The Official E3 2009 Thread

[Peanut]

Since E3 is merely days away, I think it's time we got the official E3 thread going. Like every year, I'm sure as soon as something breaks, someone will end up posting it up quick-time. The time honored tradition continues, friends!

I'm gonna try and edit this post as much as possible when E3 rolls around so that we have a quick link to everything big when it goes down, as well. That way we won't have to swim through a bunch of posts to find specific things, and we can just point stragglers to the front of the thread for the latest stuff.

WHO'S EXCITED!?

Edit for announcements

Announcements

Sony

First God of War 3 gameplay shown. On-stage demo - Part 1 (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-god-of-war/50267) , Part 2 (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-god-of-war/50268)

The Last Guardian (Trico) announced. Trailer (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-the-last/50284)

PSP Go! officially announced. A smaller, UMD-less PSP. Conference reveal video (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-psp-go/50259)

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker announced for PSP. Trailer (http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/24968)

New Final Fantasy XIII trailer show. Trailer (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-final-fantasy/50266)

Final Fantasy XV announced, another online game. Exclusive to PS3.

Sony shows off a prototype of a camera/wand motion sensor. On-stage demo - Part 1 (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-playstation-3/50276), Part 2 (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-playstation-3/50277)

New game from Rockstar called Agent announced. Exclusive to PS3.

MAG, the 256-player FPS announced last year, shows up with a live demo. On-stage demo (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-mag/50270)

Nintendo

New Super Mario Bros Wii announced, a 4-player multiplayer NSMB. Comes out in the Fall. Trailer (http://www.giantbomb.com/new-super-mario-bros/17-756/)

New DS Golden Sun announced. Trailer (http://www.giantbomb.com/golden-sun-ds-trailer/17-754/)

Super Mario Galaxy 2 announced. Looks identical to the first Galaxy. Has Yoshi in it. G4 says 2010? Trailer (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-super-mario/50233?type=flv)

Metroid: Other M announced. 2.5D(?), maybe third-person w/ FPS elements, Metroid on the Wii developed by Nintendo and Team Ninja. 2010 Trailer (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-metroid-other/50237?type=flv)

Microsoft

Crackdown 2 announced. Trailer (http://www.giantbomb.com/crackdown-2-trailer/17-732/)

Left 4 Dead 2 announced (PC and 360 exclusive) with a November 17th release date. Trailer (http://www.giantbomb.com/left-4-dead-2-trailer/17-729/)

Final Fantasy XIII has a Spring 2010 release date on the 360. On-stage demo (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-final-fantasy/49972?type=flv)

Metal Gear Solid: Rising (Metal Gear game starring Raiden) announced. Teaser (http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/24894)

Halo 3: ODST is coming this year, comes with a beta-key for Reach multiplayer. On-stage demo (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-halo-3-odst/49975)

Halo: Reach announced (no details yet) Teaser (http://www.giantbomb.com/halo-reach-teaser-trailer/17-726/)

Alan Wake actually exists and should be out in 2009. On-stage demo (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-alan-wake/50062?type=flv)

Epic Games is making an XBLA title called Shadow Complex, a Metroidvania style game. Trailer (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-shadow-complex/50058?type=flv)

Splinter Cell: Conviction is out in the fall as a 360 exclusive. Gameplay (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-splinter-cell/50008)

Project "Natal" is announced. A full-body motion-sensing camera/microphone that lets you play games without any type of controller. On-stage demo (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-project-natal/50038?type=flv) and Creepy little kid by Lionhead thing (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-lionhead-milo/50016?type=flv)

XBLA Upcoming Titles, which was missing from the conference for some reason. Trailer (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-xbox-live/50077) Includes Spolsion Man, Shadow Complex, Turtles in Time Re-Shelled, MVC2, Battlefield 1943, Joy Ride, and Trails HD.

Other stuff

Monkey Island "Special Edition" remake coming to XBLA, and probably other places, plus new episodic Monkey Island stuff coming in the future. GiantBomb had a video up, but it doesn't seem to be working. Here's (http://www.giantbomb.com/tales-of-monkey-island-trailer/17-716/) the link anyways in case it comes back.

Red Steel 2 will come with Wii-Motion Plus. On-stage demo (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-red-steel-2/50099?type=flv)

Modern Warfare 2 has a November 10th release date, 360 will get 2 (timed) exclusive map packs. On-stage demo (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-modern-warfare/50101?type=flv)

Star Wars: The Old Republic has a trailer that blows away all three prequel movies combined. Here (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-star-wars/49937?type=flv)

Crysis 2 will be released on the 360 and PS3, as well as the PC.

Assassin's Creed 2 trailer (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-xbox-live/50077). Sony conference on-stage demo (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-assassins-creed/50252?type=flv)

[Archon_Turtle]

I'm pretty excited that it should be closer to what it used to be as opposed to what it has been the last couple years. We have an awesome booth this year! So if you're going, even if you aren't a fan of Disney games, come check out Disney Interactive Studios!! Split Second (brought to you by the developers of PURE) will be on display at the booth! From what I played, it is lining itself up to be a BurnOut killer! I'm really proud of it! Can't wait for you all to see for yourselves!

[Cure]

I'm pretty excited that it should be closer to what it used to be as opposed to what it has been the last couple years. We have an awesome booth this year! So if you're going, even if you aren't a fan of Disney games, come check out Disney Interactive Studios!! Split Second (brought to you by the developers of PURE) will be on display at the booth! From what I played, it is lining itself up to be a BurnOut killer! I'm really proud of it! Can't wait for you all to see for yourselves!

