Well, Nintendo’s had their kick at the E3 cat. How many of my predictions came true? Did Nintendo give me an early Christmas present by addressing any of my Pipe Dreams? Once again in the Kodak theatre, Nintendo had a huge venue from which they could unravel their magic upon a very ready and very large crowd of the press. Read on to find out whether they used their powers, or just left us by the wayside while they went off on a gaming tangent again.
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Well, E3 is once again upon us, and Microsoft had a pretty good showing today, so tomorrow morning it will be up to both Nintendo and Sony to strut their respective stuffs. Thus, it is as good a time as any to make some predictions before everything starts happening tomorrow. There have been very few rumours floating around before this E3, which is quite unusual. This could either mean that big things are afoot, or that nothing much will be happening at all. GoNintendo says that Iwatadono will be making an appearance this year, and that usually spells that something big is in the cards. Here are my predictions/hopes split into two categories: Predictions and Pipe Dreams.
So, the most wonderful time of the year for gamers has arrived and Microsoft was given the duty of kicking off this year’s festivities with their press conference this year. In my opinion, last year Microsoft “won” E3 in a big way with their press conference, even though I’m always rooting for Nintendo deep down. Hopefully Nintendo has something insanely huge up their sleeves, because Microsoft again had a pretty good showing this year. Read on for the highlights.
Hours played: ~ 3-4 hours
I’m going to start off this review with a disclaimer which is that I absolutely adored the Mega Man Battle Network (MMBN) series on the GBA. This, of course, is going to have much bearing on my review of the new StarForce (SF) games, because they are the spiritual successors to the Battle Network games.
The games essentially operate in the exact same way as the MMBN. You control a human who has a virtual counterpart (Mega Man-style) and you fight viruses in computers while collecting battle chips. There are many spins on the classic formula, though, that both enhance and hinder the gameplay as a whole.
Nintendo’s conference this year seemed to be laden with stats (now that Nintendo’s owning in all of them), but there were a few unexpected revelations that presented themselves today that made this E3 special. With three new Wii peripherals, and a bunch of solidified release dates, Nintendo did not disappoint their loyal fans.
As per usual, various sources, whether through leaks or from companies jumping their E3 guns, have released a bunch of quite interesting news to whet our appetites for the E3 announcements that are surely to come within the next couple of days. Game Usagi has compiled these stories into a convenient hutch* for you so that you don’t have to go through the laborious task of searching out these random stories from the five corners of the internet (the internet has more corners than the world, obviously). So, here they are:
