Topic: Nintendo to Announce New Titles for Core Gamers at E3

[Kairon]

Nintendo cares nothing about continuity. Accepting this is a major event in a Nintendo fans life. If they can't accept this, they become Squaresoft fans.

[stevey]

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[Smoke39]

why is there still an argument?

Because you keep trying to contest it:

whatever, that 1 little blurb in WW is not enough for me

If you don't want to argue about it, then stop arguing about it.  Dur.

[animecyberrat]

I did, you brought it back up.

[animecyberrat]

So then Toon Link isn't a descendant of NES Link?

[stevey]

No, the King of Red Lions say WW Link isn't related to any other previous Link

[NWR_Lindy]

I just want Nintendo to do something unpredictable.  I feel like every one of their game announcements makes me say, "Wow, what a surprise" <rolls eyes>.

I'd love for them to announce a hardcore RPG, or an all-new first-person shooter with killer online play and a cool storyline.  Games like that really don't exist on Wii, at least not in the form of "AAA" titles created by Nintendo themselves.  There's B-level third-party stuff like Red Steel and Baroque, but nothing on a quality level of Metroid Prime 3 or Super Mario Galaxy.

[GoldenPhoenix]

Wii Fit sure was predictable. Right?

Seriously Nintendo has been quite unpredictable at E3 lately even if some people may not be pleased with the reveal (Using the gaming snobs). Wii Fit blew people away when it was announced even if the annoying few complained about it, it was a media sensation.

Also I'm waiting for a great hardcore RPG to be revealed PERIOD for any system. I can pass on another FPS, Conduit is more than enough especially compared to the flood of FPS on every other system. If you want generic,l then you probably would want a FPS. Why not a traditional game in a relatively untapped genre. We have MP3 which probably more innovative than most of the FPSes on other systems, so why not something else?

[ReverendNoahWhateley]

I have a Shallow Hal-esque relationship with Baroque.  Maybe after it's dead people will appreciate it.

[Kairon]

I have a Shallow Hal-esque relationship with Baroque.  Maybe after it's dead people will appreciate it.

Sell me on this game Reverend. I've got three games on my maybe list and baroque could help me bump one of them off.

[animecyberrat]

you should just get a second job and buy ALL the 3rd party games.

[Kairon]

you should just get a second job and buy ALL the 3rd party games.

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hmmmmmmm

[Ian Sane]

Nintendo cares nothing about continuity. Accepting this is a major event in a Nintendo fans life. If they can't accept this, they become Squaresoft fans.

I accepted this with Wind Waker, which ironically was the Zelda game where Nintendo tried to tie in past games.  They did an incredibly stupid job of it so I gave up and decided to act like each Zelda is self-contained.  Though if I ignore all toon Zelda games it all still kind of works out.

Wii Fit sure was predictable. Right?

This is about new titles for core gamers so Wii Fit would not apply.  And although I don't guess the specifics a dull non-game I have no interest in is pretty easy to predict.  I'll predict we'll get one this E3 and it will be the only remotely original title Nintendo will annouce.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Hah hah.  Red Steel was B-level?  What a warped view of the universe.

c-level

[ReverendNoahWhateley]

I have a Shallow Hal-esque relationship with Baroque.  Maybe after it's dead people will appreciate it.

Sell me on this game Reverend. I've got three games on my maybe list and baroque could help me bump one of them off.

Graphics aside, everything about Baroque is exactly as the designers intended it to be.  For it to be "garbage," I think, it would have to attempt to reach a goal and fail miserably.  Baroque succeeds at what it tries to do.  It has very interesting characters, some clever dialogue, and a complicated story that strolls along the Rim of Pretentiousness without falling in.  That said, I can't in good conscience recommend it to anyone, because there's only a tiny chance you'll have the recessive gene necessary to enjoy Baroque's repetitive, gloomy gameplay. 

In short, Baroque is like popcorn-flavored jellybeans.  It's not that it tastes bad, but there's something about jellybeans that taste like popcorn that will send a chill down most people's spines.

[Kairon]

Baroque's repetitive, gloomy gameplay.

Elaborate! *flourishes one hand, as if he were a matador facing down a bull*

[KDR_11k]

Does "being all it's meant to be" include being fun?

[ReverendNoahWhateley]

Each time you play the game, you know you're just going to die and start all over.  Basically, the fun is seeing what changes each time you play through.  The story is odd and kind of upsetting if you know what the heck's going on, the monsters look more sad and degraded than ferocious, and the only friendly character in the game curses like Linda Blair and berates you for not being dead enough.  Some characters get depressed and BURY themselves in the dirt.  It's a gloomy, repetitive game. 

And yeah, it's intended to be fun, to the kind of person that enjoys this sort of thing.

[UncleBob]

In short, Baroque is like popcorn-flavored jellybeans.  It's not that it tastes bad, but there's something about jellybeans that taste like popcorn that will send a chill down most people's spines.

On a slightly related note, the Buttered Popcorn Jelly Belly Jelly Beans are the main reason I simply do not eat regular assortments of Jelly Bellies.  The things make me want to puke.

[Kairon]

...wow....

[KDR_11k]

Some characters get depressed and BURY themselves in the dirt. 

Just what we need, a game full of STRONG SAD CLONES.