[quote name='Geof' post='80954' date='Jun 15 2010, 11:20 PM'][quote name='Ap2000' post='80951' date='Jun 15 2010, 02:39 PM']
3DS confirmed for best handheld ever.[/quote]
...and for those of us who don't speak Third Reich?
If this is actually a remake of Ocarina, I'm 100% against this. I loved the N64 game & all, but I'd far prefer a new game.
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It will be a 3D remake.
I'm really sorta let down by Nintendo (and a little bit of everyone else, but less so)'s showing this year. We're seeing a lot of sequels and revivals of old IPs which shows to me that the gaming industry is in dire need of writers and/or character designers. Seriously, Nintendo had only about a handful of new IPs and everything else looks like a remake, restart, or ancient IP (Animal Crossing, Donkey Kong, Kid Icarus, that flying resort game one, Mario Kart, Nintendogs+Cats, Wii Party minigame funtime bonanza). It's nice to see a lot more 3rd-party support for the 3DS (Dead or Alive, MGS: Snake Eater-ish, 'nother Kingdom Hearts), but they don't exactly have a long track record with the DS. Hell, weren't there only, like, two DSi games (and I know KORG was DSi-enhanced so that only half-counts). I'm really expecting the sales and releases similar to the DS: lots of good, advertised games at first, then weening support later on (all the while printing money). Also, I don't like that the top screen is wider than the bottom. Now the screenshots look even weirder. Also,
OMGOMGOMGOMGSTOPTHEMUSICPLEASEKILLME.
How about we talk about the other guys too? Yes, let's.
Microsoft seemed to show off their obvious sequels (GoW, Halo), Kinect, and the new 360. First off, the new 360 seems like such an unnecessary product if you have a 360 because if you wanted WiFi, you probably bought the adapter. I guess it being quieter is an up-side and it seems like a good value to new customers, but the design changes just seem uninspired. Then there's the Kinect (formerly Natal which was a much better name kthxbai). I don't know I wasn't exactly turned on by
FULL BODY WAGGLAN. It seems like they've shifted to very casual targeting (possibly in a bid to follow Big N last year even though Big N has now shifted focus to nostalgia-goggle marketing).
I do not know as much about Sony's press conference and could not tell you much except beyond a few talking topics (wait, I wasn't doing that? I was, but I just told you now so nyah). Playstation Plus: Seems like it's not that expensive, especially if you get things like beta keys, free games, and early demos and such. Sony said that all the features you get for free now will remain free and PP will be a supplementary plan. It will possibly absorb Qore soon and should be up by the end of the month. A friend and I talked about this and he said we probably won't see great numbers in this service because it's not necessary to pay to play anything, and my response was "yeah, so?" So we'll see, but, frankly, it won't be any skin off of anyone's backs. Move still looks cool, though I really haven't look at the games they announced except the Heroes Party game with Jak, Sly, and Ratchet. It looks like most of their new Move games will be new IPs. So that's good. Also a new Twisted Metal. With flying cars. Kinda banging. There also seems to be a big shift into new PS3 releases being natively 3D which I guess is cool, though I'm not personally aware of what that entire process requires (like if you need a 3D-equipped TV). There was also a nice little upset when Gabe "Humanwreckingball" Newell (yep, another week) announced that not only would Portal 2 come to the PS3, but that it would shpi with Steamworks for PC online play as well as messaging. He caled it the best version for consoles (in my own words because the PC version will still be definitive duh). Also,
what the what?
Also
Crafting Mama is happening.
So, which of the million things I left out are you excited for?
