Looking Back at Nintendo's MOST HORRIFIC E3 EVER 

"Wii motion Plus" *baby starts crying*

Sony:GIANT ENEMY CRAB Nintendo:WII MUSIC Xbox:ALWAYS ONLINE

"Or kind of adorable, like Bill Trinen"

It was so bad they fired that woman shortly after

Probably the best that I was too young to want to watch E3 at the time

When Reggy waits for applause and a baby starts crying, I started laughing my butt off.

I love the timing on that Bill clip. When Arlo said he was kinda adorable, Bill looked at the camera like "wait what?"

What's crazy is that the Wii had a pretty great start as far as core games go. The first year and a half saw Twilight Princess, Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime 3, Brawl, Mario Kart, Super Paper Mario, Fire Emblem, Battalion Wars, Excite Truck, and Mario Strikers Charged... and then all that momentum just slammed into E3 2008 like a brick wall. And you know what really gets me? The fact that they didn't even mention Wario Land: Shake It, a game that came out _literally later that month._

One point I wish I'd made to really drive this home: Like I said in the video, imagine what it would be like if this E3 there was almost nothing new announced for Switch, despite being in its second year much like the Wii was in 2008. But also remember that back then, Nintendo Directs didn't exist. 95% of Nintendo's announcements were made during E3 and the rest of the year was mostly quiet. When Animal Crossing was the only "traditional" game they had to announce, that really was it for the foreseeable future. Suffice it to say, that was the year I discovered the Xbox 360.

6:39 "Hey Arlo" "Yooyoyoyooo Arlooo" "Yooooo" "Heeeeey" "HEY ARLO" _"WHAT IS IT"_ "Let me edit a vid and I'll leave you alone" _"FINE"_ *10/10*

Nintendo: Our 2008 E3 was bold and brash. Nintendo fans: More like belongs in the trash!

Nintendo's had some poopers in the past, but no matter what, I don't think they'll ever outdo *FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY NINE U.S. DOLLARS* *IT'S RIDGE RACER! RRIIIDGE RACEERRR!* *SO THERE'S THIS GIANT ENEMY CRAB*

Excuse you, Wii Sports Resort is a treasure

Don’t forget about E3 2014. That was the one of the best E3 shows Nintendo has had but people gloss over it because they just pretend Nintendo didn’t do anything good in the Wii U era.

It's actually shocking that I watched E3 every year when this was my first...

I read Nintendo Life's live text commentary on this event. It sounded like something from a book about an apocalypse.

Let’s hope E3 2018 is better than last years, if that’s even possible

4:23 a smoothly animated hand? Did I accidentally click on a RelaxAlax Video?

WII MOTION PLUS!! ... ... *baby cries* ... ... *cough* ... WII MOTION PLUS!!!

I like to call that dark age "The Motion Gaming Years". I shudder thinking back.

To be fair, I think a lot of people would enjoy a 30 minute presentation on Animal Crossing Switch.

3:30 Did... did they bring in *Tommy Wiseau* for E3?

I remember making a banger of a remix of the Animal Crossing theme with Wii Music as a kid. If you actually deviate from the recommended notes a bit in Wii Music you can make interesting stuff.

This was a lot of fun to be a part of! Hope you guys enjoy my goofy little inclusions. If Arlo's mad enough to let me edit for him again, let me know if there's something I could improve on or do more!!

It's called Wiimotion plus *Baby cries in background* 😂

I guess I'm in the vast minority, because I quite enjoyed Wii Music, especially with my daughters. It really wasn't THAT bad a game experience...the presentation just made it out to be so. lol... As for looking forward to this E3...man, am I excited! I even saved up half of my vacation time this year, and am taking June 10 - June 15 off to just sit back...relax...and bask in all the Nintendo (and occasionally other companies) goodness. I plan on starting with the Splatoon tourney semifinals...then moving to the E3 Showcase/Direct/Presentation...then having Treehouse on every day from start to finish. Since Nintendo is once again saying that this E3 is going to be filled with soon to be released (IE 2018) games, its going to be one rocking E3 for Nintendo fans, I'm pretty sure. Although I fully expect some 2019 smatterings in the presentation (like Metroid Prime 4, which I think will be 2019). It is truly a glorious time to be a Nintendo fan, as the company seems to be firing on ALL imaginative cylinders when it comes to the games they are putting out. Heck, I'm even excited for Mario Tennis Aces, as it looks like a true comeback of the full, story-mode driven Mario Tennis games...as well as full online competition and tournaments! Nintendo is aliiiiiiive once more!

You say 2008 E3 was horrifying. I say 2015 E3 was the most devestating one. They had a puppet show that most people hated, and Iwata said they will try to do better next time. And he dies few months later. The devestating part is not the puppet show, it was the last comments he got that were mostly people hating the puppet show because he couldn't go on stage and show he was sick.

