The E³ 2007 thread!!!

[Barkworm]

Alright friends, we can't let this section die and if an E³ thread can't save it, nothing can. So what is everyone looking forward to?

Trailers:


Assassin's Creed (XBox 360, PS3): http://www.gametrailers.com/player/21472.html
Halo 3 (XBox 360): http://www.gametrailers.com/player/21469.html
Halo Wars (XBox 360): http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/12904
Killzone 2 (PS3): http://www.gametrailers.com/player/21504.html
Lost Odyssey (XBox 360): http://www.gametrailers.com/player/21475.html
Mass Effect (XBox 360): http://www.gametrailers.com/player/21470.html
Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3): http://www.konami.jp/gs/kojima_pro/movie/mgs4_e32k7_eng.asx
Nights (Wii): http://www.gametrailers.com/player/21387.html
Ratchet & Clank 5: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/21635.html
Resident Evil 5 (XBox 360, PS3): http://gametrailers.com/player/21466.html
Soul Calibur IV (XBox 360, PS3): http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/12980
Soul Calibur Legends (Wii): http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/82239.html
Super Mario Galaxy: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/21554.html

[Dinny]

Aside from the obvious I'm looking forward to seeing No More Heroes. I really enjoyed Killer 7 and think this has a lot of potential. Also I haven't seen much about Lost Odyssey in a while... those are the two that immediately sprung to mind. I'll have a better think later.

Oh and Mario Kart Wii... it just seems like the next logical game Nintendo could announce, and I really wanna see that.

[Cure]

For the 360, I'm looking forward to more about Banjo Threeie. Everything else I want for the 360 is the obvious stuff, like Halo and Assassin's Creed.

For the Wii, I'm hoping Nintendo announces some crazy "Cater to the Hardcore" plan, but that's unlikely. There's a lot that needs to be done with the Wii, like what I just said, and the graphics! I'm no graphics whore but really, some Wii games look terrible and it's unacceptable. As for games, I just hope they announce some GOOD games. I'll eat a baby if one of them is another minigame fest, besides Mario and Sonic.

[Mecha Cow]

Wait, E³ still exists?! I thought it died... o_O

[Barkworm]

They downsized it but it still exists.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to everything obvious, plus I'm really hoping for some cool surprises. Shows like this have become painfully predictable.

As for games, I just hope they announce some GOOD games. I'll eat a baby if one of them is another minigame fest, besides Mario and Sonic.
Yeah, some REAL games for Wii would be nice but I'm not holding my breath.

[Dr. Doom]

I'm addicted to Smash, so I'm hoping we'll get to see a lot more of it and maybe even a release date.

Other than that, I'm looking out for anything about Soul Caliburs IV & Legends, and MGS4 (hopefulyl that it will be multiplatform...not holding my breath on that one though).

There's a lot of other stuff I'm sure I'd be interested in reading about, but those are the things that come to mind immediately.

Oh, and I'm curious what this new 2D fighter from Capcom is.

EDIT: 3000th post!


BOW BEFORE DOOM, SO YOU MAY BASK IN HIS GLORY AT THIS MOMENT!

Double post for a very good reason.

I wasn't exactly sure where to post this, but according to Gamespot, this is E3 news. So here we are.

"Since Metal Gear Solid was born for the PlayStation, we would like to keep it a PlayStation game," Kitaue said. "But we might have to take some steps."This is coming from the head of Konami for NA and EU. Basically, he thinks the PS3 is still too damn expensive, even after the $100 price drop, and is worried that they won't even make their money back on MGS4.

This is very good news for me, because I really don't want to have to buy a PS3.

[Mecha Cow]

God, I wish they'd stop beating around the bush and just say whether it'll be multiplatform or not. This 'Maybe, maybe not' crap has been going on for months now, and it needs to stop.

[Dr. Doom]

It seems like at this point, it'd be pretty ridiculous not to. More often then not, companies will avoid commenting on speculation to avoid a situation where they may have to go back on what they said. Konami seems to be doing the exact opposite.

