E3 '09

[Zeroth]

With only two weeks, what kind of games would you like to see announced at this year's E3? Personally, I'd like to see a new Wii Zelda game, along with Pikmin 3. A new Mario party game that uses Wii Motionplus for some (not just a select few) of its games would sweet. Metroid is do for some kind of announcement, so I expect we'll be hearing something about that. I'd also like to see some action and fps games unveiled for the Wii. I think it definitely needs some more in its catagory.

Now that I'm on the subject, I think it's high-time for Nintendo to create a totally new IP for the Wii. Most of what we have seen are sequals (which isn't a bad thing) and spin-offs (which isn't a bad thing if done right) of pre-existing Nintendo games. Maybe Project Sora is the answer to this, and maybe not, but either way I think Nintendo should step up its game (no pun intended) this E3.

Third party companies also need a slap in the face. Most of what they create are cash-ins, totally ignoring the hard-core gamer. This is the area where the Wii receives the most flank, but the thing is, it's not the Wii's fault. Sure, Nintendo isn't without blame, but third-party titles are a system's life blood. I'm really hoping that we'll start seeing some quality third-party titles at this E3.

Oh, and RPG Maker 4 would be nice.

[Deeth Irteen]

I want to see more on god of war 3, FF13, and Duke Nukem Forever *snicker*

[Zeroth]

Development for Duke Nukem Forever has been droped (again).

[Denmo]

Capcom is supposed to be discussing games designed with Wii Motion Plus in mind.

If it's not Mega Man Legends 3, I don't care.

[marcus]

things marcus cares about:

some more info on a boy and his blob remake

the witcher 2

playable demo of scribblenauts

some more info on dragon age: origins outside of the boring intro level they always show

playable demo of operation flashpoint 2

more info on metro 2033

marcus' announcement he wants to hear super badly but no will never happen: a sequel or remake to darklands and megaman legends 3

[John Mora]

WHERE ARE YOU, TEAM ICO

[marcus]

WHERE ARE YOU, TEAM ICO

yeah, this too. the only info we have on the next team ico game is a screenshot of a manhole with a chain attached to it...

[Translucid]

wake me Kojima announces Snatcher 2.

*climbs into cryostasis pod*

[John Mora]

It's called Policenauts.

[Translucid]

No it's not!!

http://kotaku.com/assets/resources/2007/04/snatcher_gun_mouth.jpg

[Dreamknight]

Who was it last year that said "I dare this year's E3 to surprise me."

Was that Mora?

[RPGD]

I don't have any specific expectations this year. I'm just going to enjoy my summer and check some news sites when E3 is over. Maybe I'll find some pleasant surprises.

[the_jester]

Id like some stuff on starcraft 2 and Diablo 3 along with anything new with the monster hunter for psp or wii. the witcher 2 would be cool also

[Perversion]

Playable demo of Scribblenauts

Playable demo of Heavy Rain (I think I'm living in a dreamworld with this, though)

PS3 price drop

PS3 re-adding BC (again, dreamworld)

A successor to the Wii so people will stop buying the damn thing

Info on Alan Wake

Info on White Knight Chronicles

Info on if either Demon's Souls or Afrika are going to be released in North America any time soon

Probably a few others I can't remember right now

[John Mora]

Who was it last year that said "I dare this year's E3 to surprise me."

Was that Mora?

Probably. I ended up not being surprised. :c

[marcus]

Info on Alan Wake

Alan Wake will be the new Duke Nukem Forever. Max Payne 3 will come out before Alan Wake. Sega will release 7th Dragon in the states before Alan Wake comes out.

It seems like Xseed picked up Fragile, a Wii survival horror game. I wouldn't mind seeing some info on that.

[BeeZee]

Metroid Dread.

:(

[Biggie]

More on Modern Warfare 2.

A showing from Nintendo that doesn't suck. (yeah right olol)

I'm also interested in hearing more of LittlerBigPlanet and the PSP Go.

Really, the last time I was uber stoked over E3 was the announcement of Brawl.

I'm pretty sure this year will be similar to the previous two where all the big games are already announced before the show.

[Translucid]

honestly, what happened to surprises at E3?

[Jeroak Nelave]

I'm mostly interested in finding out more about 3 things.