No one cares. Kingdom Hearts III or GTFO.

[Archon_Turtle]

No one cares. Kingdom Hearts III or GTFO.

That would be up to Square. We just do brand approvals for that title.

[Cure]

That would be up to Square. We just do brand approvals for that title.

Oh. Hahaha. But yeah, from what I've seen, Split Second does seem sweet. I got Pure recently, too, and I like that as well. I was just trying to get something outta ya. :P

[Archon_Turtle]

Oh. Hahaha. But yeah, from what I've seen, Split Second does seem sweet. I got Pure recently, too, and I like that as well. I was just trying to get something outta ya. :P

Wish I had more I could give ya :-) Unfortunately for you KH fans, I really like my job, so I can only comment on things that have been publicly released (I even double checked on Split Second before I mentioned it :-P).

[愛]

I'm ready for the awesome! I'd love to see more stuff for Kingdom Hearts, plus other random stuff. I'm also expecting Nintendo's conference to be as boring as last year's.

Do we have access to a premium account to somewhere like before for HQ streams?

[Archon_Turtle]

Being an MMO player, and DYING for a quality Sci-Fi MMO (I'm tired of killing bats, rats, and goblins) The Old Republic is #1 on my personal list of games I want more on. For those not familiar http://www.swtor.com/

[愛]

There was a game called Neocron that was released years back, and that had a sci-fi/cyberpunk feel to it. I played it for a bit, and it was pretty interesting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neocron

If you haven't already, check it out.

[Ninjinister]

No one cares. New, good Stitch game or GTFO.

Fixed.

I'm seein' a lot of good stuff being revealed pre-E3, what with Tatsunoko vs. Capcom confirmed for North America, plus Gladiator A.D., a new GTA DLC episode, the new Battlefront (although I'm not particularly into Star Wars nor own the handhelds it'll go to), and near-confirmation of another Metal Gear.

[Peanut]

Do we have access to a premium account to somewhere like before for HQ streams?

I'm not sure if we even need one, but Gamespot has all their stuff again this year, and we've got an account over there, so we'll have to hit them up. The first press conference is Microsoft at 10:30 am on Monday, so I'll probably take the day off to watch it.

[Deathknight]

Really hoping they announce New SMB2 for DS. I want something to look foward to this year.

[Barkworm]

I've been completely out of gaming for the last couple of months bacause of work and my move to another city. Nevertheless I'm really excited about this year's E3. It can't be worse than last year's anyway.

[ThirdMarioBro]

I'm betting that half of Nintendo's conference will be Nintendogs (Obama dog crap) and Wii Sports Resort, but there should be some goodies here and there. I heard a rumor that Kuju Entertainment was doing a Star Fox, but who the hell knows. There's also Retro. They've been working on something for going on a couple of years now. Also, Intelligent Systems has been idle for some time. They've got three teams: Team Emblem who just does an endless stream of Fire Emblem games. Then there's Team Battle Clash and another one whose name I can't remember (Paper Mario team). Save for that Wario Ware game on DSi, I can't think of anything either have put out since Super Paper Mario.

Part of me prays they dig up a real sequel to Metroid Fusion, but the cynical and realistic half of me knows that 2D Metroid is probably done. LucasArts is probably doing a compilation of the (fu*king amazing) Rogue Squadron games, but I'm still burned over the cancellation of Battlefront 3.

Really hoping they announce New SMB2 for DS. I want something to look foward to this year.

They really have no excuse. I mean, for God's sake, the game actually dethroned Super Mario Bros. 3.

I've been completely out of gaming for the last couple of months bacause of work and my move to another city. Nevertheless I'm really excited about this year's E3. It can't be worse than last year's anyway.

Exact same thing with me. It's coming to an end now though.

[Peanut]

LucasArts is probably doing a compilation of the (fu*king amazing) Rogue Squadron games, but I'm still burned over the cancellation of Battlefront 3.

It wasn't canceled, it changed development teams. Count on that.

[poiuytre]

No one cares. Kingdom Hearts III or GTFO.
I wouldn't count on a Kingdom Hearts 3 this generation. Tetsuya Nomura and his team are too busy with Final Fantasy Versus XIII and overseeing Birth by Sleep and 358/2 Days on the handhelds. By the time all these games hit the shelves, the next console cycle will probably be right around the corner.

[Peanut]

The Microsoft conference is very soon! PUMPED!

[Cure]

Beatles Rock Band. Not a good start.

[The Stryker]

More like Modern TERRIBLE.

L4D 2!!!!!

[Cure]

L4d2! Nice.

[poiuytre]

Checking out facebook-pictures of other people's dogs on my 360. Finally.

[Peanut]

Checking out facebook-pictures of other people's dogs on my 360. Finally.

Sour that your precious Sony lost yet another of their "exclusive" titles?

That sh*t was dumb, but the conference was pretty good. Nothing from Rare, which was a huge disappointment, and not much on the XBLA front, but that's ok. They showed a lot of neat stuff.

[poiuytre]

My precious Sony? My PS3 has practically been demoted to Bluray player ever since I bought a 360. I can only hope Sony releases some surprises from Japanese developers at their conference tomorrow to change that.

The conference was decent, but I'm not sold on the eyetoy thing. It looked neat for navigating the menus, but incredibly rough and inaccurate in most of their other live demonstrations. All this motion nonsense better not rob developers away from normal games. Playing through Nuts and Bolts right now made the absence of Rare disappointing too. :(

I am very glad to see the new Metal Gear game isn't for a handheld tho. Rumors had it pinned for a PSP release and while the PSP MG games were great, they're just not the same.