Maybe it's like...they know that right now they need to do it multiplatform, they just really don't want to or are somehow being pressured not to and are scrambling to find some sort of excuse to avoid it.

[Mecha Cow]

Since it is now E³, it seems ridiculous to continue. If they were ever going to announce it, the time doesn't get any more perfect than right now.

[Dr. Doom]

I guess there'd still be time. It's only just started, hasn't it?

[Mecha Cow]

No clue. I know the conferences haven't been held yet, anyway.

[Cure]

Microsoft's is tonight. Everyone else's is tomorrow. Nintendo and Sony, anyway.

[Barkworm]

No MGS4 at Microsoft's conference but a short glimpse of Resident Evil 5 (which looked pretty sweet). Apart from that the conference was kind of slow. Mass Effect looked good, Lost Odyssey on the other hand was really disappointing.
"Viva Pinata: Party Animals"??? Please...

[Barkworm]

Halo 3: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/21469.html
I don't know Jack about Halo so I'll just comment on the graphics which start off kind of underwhelming. Especially the animation isn't as smooth as I would expect from a triple-A title. Towards the end of the trailer it gets ****ing amazing though. Weird.

Resident Evil 5: http://gametrailers.com/player/21466.html
Creepy. The African setting should be interesting.

EDIT: I'm going to collect all trailer findings in my first post. Seek and post, brothers!

[Ra]

Only one game up there has my utter most attention - Soul Calibur IV.

Honestly, Soul Calibur III was frickin' perfect for me. I would love to see how it's followed up *nods*

[Barkworm]

The Killzone 2 trailer is here! http://www.gametrailers.com/player/21504.html
Of course it doesn't look as good as the pre-rendered stuff they showed two years ago but it's still more than impressive. I'm actually quite surprised.

EDIT: Soul Calibur Legends trailer: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/82239.html
Meh...

[Dinny]

Honestly, Soul Calibur III was frickin' perfect for me. I would love to see how it's followed up *nods*

Have you played either of the first two? Because I can't see how you could think that if you had. Soul Calibur III was very disappointing for me.

[Mecha Cow]

I think SC Legends looks surprisingly decent, actually. The co-op pretty much guarantees I'll pick it up, when the price goes down at least.

[Deathknight]

I'm definitely looking foward to Soul Caliber Legends. I never got Soul Caliber 3 but I did play it and I didn't really care for it. I still say the best Soul Caliber is the original on Dreamcast. #1 thing I'm looking foward to this year is Brawl of course. I really hope there's a trailer for it released.

[Toonami Tom]

I'm looking forward to Soul Calibur IV, Halo 3, Turok, and Crash of the Titans. I was surprised to see a new Crash Bandicoot game, hopefully it will be as good as the others. I never did play Crash and Cortex, or whatever it was called.

Hopefully there will be some news on Turok. I saw a trailer a few weeks ago and I couldn't see that much, the lighting was way too dark.

[Dinny]

#1 thing I'm looking foward to this year is Brawl of course. I really hope there's a trailer for it released.

Didn't Nintendo specifically announce that Brawl would not be playable at E3? Hopefully we'll see some new videos and characters, though.

[Barkworm]

Nintendo's conference is on in 20 minutes! Who will be watching?

[Cure]

Nintendo's conference is on in 20 minutes! Who will be watching?

Where are they streaming it?!

[Dinny]

1-up streams it pretty well every year. That's how I'll watch it. Can't wait, should be damn good.

[Barkworm]

1up is having some server issues today. If you can't watch it there, I recommend gamespot.

[Dinny]

1up is having some server issues today. If you can't watch it there, I recommend gamespot.

1up's not doing great, could you link me to that?

[Mr. Snackpants]

I thought the Assassins Creed demo was sweet. I'm so pumped for that game.

Halo 3, Assassins Creed, GTA VI, Guitar Hero 3, and Rock Band all by the end of the year :o Good thing I've started to set aside funds.

[Cure]

Wow, Reggie's already pissing me off. "Older gamers....expanded market share" blah blah blah.

[Mr. Snackpants]

Brawl...December 3rd...oh boy.

