The official E3 thread!

Toad64 · 05-10-2004, 06:47 PM

To whoever asked a while back, the E3 show started ten years ago this year. As to what games were shown, I'm not sure off the top of my head but I'll see if I can find out.

Ah, E3's almost here. I'm excited about everything Nintendo, and the new Kingdom Hearts II. Also, with the announcement that there should be a new TMNT game this October, Konami better be surprising us with a peak at the game!

[edit by Mike: try not to double post]

For anyone who's interested, I searched around through some Nintendo Power magazines and n-sider.com, and found some info on the E3's first show. Although everyone's saying E3 is ten this year, it seems the first show was in 1995.

Sony was showing off the new Playstation, with its titles like Ridge Racer, Tekken, and Wipeout. Sega was showing off its new Saturn, which it surprised everyone by announcing it was out as of that day. Meanwhile, Nintendo was showing off the Virual Boy, and wouldn't show the Nintendo Ultra 64 until that November at the Shoshinkai Show.

It's interesting to read the propaganda in the good ol' Nintendo Power magazine, as they were pretty sure they had nothing to worry about from
Sony. "The big story wasn't what anyone expected. Far from conquering the video game world, the next generation games from Sony and Sega didn't even measure up to the quality of Nintendo's Super NES duo of Killer Instinct and Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. Against the expensive 32-bit newcomers and their limited and mostly unfinished games, the SNES with its strong lineup of games from Nintendo and third party liscenses looked like a giant killer" It then goes on to list 20 or so games, of which I'd claim 5 I'd played and were great.

Ah, Nintendo. I love you so, but man, were you not ready for what was about to happen...

05-10-2004, 06:47 PM	#11
Toad64 Thug Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: NJ Posts: 54	To whoever asked a while back, the E3 show started ten years ago this year. As to what games were shown, I'm not sure off the top of my head but I'll see if I can find out. Ah, E3's almost here. I'm excited about everything Nintendo, and the new Kingdom Hearts II. Also, with the announcement that there should be a new TMNT game this October, Konami better be surprising us with a peak at the game! [edit by Mike: try not to double post] For anyone who's interested, I searched around through some Nintendo Power magazines and n-sider.com, and found some info on the E3's first show. Although everyone's saying E3 is ten this year, it seems the first show was in 1995. Sony was showing off the new Playstation, with its titles like Ridge Racer, Tekken, and Wipeout. Sega was showing off its new Saturn, which it surprised everyone by announcing it was out as of that day. Meanwhile, Nintendo was showing off the Virual Boy, and wouldn't show the Nintendo Ultra 64 until that November at the Shoshinkai Show. It's interesting to read the propaganda in the good ol' Nintendo Power magazine, as they were pretty sure they had nothing to worry about from Sony. "The big story wasn't what anyone expected. Far from conquering the video game world, the next generation games from Sony and Sega didn't even measure up to the quality of Nintendo's Super NES duo of Killer Instinct and Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. Against the expensive 32-bit newcomers and their limited and mostly unfinished games, the SNES with its strong lineup of games from Nintendo and third party liscenses looked like a giant killer" It then goes on to list 20 or so games, of which I'd claim 5 I'd played and were great. Ah, Nintendo. I love you so, but man, were you not ready for what was about to happen...