E3: Nintendo Press Conference
Hello again! Once more, thanks to Current Gaming and Phil Kollar, we bring you the highlight reel from the Nintendo Press Conference at this year’s E3. I thought there were some nice things, but people seem to be a bit bitchy about the showing. Hardcore gamer angst over the Wii still? You be the judge:
New Super Mario Bros. Wii: Looks like a take off of Zelda: Four Swords with a lot of 2D, 4 player action. You play as Mario and Luigi along with a couple of colored Toads. You can pick each other up to save each other from enemies, reach new areas and the like. You can switch between co-op and single player at any point. Out Holiday 2009. I like.
Wii Fit Plus: Milking at the tit of fat fucks the world over, the game that “kinda” makes you more healthy gets another round. This time they brag that the new game gives you more freedom to find an exercise routine that works for you. Mine involves beer. Doubt that’ll make it in there. 15 new mini-games included as well. New software bundled with board and without.
Wii Motion Plus: You remember the shit they were talking about last year? Yeah. It’s that. Again. Only now, they demonstrated a bit more of Wii Sports Resort with a skydiving event, some archery system that’s sketchy and a basketball game that sort of looks fun. Color me uninterested.
Tiger Woods PGA Tour and Grand Slam Tennis: Again, more sports shit that takes advantage of the Wii Motion Plus.
Red Steel 2: This was shown at the Ubi Soft press event last night. Looks bad ass to me. Your characters is a gunslinger with a sword. Built for 1 to 1 Wii Motion Plus control. Looks to solve a ton of the problems I had with the first one. Graphic style is the “Wii Graphic Novel” style we’ve come to know and love. Works for me.
Final Fantasy Open World..Something: Unnamed game that will use the Final Fantasy name. Touting it as an open world game specifically designed for the Wii.
Kingdom Hearts DS: Game coming out later this year. Looks great and I’m sure fans of the game are already planning how to eek more hours out of their day. Kollar comments that “It doesn’t look much worse than the PS2 games. That’s got to be one of the best-looking DS titles ever.”
Mario and Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story: So, Mario and Luigi get shrunk, get swallowed by Bowser. You get to explore the arch-fiend from the inside. Gross. And dirty. I know Mario been getting shit on but this is too much.
Golden Sun DS: FUCK. YES! If you’ve played the GBA versions of this awesome RPG, then you should already be excited. If you’ve never played them, the what the fuck are you doing reading this?! Go get it.
James Petterson Women’s Murder Club: James Patterson’s name should already tell anyone reading this site that it’s not a game for you. Instead, this one hits the desperate housewives of the world. Plays like an interactive novel. Maybe it will include a vibrator function for the sex scenes. I’m gonna go puke at the thought of millions of grandma’s playing this now. Thanks Nintendo.
COP: The Recruit: Ubisoft game targeted to the jaded hardcore crowd. You play a cop unraveling a conspiracy. You get to race around cars and..do shit in a third person perspective.
Style Savvy: Fuck this game.
DSi Ware: Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Bad ass! Downloadable title for the DSi that has a level creator. Able to share creations with your friends. Out on Monday!! Nice job, Nintendo.
WarioWare DIY: Again, a DSi game that allows you to create your own WarioWare style challenges and share them. I’m beginning to see the potential of this DSi.
DSi Facebook Love: This summer, you can post your DSi pictures to Facebook. Guess that’s the new trend these days. You can’t escape it. Don’t try.
Flipnotes Studio: For the DSi. Simple movie maker. If I were 10, I would have bought the system for this. Could be all kinds of kid friendly awesome.
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks DS: Strangely, nothing shown, just mentioned. Oddly, you can play it on the show floor, so go searching for screens. They’ll be out there.
Wii Vitality Sensor: A peripheral that you wear on your finger like a ring that measures pressure in your body. Somehow, this will help you to relax? Not sure what this is about but there it is.
Super Mario Galaxy 2: The megaton announcement of the press event! A direct sequel to SMG and features the same look and feel. You get to ride on colored Yoshi’s this time and it includes some new power-ups and awesome environments. Coming out sometime in 2010, according to Reggie’s interview w/G4 after the conference. I can’t wait for this one!
Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles: Latest RE Lightgun game. Rad.
Dead Space: Extraction: Wii prequel to last year’s horror game. Looks like another light gun game. Works for me. I love those damn things.
Metroid: Other M: Second bad ass announcement today! Looks like they gave Metroid to Team Ninja and it shows! All kinds of Ninja Gaiden influences here. Lots of action, looks bad ass and will hit in 2010. Nice!
So, there you have it. Personally, I’m pretty excited by a lot of this. Lots of games that make me giddy with Nintendo nerdy glee. Let us know what you think in the comment section and be sure to hit up Current Gaming for further awesome E3 coverage!
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