1) The US release date of White Knight Chronicles
2) If Demon Souls is going to be released in the US
3) More info about R&CF: Crack in Time

[Chuck]

More info and/or hands-on previews for Cursed Mountain, Red Steel 2, SH Shattered Memories, Marvel Ultimate Alliance, NMH 2.
Confirmation on whether MH3 will have a fee in US and if it'll use WiiSpeak and US release date.
Some actually exciting announcements from Nintendo but chances are they'd be saved until Nintendo's Fall Conference.
US release for Fatal Frame 4.
A non GTA sandbox game from Rockstar, possibly Bully 2.
A current gen Resident Evil Outbreak.
Remakes of FF6 on DS and 7 on PS3 most likely.
Smash Bros. DS
F-Zero Wii
MGS4: Subtitlicious for PS3 and Xbox 360!!! :lol

[salamander]

I wanna see anything from Square-Enix and Team Ico.

[Goufunaki]

I actually don't have a lot of expectations this year. Not saying it's a bad thing, but hopefully something cool pops up.

[marcus]

honestly, what happened to surprises at E3?

the internet

[Translucid]

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2009/05/kojima_5_s.jpg

HAHA, IT IS SNATCHEERRRRR

[John Mora]

Could be a... 5. }}}}}:3

[Goufunaki]

Kojima.

5.

Lighting and storm clouds.

Raiden.

Did you rike it? =3

[Translucid]

Uh.. it's pretty dark and stormy in Snatcher when

Gibson gets his head cut off.

my point is kojima can suck a dick.

[John Mora]

Yeah, but Snatcher is in a dingy city, not in the middle of a field.

[Translucid]

At the end of Snatcher, Gillian decides to go to
Russiaaaaaaa

[John Mora]

And that's what it looks like?

[marcus]

awhat what is this topic aabout i don't evenk know whats going on hafhfhfafoh****ai'mdrunkrighynowdon'tlookat me hahahahahahahaahaaahaa

[Biggie]

..

Anyways I'd bet it's Snatcher.

I don't think they'd show MGS5 so soon after MGS4, and They're just playing off the popularity of the Metal Gear franchise to get poeple interested in this. Kind of like how they played off the popular MGS4 360 rumor to get poeple stoked over the MGS Touch teaser site.

Though this would be much sweeter than MGS Touch.

[marcus]

yeah so di d idont' know how htis conversiation got to metal gear solid 5 but uh the series is done theres nothing else tha they can possilbly t do to the series i mean its done. what they gonna resurrect vamp or sli solidus i mean... c'mon metal gear solid is done whats his name oh yeah kojijma whatever said its done although he said the same aboug mgs2 then mgs3 it's don'e man i'm telling you !

metal gear solid is done

i'm telling you mgs is done

[Valkysas]

who broke marcus?

[Biggie]

yeah so di d idont' know how htis conversiation got to metal gear solid 5 but uh the series is done theres nothing else tha they can possilbly t do to the series i mean its done. what they gonna resurrect vamp or sli solidus i mean... c'mon metal gear solid is done whats his name oh yeah kojijma whatever said its done although he said the same aboug mgs2 then mgs3 it's don'e man i'm telling you !

metal gear solid is done

i'm telling you mgs is done

That does it. GET OUTTA HERE YA DRUNK LOWLIFE.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/bigfoot_721/bartender.jpg

[Translucid]

And that's what it looks like?

Actually, kinda...

http://ui23.gamespot.com/1814/stalker36_2.jpg

[marcus]

Yeah, but Snatcher is in a dingy city, not in the middle of a field.

Isn't Gillian Seed originally from Russia? Him and his wife suddenly get amnesia and then they break up to find their identities or whatever. I remember in the intro they were standing in a field or on a walkway or something and then they just left.

oh yeah, sorry about last night. i was really, really, really toasted.

[Kire]

wish I could go.

check out our Conduit boof!!!!

[Valkysas]

Bethesda's gonna be announcing a "really big wii game".

god, I wish I cared.

[gray]

it's just not fun anymore

[John Mora]

And the search terms for that Kojima countdown include words like MGS and Metal Gear and the final countdown ends on Microsoft's E3 press conference, so I think you're reaching for Snatcher links. {:3

[gray]

i heard it was a gardening sim



to be completed 2012


*gets super excited*

[Kire]

Fallout Babies.

[Translucid]

I wasn't really serious about Snatcher, I would just be pleasantly surprised.

[Valkysas]

http://kotaku.com/5264781/new-metal-gear-featured-in-next-issue-of-famitsu

[Caciss]

kojima is getting boring

[Toaster]

http://metalgearselleck.ytmnd.com/

[marcus]

if kojima didn't have a fat sack of money crushing his lungs, maybe he wouldn't feel "pressured" to revisit a universe that's pretty much concluded

[SirTMagus]

And who says Japanese game developers are stagnant old dinosaurs?

