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I Watched E3 2003, Twenty Years Later. It's not aged well

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The year is 2003. The Nintendo Gamecube is not selling, and Sony wants you to buy an eye toy

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Edited by Ashtaric (Cloé), you can find her here: Twitter: xashtaricx
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Thank you to these archivers for saving this conference footage:
CARSLOCK: Nintendo E3 2003 Press Conference
Austin532: Retro GAMESPOT - E3 2003 Sony Press Confer...
ClarenseE: Xbox Press Conference (E3 2003)

20 Comments

@RTGame Creator 3 years ago Pinned

Maybe we should have kept the past where it is

@CanIswearinmyhandle 3 years ago

You know, I'd rather Nintendo had broken the "Mario will never shoot hookers"-promise instead of "We will never make people pay for a monthly service" one

@marcofioretti6908 3 years ago

It's so funny that these multimillion dollar companies used actual PowerPoint presentations and couldn't even do them right

@faloughasch9239 3 years ago

As a Nintendo shareholder I am devastated by this news. 2003 isn't looking great for us.

@micahphilson 3 years ago

"Who ever thought Nintendo was edgy?!"

2 minutes before: "And Mario will not be shooting hookers."

@purplehaze2358 3 years ago

"And of course, Mario will never start shooting hookers"
The fact that this is a real quote from a Nintendo-backed event feels like something straight out of a shitpost.

@HumanPerson_final 3 years ago

“Vice City is too violent. How much further will we let this go? …. Anyway, we’re proud to have Resident Evil 4 as an exclusive!”

@wokekasaneteto 2 years ago

I like how saying that the quote in the thumbnail aged poorly implies that Mario did, in fact, start shooting hookers.

@SolstaceWinters 3 years ago

Please please PLEASE make this a yearly thing. It's such a hilarious idea to see how often history repeats itself.
98% of male audiences want to see it.

@yustinj.3910 3 years ago

I loved the part where Mario said "I don't shoot hookers" and never started shooting hookers. Truly a video.

@JacobTheCroc 3 years ago

Love how in 2003 Mr. Iwata himself said that he really hates the idea of online connectivity being behind a monthly payment considering it a sc@m... Look at today's Nintendo and how much they actually offer with Switch Online.

@patrickstarnos2000 3 years ago

I can't believe it's 2003 already, i still remember 1984 like it was yesterday

@obits3 3 years ago

2003: Mario’s not gonna start shooting hookers.
2023: Link commits new and creative war crimes every day. Join in the fun.

@JBRedux 3 years ago

The era where Nintendo was just completely unhinged in their marketing produced some absolute comedy gold

@PCRman 3 years ago

The Xbox conference was losing me, but then they flashed five different asses on screen and I immediately ordered three consoles.

@wuurlii 3 years ago (edited)

Ah yes, 2003, the era where there was a warring states period between developers, Nintendo brings up Mario shooting hookers, and they had a 60 year old radio host announcing the conference presenters. I miss it so much.

@2ndperky 3 years ago

"Solid Snake will be back in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater"

Out of the 16-24 hours of total gameplay in MGS3, Solid Snake never appears even once. Hideo Kojima is not a man you wanna upset bro.

@sockylogic2014 3 years ago

I am glad RT is branching out into modern video game journalism.

@BakaTaco 3 years ago

I think the "Mario will never start shooting hookers" line was more of an attempt to imply that Mario and Nintendo don't need to go the route other companies had gone, and remain mostly kid friendly.

But it really should have been worded like this: "There's no need for Mario to get violent, he can do just fine on his own." or something like that.