E3 2003 has not aged well, Twenty Years Later

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

Everything in this video was recorded live on my Twitch Channel. My schedule is Tuesday & Thursday @ 7pm, Saturday & Sunday @ 3pm - all times based in Ireland.

Thank you to these archivers for saving this conference footage:

[RTGame]

Maybe we should have kept the past where it is

[faloughasch]

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

[purplehaze]

"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.

[patrickstarnos]

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

[CanIswearinmyhandle]

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

[JBRedux]

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

[SolstaceWinters]

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.]

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

[wuurlii]

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.

[micahphilson]

"Who ever thought Nintendo was edgy?!"

_2 minutes before:_ "And Mario will not be shooting hookers."

[HumanPerson_final]

“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!”

[marcofioretti]

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

[AgentofChaos]

You can just tell how early 2000's it all is with that editing and music choices

[sockylogic]

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

[BoulderWraith]

I'm super excited for Pikmin 2! I sure hope they keep up with this quick and consistent sequel releases!

[theKungFuFerret]

It is SO weird to think about how only 20 years ago, video games were still new enough that conferences were held for STOCKHOLDERS

[ndperky]

"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.

[StickMaster]

1:23 That Mario comment really tells you that so much has changed in just 20 years that it really makes me wonder what gaming is going to be like in the next 20 years from now and how the 98% is going to cope

[obits]

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

[BakaTaco]

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.