[Cure]

OH MY GOD!! Online games and no mention of Brawl!!!!!!

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[Dinny]

Oh and Mario Kart Wii... it just seems like the next logical game Nintendo could announce, and I really wanna see that.

Like the goddamn oracle over here. Despite the announcement of Mario Kart, I have to say I was fairly disappointed with the press conference. Maybe because last years' was so good.

[Barkworm]

I swear, at some points of the conference I thought of killing myself. Downright horrible. Mario Kart and Galaxy were the only redeeming parts.
I wonder what that awesome "Wii barance boardo" is supposed to cost. Because it looks really, really EXPENSIVE.

[Cure]

I swear, at some points of the conference I thought of killing myself. Downright horrible. Mario Kart and Galaxy were the only redeeming parts.
I wonder what that awesome "Wii barance boardo" is supposed to cost. Because it looks really, really EXPENSIVE.

Man, that's it. They make it seem like they still care about the core gamers, but they don't. Shiggy has gone from making epic games to Wii fit. AND NOTHING ABOUT BRAWL ONLINE! Man, Microsoft is my new favorite. I hate you Nintendo..........:cry: :cry: :cry:

[Barkworm]

They didn't even announce anything new for the DS. What the hell? I was hoping for a new Mario game or something, instead they just babbled about their casual crap.

[Dinny]

Calm down guys, remember how Nintendo announced Snake in Brawl after the press conference last year? There's still hope that they've got something better up their sleeves for E3. Also, did they show any new tracks for Mario Kart or were they all old ones? Looks like they plan on putting classic tracks in every Mario Kart game from now on.

[Cure]

Calm down guys, remember how Nintendo announced Snake in Brawl after the press conference last year? There's still hope that they've got something better up their sleeves for E3. Also, did they show any new tracks for Mario Kart or were they all old ones? Looks like they plan on putting classic tracks in every Mario Kart game from now on.

Yes, but.......I dunno. It'll be pretty hard for them to redeem themselves after this. Like, Sonic and online for Brawl. Then Pikmin 3. Then a new "no bad graphics policy". Then a "no PS2 ports with tacked on waggle policy". If they do all that, then MAYBE I'll forgive them.

[Barkworm]

Yeeeahh, totally going to happen. :lol:

[Dr. Doom]

Brawl will be online. They've already talked about it...on the site, I think. I'm still keeping my fingers crossed for more info and stuff though. All we got today on the website was an entry about the bumper item.

I'm gonna say that because of the magnitude of the game, there may be a specific time later when it will be focused on individually, again like how the trailer debuted last year under everyone's nose. If you think about it, showing something to only a few people in secrecy and having everyone clamor over finding it themselves is probably more effective viral marketing than just showing it off to the world right off the bat. They definitely did that last year with Snake and everything.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Here I am, live from Santa Monica. I'm just popping in because I've got an assload of appointments with Game Factory, Sega, and then Capcom, so let me say it.

The MS conference may have been bad, but Nintendo was the worse I have ever seen. Worse than 2003, worse than anything. I feel like I've been patted on the back and shown the door. Mario and Smash were completely brushed off, even by the lord Miyamoto himself. I'm disgusted. Smash isn't even here. Mario is, otherwise I would consider the entire trip out here a waste.

I am so getting laid Friday night after the John Williams concert. I am going to Vegas and getting fu*king laid, because this week is a disaster and I need something good to get me over it.

Com'on Sony, don't let me down.

btw, I'm at Sony Pictures Studios right now using their wi-fi to talk about Nintendo. Enough of that.

GIVE ME FU*KING WIPEOUT.

I need some good news right about now.

[Dr. Doom]

Well EXCUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSE ME, PRINCESS!

God forbid anyone tries to remain optimistic in here.

[Mecha Cow]

So, aside from Mario Kart, I didn't really miss anything? Both that and Galaxy look very nice though. Mario Kart has nasty graphics, but the level design seems fantastic and the steering wheel thing could be fun.

And TMB, think of me when you get laid.