[Peanut]

My precious Sony? My PS3 has practically been demoted to Bluray player ever since I bought a 360. I can only hope Sony releases some surprises from Japanese developers at their conference tomorrow to change that.

So all the Sony defense you used to come in here with took the boot once you got a 360. Nice to know.

Edit: Microsoft just announced that they're going to doing digital distribution on full 360 games. So far, Mass Effect, Assassin's Creed and BioShock were mentioned, but they said the service will launch with at least 30 titles.

[Archon_Turtle]

The no download streaming deal is pretty sweet, and the Lionhead tech demo of natal was pretty wicked provided that those reactions from the boy weren't scripted. I just hope the tech works better than the eyetoy.

[Brodie]

I'm pretty pleased. L4D was awesome, and pretty unexpected. Its not Dead Rising 2, but its zombies and its great.

[Madmangamer364]

The conference was decent, but I'm not sold on the eyetoy thing. It looked neat for navigating the menus, but incredibly rough and inaccurate in most of their other live demonstrations. All this motion nonsense better not rob developers away from normal games. Playing through Nuts and Bolts right now made the absence of Rare disappointing too. :(

Yeah, that was my impression of MS' showing this year, as well. Don't get me wrong... I thought it had it's appeal, but I wasn't blown away by anything. I'll give MS props for being extremely aggressive with its game lineup early on, although I personally could have used a better balance in genres and the kind of games that were displayed. As someone that has been looking into getting an Xbox 360 one day, I can't say I was terribly excited to see that many of the games shown were sequels and/or follow-ups to the same or similar games the system has pushed the most since day one. A Rare title would have probably helped, but they were a no-show this year.


As for Project Naval, while it's sure to get it's fair share of hype, it didn't make me fall out of my seat or anything. Considering how comfortable many third party developers are with the Xbox 360, being almost four years old, I don't know how many of them will be willing to branch away to create games with the add-on in mind. I think that's a huge key as to how successful this thing will become. I'm also glad I wasn't the only one that thought the project still appears to be a little rough around the edges. It's not too difficult to see what MS is trying to do, but I don't know if it's going to be as easy as they might think.

Overall, I actually enjoyed this year's conference more than their showing last year. As far as my personal tastes go, I wasn't so thrilled, but I can't take away the fact that MS' approach was solid. It's just too bad I didn't have speakers to hear anything... :P

[Mr. Snackpants]

L4D2 was very surprising. Not sure how I feel about it yet though.

[Mr. Snackpants]

Oh Wow. The Star Wars:Old Republic trailer just f*cking pwned!!!!

[GK Punk]

Where is that trailer at?

[poiuytre]

Right here. (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-star-wars/49936) It's indeed very well directed.

[GK Punk]

Wow, that was amazing. If I wasn't already stoked for that game, I would be now.

[Archon_Turtle]

right here. (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-star-wars/49936) it's indeed very well directed.

do want!!!

[Peanut]

Yeah, seriously. I got shivers while watching that during the presser. Absolutely fantastic.

[Archon_Turtle]

holy god could James Cameron talk any more? *hangs self*

[Ninjinister]

Thank God I missed Cameron and tuned in just in time for Red Steel 2. I'm likin' it.

[Peanut]

And this awesome Pele soccer game. SO AMAZING!

[Ninjinister]

And this awesome Pele soccer game. SO AMAZING!

Looks better than the Atari version, at least. A lot more movement.

EDIT: Oh... so there actually is a trailer.

[Peanut]

This is easily the worst conference of the day, thus far. I was really looking forward to seeing what they had, but this is painful. Even EA's 30 minutes of games for little girls didn't suck this bad.

[Ninjinister]

G4's choice of abbreviation for "Standard Rates" (I hope it's not a global abbreviation) is abysmal...

"STD RTS".

New Splinter Cell looks somewhat interesting, but I'll probably never play it.

[Peanut]

I think it looks fantastic. Sucks they showed the exact same thing as they did at the 360 conference, but I'm totally into it.

[Ninjinister]

I didn't catch Microsoft's conference, so it was all new to me.

"Let's talk about casual games..."

S***. Wake me when they get to Re-Shelled or Smash-Up.

[Peanut]

Don't count on it.

Now I take it back, this sh*t is even worse than the EA conference.

[Ninjinister]

I hate this guy more than Reggie.

[Peanut]

Here comes TMNT, dawgs! I hope it's great.

[Ninjinister]

Probably the same stuff we saw earlier this week on various sites, but I hope there's at least something exclusive.

[The Shelf]

Where are you guys watching this stuff at?

[GK Punk]

So I guess we know what characters are in the game.

[Ninjinister]

Crap. That was the same trailer from Gamespot last week. I mean, I knew they were going to air that trailer, but I hoped for something more... like some employee actually playing the game.

[Peanut]

First time I saw it and it looks f*cking terrible. Interest completely destroyed.

[Ninjinister]

I think it looks decent for what they'll let us see. I was overall disappointed by their conference, though. That was incredibly lame. Who's next?

[Peanut]

The character models automatically drain all my interest from the game.

Anyways, you're right, that conference was really bad. They could have at least dropped some AC2 gameplay, but no, another stupid CG trailer.

We're done conferences for today, but Nintendo is tomorrow morning, followed by Sony. I don't think any of the other conferences will be up for watching anywhere.

