E3 2012 Discussion Thread

Zorua said:
IGN has tweeted that today's pre-E3 conference will have Wii U news!
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Nintendo tweeted that yesterday: https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/209015726076461057
 
Yup, just as their banner says:

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Just started!

Edit edit: i love you iwata

Edit edit edit: e3 press conference will be focused primarily on wii u games

Edit edit edit edit: controller is called "wii u gamepad"

Edit edit edit edit edit: changes include movement of the start/select buttons and circle pads are now analog sticks, dpad moved as well.

Edit edit edit edit edit edit: wii u can now serve as a tv remote for regular tv watching.

Edit edit edit edit edit edit edit: includes motion and gyro sensors.

Edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit: wii u accepts wii remote, nunchuck and wii fit pad.

Edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit: wii u has a "pro" controller similiar to the gamecube controller for the wii without a touch screen.

Edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit: looks like there is some kind of integration with mobile phones. Not available immediately at launch. Available from any web enabled mobile device.

Edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit: video chatting through remote controls,

Edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit: black wii u controller.

Edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit: mii wara wara, an initial start up menu, which includes your mii, all the miis on your system, all your friends and all the miis in your country that speak your language who discuss a specific game, which include tiles for which games are played most by your friends/everyone around the world surrounded by those playing those games, coined the "mii-verse"

Edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit: wii-verse is a communication system, which can be activated whenever during a game without ending play. In game screenshots can also be taken/shared

Edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit: wii u screen seen as a social window, allowing you to connect to others.

Edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit edit: wii u can connect people through space and time, apparently a time machine.

tired of typing edit:

internet browser confirmed for both the TV and the Wii U controller.
black wii u
iwata is gon' be guest tweeting throughout E3


done live editing, read the above post for the main stuff from the show.
 
Xbox's conference was fantastic (as far as the games go), the gameplay for Halo 4 and Splinter Cell Blacklist (OMGEEEEEE) was unreal. The Resident Evil 6 demo also looked great, and the guest appearances by Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Usher were all very cool. I'm probably forgetting some of the other things they mentioned, but I'm too excited to care. Although, you guys did bring up some good points; the tech they showed off really looked lackluster compared to all the new features they boasted about over the past few years. Really, only the games had any interesting points.
 
Oh man that South Park game looks legit. Halo 4 and Black Ops 2 looked fantastic as well. Also GEARS OF WAR JUDGEMENT!!!!1

Other than that, I felt that Microsoft gave a weak show. The Kinect stuff was lame, Resident Evil has lost its allure as a "horror" game, and they didn't really show anything. XboxGlass sounds stupid, and almost looks rushed to put competition on the Wii U, which has pretty much the same purpose. Good news is we have an entire day dedicated to Nintendo tomorrow. Unless Sony brings out Half Life 3 or some other game that makes everyone drool, this looks like the year for Nintendo.
 
haha microsoft why do you suck so badly at E3

also apparently Halo is so impossible to evolve that they have to make it into Metroid Prime?
 
Halo 4 stuff looked pretty awesome. So that's what those dogs were....

UNSC exploring new parts of the universe looking for peace...yeah right, I'm not buying that. Probably ONI up to dirty work.
 
Microsofts was a little bit lack luster. I did like Splinter Cell and Resident Evil though, two of my favorites that I saw during their conference. XBOX Glass was a little bit hilarious, someone was trying to copy Nintendo's idea and did it way to quickly to even be very good at all, the only cool thing about it was the drawing your own play thing in Madden.
 
Microsoft failing hard this year haha. I guess Nintendo must have spooked them pretty bad for it to come to this.

I mean come on, the Xbox Smart Glass was pathetic.
 
This was by the South Park guys just after Microsoft announced XboxGlass. Made me fall on the ground laughing.

"How many times have you been watching an episode of South Park and thought, "I'd like to be able to watch this on my television, while hooked into my mobile device, which is being controlled by my tablet device, which is hooked into my oven, all while sitting in the refrigerator?

Well we're not doing that we're just doing this game, it's an RPG."
 
Halo 4 did look pretty nice, but as Zenith said, it really looks like they took a page from Metroid Prime. I don't consider this a bad thing, seeing as I love the Metroid Prime trilogy, but I find it funny that Nintendo of all companies is where ideas for first-person shooters are being taken from.
 
Some things to catch up on:

- Mixed Feelings on the Dead Space 3 trailer. The gameplay, plot, and action looks spectacular. But it's as if they've lost any iota of horror the sequel could have brought to the series. You're in a bright and open world, and the shock/surprise of the recent necromorph infections is totally gone. So, the series may be leaving behind the suspense and fear that made it so successful in the first place. Whether that's bad or good remains to be seen.
- Metroplex in Fall of Cybertron YES
- Dubstep (and good dubstep at that) in Forza Horizon
- Crysis 2.5
- Matter? Looks cool.
- Watch Dogs? Looks cooler.

I'll probably update this with more thoughts later.
 
Watch Dogs might be one of the best video games I have ever seen. Ubisoft's conference was a quite a snore until they ended with with a bang and the greatness of this game.
 
Watch Dogs

[video=youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcMRkyoHKeA&feature=plcp[/video]

EDIT: I know we haven't seen a lot of it, but Watch Dogs looks like a Game of the Year type of game. Looking forward to seeing more of it.
 
Wonderbook seems like a terrible idea, good potential, definitively not sell able though.
 
Microsoft: fps, fps, fps, fps, south park, fps, fps, kids game, fps

I wonder what would happen if Apple made consoles...
 
ShadowLugia said:
- Watch Dogs? Looks cooler.
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It looked fresh. The gameplay was clean (it's a trailer, so obviously) with interesting features that looked like the game is awfully versatile with the ways you can handle the situations.
 
Ubisoft easily had today's best conference with Watch Dogs, Assassin's Creed 3, and especially Rayman Legends. Also, free-to-play Beyond Good and Evil HD.

Sony had probably one of the worst, saddest conferences I've ever seen. Sony's usually bad, but not this bad. EA's was horrendously boring.
 
The Last of Us and Watch Dogs look very good as far as the cinematic effects go; they make you feel like you're watching and participating in a movie at the same time. Very cool. Metal Gear Rising looked great too, if not a little Ninja Gaiden-ish. Not a horrible turnout for day one, in my opinion.

And disappointed in 1313. That is all.
 
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