People say motion controls were a fad, but I always disagreed. The controls weren’t a fad, but game developers treated it like a fad. The God of War 3 director for example said he wasn’t interested in innovating. It didn’t help matters that PS move was an expensive accessory, and Kinect was buggy prototype. So it was kind of left to Nintendo to do the innovations. But instead of innovating, they did little to nothing, and just let Wii make money with the few exclusives it had. They barely made games for the Wii, because they didn’t need to, and thus motion controls suffered from the lazy developers who considered it a fad. It’s only now that motion controls are making a comeback with gyro aim.

You and Farfetch'd were on POINT in this video. The subtle humour that you both brought really complemented the wonderful horror of the presentation. Well done!

Wow, I’m so glad that I didn’t watch E3 back in 2008. Was too much of a casual gamer to care back then. But boy am I glad Nintendo stepped up their game with presentations over the years!

Can we all agree that 2014's Robot Chicken E3 was one of the best E3 segments ever?

I thought we all agreed to never talk about this ever again.

Man, I don't remember 2008 being that bad because for some reason, I was thinking that this was the E3 that New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Golden Sun: Dark Dawn and Metroid: Other M were revealed. But yeah, that was pretty bad.

OMG HAHAHAHAH ARLOOOOOOO, I ALMOST DIED @ 7:19 The clasic stranger coughing and babby crying bit. (Wipe tear from face) well played my friend... well played 😆

Keanu Reeves was the first celebrity that wasn't super cringy when they got on stage and started talking about the game. Also Sales talk: *exists* Arlo: all I feel is pain inside

Honestly as bad as E3 2008 was, E3 2015 was a lot more insulting. At least 2008 didn't see hopes and dreams be turned into cruel punishments.

I'd love it if Sakurai just threw in the off-tempo Wii Music Mario Theme performance into Smash for Switch.

if you spliced in a clip of tommy whisou laughing during the snowboarding bit i honestly doubt anyone would have been able to tell the difference

Argo this is one of the best ones you have done yet. Great topic and source material.

One of your best videos hands down, loved it. Keep up the good work.

This can't happen again. People forget, but this was during the 2-year period when E3 was downsized. In 2007, all three companies held mediocre stage shows and interest was way down. In 2008, Nintendo gave up on E3. They literally weren't trying. And we know this because a few months later, in September, then had their own little event where they made much bigger announcements, including the DSi. They held all the important stuff back from E3 because the event was no longer worth it. This is why, in spite of being one of the worst E3 conferences of all time, it's also the most forgivable. Sony in 2006 and Microsoft in 2010 were in no such situation. They just plain failed. In fact, Microsoft put on a stage show in 2010 that made basically every single mistake Nintendo had two years prior. They've had a couple of snoozers since, but Nintendo never put on a show this flat-out bad when E3 mattered, and as long as it does, they will never do so again. So rest easy. In fact, if you want to consult the past for a hint of the future, consider this. Nintendo at E3 2006? Amazing. 2010? Amazing? 2014? Amazing. 2018? Well, we'll see. But I think I know where this is headed.

Was the crying baby actually in the conference

this video is so perfectly edited. good job!

Great video! You and Farfetch'd work really well together!

1234 Switch! Hype :D

I sort of want you to do commentary like that on EVERY Nintendo E3 now.

Oh man this is some awesome content! Your editing and commenting makes this video so so entertaining! :)

This was it, the moment when my heart broke, when I knew there was not going to be a new Starfox, F-Zero, Metroid, Golden Sun, DK..... ANYTHING! I ALMOST went to get an XBOX 360 after this presentation, weirdly enough, I bought Okami like a couple of weeks after this and it renewed my hope a little bit. Next year was amazing, even though some of the games ended up being letdowns like Metroid and Golden Sun to a certain degree (Now THAT'S a game series I want to see concluded). All in all, going "online event" was the best thing they could do, all of them have been pretty good save for the BotW one, but at least the game ended up amazing. (I also think 2013's presentation was pretty lackluster IIRC).

I love Nintendo and bought every console. But sometimes I wished that Nintendo would realize that all we care about are good games. No we don't care about all the different ways you can play the game. Yeah sure that's nice that you offer that new HD rumble okay sure. But all I truly want are great games.

really loved the editing in this one

Great video man! Never thought somebody would make a video on this in 2018...

You can hear a baby crying when Reggie says “Wii Motion Plus” and waits for applause.

An arlo video with only 17 views? *makes butternut squash joke*

God I still remember, The only thing that made me happy was City Folk.

Always nice to come from from a long day and watch some Arlo

7:19 “It’s called Wii MotionPlus.” *crying baby and coughing in the background* “WII MOTIONPLUS.”

E3 2008 brought us Animal Crossing: City Folk, so I can’t hate it entirely. Yet… that drumming…

and E3 2018 happened. :/

2008 sure had a lot of crazy stuff, now is 10 years later, I wonder how it will go this time.