[Brodie]

This is all well and good, but you know what's really lame?

I posted in the fan section for the first time in months. and nobody comments, because its not anime! What the balls!

Now back to games.

****ing tetris? Yeah. I know.

[Dr. Doom]

MGS4 is officially pushed back to '08. Also, the Gamespot article refers to it as "the PS3-exclusive title". I don't know what to really make of that, since I guess the game's been "PS3 exclusive" all the while, with the possibility of that eventually being incorrect sort of looming over it. So maybe it's still just going off that.

[Mecha Cow]

European release list for first-party Wii and DS games (http://ms.nintendo-europe.com/e32007/enGB/pr_releaselist.html).

Nothing really worth noting except a release date for Phantom Hourglass (October 19th) and the announcement of Advance Wars DS 2.

Oh, and of course...

Freshly Picked - Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland (Nintendo) 14th September 2007
Freshly Picked - Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland (Nintendo) 14th September 2007
Freshly Picked - Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland (Nintendo) 14th September 2007

[Barkworm]

Sony wins because of Chewbacca!
Sony's conference was a bit worse than Microsoft's but both were dimensions above Nintendo's abortion. Killzone looked great, MGS 4.... not so much.

[Dr. Doom]

It's exclusive. I guess I lose.




...How very, very depressing this is.

Yanno, I was expecting it to be exclusive too, then Konami comes out with this bull**** about "Oh, we might have to make it multiplatform" only one day before they announce it's exclusive to that godawful PS3. What the hell is up with that?

[cowabunga14]

So what is everyone looking forward to?
Seeing as I don't have a next gen system yet, I'm one of the 115 million or so PS2 owners whose really looking at what Nintendo and Microsoft have to offer. Nintendo, with their Wii system, is lookin' ok and the Wii caught my interest early on, yet the 360 has the most exclusives and probably the widest variety of games that appeal to me. So yeah, it is quite a decision to make, but I just hope that answers the question. Hopefully, if things work out, I'll get a 360 or a Wii for Christmas.

[Mecha Cow]

MGS 4.... not so much
I haven't seen any new media yet, but why not?

*E* Yeah, OK, just watched the new video. The English voice acting is pretty retarded. Never really noticed how ridiculous Hayter's voice sounds.

[Dr. Doom]

Where'd you find the new trailer? I don't see it up yet.

[Mecha Cow]

Don't know the exact URL, but you should be able to find it by digging around www.konami.jp (http://www.konami.jp).

[Spitfire]

It's exclusive. I guess I lose.




...How very, very depressing this is.

Yanno, I was expecting it to be exclusive too, then Konami comes out with this bull**** about "Oh, we might have to make it multiplatform" only one day before they announce it's exclusive to that godawful PS3. What the hell is up with that?

Believe me if it doesn't sell well on the PS3 expect to see it hit the 360, or the PC at very least.

[Brodie]

Yeah, thats a good point, probably PC.

Although, MGS2 and such wasnt on pc, was it?

[Mecha Cow]

Dunno about 3, but 1 and 2 were.

[Dr. Doom]

Not having any luck finding it...

[Mecha Cow]

Here you go (http://www.konami.jp/gs/kojima_pro/movie/mgs4_e32k7_eng.asx).

[ThirdMarioBro]

Calm down guys, remember how Nintendo announced Snake in Brawl after the press conference last year? There's still hope that they've got something better up their sleeves for E3. Also, did they show any new tracks for Mario Kart or were they all old ones? Looks like they plan on putting classic tracks in every Mario Kart game from now on.

Good. I like the classic tracks.

And guys, nothing is happening tomorrow. If you were at this E3.....my god it is depressing. People are having to ride shuttle buses like 15 miles through LA traffic just to go see all the demos in the hotels they spread them out in. Its fu*king depressing. Its like the ESA decided to do E3 one more year, but they decided to neuter it and make it such hell that they would beg the ESA to kill it rather than put us through this hell again.

I mean, dudes. G4 is filming the whole show live in a tent which is at the back side of a run down hanger they trned into a "Minee-3". Go outside and you'll see gangs. Its scary, depressing, and sad. E3 is dead. Go home folks.