[Denmo]

I know at least one guy who isn't.

http://www.meteorstorm.co.uk/reviews/nobynoby/images/nobynoby01large.jpg

[SirTMagus]

Pretty sure Takahashi hates video games even more than Kojima does.

[marcus]

Pretty sure Takahashi hates video games even more than Kojima does.

Probably so. His pitch to Sony was basically

*smokes joint* "i wanna make a game that has no point, will you fund it?"

sony: "you've done good in the past, it's a deal!"

[Biggie]

I'd like to see HL2: Episode Three and a new PSO. But I doubt to see either.

[John Mora]

How about a new Phantasy Star? Like, a real one, Bigfoot.

[Biggie]

I'm sure Phantasy Star Online is way better than any of the single player games.

[Toaster]

You're an idiot.

[Biggie]

Because I couldn't get into the genesis titles? :V

Why so dickish lately Toaster?

[John Mora]

No, Toaster's right, you're wrong.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v87/johnmora/1229332248764.jpg

[Biggie]

:[

[Toaster]

Do yourself a favor and pick up Phantasy Star IV, Biggie. You can get it either through Virtual Console or "SONICS ULTIMATE GENESIS COLLECTION!!!!!!!!"

[Biggie]

I have Sonic's UGC, and have only tried Phantasy Star II.

I'll give IV a try.

[John Mora]

Start from the beginning like I did! x3

[Biggie]

I'm craving new Phantasy Star so bad, you guys don't even know.

I've considered giving PSU a second try, knowing good and well it's not worth it.

I've looked into playing PSO again on those fan servers.

Even worse I'm resisting buying a PSP after work today with Phantasy Star Portable.

D:

[Valkysas]

just hold out hope for the DS game possibly being somewhat good.

[John Mora]

I've played Blue Burst and it just didn't hook me very much. And it didn't really seem connected to Phantasy Star at all, apart from the names of items.

[Toaster]

Grim Fandango or Monkey Island remakes to be announced at E3? (http://www.destructoid.com/rumortoid-fandango-or-monkey-island-to-be-revived-at-e3--132000.phtml)

I sure as hell hope so.

Grim Fandango is one of the highest-rated PC games ever released, and yet, it's been marred nigh-unplayable thanks to the way PC gaming works (old games on a new PC rarely ever work). I've always wanted to play it, and revisiting a game with such high marks wouldn't be a bad idea at all.

[marcus]

i'd rather get monkey island 5 and be done with the series than a complete reboot.

edit: although the ending to monkey island 2 was basically a reboot.

[Kire]

Hell, if I go next year, HVS will prolly have an even bigger presence then this year (with Grinder and...other stuff I can't talk about).

[SirTMagus]

Who's ready for BUPKIS tomorrow?


http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t83/sirtmagus2/oekaki16.png

[John Mora]

E3 '09: More irrelevant than ever before.

Is there anything we DON'T know about yet? Even Mega Man Legends 3 isn't a surprise...

}}}:3

[Denmo]

you're a dirty old man, John Mora.

[Valkysas]

as much as I would love it, the mystery capcom game probably isnt MML3.their hints really narrow it down. action game, existing franchise, first time on the platform. so we look at their action games, and the only ones not currently in use are captain commando, strider, onimusha (no one wants it) dino crisis (no one wants it), ghosts & goblins (PSP revival attempt was a failure) and um... demon's crest?

capcom internally refers to the legends franchise as an adventure game. but yeah, it is still a possibility. I just think something like Strider is a stronger possibility. I could see it being pretty damn amazing.

[Biggie]

I'd lak more Onimusha.

Then again, I never played Dawn of Dreams or whatever it was called.

I have fond memories of 1-3 though.

[Dreamknight]

I wasn't aware anyone could have fond memories of HENRI.

[Valkysas]

where the **** was Bioware during the 360 press conference? You'd think they'd WANT to show Mass Effect 2 over something like that stupid Joyride game.

same goes for Bethesda. nothing from them. tis odd. want to see new elder scrolls.

[Chrono]

Yeah that was strange. Also, did Rare or Lionhead show anything? I didn't see anything, one would think they would of taken the time to show off the Arcade port of Perfect Dark.

[John Mora]

Molyneux showed off that pie-in-the-sky Milo thing.

[SirTMagus]

Off to a rocky start.

[John Mora]

What would rock your world, Magus?

[SirTMagus]

Your eternal silence.

[Caciss]

I second the motion.

