I get tired of hearing people whine about the "new", serious E3. If you want an annual gamer party, to go PAX and you'll have more fun.
This said, reading over the Iwata Asks feature on the Wii's official US site gives me pause.
Iwata: E3 is an international gaming event and I myself was at the E3 in May of 2005 to give a presentation about the Wii. At the time, the Wii was still being referred to by its code name "Revolution" and Nintendo revealed the exterior design of this new gaming console as well as the fact that it would include Wi-Fi support. Before the presentation, we polled a large number of people on what Nintendo titles they hoped to see made available for network play and many put Smash Bros. at the top of their list. All the employees from Nintendo of America that were involved with E3 at the time strongly wanted to announce a new Super Smash Bros. that would be compatible with Wi-Fi play.
Basically, if E3 was the journalists-only junket in 2005 that it is now? We might not be playing Brawl this March.
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