[Archon_Turtle]

That was a train wreck. I want that 2 hours of my life back.

[The Shelf]

I just watched the Mass Effect 2 trailer.

:eyemouth::eyemouth::eyemouth:

Simply amazing! I can't wait!

[Mr. Snackpants]

First time I saw it and it looks f*cking terrible. Interest completely destroyed.

I had the same reaction. I've seen nothing more than a few screens. This looks like **** and unless something drastically changes my mind or I have a ton of cash to blow I'll be skipping this.

[Peanut]

Just to let everyone know, I'm editing the first post to try and throw in as much stuff as I can grab so if there's something someone is looking for, we can just point them in that direction.

[Ninjinister]

Just in case someone cares, Kotaku reports Metal Gear Solid Rising will be on 360, PS3, and PC.

[Peanut]

I didn't hear the PC part, but G4 confirmed pretty fast that it was getting a PS3 release.

Edit: I posted this on the front, but just in case: This (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-xbox-live/50077) XBLA releases trailer has footage of re-shelled.

[Ninjinister]

I didn't hear the PC part, but G4 confirmed pretty fast that it was getting a PS3 release.

Edit: I posted this on the front, but just in case: This (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-xbox-live/50077) XBLA releases trailer has footage of re-shelled.

Yay decent (if short) footage.

This is the first I've heard of Splosion Man... that looks fun, reminds me of the sort of game N is... kind of one of those off-the-wall platform puzzlers.

[ThirdMarioBro]

You think the Ubisoft conf. was bad? Try sitting through it live. The damn theater had no air conditioning. We kept passing out. Sascha fell asleep on my shoulder twice during Cameron's ****ing speech. The show almost ran two hours, but it was longer for us because we spent 45 minutes in the registration line. Not digging MW2 yet. So far it looks like an action movie which kinda' goes against everything I loved about the first one. EA's show blew until Old Republic showed up. That fanfare went off and I almost got a boner in the theater. It looked amazing.

EA's show was terrible though. When Charm Girls Club showed up, the guys just started laughing at the sight of tween girls pumping the remotes up and down while the hair on the screen gets bigger. It was so wrong, but so damn funny. Jesus, it was like the fu*king Brats Dolls knocked up the Babysitters Club.

http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/857/poster53618590.jpg

Am I the only one who was laughing so hard at how badly Ringo and Paul didn't want to be at MS's this morning? I actually think Project Natal looks cool. Its like what I think Nintendo would have done for the next Wii, but on a machine with decent specs and a dev community that isn't brain-dead. If it works as well as the videos showed (and not like a freaking Sega Activator 2.0), then it should be fun here and there. I guess we'll find out tomorrow with the closed-doors appointment.

[Ra]

...okay, seriously, what the hell is up with those tweens and those remotes? :|

A few things have peeked my interest from the front page, but... eh. Generally I tend to ignore E3 though. Sounds like it's been a bit crap the past few years anyway.

Goddamn excited about Monkey Island though.

[Dr. Doom]

I'm actually really upset about not having Zoey, Bill, Francis and Louis in L4D2. I got so used to having them around in the frist game that the idea of playing as other characters (even though it makes sense since it's a different location) is like a rug being pulled out from under me. That being said, I've already called dibs on the guy in the suit.

As for everything else so far, the Old Republic trailer was pretty appetizing, and I'm glad I got to see more of Turtles in Time, albeit just a slight glimpse, and I'd be lying if I said the idea of more avatar stuff didn't excite me, since I'm a whore like that. That all being said though, it doesn't really seem like Microsoft's press conference really knocked everyone on their asses like people were hoping it would. Even I find myself surprisingly underwhelmed by MGSR, but maybe I just need to see more of it to have it really grab me.

EDIT: Also, seeing something from Mass Effect 2 was exciting and Beatles Rock Band looks beautiful.

[Peanut]

That all being said though, it doesn't really seem like Microsoft's press conference really knocked everyone on their asses like people were hoping it would.

So far, I've heard nothing but "Microsoft did it right." from the gaming press.

[Brodie]

Tmb: "new mario! I love nintendo again! I always said they'd come out on top!"

[Mr. Snackpants]

I'm just home on my lunch break right now but this Nintendo conference is god awful. Wii Motion Plus!!! OMG here is a video to demonstrate...oh wait it's video of the WiiMote from 360 degrees. YAY more Wii Fit!!

Is the NSMB on the Wii just like the one from the DS but with multiplayer? Or is it an entirely new game? I didn't catch it.


F*ck Nintendo.

[GK Punk]

I got a text message from Corey this morning saying she bumped in to TMB lol.

[Cure]

Wii Vitality Sensor! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!



:cry:

[Ninjinister]

NSMBW is what I've been waiting for. I don't care if I get stuck playing as a Toad; this is awesomesauce.

EDIT: Mario Galaxy 2?! I don't even have the first one yet!

[Cure]

Mario Galaxy 2 was such a spit in the face. It should have been f*cking DLC.

[Peanut]

Nintendo conference was a load of f*cking ****. NSMB Wii looks decent, but I've played that god damn game for 20 years at this point.

Mario Galaxy 2 reeks of a rush job. The fanboys are crying, so throw more levels together and sell it at full-price. It even had some of the same bosses in it.

The only good thing they had was the 2.5D Metroid. Nintendo is f*cking fail again this year.

[愛]

Nintendo's conference was just one big troll for every core player out there.

[GK Punk]

The only good thing they had was the 2.5D Metroid. Nintendo is f*cking fail again this year.

