E3

[Blue Protoman]

Just thought of something.  SMG2 is like The Lost Levels of Mario Galaxy.  It's similar to the original, but has new stuff, and has the same graphics style.  It's harder, too.

SMB is to SMB2J as SMG is to SMG2.

[Rob64]

I guess you could think of it like that Blue Protoman.

But PatMan33, project natal is a good concept and has potential but when I watched the demonstrations that they did with the people doing the demos, I laughed at them for how ridiculous they looked. It's like playing NES with the Rolling Rocker, doesn't look like a lot of fun for long term use.

[PatMan33]

No sillier than anyone looks playing the Wii.

Don't get me wrong, I'm skeptical about Microsoft's and Sony's offerings but hey... it's no different than when the Wii was announced. Sony's seems a little silly at the moment only because it appears to be severely unfinished (this was even alluded to by the presenter); Microsoft, on the other hand, looks as if they have a solid product. My biggest problem with Natal is that every impression that I've read about it says that the demo took place in a spotless white room.

I suspect that Natal may have some serious issues when it comes to placing it in an average person's living room.

In the end, I'm fine with my Wii and I enjoy it quite a bit. The motion controls are still a side show as far as I'm concerned. All I want is my Mario and my Zelda and my Metroid and a few others that I can only get at Nintendo. The nice thing about Sony and Microsoft is that (seeing as I'm a prolific PC gamer) any game I want that's on those consoles is also available on my computer.

[TanookiSuitSam]

For Microsoft, I dunno. The fact they got a MGS game along with Left 4 Dead 2, Splinter Cell, and a few other games are just great. Not saying they didn't have there share of crap as well (Tony Hawk, The Beatles Rock Band, HALO THE BEST FPS EVER!!! [/sarcasm], Project Natal (Wii Clone, ugh))

Other then that, Really can't say much, was impressed with what they put out.

Microsft B+

Nintendo didnt wow me with more games aimed at casuals. (wii sports resort, that fucking lie detector thing). Nintendo's major announcements this year, being the two mario games just seem so.... i dunno. I just think they rushed them.

Like NSMB, I mean come on, two toads? What happen to Princess Peach? I'm sure the cast of SMB2 would have worked just fine in that. Although from what I seen from game play trailers it does look pretty fun, I just wish they would have spent more time with the multi player aspect at mind, considering this is WHAT they were going for after all.

As for SMG2....I guess it's okay. I really wish they would have picked a new location instead of space (again) because when you think about it, every mario game took place somewhere different. (SMB2 - Subspace, SMB3 - Around the whole world, SMW - Dinosaur Land, SM64 - Inside the Princesses Castle, SMS - Delfino Island, etc) I guess i'm just a wee bit disappointed they decided to go with space again. Although, it does seems he's been pretty much everywhere so I guess that you really can't go anywhere else. From what I seen though it's the same fun game play so I'll still end up getting it eventually.

Really, the only thing about Nintendo's conference that got me was the new Metroid. It looks great, it's something new I've wanted for a while now with Metroid, I just hope Team Ninja doesn't make it Ryu in the Power Suit.

I know i'm being rather harsh on Nintendo but Microsoft set the bar and Nintendo barely got to it for me. I want Nintendo to do better as a company, and this was WAY better then that fiasco from last year.

Nintendo B-

Now  for the Sony's conference..... I just thought it was blander then bland. PSP is just dying and they remodeled it in hopes of suckering people into buying a hand held that is really just used for emulation and the like. A motion sensor clone that looks like crap compared to the Wii, Titles that bare no interests to me beside God of War 3 which doesn't look to be a large improvement over any of the other GoW games i've played (if you've played one, you've played them all)

All I seen were a bunch of PSP games that look like crap. Not to mention Sony brought out the old numbers game to try and show they are actually selling those 400 dollar paperweights. Bleh.

Sony: C+

Really hoping for third party companies for the Wii to really showcase what they've got in store for Nintendo, Sony and Xbox. This is where the real magic happens and lets see if they deliver.


TL; DR : Microsoft honestly did the best, Nintendo being second while Sony being third. Hoping for games of my liking to get announced.

[L___E___T]

for anyone who IS a Wii fan, Japan gets a nice black wii in the summer:

http://kotaku.com/5278279/nintendo-selling-black-wii-in-japan-this-summer?skyline=true&s=x

[Rob64]

It's about time, wasn't the prototype that they showed at E3 2005 black?

[manuel]

Looks nice, but I prefer white.

[Rob64]

I'm still debating. Because it would be nice to have the color that was first featured at E3 2005 when Twilight Princess was announced. However, I've become to used to the idea that the wii looks its best in white. White makes the wii look a little more sophisticated and futuristic.

[manuel]

When I have the choice I go for white.
That's why I waited for a white PS3.

[Rob64]

I would too but when it gets dirty, it's obvious. So the debate in my head is White for sophisticated and futuristic, or Black because it looks cool, was the first color shown in public (to my knowledge), and hides dirt better.

[nintendodork]

Yeah, I have these leather-ish seats in my room, and my Wii used to sit sideways on one of them...

Now that one side looks like I glued a bunch of pepper to it

[manuel]

You live in too dusty houses if your consoles get so dirty. 

I have my PS3 for some months now and the dust isn't noticeable.

[Rob64]

Maybe, I have no idea. Although I don't clean the wii since it isn't mine anyway, it's my brother's wii.

All of my videogame stuff is in the basement where it's open to (but thankfully not anywhere near) sawdust, more dust, etc. Probably not the best place, but every week I make it a point to go down and make sure that the consoles are clean and the controllers as well. The games and manuals I keep in boxes that I got from digital press when I bought a couple systems there. Any other boxes I use for display and wipe them off almost never.

[L___E___T]

I think it looks best in White.  Though, I like the extra peripherals in black actually.

personally, some of the DS colours would look much nicer, like the  aqua colour or yellow or zelda gold, hehe.   Black's whack.

[PatMan33]

I guess this can go in here... either way I'm sure some of you here will appreciate it.

The latest Iwata Asks discusses the Wii Motion Plus peripheral. It's another interesting entry into the series, check it out! If you'd like the others, just say so. I make sure to bookmark all of them since there doesn't seem to be a centralized database.