First off, I'm back, got a new computer so I'm here.
Anyway I'll do Sony eventually, Nintendo was just the most recent conference and has had the most hubbub here. So here it is...
E3 as a whole this year has just been bad. It felt like everyone was awkwardly kicking shit until next year when it'll probably be a new Xbox and Playstation reveal.
Anyway I'll do Sony eventually, Nintendo was just the most recent conference and has had the most hubbub here. So here it is...
- The Wii U: The reveal here still wasn't a reveal. No specs announced, no price, no date. Still felt very weak. We saw the aesthetic changes but nothing to stomp out all the rumors. But the machine doesn't look bad. The new controller feels good, and despite me wisecracking about the
Xbox 360"Wii U Pro" controller, it looks comfortable. But my issue with the console is games, which I'll get on eventually. - Pikmin 3: I don't care. I don't see why people started thinking Pikmin was some god-tier game. I played the first one a bit and got bored. It's a RTS that is way too simple. I don't even generally like RTS games but I did like games like Little King's Story which felt like a generally better game. Pikmin is just Pikmin. Kinda feels like a second-tier Nintendo game, it's not Mario, Zelda, or Metroid.
- Nintendo Land: God this feels like a piece of crap. It's like the Wii Sports of the Wii U, except more boring. I know they still need that "casual appeal" but c'mon.
- New Super Mario Bros.: I really don't find Super Mario Bros. interesting. Better 2D platformers have come around this generation and Mario in general needs some evolution.
- Third parties: The issue here is that there's nothing interesting. There's some interesting third party exclusives like that Platinum Games game but I don't see much else. ZombiU looks alright and has a decent team behind it but it's also just another zombie game and I really don't want another one on the market. The rest, I just don't see the point. Arkham City will have been out for a year this November, with a Game of the Year edition out now. Ninja Gaiden 3 already received a slew of terrible reviews and user backlash, why port the game and expect people to buy it? Darksiders II, who ever cared about it? Then there's Scribblenauts Unlimited, and I like Scribblenauts, but it feels more appropriate for a portable title and not a console release. I can already get Assassin's Creed III on my Xbox 360, same with everything else that's interesting.
- Mass Effect 3, I had to make a separate bullet for this. It's a bad idea. You're missing two games worth of story, character development, and decisions. Everyone who wanted the game already has it. No Mass Effect fans were waiting around for a Wii U version and most of them were turned off enough by the ending to not consider repurchasing it. It's a stupid idea unless they include Mass Effect 2 at least, which seems doubtful.
E3 as a whole this year has just been bad. It felt like everyone was awkwardly kicking shit until next year when it'll probably be a new Xbox and Playstation reveal.