Wait what?

[Peanut]

Wait what?

There's a brand new Metroid coming, and it looks really hot. No video up yet, but I'll get it up to you as soon as it pops up. I knew you'd be the first one excited about it.

[Mecha Cow]

I don't know how they managed to hold such a clusterf*ck of a conference for the third year in a row, but they did. I think we can safely say Nintendo sucks now. A lot.

[ThirdMarioBro]

I got a text message from Corey this morning saying she bumped in to TMB lol.

Yep, lol. Saw Stuttering Craig and James Rolfe in the Nintendo line and started looking for her. :)

Just played Spirit Tracks on the floor. Balls. March of the Minis 2 looks passable, but I'd rather have a classic DK94 game. New SMB2 is something I've been crying over since last year. Glad to see its a full retail game and not a WiiWare title (size issues and all). Didn't see Mario Galaxy 2 coming, but its welcome. Sure, its essentially a DLC pack, but whatever. New platformers are rare in these times and I'd never turn down a chance to ride Yoshi in 3D done right (glares at Sunshine). And the first one was so damned good anyway, it felt like there was more they could do with the engine.

I honestly thought it was through there. The Metroid video caught me completely off guard. Saw the Team Ninja logo in space and started looking for Metroid clues. Knew it was Samus when she appeared and put the Team Ninja artistic filter on it in my head. Story driven, 2.5D and some first person sections (full voice acting)...looks fu*king amazing.

Well, I'm off to play with Project Natal at the Microsoft appointment, then I'm heading to Konami to play Turtles in Time.

[Peanut]

Metroid: Other M trailer (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-metroid-other/50237?type=flv)

[Ninjinister]

Maybe I'm just retarded, but so far Nintendo's conference has had the most that's interested me.

Anyway, Sony's starting.

[Duke]

I'm really hoping the new Mario and Luigi: Bowswer's Inside Story returns the charm of Superstar Saga and doesn't turn out like Partners in Time.

I really wish Nintendo would give Luigi some love and release a sequel to Luigi's Mansion or finally deliver a Paper Luigi or something.

[Cure]

Maybe I'm just retarded, but so far Nintendo's conference has had the most that's interested me.

That's not surprising at all.

[Ninjinister]

That's not surprising at all.

That I'm retarded, or that it interests me?

Never mind, knowing you, the answer is obvious.

[poiuytre]

My impressions from Nintendo:

- I eagerly await Golden Sun DS. Big fan of the two previous games.
- Metroid Gaiden certainly grabbed my attention. It is a bit weird to see Nintendo's only strong female lead in the hands of the industry's most notorious sexists tho.
- NSMB Wii looked and felt like it should have been a DS game and could possibly have the worst title of all time. Not to mention all of that 4D build-up that fell out of that host's mouth really gave the game an extra coating of underwhelming that it didn't need.
- Mario & Luigi 3 wasn't anything new, but the JRPG fan in me couldn't help but smile.
- The Mario Galaxy sequel looked alright. I wasn't the biggest fan of the original but since my wife will want it for sure, it automatically bumped itself into my To Play list. I expected a much bigger reaction for this title tbh.
- FF:Crystal Bearers was nothing new but looked great. Very poor hackjob of a trailer tho. Most anticipated Wii title so far.
- All those rail-shooters made were meh. Don't care for the genre anyway.
- Yasuhiro Wada's game was strangely absent again this year. It was announced a few years back and sounded cool from the interviews. I hope it's not cancelled or anything.
- Retro studios' non-Metroid title MIA.
- That Another Code game was MIA too
- Don't care for Wii Fit+ or Wii Sports Resort. Those releases don't need my support anyways.

All in all I knew Nintendo was going to spend half their conference chatting up their new non-gamer audience, but even with plenty of real big games it was painful to watch. The real games had too much of a Mario presence for my liking but Nintendo's always been like that I guess. There were plenty of surprises which made the presentation's content far from bad, but it just not fun to sit through. In strong contrast with Microsoft's who might have had all their big new material leaked, but had an entertaining conference.

[The Stryker]

Who DOESN'T wanna know if their heart is beating? Wii can finally let me know!

[GK Punk]

Metroid: Other M trailer (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-metroid-other/50237?type=flv)

Wow... I need to buy a Wii by the time that comes out.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Haha, yep. I was sitting there thinking, "GK is going to run out and get a Wii right after he sees that." :)

I'm watching the stream of the Sony conf. Couldn't get in. They overbooked it again. Dealing with the publishers is a pain in the ass. With Microsoft, you act rude. If you act rude and like you're supposed to be there, they'll let you in. with Sony, you've got to be really polite and apolagetic. Usually works, but not this time. Room was too small. as for Nintendo, if you're not on the list, they throw you out. Period. I happened to be on the list.

[GK Punk]

Haha, yep. I was sitting there thinking, "GK is going to run out and get a Wii right after he sees that." :)


Man I love how well you guys know my love for Metroid :lol:

[Cure]

Man I love how well you guys know my love for Metroid :lol:

We know each other pretty well, homie. That's how we roll.

[The Shelf]

Mario Galaxy 2 was such a spit in the face. It should have been f*cking DLC.

That's exactly what most Left 4 Dead players are saying about L4D2.

[Cure]

That's exactly what most Left 4 Dead players are saying about L4D2.

Yeah, after the excitement wore off, I thought the same thing. I'll still end up buying both, though.

[Peanut]

That's exactly what most Left 4 Dead players are saying about L4D2.

It's the same kind of situation, yeah. Both games are shady moves.