Another quality product by Arlo. Thank you. I still remember watching this conference 10 years ago, filled with hype, I even called up my best friend to watch it with me. When it was over, we were basically destroyed. Weeks of building up hype, smashed. It was this exact moment when I finally stopped being overhyped before E3.

Watch Nintendo reveals 3 4 Switch and is the only thing they talk about the whole E3. You jinxed it ARLO lol :)

1-2-3-4 Switch... water came out the nose...

Miyamoto is the reason why people wanna see Nintendo's E3 presentation. He'll come on stage and hold an item from the game they'll announce.

My favorite moment was "I want to show you guys something a little more my speed!" "You're right Reggie, this is more your speed." "Y'know, guys like power stuff."LMAO!

7:19 That baby though.

I'm surprised you didn't slip in a Tommy Wisaeu during that Shaun White laughing segment

Watching this I felt dread and boardroom from the presentation, your commentary really brought life to the footage

My boy Farfetched represent! Fantastic editing as always!

3:30 Hey look! It’s Tommy Wiseau!

This is the reason Nintendo doesn't do conferences anymore lol. Long live Directs!

Love how this video was in my suggested videos but not in my subscription tab.

1:54 Iwata looked like such a badass the way he revealed the Wii .

I low key loved Wii Music.

Ok but like, animal crossing switch better be at e3

Oof, this was a year alright. I think it was actually the first time I was able to watch an E3 conference live online (there weren't TV broadcasts here in Australia) and...well, yeah. I'm so glad we've moved on from this type of presentation (and content haha). Thanks for the hilarious trip down memory lane Arlo! =D

I really wish Arlo did some more retrospectives like this.

This is seriously your funniest video

No please I dont wanna relive this Oh hey, someone else knows about Supersonic Rocketship!

Farfetch'd Reviews is honestly one of the wittiest and best editors you've had.

Thank you Arlo for taking us down this beautifully hellish memory road.

I feel old when when I look at the wii menu

Arlo loves basketball confirmed. This is amazing

These help when I’m depressed about how I’m terrible at everything I try. Thank you Arlo.

I think E3s are just a place where video game studios and companies came to compete in a friendly game called *"Who can be the cringiest and get to be talked about on the internet and possibly be turned into a short lived meme"*

This was my last E3 before I graduated College it was so painful my brother slept through it I was thinking about waking him up but I was wait for a big annocment and it never happened.

As a budding musician, I was actually extremely excited for Wii Music when I saw it at E3. I couldn't wait to change up the songs with different instruments and even play the drums for real like they showed, especially since I was a drummer. (And it didn't disappoint on that front either; in fact, it is literally my most played game on my Wii, with I believe ~180 hours logged.) They definitely could have presented it better, but even today, they nailed the presentation of the Labo (another thing aimed more at kids but could be enjoyed by anyone who was willing to be creative), and there were still many gamers who rolled their eyes and laughed at it.

10:28 don't forget the Scott the Wozs. They are a very small species but they are very much known and love that stuff. Such a majestic creature

This was a lot funnier than usual (not that you're not perfect already *cough*), but I really liked how different this felt. Keep up I the good work!

7:48 Wait so... *Paper Mario Colour Splash!* I knew it!

I’m so glad Nintendo has changed. There’s nothing more disappointing than a lackluster E3, cause you have to wait an entire year for another one! See you at the big show...

i like this video. i don't see too many videos looking back at events like this in gaming history.

you always make me laugh and I love your writing style and choice of words

I like the music choices xD funny video

You seem to think E3 is for the consumers? No. It is a trade show. It's whole purpose is for the companies to make deals with big store chains like walmart and toys r us and buy shelf space in stores, to display their products. They opened up E3 to the public back in the day for publicity and it never went back to being a closed trade show like other trade shows (see mining, and other industrial trade shows). Trade shows are meant for the industry, a place where nintendo can make deals with store chains, pay big money for so much shelf space for their products. That's why only those with a press pass could get in to the trade shows for years, and then people started abusing what constitutes a journalist- anyone with a blog on the internet, which open the floodgates for regular people getting access to the shows. Finally the trade shows started allowing all the public to come in and see everything they were selling. The sales talk is for the people the trade show is meant for- not the consumer, the people they are trying to sell millions of units to and rent display space from game stop, walmart and other stores. If they do a good pitch, they can sucker in a department store to buy millions of wii fit balance boards and store them in their warehouses because they think it's going to be a hit.

This was a hell of a nostalgic trip....one that I kinda wish I'd forget actually. Hey Arlo. With E3 season right around the corner, I was wondering if you could do something similar to the past E3's that Nintendo has done.

This kind of video is like a G rated version of the kind of gaming history videos Yahtzee does! Can’t decide which one I love more!

This is the edgy-est Arlo video I've seen

My boy Farfetch'd with the nice edits.

Watching bits of the presentation feels like going to a field trip and hearing a long boring presentation that won't matter and is forgetful the next day

When you started describing the III moment I noticed that my mouth was open and I was starting to zone off waiting for the better stuff. You read me like a freaking book