Oh, and I played the 4 level Mario demo. It is God. Simply God. NiGHTS is Jesus. Its just like the original. I picked it up and just played it, and everything was just right, only better.

[Dr. Doom]

Thanks Mecha. I think you're outta your mind about the voice cast, but thanks. It's really nice to actually hear these voices coming out of the characters...that made it all the more real to me.

I guess I have until Early 2008 to figure out what the hell to do.

[Barkworm]

I haven't seen any new media yet, but why not?

*E* Yeah, OK, just watched the new video. The English voice acting is pretty retarded. Never really noticed how ridiculous Hayter's voice sounds.
You know, it's funny, it hasn't been long since I was convinced that the MGS series had some of the best voice acting in any games. If I play them today I hardly understand why.

The Vamp vs. Raiden thing was cool but on the other hand I would prefer to have the possibility to participate in that battle rather than just being forced to watch.

[Dr. Doom]

It all still sounds as great to me as ever.

[Mecha Cow]

You know, it's funny, it hasn't been long since I was convinced that the MGS series had some of the best voice acting in any games. If I play them today I hardly understand why.

I feel the exact same way. I think the voice acting in the other games still holds up, but MGS4 seems more realistic, more serious, more solemn, and the voices should reflect that. The current ones seem out of place here.

MeDDle gEArrr?!?!

In other news, the NA release date for Smash Bros. is now Dec. 3rd. Of course, this means nothing as us Europeans will not get the game until next year.

[Dinny]

In other news, the NA release date for Smash Bros. is now Dec. 3rd. Of course, this means nothing as us Europeans will not get the game until next year.

And Galaxy is November 12th, if I remember correctly. Again this probably means that we won't be seeing it until March.

[Barkworm]

No, Galaxy was announced for the fourth quarter in Europe, I guess that means the last week of December. LOL

BTW, everyone should check out the new Super Mario Galaxy trailer. I'll admit here and now that I haven't enjoyed any Mario platformers since Super Mario Land 2 (yes, that includes Mario 64 and New Super Mario Bros.) but this game looks absolutely fantastic. I can't wait to play it!

[Mecha Cow]

(yes, that includes Mario 64 and New Super Mario Bros.)
You are a monster, sir. A monster, I say.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Assassin's Creed is the sh*t, pure and simple. Call of Duty 4 too. Fu*king awesome.

Excuse me, i'm off to play more Mario Galaxy.

[Mecha Cow]

So TMB, since you're there, which is looking better at the moment taking upcoming releases into account, Xbox 360 or PS3? I'm still on the fence about which one I should get to go with my shiny new HD-TV.

[Barkworm]

I guess you would be better off with a PS3 since you are not into all those over-serious games.

[Mecha Cow]

That seems to be most of what's available on either console, so that is kind of a moot point. Most of the games that have caught my eye would fall under that category, I guess. I'll get a Wii for the rest. I'm just wondering which of the other two is considered the 'better' one in terms of available and upcoming games.

*E* Some 'next-gen' games I'm interested in:

360:
Gears of War
Blue Dragon
PS3:
MGS4
White Knight Whatever
Both:
Oblivion
Assassin's Creed
Soul Calibur 4
GTA4
Some stuff I forgot

[Barkworm]

Oh I see. Well, with all the stuff coming out this year you can't go wrong with an XBox.

[Dr. Doom]

I wish I could get an Xbox. >:[

[Barkworm]

Dude, I was just watching the gamespot presentations of Mass Effect and Assassin's Creed and I wish I hadn't wasted my money on the Wii so early. I also don't have an HD TV but still.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Go with the 360, but DO NOT BUY IT until after the new Falcon chipset is released, otherwise the thing will break down.

Oh, and for Gears of War fans...you just got fu*ked up the ass. Exclusively from AMN...

http://360.advancedmn.com/article.php?artid=10855

All the new Gears content isn't coming to Xbox 360. PC exclusive. Those mother****ers. Those MOTHER****ERS.