[Ninjinister]

The PSP Go! is such a piece of garbage.

EDIT: What? Four Big Bosses?

[poiuytre]

Enough with the montages, you're not Rocky.
::edit::
And don't make announcements if you have nothing more to show than a logo.
::edit::
Assassin's Creed II and FFXIII look amazing.

[Peanut]

Assassin's Creed II just blew my mind. I loved the first game, but this one looks even better. So hyped for it.

Edit: The announcement of FF14 before 13 is even out is so retarded, despite the fact that it's an online game.

And now this motion sensing thing is really REALLY bad.

[poiuytre]

Holy crap, FFXIV!!!!!!
::edit::
...Online. :( I should have known better. This is most likely FFXIII Rapture renamed.

[Ninjinister]

Assassin's Creed II just blew my mind. I loved the first game, but this one looks even better. So hyped for it.

I haven't even played the first one, and I'm psyched for this new one.

And I can't believe they actually announced FFXIV - online or not.

[The Shelf]

I dunno guys. I'm a little bit stoked that all the consoles are focusing on this motion-sensing stuff. It will get more developers used to making games this way so we can finally start getting some decent games that use it. I'm still waiting for a good Jedi-dueling game or martial-arts game. Heck, even that sword and shield demo Sony showed looks like it could be a good starting point for a large-scale medieval hack-and-slasher.

[Peanut]

That racing game was totally awesome. Not specifically the racing aspect, but the track creating looked really great.

[poiuytre]

I prefer the old designs of the boy and the guardian so much more. The backgrounds look much nicer now tho. The Last Guardian trailer and Assassin's Creed II demo saved the conference from being a predictable snorefest. Leaks and premature press reveals really hurt them.
::edit::
Eep. God of War 3 is brutal.

[Peanut]

Both The Last Guardian and God of War 3 looked FANTASTIC! 2010, though. Seemingly like everything shown this year.

[Ninjinister]

Both The Last Guardian and God of War 3 looked FANTASTIC!

I concur! Almost makes me want to run out and get a PS3 now.

[Cure]

So everyone's best and worst conferences? The best was MS for sure, but it wasn't perfect.

[Peanut]

Microsoft > Nintendo > Sony

Unless I pull the AC2 trailer out from Sony, then the gap between Nintendo and Sony lessens.

Edit: They showed the absolute worst part of NSMB Wii at the press conference. Go watch the trailer I linked in the first post, it shows single-player, including new suits, and the return of Yoshi! Yoshi disappears from the Mario games for years, shows up for a bit in Sunshine, then disappears again, only to come back in two brand new games the way he was meant to be played.

That officially changes my stance on the press-conferences.

[Duke]

I am excited about the return of Yoshi to a Mario game but I don't really like the helicopter suit. Why not give us a tail or cape if Mario needs to fly? I did kind of like the penguin suit though. Ice balls would be a nice contrast to the normal fire balls. I'd love to see the return of some classic powerups though like a Kuribo Shoe or Hammer Brothers suit.

[Peanut]

I said the exact same thing about the propeller suit. Make it the leaf or feather if you want to fly.

[raphael_is_cool]

Just thought I'd say, that Old Republic trailer was EPIC!

[Raven]

Yea, Old Republic is looking really good.

Of course Im excited for the MGS titles, Peace Walker sounds kind of weird, I wish that was the ps3 and 360 game instead of rising.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Koopa Kids are back! I just played all 10 demo levels at the Nintendo booth and Morton Koopa Jr. was at the end of the castle! Fu*king win!

http://gonintendo.com/wp-content/photos/thumb_Koopa_Kids.jpg

Almost came in my pants. Suck it Bowser Jr.!

[Peanut]

AMAZING! Thanks for that news, man. So looking forward to NSMB Wii now. I hope it gets a f*cking name change before it comes out. New Super Mario World would have been better.

BTW, how does the game look? Is it really sharp?

[ThirdMarioBro]

It's amazing looking. Videos don't do it justice. Smooth as silk and full of life. I'm not convinced the "Toads" in multiplayer are final characters. They look like placeholders for something else. In fact, the whole setup looked temporary.

Old Yoshi sound effects from SMW/Yoshi's Island are FINALLY included as well. Yoshi Flutter jump enabled.

[Peanut]

Placeholder music, or do they have some good stuff in there? I saw a castle stage with the NSMB theme playing in it, so I'm guessing that's all they've got in there for the E3 demo.

I'm hoping the toads are placeholder, too. At least one of them could be replaced by Peach.

Edit: Shiggy just showed artwork for a new Wii Zelda during his Q&A session. Hopefully someone snapped a picture of it on the sly.

[Brodie]

This is all very exciting. I missed Mario.

[ThirdMarioBro]

The music was definitely placeholder, but it sounded very Super Mario World like. It even had some SMW instruments/samples mixed in there. More news on Zelda later. Got to go eat.

[Cure]

I'm kinda disappointed it's adult Link again in the new Zelda.

[Ninjinister]

It's amazing looking. Videos don't do it justice. Smooth as silk and full of life. I'm not convinced the "Toads" in multiplayer are final characters. They look like placeholders for something else. In fact, the whole setup looked temporary.


I was hoping for this. There are obviously more deserving characters than two Toads. One, maybe. But two: NO.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Throw out the yellow Toad and give me Peach. The Zelda concept art looked fu*king amazing. 2009 is going to be a hell'va year.

