Microsoft
So, pretty much the main idea of Microsoft was, "Take THAT, Sony!" They did a pretty good job this year. But the biggest shock was them taking Final Fantasy from Sony. Yep. Xbox 360 is releasing FFXIII. Crazy.
Sony
Sony
I think Sony had the best press conference this year. It just seemed to flow. I've never had a Sony System so it's hard for me to compare it to other years, but I thought most things they did were awesome. The biggest thing that caught my attention was their statistics. Rather than rambling on about them like Nintendo did, they put them in a level of one of the games they're releasing. It was a really clever way to get through the boring stuff.
Nintendo
Nintendo
I was pretty disappointed in Nintendo this year. Okay, majorly disappointed. Being a rabid Nintendo fangirl, I felt like this year they punched us (the core gamers) in the gut, left us sitting in the mud, and told us our moms said hi. I fear Nintendo may be compleatly deserting it's core gamers. I've been one of the people defending Nintendo's decision to market to casual gamers, but this was just too much.
Remember a year or two ago at the end of Nintendo's E3? Smoke and lights filled the auditorium, cool music flowed through the speakers, and Shiguru Miyamoto ran onstage with a Master Sword and shield. Yes, a new Zelda. The audiance burst into applause and jumped to their feet as everybody's favorite game designer proudly announced The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. It was awesome.
Now, fastforward to a few days ago. The audiance was half asleep from the LOOONG presentation of facts and figures when, once again, the lights dimmed. Smoke filled the auditorium and lights danced through the air. When suddenly, the lights revealed something on stage: Miyamoto in something awesome? No. Some guy with a mohawk waving the wiimote and nunchuck around like an idiot. Yes. Wiimusic. That was their big hook. It's a stupid toy (not a game) where you press random buttons and it playes music for you. Not like Guitar Hero. It requires no skill. You literally just press buttons.
The lady presenting a lot of it also got really annoying. Talking about puppies and hurting her wrist. It got old. Fast. And the smiling! They were just so...happy! They were like XD :D :) :>
Not to say everything was a blow. The new Animal Crossing looks pretty good. But it's just Animal Crossing. It doesn't really look all that different from the last ones. And the new addition to the Wiimote looks AWESOME. It's now causing 1:1 movement. Which, though the game they're releasing it on looks like more minigames targeted and soccer moms and children, has great possibilities for the future.
Also, after the press confrence, they announced the #1 awesome thing: Pikmin 3. Yes, they officially announced it now. But they didn't spend any time on it. Someone had to ask them, "Are you making another Pikmin?" and after debating if they could tell us or not said, "We're making Pikmin."
Remember a year or two ago at the end of Nintendo's E3? Smoke and lights filled the auditorium, cool music flowed through the speakers, and Shiguru Miyamoto ran onstage with a Master Sword and shield. Yes, a new Zelda. The audiance burst into applause and jumped to their feet as everybody's favorite game designer proudly announced The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. It was awesome.
Now, fastforward to a few days ago. The audiance was half asleep from the LOOONG presentation of facts and figures when, once again, the lights dimmed. Smoke filled the auditorium and lights danced through the air. When suddenly, the lights revealed something on stage: Miyamoto in something awesome? No. Some guy with a mohawk waving the wiimote and nunchuck around like an idiot. Yes. Wiimusic. That was their big hook. It's a stupid toy (not a game) where you press random buttons and it playes music for you. Not like Guitar Hero. It requires no skill. You literally just press buttons.
The lady presenting a lot of it also got really annoying. Talking about puppies and hurting her wrist. It got old. Fast. And the smiling! They were just so...happy! They were like XD :D :) :>
Not to say everything was a blow. The new Animal Crossing looks pretty good. But it's just Animal Crossing. It doesn't really look all that different from the last ones. And the new addition to the Wiimote looks AWESOME. It's now causing 1:1 movement. Which, though the game they're releasing it on looks like more minigames targeted and soccer moms and children, has great possibilities for the future.
Also, after the press confrence, they announced the #1 awesome thing: Pikmin 3. Yes, they officially announced it now. But they didn't spend any time on it. Someone had to ask them, "Are you making another Pikmin?" and after debating if they could tell us or not said, "We're making Pikmin."
3 comments:
Okay, so is a gaming conference something that you watch on tv, or is it something you actually go to? Sorry- you'll have to put up with stupid questions from your "non-gamer" sister. :)
Funny - I was coming to leave the same comment Michelle already left!
I can't believe how much you know about this stuff - and you analyze it so well...even though I don't really understand a lot about it, I can tell that your analytical skills are awesome! I think it would be really cool to be so into something other than my kids. (Though, I love being into them as well...)
Oh, well, you watch it. But on the internet. Like, I got a live feed for the press confrences. But some of the other stuff, like the little press briefings where they announced Pikmin, aren't allowed to be filmed. So game journalists are sitting in them with their laptops and updating their blog pages every time something happens. So, you just kind of sit there refreshing the page and hoping they come up with something.
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