The Ninty E3 thread

[MeAmCryzor]

So, Nintendo's E3 is over, in what was a fairly decent show. The new home console looks a bit weird but actually looks quite cool, and everything else just appealed to fanboys XD

Just thought I'd post a lowdown on everything;

New Home Console

Named the 'Wii U' (seriously, not making it up), it seems to be fairly competent. The tech demos showed some brilliant graphics - easily better than the PS360, and considering these are just the very early games, that shows some amazing future graphics.

The weirdest thing though....is the controller.

As you can tell its got a huge 6-inch touchscreen in the middle, a camera, twin speakers, a microphone, rumble and a built-in gyroscope. Basically, the bottom half of the 3DS. They haven't said anything yet, but supposedly it is a multi-touch touchscreen... although I'm not too certain.

In terms of buttons, it has two shoulder triggers, the abxy buttons, twin analog sticks, a d-pad, start, select and home buttons.

The controller itself is almost another console, as you seem to be able to play games just on it, play games that you were playing on the TV on it, and make video calls on it.

Update:It seems the console will allow only one Wii U controller to connect and up to four wii remotes.

The console is backwards compatible with the Wii, but I'm not too sure about the Gamecube yet. The console itself doesn't seem like it has ports for the controllers which is looking bad, HOWEVER; it seems to be just a demo console and nowhere near final yet, hence why they didn't focus on it in the conference.

Update: Apparently, friend codes have been scrapped.

Update: Reggie Fils-Aime has confirmed that the Wii U will NOT be playing Gamecube games. This sucks, but there's always the chance Reggie is misinformed/lying as he did when there was speculation around a 'Wii 2' (he stated that Nintendo had not even considered a new console, despite it being revealed 2 months later). It makes sense that they would drop it mind - its like the drop of the GBA slot on the DSi.

Zelda's 25th Anniversary

So for Zelda's 25th Anniversary, they announced 2 new games and unnofficially announced a third. The first is a port of Links Awakening, which should be coming to 3DS later on today, which sounds awesome. The second is a version of Four Swords Adventures, which is to be released FOR FREE on DSiWare in September. The third they didn't actually announce but the demo reel for the Wii U had a HD Zelda running which looked similar to TP.

They also announced that orchestras around the world will be putting on Zelda concerts, playing orchestral versions of classic Zelda tunes. They also said that two soundtrack CDs would be released, with music from the series.

Update: It has now been revealed that the platformer 'Super Mario 3DS' will include a top-down dungeon style level in commemoration of Zeldas 25th


Mario Kart 3DS

So, a lot was shown about this. First off is an interesting feature - you can now customize your karts. Not only that, but it seems that each kart can now transform into a submarine for underwater sections, and you can deploy a hang-glider seemingly at any time in order to fly over gaps, etc.

OH! ALSO SUPER SMASH BROS 3DS AND WII U :D

Nothing has been said though :/

Other notable games (with notes);

Wii U;
- Update:Aliens Colonial Marines
- Battlefield 3 (Update:apparently they have discovered new ways to play it? And the developers seem very smitten with the new controller... I don't know what to make of that but yeah)
- Batman: Arkham City
- Assassins Creed (Update:Has exclusive features - touch screen maps, weapon selection, 'eagle vision' and others - apparently the best Assassins Creed game they can make)
- Update:Dirt
- Lego City Stories (Looks very similar to GTA)
- New Super Mario Mii (Not actually a game yet... New Super Mario Bros Wii with Miis and seems to be controlled completely on the controller... I dunno. Weird)
- Tekken (You can draw on your characters with the controller!)
- Ghost Recon Online (Update:The only proper Wii U gameplay trailer we have, and it looks impeccable. The controller works really, really well with it, and if this is the sort of standerd Wii U games are up to, I am going to run out of money fast)
- Ninja Gaiden 3
- Darkstalkers 2 (available as a launch title)
- Update:EA says Mass Effect Wii U would be 'really nice'. They haven't announced anything just yet mind.
- Update:Killer Freaks From Outer Space -Ubisoft game set in London which features aliens, which actually looks really cool- announced.
- Update:Metro: Last Night
- Update:PIKMIN 3 :DDDDDDD

