Topic: E3 2012 Press Conferences - Days 2-3: Nintendo Main PC & 3DS PC

[Chozo Ghost]

Yesterday was a really tough act to follow. Microsoft and Sony really set the bar of awesomeness very high on the first day. Does Nintendo have what it takes to top that and steal E3 2012? It will be a tremendous challenge, for sure.

[Adrock]

I wasn't terribly impressed by much yesterday. The Last of Us and Resident Evil 6 were the only games I really wanted to play, but I wanted to play those before E3. Microsoft's press conference was completely uninteresting to me. Splinter Cell looks nice; I've just never got into the series. Sony's press conference was better, but they practically acted like the Vita was their bastard child. Sony's strategy seems to be to sell it as a peripheral for PS3 instead of an independent machine which is flipping stupid. It can be so much more. The lack of dedicated support is disconcerting.

Rayman Legends looks pretty. It's one of the best looking games on the show simply because of its art direction. When the leaked trailer came out a few weeks ago, I was hyped just because it looked amazing. However, I'm not sure I would find it fun since the enjoyment seems to be from its multiplayer aspect and gathering that many people to play Rayman doesn't seem like it's going to happen terribly often.

Nintendo is my favorite developer so showing new installments of their big guns is enough to get me excited. Four more hours!

[Ceric]

Yesterday was a really tough act to follow. Microsoft and Sony really set the bar of awesomeness very high on the first day. Does Nintendo have what it takes to top that and steal E3 2012? It will be a tremendous challenge, for sure.

Were we watching the same Presentations?  Microsoft looked like a Nintendo Presentation Circa Gamecube era complete with Metroid Prime and GBA-GCN Connectivity.  Sony was a bit more competant and I did like the Wonderbook stuff but, all the Demos were way way to long.  Not to mention Sony couldn't put non-choppy video on there own device.

All Nintendo has to do is show 3rd party parity quickly, since we've seen Assasin 3 in all the other presentation plus everything else, then get into exclusive that look nice, shoot they could even show an HD Metroid Prime Trilogy w/ Gamepad controls for kicks and call it Halo 4, show some actual family friendly stuff and not show a fitness game.

[ejamer]

Honestly, I thought Nintendo was going to get buried this year because Sony/MS would want to take focus away from the Wii U launch and any possible 3DS momentum earned by announcing new games or price cuts or surprising exclusives.  Instead it feels like they decided to just get out of the way and leave the door wide open for Nintendo to "win" E3.


Maybe that's not fair. 360 and PS3 are old systems getting close to the end of their lifespan, and maybe I shouldn't have been expecting major software announcements this late in the game. Sony in particular didn't have a bad presentation and basically hit all the expected notes. But when it feels like Ubisoft had the best Day 1 presentation and most interesting reveals then you know there is something missing...


(No offense to Ubisoft, who actually do release a bunch of games that I enjoy playing.)




Looking forward to some 3DS software announcements!  C'mon Nintendo... don't let us down.

[Drizzt]

I'm riding the hype train right now, I think the conference is going to be epic. Wii u looks amazing

[Killer_Man_Jaro]

2 hours to go until all is unveiled.

However this conference goes today, it will likely be the only one with several big surprises, and there's a part of me that yearns for the days where everything at E3 was a surprise. Think for a moment: that new Ubisoft IP, Watch Dogs, was basically the only new announcement yesterday and the buzz in the gaming media is uniformly positive, with some hailing it as Game of the Show so far.

Who knows? No sense speculating any more when so little time is left.

[UncleBob]

2 hours to go until all is unveiled. Kick Ass.

However this conference goes today, it will likely be the only one with several big surprises, and there's a part of me that yearns for the days where everything at E3 was a surprise. Think for a moment: that new Ubisoft IP, Watch Dogs, was basically the only new announcement yesterday and the buzz in the gaming media is uniformly positive, with some hailing it as Game of the Show so far.

Who knows? No sense speculating any more when so little time is left.

Fixed that for you.

[cubist]

When Ubisoft wins Day 1, it is strange. I watched the MS conference and thought it was lame that the finale of their conference was an Usher performance and a multiplatform COD:BO2 game. MS did very well until the last 10 minutes. They should've ended the conference with a secret exclusive title.

