E3

[Paul-FC]

/\ Not a good idea for Nintendo.  NSMB Wii is enough.

maybe.....i dunno SMG2 is looking pretty good

[son_ov_hades]

I'm excited as hell for New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Super Mario Galaxy 2, and the new Metroid. Nintendo succeeded in making me happy to own a Wii again.

[UglyJoe]

Good stuff all around.  I think they catered to their core fans pretty well.  Two new Mario games, a new "full" Warioware game, and a new Metroid game.

[PatMan33]

I enjoyed Nintendo's conference. The two new Mario games (New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Mario Galaxy 2) look pretty solid. The Golden Sun DS announcement was fantastic and gives me a reason to finish the earlier games. Zelda: Spirit Tracks was mentioned and so was Conduit and Red Steel 2 (there were others but I remember these) and they appear to be coming along nicely. They have a Wii Vitality thing in the works (it's basically one of those heart rate monitors that you stick your finger in) and I'm sure it will sell a bunch but I'm not sure how well it will do... at least in the Western markets. A new Final Fantasy game was announced that uses Wii Motion Plus and it looks alright (by the way, Motion Plus is bundled with Wii Sports Resort and Red Steel 2).

The game that stole the show though was Metroid: Other M. Looks like it'll be a story-driven Metroid game with the focus on Samus and her life/past/whatever. Definitely looking forward to that.

Overall I'd give Nintendo a B-. They had a lot of great stuff but didn't really do much to top Microsoft's performance; however, I think they were able to hold their own against the Natal announcement and therefore we have a tie.

[japanfreak]

ZOMG! IM GETTING SO CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!! IM HYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYPED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAH MUAAAHWHAHWHAHHAHAHHAHHAH O_O IM AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Yeah, I give Nintendo an A-

Here are my filosofic words:

Fuck Sony, Fuck Microshit, Huraay for our ancestor, our father, our god: Shigeru Miyamoto!....

Wait... WHERES MIYAMOTO DAMMIT!! HE SHOULD GET AN ENGLISH LESSON!

[133MHz]

Given the company's reputation, let's see if Microsoft can deliver what they promise.

[PatMan33]

Alright, that's Sony's presentation over and done with. They had some interesting stuff. Most of it was multiplatform stuff though so I'm not gonna bother with it. The PSP Go! was officially announced. It is supposed to play all kinds of digitally distributed games and is not meant to succeed the PSP 3000. Your UMD games will not work in it but they say there will be plenty of games available for the system. Dunno, something's gotta give somewhere. Sony also announced their motion control thingy. It's pretty cool, seems to be landing somewhere between Wii Motion Plus and Microsoft's Natal. Like Microsoft, time will tell as to whether or not they can introduce such a tech and have an impact.

There was a very cool racing thing, Mod Racer or something like that. It was based around Little Big Planet. The racing seemed par for the course but the level editor was really cool and probably my favorite thing at the show. Beyond that they showed some of God of War 3 which looked good but I'm not a fan of the series anyway so... take that for what you will. All in all it was a good show, Sony had some interesting things. The stuff I mentioned is the stuff I remembered.

Oh! Can't forget this one. They showed Final Fantasy XIV. It's another attempt at an online Final Fantasy and will be a PS3 exclusive. I played FFXI, hopefully they've made some worthwhile changes to this latest try. Either way the audience and I agreed that it was interesting but... eh, whatever. Also the FFVII thing was a rerelease, doesn't seem to be a remake. Darn.

Overall I give Sony a C+. They didn't really have any major WOW titles except for the racing game and I guess God of War 3. Their motion controls looked cool but I'm trying to figure out price in my head and it's somewhat confusing.

So more or less a tie this year. Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony all had pretty decent shows. Sony seemed to be the weakest of the three (historically they're kind of so-so at E3 anyway so take it for what it is) and I'd say Microsoft and Nintendo are more or less in a dead heat.

[Rob64]

I agree, A- for Nintendo, and maybe B- for Sony because God of War 3 did look pretty cool.

But when my bro, my friend and I watched the trailer for SMG2, we cried because of how happy we were, especially for yoshi's appearence. Wii Sports Resort also looks sweet. Wii Fit plus is ok, the balance game they demoed looked like something out of sasuke. NSMB for wii looks alright. Baically everything they showed was a win in me eye except for style savvy, some murder mystery game, and COP.

However, I'm still curious what they plan to do with the vitality sensor. Also, where was Miyamoto? Is this the first E3 he missed or something?

[Lorfarius]

Oh God new Monkey Island!

http://e3.gamespot.com/story/6210601/the-secret-of-monkey-island-special-edition-first-look

[japanfreak]

Who cares? XD

[nurd]

Anybody who likes Monkey Island, I'm guessing?

[Blue Protoman]

Nintendo's lineup is looking good so far.

[nintendodork]

It's not always about Nintendo

[Blue Protoman]

It wouldn't be if Sega was still in the console market.

[PatMan33]

Monkey Island is awesome, hold your tongue!

I've heard through the pipeline that New Super Mario Bros. Wii is pretty awesome to play.