E3 Best of Show?

Originally Posted by GELB-2

When you continue to expect crap you're only to get crap.

Fine. Good way of thinking.

BY GIVING SEGA MONEY FOR THEIR CRAP GAMES YOU WILL SEND THE MESSAGE THAT THEY NEED TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY BECAUSE, UM, BECAUSE...BECAUSE GAMERS WHO BUY GAMES ARE EXPECTING GAMES...WHAT I MEAN IS GAMES THAT SUCK SUCK BECAUSE GAMERS SAY THEY DO, NOT BECAUSE THE CREATORS SUCK SO IF YOU BUY A SUCKY GAME IT'S YOUR FAULT FOR THINKING IT SUCKS WHEN IT'S REALLY PROBABLY GOOD. GAMES THAT SUCK ARE NOT TO BE BLAMED FOR PEOPLE WHO SUCK AT BUYING GOOD GAMES. IF YOU BUY A SUCKY GAME IT IS YOU WHO IS SENDING THE MESSAGE TO SEGA: "I SUCK"; AND BY SUCKING YOU ARE INCAPABLE OF KNOWING WHAT A GOOD GAME IS. WHEN YOU PLAY SONIC AND THINK IT'S SUCKY, YOU'RE PROBABLY WRONG BECAUSE OF YOUR SUCKY OPINION. SEGA DOESN'T NEED SUCKY PEOPLE WHO MAKE SUCKY DECISIONS INFLUENCING THEIR VISION OF WHAT A GOOD SONIC GAME SHOULD BE! IF YOU'D BUY GOOD SONIC GAMES AND TELL EVERYONE THAT THE SONIC GAME WAS GOOD, THEN MAYBE SEGA WOULD MAKE A GOOD SONIC GAME AGAIN!

DON'T YOU SEE HOW SIMPLE IT IS?

Duh, Nintendo. Poll already reflects that this was a complete no-brainer choice. Twilight Princess, Metroid Prime 3, Super Mario Galaxy, and now fucking Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Couple all that amazement with the amount of awesome DS games (Phoenix Wright 2, Yoshi's Island 2, Kirby, Starfox 2, Elite Beat Agents). If you chose anything else you are a complete idiot.


Oh and Sonic Wild Fire sounds good from what I read reported from IGN and PGC it has no camera issues that plagued past 3D Sonic games and is very promising and fun.

http://revolution.ign.com/articles/707/707191p1.html
http://planetgamecube.com/impression...fm?artid=11505

Nintendo keeps kicking me in the face. Sony started to, but pulled a fast one and ended up kneeing me in the balls with a $600 price tag. MS put me to sleep, but I woke up for Halo 3. Then the Nintendo info starts rolling out and it's just BAM! BAM! BAM! Okay! I get it already! Wii looks awesome, DS still looks awesome, Smash Bros....just Smash Bros!

The MGS4 trailer was fantastic, but I cannot seriously justify paying $600 for the system. Sony and MS just need to stop with the consoles and start with the WiiWii!

Originally Posted by AcerBandit

Duh, Nintendo. Poll already reflects that this was a complete no-brainer choice. Twilight Princess, Metroid Prime 3, Super Mario Galaxy, and now fucking Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Couple all that amazement with the amount of awesome DS games (Phoenix Wright 2, Yoshi's Island 2, Kirby, Starfox 2, Elite Beat Agents). If you chose anything else you are a complete idiot.

Umm, pretty much all of that was expected. Considering they've had 2 years to prepare for a Wii presentation (honestly, what other console projects have they been working on in this time?), it was a bit disappointing that their focus seemed to be on an upgraded Gamecube game with different controls. Considering how so many people are complaining about a lack of original games, it's somewhat discouraging that every single game you listed except one is a sequel.

But really, Sony had a pretty lackluster presentation overall, so it's probably just a battle between the other two. I hear Sony's booth has some nice demos though, didn't someone talk about FFXIII being playable?

Originally Posted by Solis

it was a bit disappointing that their focus seemed to be on an upgraded Gamecube game with different controls

So what, exactly, do you play your games with?

Originally Posted by Magic

So what, exactly, do you play your games with?

A mouse and keyboard, a dual analog controller, a dance mat, a light rifle, and a 40 button control deck with 2 analog joysticks+POV hat and footpedals, and a controller that senses tilt and angle. But I'm not really sure why any of that matters, or what the purpose of your question was.

I've been making a concerted effort to play games less, but I can't deny the fact that the Wii is actually something I'm looking forward to. Props to Nintendo on innovation as usual. Hopefully it'll sell for $199.95 or less, that would guarantee monster sales.