[Archon_Turtle]

Day one was kind of my overview day, so I could see what I wanted to play tomorrow. Really all I stopped to play was Batman, and, though skeptical at first, I really like it. Anyway, the pictures and video I DID take will be uploading the this folder (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v247/JNCOPosterboy/E3/2009/) (the pictures are up, I'm gonna let the video upload while i sleep, but it should pop in there as it loads).

In the mean time, I thought you guys would get a kick out of this picture. Me and my buddy andrew were roaming around and bumped into Kaz, so we got a quick picture. He was really gracious and thanked me for the work I did on LBP (We worked on a pirates content pack).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/JNCOPosterboy/E3/2009/100_2321.jpg

[ThirdMarioBro]

We gotta' meet up tomorrow. I'll be at:

Konami from 10:00 - 11:00
D3 from 11:00-12:00
Nintendo: 12:00-2:15
Namco from 2:30-3:30
Natsume: 4:30-5:00


I basically look exactly like my profile pic.

[Archon_Turtle]

I basically look exactly like my profile pic.

Sweet deal man! For a second I thought you meant the A-Ha profile pic :-P

[ThirdMarioBro]

Heh, I wish. I'd sure as hell get laid a lot more often.

[Duke]

The fact the Koopa kids are back is fantastic and I totally agree the name needs to be changed. It's such a stupid title. Also if they replace one toad with Peach I'd be happy. That would give it a nice SMB2 feel if only in playable characters.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Got back and played more SMB while ago. Yoshi is in one of the demo levels. I was eating berries, slurping up the other players and spitting them into hammer bros. Larry Koopa was at the end of the other castle stage. Dead to Rights is a fu*king gore fest. Love it. Dark Void is probably one of the most underrated titles at the show. It was a mess last year, but now its shaping up nice. Turtles in Time isn't here, but MvC2 was and its totally intact. Tatsunoko vs. Capcom looks a hell'va a lot better in person than crappy Youtube vids.

[Mecha Cow]

I don't suppose No More Heroes 2 is playable?

[ThirdMarioBro]

Can't find it anywhere.

[Ninjinister]

They've got official renders of the two Toads, and they're in press releases. Barring a drastic change, it looks like they're here to stay.

I read somewhere that the North American version of Tatsunoko vs. Capcom is dropping one character for five new ones. I don't care who is being dropped, I'll take five new ones - even if they're crap.

[Raven]

I might be the only one here, but Im pretty excited for the Beatles Rock Band game.

[Ninjinister]

I might be the only one here, but Im pretty excited for the Beatles Rock Band game.

S*** man, I'm a huge Beatles fan. It's just that if I were to get it, I'd have to get the full version, with all of the instruments. And I just can't afford that.

[Peanut]

I read somewhere that the North American version of Tatsunoko vs. Capcom is dropping one character for five new ones. I don't care who is being dropped, I'll take five new ones - even if they're crap.

Seth Killian said that the press release where that was stated is horsesh*t, and was actually released by accident. He said they're looking at updating the roster, but nothing is set in stone.

[Ninjinister]

Seth Killian said that the press release where that was stated is horsesh*t, and was actually released by accident. He said they're looking at updating the roster, but nothing is set in stone.

Aw, f***.....

[Peanut]

In other news...Kojima is making a Castlevania game (http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3174606).

I had heard the rumor...but damn. Still unexpected.

[Ninjinister]

Heaven knows if it'll be any good. The other 3D Castlevania games I've played have been "good" at best. I hope they finally get this one right. I love SotN as much as the next guy, but I'm tired of hearing the fanboys and girls whining when one that isn't the same ol' 2D is released... as if that hasn't been everything released on portables this past decade.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Oh well, looks like that's the end of the run of 2D Metroid-vanias. Not too sad though. They were on the verge of burnout anyway.

Cool though that Metroid & Castlevania are both getting a full retro-haul together at the hand of legendary studios.

[Mecha Cow]

The trailer to that looks really cool. I can't say it really feels like Castlevania to me, but I don't care about that.

[poiuytre]

This project gives me many mixed feelings. The Castlevania fan in me hopes Kojima Productions will do more than just overseeing this project, but that question answers itself going by how many projects they're already working on. :ohwell: MercurySteam by themselves gives me little hope given their abysmal track record. That said, I'm relieved it isn't Igarashi giving 3D another shot. He tried many times and he tried hard, but he just couldn't get it right.

Going by the trailer and name, they're turning the series into the God of War-clone for better or worse. Not really digging the main character design either. He looks like anime Aragorn in bright red. His clothing lacks the style and class of Ayami Kojima's designs. I hope she at least will do the promotional artwork. Keeping my fingers crossed for a Michiru Yamane soundtrack too, rather than the generic epic music one that I'm fully excepting right now.

Oh well... Whether I like it or not, this was destined to happen if the series wanted to survive. 2D Castlevania in all its iterations might rock, but for the last few years it only gets issued minuscule budgets and got stuck with the self-fulfilling prophecy where it doesn't sell because it because they're so low-budget. Please let this one be good. :cry:

[raphael_is_cool]

Just Cause 2 certainly looks fun
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-just-cause-2/50740?ref=playerfeat

The first one looked great, but it got repetitive pretty quickly.

[Cure]

So the Zelda artwork was leaked, but the site I was on wanted to "respect" Nintendo's wishes and not show it. Pfft. Anyone have it/seen it/know where it is?

[Mecha Cow]

The only thing floating around is a tiny, blurry image. You can barely make out anything other than that it appears to use the same art style as in Twilight Princess.

