Former Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime Throws Shade at E3

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Former Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime threw shade at E3 with a playful remark that gained quite a bit of traction among the fandom. His latest reflection on the Electronic Entertainment Expo arrived days after Nintendo confirmed it won't be attending E3 2023.

E3 has been shedding some of its historic glamour in recent years, not least because major publishers such as Nintendo and Sony started prioritizing their own events and even digital happenings like the Summer Game Fest over maintaining an annual presence at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The COVID-19 pandemic further exacerbated this loss in status following a 25-year run, leading to the cancelation of E3 2020 and a generic digital event a year later. While the organizers initially planned to try another virtual event, E3 2022 was eventually canceled as well.

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Fils-Aime now appears to have taken aim at this state of affairs, likening the current «emptiness» of the virtual E3 community in Miiverseon the Wii U to the «new reality» of the show. The cheeky March 6 post hit a million views in the first 20 hours, even prompting a response from Canadian journalist Geoff Keighley, one of the key organizers behind The Game Awards show that had been bleeding E3 of major announcements for half a decade prior to the expo's pandemic-induced troubles.

Fils-Aime's former employer last appeared at the long-running expo with a special Nintendo Direct hosted as part of E3 2021. While that broadcast wasn't exactly lacking in compelling content, Nintendo's already been winding down its support of both E3 and every other trade show for around a decade by that point. This ongoing trend is presumably rooted in the company's desire to