Sunday, June 12, 2011

Mario Trailer and other stuff I liked at E3

I figure this video captures the game I'm most interested in from the insanity that is E3 this year. Feel like they've got an amazing grasp on what works (Galaxy 2 was amaaaaazing, my favorite game of 2010). I'm gonna go down a list of stuff that interested me from this year's E3 though. By company because it's easier to sort and remember things that way. Also if you want a ton of video links you're reading the wrong article because I'm lazy. Also, just skip the middleman and look it up on youtube.

Nintendo
  • Super Mario 3DS seems like a good blend of Mario Galaxy gameplay with traditional 'go to the end of the level' platforming. And it has the Tanooki Suit from Mario Bros. 3 which should be good and fun and nostalgic.
  • Kid Icarus Uprising looks a little strange but it was one of the things that got me interested in getting a 3DS originally, though I was going to hold off on buying one till games came out for it. Then I got bored and bought the 3DS at midnight launch anyway. But Sakurai's at the helm, it'll probably be well done.
  • Mariokart 3DS caught me out of nowhere but it seems pretty cool what they're doing with the whole vehicle-changing thing and the customization options. I liked Double Dash more than the Wii installment (and pretty much any of them better than the N64 and DS ones
  • Those three are making me feel like getting the 3DS was a good idea. Getting the Ocarina of Time port as my first game for it which has me less excited than a lot of other people since I've played it like a bajillion times and I could care less about 3D, but I'll enjoy the game undoubtedly.
  •  Zelda: Skyward Sword nailed down for a holiday release. Game looks fun, and I really hope there isn't any frustrating gameplay mechanic to ruin it like all the sailing and the triforce quest did for Wind Waker.
  • That Kirby game on the Wii looks fun. I haven't really played a Kirby game since Kirby's Dream Land and that didn't even have the 'eat enemy to steal its power' thing. Will probably pick this up.
  • The new hardware WiiU with the tablet controller. Looks strange and some of the tech demos look like they could be interesting, I'll have to withhold judgment till I see the games. But hey, there'll be a Zelda game on it and a Smash Bros game on it, it'll be good.
Sony
  • Uncharted 3. Everyone else has already heaped their praise upon this franchise so I won't bother. But the trailer looked great and Chloe and Elena and Sully are all back for more.
  • Resistance 3? It's been a really long time since the second game and I wasn't thrilled with it but the first one was one of my favorite shooters for a while and one of the games that got me playing shooters again with all its crazy weapons, and the third one seems like it'll be more like the first. Also it's being bundled with that Move thing that I was probably going to pick up eventually which seems like a decent deal packing in the nunchuck thing for once.
  • I've played Infamous since I got a free digital copy and I have not liked it. So Infamous 2 and that Sly Cooper series are probably not for me.
  • The Vita. Hardware looks very solid, all the bells and whistles are there if devs want to use them but seemingly not forced on people. Forcing touchscreen stuff did not work for me with the DS Zelda games, but I got great use out of the touchscreen on my DS with a niche strategy RPG bullet hell game 'Knights in the Nightmare.' Look it up and go play it. Wow, tangent on touchscreens. The installments of play/create/share LittleBigPlanet and Modnation Racers look like they'll do pretty well on the Vita and the Uncharted game looks great as well. That's like three games I'm already interested in. It has 3G plans available, does anyone know if it has phone functionality so I could replace my phone with it? That's something no one's told me about.
Microsoft
  • Didn't take them long after Bungie left to start milking Halo. CHIIIIIIIIEF. Will play Halo 4 on a friend's copy before even thinking about picking it up.
  • Never been interested in Kinect and that seems to be what they're pushing the most. Shame.
Namco-Bandai
  • They did not have anything for me and my love of Tales games. Anything. Nothing on a specific US release date for Tales of the Abyss 3DS or Tales of Graces. No news about Tales of Xillia getting localized. :( 
  • I guess there was Soul Calibur stuff.

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