A few counter points:

• Shadow of the Collosus on PS3 was just a remaster/rerelease, but this is a brand new, ground-up remake

• if something is a big deal is debatable

• if you look at some 4chan or Reddit forum for E3 leaks, you can't chose if the leaks that you will see are "big deals" or not, and if there is one, it can't be unseen.

• rumors or leaks long before the press conferences aren't what I'm talking about, I mean on the day of the press conference, hard evidence photographs of demo stations or other behind-the-scenes leaks, minutes before the conference starts

• Before the Nintendo Switch event, they already knew about ARMS, MILK, and other things

There is a difference between "Omg, the rumors that we were hearing are true!!" and "Yep, there is supposed surprise announcement that we saw the pictures of 90 minutes ago. 4Chan was right."
What's the point of hyping and speculating for months if you then ruin the surprise 60 minutes before you would receive it?

Short question:

Which Wii games should get a sequel on Switch?

I'm not just asking because the Joy Con offer the option of similar controls,
but also because over 10 years is a long enough time to even forget about the best games.
And beneath all the shovel ware, the Wii had great games in my opinion.

What I want to see return:

Zack & Wiki
Wario Ware: Smooth Moves
Trauma Center
Mad World

I love the live reaction streams, and never miss them.
I try to watch them from start to finish and only look and the original feeds afterwards.

However, there is one little thing that I am no big fan of:
The Allies looking up leaks right before the show.

We had that happen several times with people who set up the demo stands before the show floor opens posting pictures on 4chan.

The biggest spoiler this E3 was when before the Sony press conference, Damiani apparently saw a leak on 4chan about the Shadow of the Colossus remake.

The consequence was, that in literally the first second of the trailer during the conference, Damiani shouted that it's Shadow of the Colossus.

Now, most of those announcement trailers are designed so the audience doesn't immediately can confirm what game it is, but rather has to figure it out, as the trailer gives more and more hints, before finally confirming it at the end.

Like when the Allies watched the "The Last of Us: Part II" announcement, and were guessing what game it is, only to go insane when they saw the firefly symbol on a street sign.
For me, this was pure gold, and is the reason why I watch all the EZA reaction live streams instead of the official streams.

But looking up last-minute leaks right before the streams kinda robs us of those "realization" moments.

So my plead to the allies would be to make a pact to not look up any leaks on the day of a press conference.

Maybe you feel like it's a kind of journalistic duty to read that, but if I may make an assumption, your viewers are watching those streams for the group feeling and to see your innocent reactions and emotions, not as the #1 news ticker.
So in this regard, I think it's rather counter productive.

Now I can only speak for myself, but that's the vibe that I'm getting.
I see looking up those last-minute show floor leaks before the press conferences as very counter productive.

I don't want to put particular blame on Damiani - it could have been everybody.
But just look at this and tell me that the last minute leaks didn't ruin the whole reaction of "confusion - guessing - realizing - flipping out":

Youtube Video

(about 22 seconds in)

According to this video (it linked some sources) the Switch is as good as hacked:

Youtube Video

My personal HOTTAKE:

Bleh. If true, this would open the floodgates for cheaters in online and piracy, the same as we saw on Wii.
Yeah sure, people claim that it's just about homebrew, and I have no doubt that that is the honest intent of some of the hackers, but that's not why people are rubbing their hands when thinking about this.

Ask this: Do people who want to create their own software or games need a hacked Switch?
No, they can already run their own code on PCs, smart phones, smart watches, and whatever they want.
None of them is like "well I have an idea to code a little game, but unless console X will be hacked, this remains just a dream."

Anyways, in the end it's not my personal battle, it's Nintendo vs. hackers.
But I remember how unplayable Mario Kart Wii was in online multiplayer,
once cheaters were suddenly everywhere.
And they weren't hackers - they were normal users who just used programs that were created for them.

Actor /voice actor Barry Dennen has passed at the age the age of 79.

http://deadline.com/2017/09/barry-dennen-obituary-jesus-christ-supertar-the-shining-1202174257/

You perhaps don't know his name, and wonder why I post this in Gaming Discussions.

But be assured, chances are high that you have heard his voice in more than one of the video games you've played.

