I'm Not Actually at E3: 360 Degrees of Wii
To contrast the dull terribleness that was the Sony conference, both Microsoft and Nintendo put on great shows.
I was actually able to watch a bit of Nintendo's conference in real time (darn schoolasular stuff getting in the way; all the more reason to greatly dislike it). Nintendo's focus was definatly at showing games.
My suprises: the rumors were correct. I doubted that Nintendo would include a speaker in the Wii-mote, if only to keep the costs down. Also, I thought Nintendo would reveal a price, but they must have decided not to, possibly even at the last minute. Zelda and Red Steel was the graphicly most impressive games, although RS still hickuped a bit.
I do wish there was only one SKU of Zelda, just with both controls on the same disk. With two versions, I just can't go with a sub-par version.
There were a few others I'm interested in. Alas, no Smash Bros. was shown. Metroid Prime 3, however, sounds like it could actually best the original. The offensive grapple beam alone would make it the best of the series.
Microsoft made up for their poor showing last year with game after game. Plenty of Live Arcade games being shown; I'm especially looking forward to Lumines Live.
Then there were the games. Well, game for me. Halo 3 looks like it could make a climatic end to a trilogy (yes, that is my bet: that Halo is a trilogy). Grand Theft Auto 4 hopefully will be a great addition (and it takes a huge possiblity for the PS3 to get ahead).
The cross-platform feature of Live could be good, mostly with connectivity to the PC. Who wouldn't like mods to some great 360 games? Even if it just comes down to custom level editors, it still would work much better working on the PC.
Two much better showings to lead off the actual show. Now we get to see how well the Wii works, and how well PS3's Wii-ripped functionality works, or if the X-Box 360 will go on to be spectacular.
I was actually able to watch a bit of Nintendo's conference in real time (darn schoolasular stuff getting in the way; all the more reason to greatly dislike it). Nintendo's focus was definatly at showing games.
My suprises: the rumors were correct. I doubted that Nintendo would include a speaker in the Wii-mote, if only to keep the costs down. Also, I thought Nintendo would reveal a price, but they must have decided not to, possibly even at the last minute. Zelda and Red Steel was the graphicly most impressive games, although RS still hickuped a bit.
I do wish there was only one SKU of Zelda, just with both controls on the same disk. With two versions, I just can't go with a sub-par version.
There were a few others I'm interested in. Alas, no Smash Bros. was shown. Metroid Prime 3, however, sounds like it could actually best the original. The offensive grapple beam alone would make it the best of the series.
Microsoft made up for their poor showing last year with game after game. Plenty of Live Arcade games being shown; I'm especially looking forward to Lumines Live.
Then there were the games. Well, game for me. Halo 3 looks like it could make a climatic end to a trilogy (yes, that is my bet: that Halo is a trilogy). Grand Theft Auto 4 hopefully will be a great addition (and it takes a huge possiblity for the PS3 to get ahead).
The cross-platform feature of Live could be good, mostly with connectivity to the PC. Who wouldn't like mods to some great 360 games? Even if it just comes down to custom level editors, it still would work much better working on the PC.
Two much better showings to lead off the actual show. Now we get to see how well the Wii works, and how well PS3's Wii-ripped functionality works, or if the X-Box 360 will go on to be spectacular.
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