Showing posts with label Nintendo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nintendo. Show all posts

Thursday, June 18, 2009

E3 late impressions

E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) has been over for a couple of weeks now, and I have been passively following the news and impressions like I do every year. So here is my take as a Nintendo loyalist.

For Nintendo:
New Super Mario Bros. - I don't really care. Laurie doesn't seem like one to get into it, so it would just be a single-player 2D platformer for me.
Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Excited about this one. Laurie and I loved the first one and this allows us to play some new levels.
Metroid: Other M - While the hype (and trailer) look good, I am taking a "wait-and-see" approach to this title.
Wii Sports Resort - I suprisingly know little about this title even though there is a ton of media available. All I hear is that Wii Motion Plus works very well.
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories - I may be falling for the hype, but I'm really looking forward to this game, especially how the game changes around you based on your actions.
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearer - I really, really want this game. Please, hurry it up Square-Enix.
Side note: It looks like the RPGs are slowly creeping back onto a Nintendo console - Dragon Quest X, Fragile, etc. 3 cheers! (I will wait patiently until they finally release a new game in the Ogre Battle/Tactics series. There's at least one customer to buy it on day one.)

For other systems:
The Last Guardian - this (and Blue-Ray) makes me want to get a PS3
Natal - Interesting, but I'm not sure how well it will do with the very fine movements of the wrist to play many types of sports games.
Everything else - looks good, but nothing so far that screams "Buy me! Buy me!"
Sequals to most everything - If I didn't buy the first game, most likely I'm not going to be interested in the second or 197th game (except Mass Effect).