I'll just come out and say it; I think that the
Wii won this year's E3, with emphasis on the word "this".
Like an idiot, I tried to cover each and every Wii game on the show floor, and pretty much lost my mind in the process. Hit the jump for video documentation of this once in a lifetime occurrence, as well as hands-on impressions of most Wii games I played at E3 09.
Also-
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6:20 PM on 06.08.2009
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Seriously though, the Wii is getting a lot of amazing titles this year. A Boy and his Blob, Muramasa The Demon Blade, New Super Mario Bros Wii, Sin & Punishment 2, Cave Story Wii, these, much more and even those that were announced before (Little King's Story) and are already in shelves (Punch-Out!!) are/will be absolutely great
COMIN' IN THE AIR TONIGHT
*starwipe*
Also, when Phil Collins goes like "bu dum dum dum dum" I go apeshit everytime, so I know that exact feeling!
That said, since you were spending so much time covering the Wii side, did you notice the Sony side, 10 feet away? I felt like it blew Nintendo out of the water.
.......why do I hate fun?
I'm sure he hoofed it over to the Sony side for a bit. Like him, I mostly provided coverage for Sony/Microsoft, and made it over to Nintendo after-the-fact.
Believe me, I'm aware that there's a lot of stuff to cover, and it's virtually impossible to do it all (we only brought 5 people to E3), I'm just asking if he was able to get a chance to play other offerings while making the statement "I think that the Wii won this year's E3".
How bout you lot, what are your most anticipated titles?
So many games I'm hyped for this year.
Nothing coming out this year can match the one-two punch of the two Mario games for the Wii, at least IMO.
I want them now.
Also, Muramasa, Sin & Punishment deux, and Tatsunoko v Capcom would have to be my most anticipated titles. (And of course Galaxy 2 but that won't be coming for a while)
<3
@ Magnalon- You were at the show? Crap! It would have been so cool to meet you!
As for the soundtrack, that's from a 60's action/puppet TV show called Joe 90. Me and Andy love those old theme songs, and I love the fact that the God Hand music because of it.
As for Sony's showing, they had some great games, but they didn't have the exclusives or the variety that Nintendo had, at least from what I saw. The PS3/360 has a lot of great 3rd person shooters, great 3rd person beat 'em ups, and... um... Final Fantasy XIII on the horizon, and not too much else.
KoF XII was probably the big exception to that rule, and as such, it really stood out for me. It's definitively the PS3/360 game of this year that I'm most looking forward to.
Haha, nice.
Looked hot though!
I wasnt blessed with attendance privileges so excuse my ignorance... but I guess I also didnt mention I was answering to cadtalfryns post
I saw you at the Karaoke bar, briefly! I didn't feel like it would have been my place to interrupt your conversation, so I was hoping I'd see you on the floor :-(
Also, I never saw you at the media center. Anthony, Ashley, Jim, and Chad, I saw every other hour.
I'm already looking forward to next year, and the opportunity to meet you, proper. Oh, and play some Wii games :-D
You're a funny dude, but don't go over the edge. The editing is nice, but not crazy or chaotic. And the background music is perfect, has this cool 70's vibe about it!
Please make more.
DTOID and its members would be privileged, Holmes!
Thank you. =)
Man, I just now realized how many cool games I missed at the show. Three days was not nearly enough. Not at all.
Wii did rock this year! So excited!
As with the Nintendo thing, I hear you. Like, for me personally, I don't have a Wii.....but now? With Muramasa, NSMBWii, and SMG2 I NEED ONE. Soon. And will get one. Maybe finally the tide is turning for hardcore Ninty fans.