In the wake of Sony's phenomenal showing at its 'Playstation Experience 2015' event last night, it's not at all surprising to discover that Nintendo is planning to offset Sony's PS4 hype-train with its very own big announcement come Monday 07 December 2015. Speaking to Nintendo World Report, Nintendo's Senior Manager of Publisher & Developer Relations, Damon Baker had the following to say: "Speaking of announcements, I wish I could tell you guys, but stay tuned for Monday. Monday there’s going to be something… something happening on Monday. It’s going to be big".
Now unlike former Nintendo Treehouse localiser Chris Pranger's appearance on Part-Time Gamers, an unsanctioned move that ultimately cost the Nintendo employee his "dream job", it appears that Damon Baker's time with the press on this occasion is very much a timely ploy spearheaded (and authorised) by Nintendo so as to drum up fan support at a time when the company sees itself losing the crucial pre-Christmas PR battle against staunch established rivals Microsoft and Sony. So what can Nintendo do to counter Microsoft's and Sony's double threat?
With the NX still not predicted to be out until mid 2016 (at the very earliest), the only salvo Nintendo has going into the Ch...
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