks like Ken Kutaragi will be doing the keynote in Iwata’s place. Sony fans should be excited because Kutaragi has big shoes to fill. After Iwata’s speech last year, there’s a lot of anticipation for this year’s keynote. Seeing as TGS is so close to the launch of the PS3, expect full details on what’s going to be happening!

What about Nintendo though? The only other game conference before the launch of the Wii, which should be shortly before the PS3, is the Leipzig Games Convention next month. It doesn’t seem likely that Nintendo will reveal their stuff there, although it is the third largest games convention of the year (behind E3 and TGS). Maybe Nintendo will hold another Space World this year? The last time they did it was to reveal information for the Nintendo GameCube. We’ll keep you posted!