Originally Posted by Solis

Considering they've had 2 years to prepare for a Wii presentation (honestly, what other console projects have they been working on in this time?)

DS perhaps?

I am relatively impressed by Halo 3, Heavenly Sword and Genji 2 and the PS3 interests me because of Fumito Ueda's next project, but you can't deny that Nintendo was outstanding.

The conference itself was entertaining enough (though some of the speeches were cheesy), and the Wii is terrific as a concept, once they started announcing titles, it was like massive bomb after bomb.
Yoshi's Island 2. Starfox DS. Super Mario Galaxy. Wario Ware Wii. Hotel Dusk 215. Disaster: Day of Crisis. Magical Vacation. Phoenix Wright 2. Super Paper Mario completely floored me and I can't wait for it. And this morning I wake up to find the most awesome trailer ever for Super Smash Bros Brawl, with online play. Fucking sold already.

I have a question though. They usually award "best of show" award for the games at E3, right? Can a game that isn't playable win? Because MGS4 is probably going to win Game of the Show, but I'm kinda puzzled about the point of awarding a game that doesn't have playable or in-game footage available.

Originally Posted by RABicle

DS perhaps?

*ahem*

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Considering they've had 2 years to prepare for a Wii presentation (honestly, what other console projects have they been working on in this time?)

What games are actually playable, though? So far I've heard WiiSports, Mario Galaxy, Zelda, FFXIII, Warhawk (?), and then all the games MS has up on Xbox Live (MotoGP 2006, Lost Planet, etc.). Anyone have a list of games that are on the show floor? Nintendo was saying they would have 27 or so.

Where is N-gage in the list?

I'll go for Nintendo now.

Nintendo turned E3 upside down with their conference. Then, they come out after the fact and show off Super Smash Bros. Brawl. So, it's obvious that they are the front-runners right now. Sony's 15 min MGS4 was better than Microsoft's entire conference, so that puts them in second place easily. It seems as though Nintendo learned from the mistakes they made last year.

I'm looking forward to a ton of ps2 games coming out by the end of the year. I could care less for the next gen stuff at this point. PS3 had some neat videos, especially that Heavenly Sword game which I will most likely buy. I did laugh out loud though when they showed the PS3 controller's tilt action. Watch them add a speaker to the controller too by its November release. I'm pretty sure I'll buy a PS3 because of its abilities and a majority of my favorite developers will put their games on it.

The Nintendo Wii looks very impressive and fun, though I'm not sure if that is the style in which I'd like to play my games. I'll have to wait until I try it out for myself before I buy one. I could pretty much call the line-up of games, though. Most people probably knew they would consist of upgraded gamecube games with a new control method. The only game I'm interested in is Zelda, and luckily if the new control system bugs me I can still buy the gamecube version and enjoy it like I did OoT.

As for Microsoft, I didn't bother watching their show. They always seem very boring to me.

So I'd say it was between Sony and Nintendo.

Nintendo by far. They proved that Wii is a very viable choice for the average consumer, we got the new Super Smash Bros (with Snake!!!), new Zelda, new Metroid, new Mario, new Yoshi's Island, new Starfox, Retro Controller (I hate the stupid GC controller), new innovative speaker on the controller + rumble + motion detection on both parts of the nunchaku, and all of this is rounded out with a very strong lineup for the DS. Their presentation was also very well planned and it was no bullshit.

Microsoft's strong points were Halo 3 and Gears of War, but we all knew they would be there going in. GTA4 was a good surprise, but it's not an Xbox exclusive, and this "Live anywhere" thing doesn't impress me in the least. Another DoA Xtreme over Ninja Gaiden 2? Come on...

Sony had a solid presentation but it really only had two noteworthy games: MGS4 and FFXIII. This plus a high pricepoint and "Mii-too" controller really killed it for me. I don't care about Blue-Ray movies, why must I pay so much? The PSP lineup was ok, but nowhere near as exciting as the DS one.

I kinda got bored halfway through the Sony conference. Microsoft's was alright, of course like everyone else, Halo 3 got me excited.

I gotta give it to Nintendo. It's been a while since Nintendo has caused such a stur in the gaming world. If Ninny plays their cards right, they could very well relive the NES/SNES glory days..

Can't a guy make a poll around here without a mod rigging it.

My vote went to Nintendo. They are simple just stealing the show. The Xbox 360 doesn't really have anything impressive and the PS3 has only really caught my attention with FF XIII and Metal Gear Sold 4.