3DS;
- LUIGIS MANSION 2 (Yess ladds)
- Kid Icarus has 3 vs 3 (online?) versus which actually looks amazing. Also has TONS of AR cards you can collect and then make battle each other - seems like a TCG in progress
- Lego City stories (Exclusive to 3DS/Wii U)
- Star Fox 64 3D (In multiplayer, live feed from the inner camera is shown with your avatar, to show your reactions... its really hard to explain, but looks okay I guess)
- Animal Crossing 3DS (They showed an image of an animal crossing guy dressed like link, with his place all Zelda'd up. That looked like it could have been from any Animal Crossing game though tbh. They also showed that we're old (poor?) enough to live in tents and the extra long bodies have granted us the ability to swim)
- Update:Super Pokemon Scramble announced - Will feature 5th gen pokes and is sequel to WiiWare game

Wii/DS

-Just general stuff about Skyward Sword.
-DS gets free download of Four Swords
-Just Dance 3?
-Update: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 semi-confirmed for Wii



So yeah, there it is, at least all that I can remember. I'll update when new stuff happens and try to get some links to screenies but other than that.... discuss.




Oh! One last thing, at the end a load of logos were shown on the wall and one of them said 'Mario Party 9'. Not sure what that meant but hey.

[Deleted]

OOO... ya beat me to it, but I can still post this:


it will hopefully give you an idea of what Meamcryzor was talking about.

anyway, I like the look of this system, it seems to use all sorts of different controllers, the main controller appears to work in harmony with the standard wii remote. one of the most interesting examples of this was the golf, where the wii u controller was placed on the floor, and you swung the wii mote to hit the golf ball as normal, but the controller it's self gave you a top down view of the ball. see for yourself.
I can only imagine that a couple of games will be able to be solely played on the controller, and if you can, they'ed have to dub down the game a bit.
lets wait and see for a bit shall we?

[Death Eye]

That wall of logos at the end annoys me. Mostly because I wanted to hear about some Kirby and all I saw on the wall was Mario Party 9.
Anyone got a picture of the wall?

[MeAmCryzor]

Jun 7, 2011 19:26:14 GMT @alberenza said:

I can only imagine that a couple of games will be able to be solely played on the controller, and if you can, they'ed have to dub down the game a bit.

Ah yes, thanks for posting that video :3

Yeah, they said that the removable features of games would be similar to tamagotchis - i.e. not whole gaming experiences, but enough to keep you going for an hour or so.

[Badog Vi Britania]

so wait is the controller the new console?

wouldnt that meen that its would be a portable system

is confused

[Death Eye]

Jun 7, 2011 22:28:48 GMT Badog Vi Britania said:

so wait is the controller the new console?

wouldnt that meen that its would be a portable system

is confused

The controller is the main defining characteristic of the system, since it has A TOUCH SCREEN ON THE CONTROLLER!
As a result, Nintendo overemphasized the abilities of the controller and neglected to mention such things as Kirby, the inevitable Mario Kart game for the system, Mario Party 9, the new project from Retro Studios, and THE ACTUAL CONSOLE'S APPEARANCE ITSELF.
Seriously, what was on that wall of logos at the end that was too unimportant to be mentioned?

[dillybar64]

Wait... Link's Awakening for the 3DS?
BA!
That game ROCKS!

[MeAmCryzor]

Jun 8, 2011 18:22:13 GMT dillybar64 said:

Wait... Link's Awakening for the 3DS?
BA!
That game ROCKS!

Yup. Its an extremely nice port, and not too costly. I think its $6 in America. Its £5.40 over here which really isn't much. In fact, I've downloaded it and have been totally hooked XD

[Calamity2007]

I personally think that nintendo's E3 conference was really good and am looking forward to the new console despite what some other people might think.

