E3 2009 predictions/hopes.

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Originally Posted by ThirdMarioBro

I want a Banjo platformer, but it's probably a little soon. But like PJ said, I NEED a mascot-platformer. The whole damn genre just died. It's basically between Mario, Ratchet & Clank, and (thank God) Banjo. I heard there's a rumor Sony might drop a new Sly Cooper. Wouldn't argue with that.

A new Sly isn't going to do it for me. It's not a bad series, but it's not what I want. Ratchet is just...no. I don't even consider that a platformer, to be honest. Going through Tooie again, just as you are, the want for something new is overwhelming me. From what I've heard, they didn't change the ending of Tooie the way they did with the XBLA release of Banjo-Kazooie, and still mention Banjo-Threeie. So maybe that's one of those very slight Rare hints.

You're probably right that it's too soon for another new Banjo because of N&B, but Conker has had one fantastic game in his entire existence, so he's fresh for one. Of course, I wouldn't say no to a new Killer Instinct, but a fighting game isn't what I'm craving from Rare. Also, I'm pretty sure that KI sheet music was proved to be fake somewhere.

Originally Posted by Ben

But, mostly God of War III.

We've already seen a bunch of GoW3, but it'll be nice to see some actual gameplay. I'm looking for stuff we haven't seen, to be honest, so GoW isn't on the top of my excitement chart for E3.