E3 Wrap-up
So, E3 was pretty good this year wasn’t it? Lots of exciting news, games and stuff were to be had so here is all the news you’ve already seen re-delivered with fangirl rants.
Grim_Chooks Highlights and lowlights!
Good: The Wii little details. Speaker in the controller, classic and zapper peripherals, tentative price range estimates, even a handful (27) of playable demos. Nintendo was particularly effective in delivering enough to wow whilst still holding a few details. Mostly price was kept under wraps, but after the reaction to the price of the PS3 Nintendo would be suicidal to charge too much.
Bad: Sony trying to badly emulate a stolen idea and getting some praise from the masses. The announcement of a dual-shock minus the shock plus a motion detector raised eyebrows in the gaming community. However sadly the ignorant masses (i.e. ten news) were somewhat confused, thinking it was a fantastic innovation of Sony and hailing it the must have console.
Better: Going by games Nintendo has more attractive licenses than Sony; sure Sony has a few big ones going for it, but really? Nintendo has more big games under their belts. Going by innovation, Nintendo wins hands down with the Wii’s inspired design over Sony’s inspired by design. Going by price? *Laughs very loudly*. Fortunately people can see that, the Nintendo stand attracted far more interest than the other two.
Good: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. I don’t even need to play this to know it’s going to be the best Zelda ever and by extension (especially taking OOT into consideration) could well be the best game ever.
Bad: So it’s a real shame it’s coming in two flavours, would have been more appropriate to keep it a Cube title.
Better: Navi is reduced to a cursor in the Wii version. XD
Good: Red Steel is shaping up to be quite an impressive action title.
Bad: Looks like it could be awkward to control = could be a really bad game
Better: Could actually be a brilliant must-have title
Good: Launch line-up includes Twilight Princess, Excitetruck, Metroid Prime 3, Project H.A.M.M.E.R., Super Mario Galaxy (The legendary 128 at last?), WarioWare: Smooth Moves and Wii Sports.
Bad: Doesn’t include Super Smash Brothers Brawl.
Better: First party games tipped to be costing around $50 thanks to cheaper development costs, which should also attract plenty of third party support.
Good: Resurrection of old licenses is bringing sequels to Duck Hunt, Excitebike, Pilot wings and possibly Kid Icarus
Bad: I’d only be interested in Kid Icarus, which is only speculated to even exist. Other games hold little interest as they were around when I was a Sega Lass so there is no nostalgia for me, and I hate racing games and flying simulators anyway.
Better: Sega titles that DO hold nostalgic value to be available on virtual console!
Good: Super Smash Brothers Brawl includes Pit, Wario, Samus (suitless), Metaknight and Snake. Snake was a big surprise. Music is pretty, some new and interesting things to be thrown into the mix, ONLINE PLAY!
Bad: Won’t be playing this until next year ;_; Shigsy isn’t a playable character!
Better: I predicted Metaknight and Wario as possible playables and was right! Could still be more secret characters? Looks like the same insane fun as the other two.
Good: Halo 3
Bad: Still haven’t played Halo 2 nor am I likely to play 3
Better: Looks pretty
Good: Starfox, Yoshi’s island 2, Elite Beat Agents and Final Fantasy 3 for the DS are coming out and looking damn fine.
Bad: I don’t own a ds. (yet >:D)
Better: Elite Beat Agents may not be as good as original? Dunno, not much makes this any better.
Good: Shigsy in a tux conducting the legend of Zelda theme on the Wii. Very Cute.
Bad: Not as cool as the one-up shirt and Zelda weapon replicas of (last year? the year before?)
Better: Shigsy playing tennis with all his Nintendo executive friends.
Good: Wii could launch in four colours
Bad: The three known colours are blue, black and white. Green has disappeared!
Better: Fourth colour yet to be decided on, could be green.
Good: The Draenei are the new playable race in World of Warcraft
Bad: I couldn’t care less about World of Warcraft
Better: A lot of people do, so power to them!
Grim_Chooks Highlights and lowlights!
Good: The Wii little details. Speaker in the controller, classic and zapper peripherals, tentative price range estimates, even a handful (27) of playable demos. Nintendo was particularly effective in delivering enough to wow whilst still holding a few details. Mostly price was kept under wraps, but after the reaction to the price of the PS3 Nintendo would be suicidal to charge too much.
Bad: Sony trying to badly emulate a stolen idea and getting some praise from the masses. The announcement of a dual-shock minus the shock plus a motion detector raised eyebrows in the gaming community. However sadly the ignorant masses (i.e. ten news) were somewhat confused, thinking it was a fantastic innovation of Sony and hailing it the must have console.
Better: Going by games Nintendo has more attractive licenses than Sony; sure Sony has a few big ones going for it, but really? Nintendo has more big games under their belts. Going by innovation, Nintendo wins hands down with the Wii’s inspired design over Sony’s inspired by design. Going by price? *Laughs very loudly*. Fortunately people can see that, the Nintendo stand attracted far more interest than the other two.
Good: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. I don’t even need to play this to know it’s going to be the best Zelda ever and by extension (especially taking OOT into consideration) could well be the best game ever.
Bad: So it’s a real shame it’s coming in two flavours, would have been more appropriate to keep it a Cube title.
Better: Navi is reduced to a cursor in the Wii version. XD
Good: Red Steel is shaping up to be quite an impressive action title.
Bad: Looks like it could be awkward to control = could be a really bad game
Better: Could actually be a brilliant must-have title
Good: Launch line-up includes Twilight Princess, Excitetruck, Metroid Prime 3, Project H.A.M.M.E.R., Super Mario Galaxy (The legendary 128 at last?), WarioWare: Smooth Moves and Wii Sports.
Bad: Doesn’t include Super Smash Brothers Brawl.
Better: First party games tipped to be costing around $50 thanks to cheaper development costs, which should also attract plenty of third party support.
Good: Resurrection of old licenses is bringing sequels to Duck Hunt, Excitebike, Pilot wings and possibly Kid Icarus
Bad: I’d only be interested in Kid Icarus, which is only speculated to even exist. Other games hold little interest as they were around when I was a Sega Lass so there is no nostalgia for me, and I hate racing games and flying simulators anyway.
Better: Sega titles that DO hold nostalgic value to be available on virtual console!
Good: Super Smash Brothers Brawl includes Pit, Wario, Samus (suitless), Metaknight and Snake. Snake was a big surprise. Music is pretty, some new and interesting things to be thrown into the mix, ONLINE PLAY!
Bad: Won’t be playing this until next year ;_; Shigsy isn’t a playable character!
Better: I predicted Metaknight and Wario as possible playables and was right! Could still be more secret characters? Looks like the same insane fun as the other two.
Good: Halo 3
Bad: Still haven’t played Halo 2 nor am I likely to play 3
Better: Looks pretty
Good: Starfox, Yoshi’s island 2, Elite Beat Agents and Final Fantasy 3 for the DS are coming out and looking damn fine.
Bad: I don’t own a ds. (yet >:D)
Better: Elite Beat Agents may not be as good as original? Dunno, not much makes this any better.
Good: Shigsy in a tux conducting the legend of Zelda theme on the Wii. Very Cute.
Bad: Not as cool as the one-up shirt and Zelda weapon replicas of (last year? the year before?)
Better: Shigsy playing tennis with all his Nintendo executive friends.
Good: Wii could launch in four colours
Bad: The three known colours are blue, black and white. Green has disappeared!
Better: Fourth colour yet to be decided on, could be green.
Good: The Draenei are the new playable race in World of Warcraft
Bad: I couldn’t care less about World of Warcraft
Better: A lot of people do, so power to them!