[MeAmCryzor]

Jun 9, 2011 19:49:46 GMT Calamity2007 said:

I personally think that nintendo's E3 conference was really good and am looking forward to the new console despite what some other people might think.

Yes, originally I was skeptic but after seeing the Killer Freaks From Outer Space trailer, I want it today XD

I'm a bit annoyed that there's only one possible new controller attached at a time. Still, I guess Classic Controller Pro's are fairly decent, and could sort of suit the Wii U.

[Badog Vi Britania]

... WHY NINTENDO

i was on the fence on the Wii U

and then they said NO GAMECUBE GAMES CAN BE PLAYED ON IT

and then i was all ;-; cause that meen i hafta RE BUY ALL OF MY GC GAMES FROM THE VC

but then super smash bros 4 was announced and i was like :/ back on the fence

[MeAmCryzor]

Jun 11, 2011 5:00:49 GMT Badog Vi Britania said:

... WHY NINTENDO

i was on the fence on the Wii U

and then they said NO GAMECUBE GAMES CAN BE PLAYED ON IT

and then i was all ;-; cause that meen i hafta RE BUY ALL OF MY GC GAMES FROM THE VC

but then super smash bros 4 was announced and i was like :/ back on the fence

Yeah, that really sucks tbh. Guess that means my Wii will still be attached to my TV for a while longer.

I think there may be Gamecube games for download on the virtual console mind, as there are N64 games on the Wii's virtual console.

Some people speculate that there may be a Gamecube style Classic Controller in the future which would actually make my dreams come true. I think I want that more than the Wii U tbh XD

[Frozazen]

wow... customizing smash characters? i have.... no idea what to say to that. it sounds cool, but i hope you can only change appearance. changing the strengths of the characters would make it more annoying, since you can't just pick it up and start playing. also it could affect the tech skill needed to play the game

[MeAmCryzor]

Jun 30, 2011 13:13:05 GMT Frozazen said:

wow... customizing smash characters? i have.... no idea what to say to that. it sounds cool, but i hope you can only change appearance. changing the strengths of the characters would make it more annoying, since you can't just pick it up and start playing. also it could affect the tech skill needed to play the game

Well, from what I can gather, the wii U version will be a similar version to previous versions, but the 3DS version will be an rpg like thing, with the ability to upload characters from the 3DS to the Wii U to fight in a 'battleground' like thing.

I also thing this seems majorly unfair, but I think that something will be done to balance it all.... I dunno, maybe all characters become level 1 and lose their perks in online/local multiplayer? I don't really know tbh XD Its fun to speculate mind :D

[Deleted]

Since we don't have any hard facts about SSB4, everything is speculation, yadda yadda yadda...

But for the customization/RPG thing, I'd guess that you can play with it on or off. It'd probably be an option like items and all that.

Fingers crossed for Geno in this one. Maybe Travis.

[Stove]

Jul 16, 2011 23:19:19 GMT eviipaladin said:

Since we don't have any hard facts about SSB4, everything is speculation, yadda yadda yadda...

But for the customization/RPG thing, I'd guess that you can play with it on or off. It'd probably be an option like items and all that.

Fingers crossed for Geno in this one. Maybe Travis.

geno
GENO
GENO, WOOT!

[Death Eye]

Ditto.
No, I'm not extremely enthusiastically proclaiming my approval of Geno in SSB4, I'm saying put Ditto in.
It would be cool.

[Deleted]

Every fighting game needs a copycat fighter. Ditto could be SSB's.

[The Regal RP Mod]

Uhhh Kirby dude. the original 12 will never be replaced.

[Death Eye]

Kirby can only copy one attack. Ditto could copy all of them.

Oh, yeah, you know what else would be great? If Kirby had entire moveset changes when he eats somebody. Not the same moveset as who he ate, just a different moveset. Like, if he eats somebody with a sword he gets a moveset like the sword ability from Kirby Super Star.