[Spak-Spang]

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[Dasmos]

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[bustin98]

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[Louieturkey]

I should have taken PTO.  I have absolutetly nothing really to do tomorrow...

I hope you called in sick then.

[Louieturkey]

Rayman Legends looks pretty. It's one of the best looking games on the show simply because of its art direction. When the leaked trailer came out a few weeks ago, I was hyped just because it looked amazing. However, I'm not sure I would find it fun since the enjoyment seems to be from its multiplayer aspect and gathering that many people to play Rayman doesn't seem like it's going to happen terribly often.

I finally got around to watching the Ubi presser and it looks like it is New Super Rayman Bros Wii U really.  The one character even turned into bubble form when he died a la NSMBWii.

[Louieturkey]

Crap, I ruined it.

[broodwars]

I really hope that Nintendo's set to blow me away with Wii U at this press conference, because my anticipation for it right now couldn't be any lower and this E3 has been largely a bust so far.  The Ubisoft press conference was surprisingly excellent, but at this point saying that Nintendo will "win" E3 with their press conference is an extremely low bar to hit.  Given that, IMO, "succeeding through low expectations" pretty much sums up the Wii years, I want Nintendo to really just hit it out of the park today.  Hell, maybe they can even give me a reason to want a 3DS despite the migranes that display gives me.

[BlackNMild2k1]

[Louieturkey]

I really hope that Nintendo's set to blow me away with Wii U at this press conference, because my anticipation for it right now couldn't be any lower and this E3 has been largely a bust so far.  The Ubisoft press conference was surprisingly excellent, but at this point saying that Nintendo will "win" E3 with their press conference is an extremely low bar to hit.  Given that, IMO, "succeeding through low expectations" pretty much sums up the Wii years, I want Nintendo to really just hit it out of the park today.  Hell, maybe they can even give me a reason to want a 3DS despite the migranes that display gives me.

You can turn off the 3D.  My guess is it'll be a whole lot less strain for you.  Though I'm guessing you knew that too so I have no idea why I said this.

[Ceric]

Well that looks super boring after last years great one.

I should have taken PTO.  I have absolutetly nothing really to do tomorrow...

I hope you called in sick then.

I brought my Laptop to work to watch at lunch.

[UncleBob]

30 Minutes!  Kick Ass!

[broodwars]

You can turn off the 3D.  My guess is it'll be a whole lot less strain for you.  Though I'm guessing you knew that too so I have no idea why I said this.

As I've said before, I have issues paying $150+ for a device whose main selling point I can't use.  Sure, you can turn the 3D off but that basically takes away the supposed point of the "3DS".

[Ceric]

You can turn off the 3D.  My guess is it'll be a whole lot less strain for you.  Though I'm guessing you knew that too so I have no idea why I said this.

As I've said before, I have issues paying $150+ for a device whose main selling point I can't use.  Sure, you can turn the 3D off but that basically takes away the supposed point of the "3DS".

See I think they really did a disservice with calling it the 3DS.  Mostly because the 3D is probably on of the lowest reason you should get the system.

[UncleBob]

You can turn off the 3D.  My guess is it'll be a whole lot less strain for you.  Though I'm guessing you knew that too so I have no idea why I said this.

As I've said before, I have issues paying $150+ for a device whose main selling point I can't use.  Sure, you can turn the 3D off but that basically takes away the supposed point of the "3DS".

Would you pay $150 for a DS2?

[broodwars]

You can turn off the 3D.  My guess is it'll be a whole lot less strain for you.  Though I'm guessing you knew that too so I have no idea why I said this.

As I've said before, I have issues paying $150+ for a device whose main selling point I can't use.  Sure, you can turn the 3D off but that basically takes away the supposed point of the "3DS".

Would you pay $150 for a DS2?

A 3D-less DS with possibly more processing power from not having to waste it on rendering every frame twice?  Yeah, probably. I enjoyed my time with the original DS for the most part.

[UncleBob]

You realize that developers can make a 3D-less game on the 3DS and make use of the extra processing power, right?

[Louieturkey]

My guess is in year 3+ we will start to see games that do away with 3D completely so they can look much better.