E3

[PatMan33]

Hey, it's that time of year again! Time for the E3 expo and time for us gamers to get all sorts of new info!

Microsoft's press conference just wrapped up and it was somewhat dull. They announced their new Avatar system (Miis) and also showed some pretty sweet footage of Gears of War 2. It looks like they're really pushing the casual side of things but it comes off as too little too late, at least to me.

Probably the biggest announcement was that Final Fantasy XIII will be coming out on the 360. That's going to cause a bit of an upset I think. Anyway, I'll be throwing stuff into the topic that I find interesting and hopefully everyone else will do the same! Despite the lack of attendance this year it's looking pretty good.

[Kuvio]

XIII on the 360! I must look further into this! This is huge news to me.

EDIT: I think I may still get it for PS3. I would feel weird playing it on 360. There's just something special about playing Final Fantasy on a Playstation.

Also, Gears 2 looked phenomenal. I'm excited for Fable II as well.

[manuel]

There's just something special about playing Final Fantasy on a Playstation.

That's just self-deception. The machine doesn't matter as long as the rest is ok. And that comes from a die-hard Nintendo-fan.

[PatMan33]

And now Nintendo is the only one without a proper Final Fantasy game on it. Never thought I'd see that.

[manuel]

I can live with that.
I'm more a Dragon Quest guy than a Final Fantasy guy.

[Kuvio]

There's just something special about playing Final Fantasy on a Playstation.

That's just self-deception. The machine doesn't matter as long as the rest is ok. And that comes from a die-hard Nintendo-fan.

I don't think so. By no means am I upset (like many other fanboys) that 360 owners are getting the chance to experience an awesome game. It's just for me, I am so used to playing Final Fantasy on Playstation (excluding I-VI) that it comforts me to do so. I started with VII so it's more of the software coexisting with the hardware I know that I enjoy. 

Nintendo's press conference was kind of a let down in my eyes. The high points for me were Animal Crossing and the Wii Sports Resort Bokken sword fighting. I was hoping for some announcement of maybe a Kid Icarus, but then again they never announced that was actually in development.

[UglyJoe]

Hmm...Animal Crossing Wii officially announced.  Time for me to start shopping for a Wii.

[NationalGameDepot]

I just want to hear about Pikmin for Wii and DS hopefully.  I am addicted to the pikmin games.
~~NGD

[Kuvio]

Wow, Sony didn't have that many wow moments in their press conference. God of War III and Little Big Planet were nice to see, but where were the Square goods? Too bad. Looks like Microsoft had the best showing in my opinion. Gears of War 2 was a treat to watch in action.

[PatMan33]

I've got this issue with Little Big Planet... The presentation they had today was fantastic, the LBP world they used during the speech was amazing; however, are us normal people going to be able to make stuff like that? It seems a lot like Garry's Mod to me. There are going to be about... four people that can do it well and everyone else makes crap and gets bored with it.

[manuel]

Animal Crossing Wii, eh?
I'd like to see more footage before I think of it.

[Kuvio]

Yeah Animal Crossing: City Folk it's called. It looks very well done. It will use the new Wii Speak so you can talk to other people in various towns across the world. The Wii Speak attaches to your sensor bar (likely so parents can hear what their kids are saying online!) You can even invite your friends to your town or go to theirs. Then you can compete, do various tasks together, or just hang out. Their is also a new city that you can visit besides your town, hence the name. Another cool thing is that you can obtain a "mask" in the game that makes your character look like your Mii.

Fable II looked phenomenal as well. I love that you can travel to other people's worlds (seems like everyone's doing that now huh?). What's different about that aspect is when you are playing your normal adventure, you will see these orbs of light floating around in which signifies where you friends are in Albion. When you interact with them you can invite them to your world instantaneously.

[PatMan33]

I'm on the fence with Fable II... Peter Molyneux has incurred the wrath of Pat in the past and so he's on notice. Chances are I'll get it though because I liked the first, regardless of the lies.

Animal Crossing looks good, I just hope that they add some new stuff to it. Wild World got boring much faster than the first one because there wasn't anything new to do.

Anyone own stock in Nintendo? They're going to sell an assload of Wii Music games.

[Kuvio]

Whoa, did anyone see the new Prince of Persia!? It blew my mind when I saw it. It's an entirely new prince with a new sidekick, and with awesome cel shaded graphics. He looked so awesome, like an Arabian version of Ryu Hayabusa. The gameplay looked so fluid too.

[nurd]

Animal Crossing looks good, I just hope that they add some new stuff to it. Wild World got boring much faster than the first one because there wasn't anything new to do.

Yeah.

I just hope that they are able to update other games, like Smash Bros and Mario Kart, to be able to work with the microphone.