Phew! That's another E3 that has quickly flown by. I'd first like to thank Gamespot for all their awesome coverage, such as the live conferences and their daily 7-hour stage shows. Every day I would look forward to sitting down and seeing what games were being shown off. Plus Brian read out my name, which is flippin' fab.
Sadly, I think that this is one of the weakest E3s in recent years. There didn't seem to be many big surprises being announced from anyone, and it didn't help that Microsoft and Nintendo's conferences were very poor in comparison to Sony's, which luckily for them had no "Riiiidge racer!" moments.
The game that I am most excited for that came out of this year's E3 is Animal Crossing: City Folk. It looks to be the same as previous Animal Crossing games, but that is in no way a bad thing. The addition of the city should help keep things nice and fresh, as well as a little something called Wii Speak.
Yes! Finally Nintendo have ventured into voice chat. Instead of a normal headset however, this device sits on top of your sensor bar and picks up sound from the entire room, enabling anyone to speak. It'll be interesting to see how they cut out any unwanted background noise that'll be picked up.
I've been reading about de Blob in the Nintendo magazine, but the concept didn't really sound that exciting for me. That was until I saw it on Gamespot's Thursday stage show. The graphics look very good, as does bouncing from building to building while splattering them in paint.
My only worry with de Blob is that the concept could grow old very fast, and the game will be sitting on my shelf with hardly any play time. Obviously I'm hoping this doesn't out to be the case. Do you have the same worries as me? Oh, and "I am so totally gray" is the best line in a game this year.
Wii Music looks... well, let's just say it looks different. It looks more like a toy for little kids rather than a game. Where's the challenge? I'm sure I'm not the only one to think that Nintendo's conference was very disappointing. Except the four people dancing while playing Wii Music - that was hilarious.
I don't like the way Nintendo are heading at the moment. The majority of their E3 conference was spent looking at their new casual titles, while quickly brushing aside the fact that new Mario and Zelda games are in the works. Have Nintendo really forgotten about their great IPs and fanbase? What do you think?