[Dr. Doom]

Pricecut and 80G for the PS3 aren't coming to PAL territores at all.

So I guess I could have it slightly worse.

[Barkworm]

It's not that surprising, the PS3 has just come out here. I expect a price drop during the holiday season.

[ThirdMarioBro]

God, I've heard some funny and disturbing sh*t this week, but if I told, I would get fired and sued.

[Barkworm]

****-tease!


EDIT: Apparently instead of a price drop Europe gets the "PS3 Starter Pack" which consists of the 60 GB PS3, two controllers, Motorstorm and Resistance at 599. Not bad.

http://www.gfdata.de/archiv07-2007-gamefront/psstarterpack.jpg (copy and paste)

[Mecha Cow]

I don't know if this should go in here or in the Nintendo thread or whatever, but has anyone seen the latest Smash Bros. update? An Animal Crossing level: Smashville. :lol:

The most alarming part is that the update is marked with an AC emblem, which would suggest there are AC characters in the game (As they don't assign brand new emblems to levels). Peanut would be proud.

*E* That reminds me. Today is the last day of E³, right? Where is my new Smash Bros. trailer?

[Barkworm]

The little video on the official site is probably all you're going to get.

[Dr. Doom]

They fact that they put out that video at all would suggest so, yeah. But I did notice the little AC Icon as well and came to the same conclusion.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Well, E3 sucked ass in some ways, and rocked in others. Developers I talked to were apprently happy with the show. Cliffy B. and the folks at EA Criterion were in love with the format because they got to personally demo games. In fact, most of the games were being demoed by the directors and producers of the respective teams (Ubisoft Montreal was having a ball with Rayman Raving Rabbits 2 and all the random people that showed up). Hardware manufacturers were pretty silent. Its obvious they were dragged back to this new-E3 and would rather do something else.

The airline hanger they rented out for the floor show was depressing as hell. It was like Mini-3. Horrible. It was sad watching G4 try to fake the glamour the way they did. They seemed to give up after the second day. I talked to Adam Sessler and Matt from IGN, and they both seemed pretty negitive about the hanger aspect.

The rumor now is that they show will be moved to San Fransisco next year in an attempt to make it more close-knit again, though smaller like this year. All the major publishers and hardware makers (including Nintendo as of August) will have offices in San Fransisco, so it just makes sense. I'm looking forward to it, because LA sucks donkeycock. I'll spare you the rant.

The old E3 is dead, but perhaps the new E3 can get more regal treatment next year. The idea is solid. I got more work done this year by a long shot, rather than trying to gambit run the LA Convention center, but the hotel and airline hanger setup felt cheap and ghetto. The show has lost its glamour, but perhaps it can get back the respect.

Anyway, I'm pulling out and heading home by car. Its a long trip, but I'll pop in when I get the chance.

[Brodie]

Did you see anything about Hellboy?


Also, saw a video for Contra4, and that'd be my next ds purchase.

[Barkworm]

The most disappointing aspect at this year's E3 was that everything interesting we saw had been shown before. There was absolutely nothing new.

[Dr. Doom]

I was happy to see the new MGS4 trailer. Hearing everyone speak with the familiar voices coming out of their mouths made it seem all the more real to me. If it had just been another trailer in Japanese, it wouldn't have been interesting at all. I suppose this is the kind of excitement that is reserved for fans of the property though.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Screw BWii. NOE confirms Intelligent Systems is developing Advance Wars DS 2.

WIN!

[Barkworm]

What was everyone's game of the show? I have to go with Super Mario Galaxy and Ratchet & Clank. The only new announcement that got me excited was Echochrome.

[Mecha Cow]

Mario Galaxy I guess. Almost made up for the lack of any new announcements.

[The Shelf]

3d Mario games are terrible. Give me New Super Mario Bros. 2! Hm, nothing at E3 this year really interested me much. I am rather excited about the new DBZ game and SSB:B, though.

I'm still awaiting news of a Wii Jedi game. LucasArts would be so stupid not to make it, and I was hoping to see it at E3 this year. But nope. All we get is the lame Force Unleashed game and a rehash of Battlefront for the PSP.