[Kire]

I'm sick of seeing things that I know probably won't happen, i.e. answers to specific questions from A.I. in a demo. This isn't freakin' Skynet they're doing a demo of. I blame Sony and their Killzone movie.

[Chuck]

Hey, has Peter Molyneux ever let us down? Oh, wait...

[SirTMagus]

WHERE ARE CAPCOM'S GAMES?

[Biggie]

They are scared of a measily flu.

[The_Real_Crunk]

WHERE ARE CAPCOM'S GAMES?

Not on the PS3, thats for sure. :3

[Chrono]

Is it sad that the only game announced at E3 that excites me is the remake of Monkey Island? :|

[SirTMagus]

Kind of inevitable.

Everything is sequels and rehashing.

[The_Real_Crunk]

80's-90's and a little into the 2000's were the golden years. Its all downhill from here people!

[Chrono]

I'm mildly interested in the new 3D Castlevania that Kojima is supposedly working on. Gameplay looks more like God of War and less like the previous Castlevanias, which isn't bad by me considering the mediocre gameplay of the previous 3D games. And possibly, we might actually get a decent story out of it.

Trailer (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-castlevania-lords/50687)

At least its got Captain Picard and that crazy guy from Trainspotting.

[Valkysas]

and no Igarashi! WOOOOO.

[Toaster]

Now, now. Ecclesia proved that Team IGA is finally starting to "get it".

[Valkysas]

and it only took, what, a decade?

[Biggie]

Lets just give every tiring franchise to Kojima. Sonic could be good again.

[Dreamknight]

and it only took, what, a decade?

Uh Aria of Sorrow?

[Valkysas]

fluke.

[marcus]

Lets just give every tiring franchise to Kojima. Sonic could be good again.

I'd play a game with the current Sonic universe (crazy characters and all) written and directed by Kojima.

[Stormy]

So... did anyone else fall asleep during the Ubisoft conference? That guy talking about the Avatar movie for what felt like half an hour was almost as painful as listening to the CEO try to inspire people while stumbling over his own accent. Then when the Canadian guy came on I was like "YES! SOMEONE WHO SPEAKS PROPER ENGLISH!" Then I realized he was French-Canadian and didn't speak like people from Thunder Bay, so I was in just as much pain. After watching the EA conference the Ubisoft one was pretty underwhelming.

The only think I cared about was Splinter Cell. Was Sabotage an Ubisoft game? That looked cool too.

[Perversion]

Ubisoft could have eliminated their entire presentation by having the speaker hold up a posterboard that said, "Ubisoft: Home of an over-the-hill stealth franchise nobody cares about anymore and a mountain of shovelware."


That would seriously have summed up Ubisoft fairly succinctly.

[Stormy]

Ubisoft could have eliminated their entire presentation by having the speaker hold up a posterboard that said, "Ubisoft: Home of an over-the-hill stealth franchise nobody cares about anymore and a mountain of shovelware."

That would seriously have summed up Ubisoft fairly succinctly.

I care :(

To be fair, I didn't play Double Agent, so my opinion is based on pretty outdated information (Chaos Theory). But this new one looks pretty sweet, since it isn't as punishing as the other ones can be.

However, Sabotage looked like so much fun that if I had to choose between the two, I would end up getting Sabotage.

That guy they had as the speaker wasn't half as funny as he thought he was. It was kinda sad really.

[Dreamknight]

Ubisoft could have eliminated their entire presentation by having the speaker hold up a posterboard that said, "Ubisoft: Home of an over-the-hill stealth franchise nobody cares about anymore and a mountain of shovelware."


That would seriously have summed up Ubisoft fairly succinctly.

Just because you don't play the Splinter Cell games doesn't mean everyone else in the world doesn't~

Aside from double agent it is a great series.

[Chuck]

Ubisoft could have eliminated their entire presentation by having the speaker hold up a posterboard that said, "Ubisoft: Home of an over-the-hill stealth franchise nobody cares about anymore and a mountain of shovelware."


That would seriously have summed up Ubisoft fairly succinctly.
Only if by succinct you mean leaving out a majority of what they are working on.

So anyway, what's the point of Milo? It's maybe interesting, possibly even impressive but fun? Useful? It's just a vaguely interactive video. Are we meant to be excited by it?

[Perversion]

But of course, Chuck. You really think they're gonna make a big presentation on all 30 or so Imagine/Petz/My Coach DS games that are probably coming out this year? :p

[Chuck]

No, those were included in your statement by the shovelware part, I meant all the games they're working on besides Splinter Cell and shovelware.

[Perversion]

Beyond Good and Evil 2, mayhaps?