Nintendo's E3 Press Conference

Post by **Cheezdude** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:54 am

In an hour. I'm on Joystiq. Hitting that refresh button. I'm ready.

Post by **Josiah** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:42 am

Meh. Wasn't any big news. Who wants to pay for an extra precision add on for the Wiimote anyway? Oops, got my times mixed up. I usually just read the stories and don't both watching the videos so...

Post by **Cheezdude** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:49 am

...it hasn't happened yet.

Post by **Cheezdude** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:05 am

They keep delaying it!

Post by **Cheezdude** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:05 pm

I watched the stream... and Nintendo had a weak E3.

First, this lady went in a talked about working for Nintendo, how her kids loved her, that puppies are cute and how she went skiing. Then she just demoed a new Wii Ski type game, and it looked fun enough. Can't judge it, though. Then I sat though stats, and a lecture about casual games, then wrap it up with how 3 quarters of people in Japan have a Lite. At this point, I expected them to announce a new DS model, but they went on to something just as great.

Animal Crossing Wii! Yaya! It has a city with shops and VOICE CHAT! On top of the Wii Sensor bar. Mmm, that'll be odd. Now Reggie is out! Much better than the new girl. Talks about stats, then goes onto videos of third party games... Wii Motion controlled lightsabers, Raving Rabbids 3, and... Call of Duty? Didn't expect that. Also Spore, Pokemon Ranger sequel and GRAND THEFT AUTO ON DS! Crazy stuff. Then it was 20 minutes Wii Sports Resort and Wii Music.

...what big announcements for me? Animal Crossing. That's it. But Wario and Kirby did get leaked, and I do want those~

Post by **Giga-Gar** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:15 pm

How do they do voice chat on the wii anyway? Unless the DS is involved, I don't see how it's possible.

Edit: oh, and is there any news on a new Zelda game?

Post by **Cheezdude** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:35 pm

No Zelda. And they have a microphone on top of the sensor bar.

Post by **Sora_Chaos** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:00 pm

meh, E3 has been pretty unremarkable that past couple of years, most of the stuff this year most already know about it. I'm waiting for the TGS and the DKΣ3713 party

Post by **Kisori** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:02 pm

Pffft, I already knew they would have the new CoD game on the Wii and DS, but i'm not buying them on those systems. GTA DS? Hmmm, they already have Assassin's Creed on the DS.

Post by **Doodleshark** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 6:02 am

Final Fantasy XIII is no longer a PS3 exclusive. Boo!

Post by **Josiah** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 10:47 am

E3 just hasn't been the same since it was scaled down. Hasn't been anything major for me yet this year.

I am disapointed that FFXIII isn't a PS3 exclusive anymore but considering that it's being developed for the PS3 and is then getting ported to the 360, and that the 360 isn't anywhere near as powerful as the PS3, and that FFXIII will probably come close to filling a dual layer blue ray disc (Metal Gear Solid 4 did so it stands to reason) and said discs can hold over 10 times as much data as the 360's DVDs can... I wouldn't be surprised if the 360 version ends up getting scaled down a bit. But I don't have a 360 so if they get a watered down version I don't care. What I am afraid of is that the US PS3 release will get delayed because they want to launch it and the 360 version at the same time...
The whole thing was surprising though, especially since I think Sony still owns a decent chunk of Square-Enix's stock.

Post by **Blastotoise** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:38 pm

Oh, like I need one less reason to get a ps3...

Post by **Josiah** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:45 pm

More reasons to get a PS3 than a 360 if you ask me. PS3 still has more exclusives lined up than the 360 and most of the 360's better exclusives are getting PS3 versions soon anyway.

Post by **Blastotoise** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:49 pm

Ah, but you forget the best one...
HALO 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And any subsequent awesome games made by Bungie.

Post by **Giga-Gar** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 1:02 pm

It's going to be released for the PC anyway.

Is there any news on a price change for the PS3?