[Mecha Cow]

3d Mario games are terrible.
There's this game called Super Mario 64 or something. I hear it's pretty decent.

[The Shelf]

There's this game called Super Mario 64 or something. I hear it's pretty decent.

Maybe it was decent, but all the best Mario games were 2d. Same goes for Sonic. I exaggerated a bit with the "terrible" thing, but 3d platformers don't have the staying power and fun factor that 2d platformers have. Could you imagine a 3d Smash Bros.? I know it's not exactly a platformer, but it controls like one. I shudder at the thought.

[Cure]

What was everyone's game of the show? I have to go with Super Mario Galaxy and Ratchet & Clank. The only new announcement that got me excited was Echochrome.

Yeah, Mario Galaxy did it for me as well. That game will own my soul and slap my momma. And she'll LIKE IT.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Maybe it was decent, but all the best Mario games were 2d. Same goes for Sonic. I exaggerated a bit with the "terrible" thing, but 3d platformers don't have the staying power and fun factor that 2d platformers have. Could you imagine a 3d Smash Bros.? I know it's not exactly a platformer, but it controls like one. I shudder at the thought.

Stop living in your foggy old-school bomb shelter and get with the times. Galaxy is the SMB3 of the 3D Mario's, and its just as good as my comparison game. Yeah, I went there.

Games of show: (from first to last)

#1 Super Mario Galaxy (the best Mario since SM64, and probably better)
#2 LittleBigPlanet (Sony has met Miyamoto standard with this one. Trust me)
#3 Phantom Hourglass (Guess what kiddies? The touch screen controls are perfect.)
#4 Call of Duty 4 (I never bought one of these, but I'm buying this one. Good lord)
#5 Condemned 2 (In other news, Sega strikes gold with most foul language in history of gaming)
#6 WipeOut HD (well duh. Its freaking WipeOut kthxbye)

[Dr. Doom]

I guess the MGS4 trailer was the highlight of the show for me. Like I said, hearing the english cast made it seem infinitely more familair and I related to it so much more than I had with the japanese voices. I mean, other that that, we didn't really get much else in the way of new info about the game. Basically just some convulsing soldiers, Meryl's indestructable hairdo, and the fight between Vamp and Raiden. So really it was mostly about the english voices for me. And all the stuff about PS3 exclusivity sorta crapped in my corn flakes too, so the show seemed pretty depressing overall from what I saw. Based on that, it's just kinda hard to go into a highlight of any sort. I mean, I wanna play Mario Kart, Galaxy and SC Legends, and Heavenly Sword actually looked pretty cool too, so there's probably a lot of really cool stuff I'm not remembering or didn't see. I dunno, the whole thing was just really weird.

[Krang]

What was everyone's game of the show? I have to go with Super Mario Galaxy and Ratchet & Clank. The only new announcement that got me excited was Echochrome.
Super Mario Galaxy for me, also. None of the other games interested me too much, except maybe Soul Calibur Legends.

Maybe it was decent, but all the best Mario games were 2d. Same goes for Sonic. I exaggerated a bit with the "terrible" thing, but 3d platformers don't have the staying power and fun factor that 2d platformers have.
I agree that 3D platformers can't quite compare to 2D platformers (in my opinion), but Mario 64 was still very fun, and I'm really looking forward to Galaxy.

Oh, and POST #2000! :D

[Spitfire]

Oh, and POST #2000! :D

Wow really makes me feel like a loser when I have over 3 times the posts of my Admin. :lol:

[ThirdMarioBro]

*looks at post count*

Dear lord. :lol:

[Hannah]

What was everyone's game of the show? I have to go with Super Mario Galaxy and Ratchet & Clank. The only new announcement that got me excited was Echochrome.
Galaxy for me, too, it looks amazing. And Phantom Hourglass- ohhh, I am so happy.

[R-iZZy]

The Phatom Hourglass gameplay footage definitely had me pumped for its release. Why we have to wait until October is beyond me, but I'm patient enough.