Here are some games he did voice acting for:

• World of Warcraft
• Final Fantasy Type-0
• Final Fantasy XIII
• Infinity Blade III
• Dota 2
• Darksiders II
• Kingdoms of Amalur
• Dungeon Siege III
• Fallout: New Vegas
• White Knight Chronicles II
• Drangon Age: origins
• The Rise of the Argonauts
• Too Human
• Turning Point: Fall of Liberty
• Avatar: The Last Airbender
• Tokobot Plus
• Metal Gear Solid 2
• Avatar: The Legend of Aang
• Titan Quest
• Rainbow Six: Lockdown
• Fantastic Four
• Jade Empire
• Law & Order
• Prince of Persia
• Lionheart
• Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven
• The mark of Kri
• Star Trek: Bridge Commander
• Star Trek: Armada II
• Arcanum
• Grim Fandango
• Forgotten Realms
• Star Trek: Hidden Evil
• Wing Commander IV

I myself didn't know his name until now, but I realize just how much he contributed to games and my personal gaming experience.

Is the show dead?

I honestly love this game:

Youtube Video

Now this is already several months old,
but since I saw this getting zero attention anywhere,
I just wanted to share this, so people who might be interested will know.

I'm sure that I'm not the only fan of the Tony Hawk games who was very disappointed by all the lazy cash grab entries of the last years, but who also still has a shred of hope inside, that there could be a good Tony Hawk game again some day.

And earlier this years, the Hawk (Kaw-kaw?) gave at least me some hope.

I'll link the source down below, but here are the bullet points:

• Tony Hawk stated that he was talking to developers about making a new game

• nothing had been signed yet (Jan 2017)

• Hawk confirmed it's without Activision

Sources:
https://www.destructoid.com/tony-hawk-says-new-game-is-in-the-works-without-activision-s-involvement-415610.phtml

https://www.vg247.com/2017/01/30/tony-hawk-is-working-on-a-new-game-and-not-with-activision/

Now, I looked all over Google and Reddit,
and nothing else on this topic emerged since then,
besides one of the original THPS developers from former Neversoft stating that he would love to be involved:

So, wouldn't get my hopes up to high.
The good thing is, that this wasn't just a rumor, but a statement by Tony Hawk in an interview. The bad thing is, that he said nothing was signed, and that we didn't hear anything for half a year.

So maybe it will come, maybe not, maybe a Kickstarter, maybe a different Publisher is on board - who knows.

@Billy

As I understand it, Nintendo usually works like this:

They work out a prototype of some unique gameplay.
Then they look at it and say "Okay, do we make this a Mario game, a Zelda Game, a Kirby Game, a Wario game or a Yoshi game? Or do we make it something completely new?"

And besides games like Splatoon and ARMS, they decided to coat their games into already existing franchises.

I think it's about convenience.
But Both Splatoon and ARMS showed that there is nothing but love and thanks from the gamers when Nintendo uses a fresh bucket of paint.

Besides, most of the games we play to this day have their origin in the NES/SNES era, because back then, they invented new characters and universes like there would be no tomorrow.
Of course I don't expect them to return to that old-new ratio,
as I also would like to see old games and characters return.
(Heck - I'm already craving a new Star Fox)

But let's say 1 brand new IP every 12 months would really help to keep this vehicle feel like being in motion, rather than going in circles.
Moving forward isn't just about polishing and refurbishing the past imho. :)

And as far as I'm aware, every game goes through a design phase, with tons of artwork and mock-ups, to determine how exactly the characters, world and story shall be portrayed, no matter if it's a sequel or not.
So I don't see why the "let's go with something new"-approach in the design phase should make the game much more expensive than the average sequel.

Besides: The fact that Nintendo barely ever released rushed and unfinished games,
and took half a decade to develop Breath of The Wild, shows me that their number one priority is making good games, rather than saving as much money as possible during development.

@Bigdude1
I meant games developed by Nintendo - not games published by Nintendo or games exclusive to Nintendo consoles. :-)

Otherwise, you might as well say Banjo Kazooie is a game by Nintendo.

Codename Steam, Wonderful 101 and Xenoblade are all developed by others.