[Peanut]

2D Castlevania in all its iterations might rock, but for the last few years it only gets issued minuscule budgets and got stuck with the self-fulfilling prophecy where it doesn't sell because it because they're so low-budget. Please let this one be good. :cry:

The reason for the (relatively) poor sales have nothing to do with a low-budget. It also has to do with the fact that they started pumping them out seemingly non-stop, and as fun as Castlevania can be, they're pretty much all the same thing. People just got tired of that formula. The same way they did when Mega Man had a sequel every year.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Just Cause 2 is fun. Probably the most fun I've had with a sand box in a long time. That parachute makes all the difference. grapple to car, plant C4, pull chute, press detinator. Freaking rawsome. Ghostbusters gameplay is quite possibly the biggest shock. Its so damned fun. We had the director in the hotel last night for a podcast, and he hooked us up today with the full version of the game. Me and Matt just sat in the room for two hours and played all the way to Stay Puff. The script is freaking amazing. You can tell Bill Murray basically adlibbed half the best jokes. It feels authentic. That's all I can say. They busted their asses to make it come back to life.

Oh, they had Mario hooked up to the surround system today, and you could hear Yoshi's classic sound effects from SMW restored. You know, the "Pree-Proo" sound it makes when you jump on his back they retired after MK64? It's finally back. I missed it.

Yeah, I'm a nerd.

[Dr. Doom]

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2009/06/fullzelda.jpg

BAM!

[Ra]

HO DAMN!! *floored*

DO WANT.

[ThirdMarioBro]

The one Shiggy showed us didn't have the logo on it. But whatever. Same art.


Damn. 2009 is going to be Wii's freaking AAAA year.

[Peanut]

Damn. 2009 is going to be Wii's freaking AAAA year.

Yeah, cause Wii Sports Resort and New Super Mario Bros Wii make for a PACKED 2009. Maybe you mean 2010?

[Mecha Cow]

There's no way the new Zelda will come out in 2009 anyway.

[Duke]

I really agree with what Tycho at penny arcade said about Microsoft's project natal

In general, the freaky-deaky augmented video mechanisms presented by Microsoft and Sony are inert for us - that is to say, we have no reaction to them whatsoever. Absent anything beyond minigames and puppet shows, I don't know how to contextualize this technology. I can't be certain that it has ramifications of any kind for the games I like to play, the ones my friends like to play, or for the games that built this industry.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Yeah, cause Wii Sports Resort and New Super Mario Bros Wii make for a PACKED 2009. Maybe you mean 2010?

I meant 2010. Sorry. 09 is going to blow as hard as usual.

[Brodie]

Aside from NSMBW

[Mecha Cow]

To be honest, the new Zelda probably won't make 2010 either. :lol:

[愛]

So who's up for NSMBW online? Oh wait.

http://kotaku.com/5278060/no-online-play-for-new-super-mario-bros

All of its processing power? Yeah, rendering those graphics must be really hard. 4 players on one screen, wow!

[ThirdMarioBro]

Yeah, that's fu*king bullsh*t. They have no excuse. I was looking forward to dropping guy's asses into pits. When everybody starts playing against each other, there was rampant cursing and hilarious nerd fights on the show floor. They should just call it "Super Mario Bros. Asshole".

[XERO]

Yeah, that's fu*king bullsh*t. They have no excuse. I was looking forward to dropping guy's asses into pits. When everybody starts playing against each other, there was rampant cursing and hilarious nerd fights on the show floor. They should just call it "Super Mario Bros. Asshole".

And that's what we call "doin' da Mario." :lol:

I'm totally lovin' the GOWIII demos, BTW.

[ThirdMarioBro]

I'm at Denver about to get back on a connecting flight home. Been a hell'va week. I'm so happy to see the old E3 alive and well. I honestly thought it was done, but this was one of the best in a LONG time. I almost didn't make it to for a dozen personal reasons, but I'm glad I did.

me and the Kombo gang went and got trashed last night at a Sushi bar. I downed so much Saki that I wound up hurling twice on the way to the Arclight. Watching The Hangover is a trip when you're drunk. Came home, wrote up some previews, and took a two hour nap before leaving for LAX.

My two games of show would have to be Heavy Rain and God of War 3. Really didn't expect that one to be playable, let alone on the floor without an appointment or anything.

[Peanut]

Heavy Rain has some cool ideas, mostly revolving around its story, but it's just Indigo Prophecy. I don't know how people can b*tch so much about QTE's, then when a game comes along that's nothing but, there's all this hype around it. OH IT LOOKS SO GOOD, THOUGH! Who cares? Watch a movie.

[Cure]

This sums up what we all thought when we saw The Last Guardian...

http://penny-arcade.com/images/2009/20090608.jpg

[XERO]

Brutal. :lol:

[Brodie]

Brutal, but absolutely true.

[Peanut]

This sums up what we all thought when we saw The Last Guardian...

Whether we know it's coming or not, I'll probably still get upset about it. Agro's death raped my heart in SotC.

[Mutated Turtle]

is starwars battle front 3 gonna be released? i hope it wasent canceled. i have starwars battle front 1 and 2 for ps2 if starwars battle front 3 is true i hope they at least make for xbox 360 so it can have xbox live. they need to make a family guy the video game 2 that would be epic! i hope bungie puts the halo 1 pistol in halo:reach:|

[Peanut]

1) Both Battlefront games were on Xbox, and both were Live enabled, so...yeah.
2) There is a Family Guy game, and it's awful.
3) The Halo:CE pistol is in ODST.