First off, I’m not going to do a full write up of Sony’s conference because, quite frankly, it was boring. The only thing there that I liked was Portal 2, and that’ll be on PC anyway.
Microsoft, with the Kinect, is at least trying to bring something new to motion control. The Wii and Kinect each have their own separate Pros and Cons, but Sony’s Move looks like it’s trying to hard to copy and 1-up the Wii.
Now for Nintendo: Holy crap! Nintendo wins E3 2010!
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
We all knew it was coming, Zelda with Wii Motion Plus control. I am a little disappointed that I can’t play with a control pad anymore. I didn’t like Twilight Princess on the Wii because I could never get the sword to swing the correct way and ended up reverting back to the Gamecube version. If what I’ve experienced with the swordplay games in Wii Sports Resort is any indication, then this new Zelda will have that problem fixed with it’s 1:1-ish sword swinging. The new art style looks perfect to me. It sits somewhere in between Wind Waker and Twilight Princess. I would compare it more to Super Mario Galaxy, cartoon candy but still beautiful.
Mario Sports Mix
More Mario sports? Well ok, I’ve generally liked the various Mario sports games and will give this a try. I like that they’ve crammed 3 (or 4?) games in to one.
Wii Party
Didn’t we already have this with Mario Party 8 on the Wii? And the numerous other party/mini-game games? I got tired of the party games a long time ago, so I’m not really interested in this.
Kirby’s Epic Yarn
Sure, it’s very pink and looks like a baby’s blankey, but Kirby games are always fun no matter how cutesy they look. And this will be the first Kirby game to take advantage of the Wii’s controls.
Epic Mickey
I didn’t really grow up on Mickey Mouse and Disney as much as some others might have. My initial reaction was “meh” when they showed it off during the conference, but after reading more in to it, the story is looking really interesting, giving Mickey some welcome darkness. I’m still not sold on the gameplay though. It’s not the first game to let you create and destroy the game world.
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Finally! A proper DK game, and from the same devs that worked the Metroid Prime series. I didn’t see it in any of the videos, but it was said that the game will use motion controls. Hopefully, they won’t be too imposing and lightly used like in New Super Mario Bros Wii.
Metroid: Other M
Just as last year, can’t wait for this one.
3DS
As far as the 3D aspect goes, I just don’t care. I one of those people that has misaligned eyes, so I can only focus on something with one at a time. Because of this, 3D just doesn’t work for me.
So it’s the power of the system itself combined with the line up of games that get me excited. However, I really hope they don’t repeat PSP’s mistake. They need to add a 2nd analog control under the face buttons on the right.
Kid Icarus: Uprising
I’ve never played the original Kid Icarus for more than a few minutes. I just never knew what I was supposed to with it besides jump around and shoot monsters with my bow. The game they showed at the conference looked good graphics-wise, but the gameplay lookeed very generic. And Pit’s voice sounded generic as well. Plus his one liners, such as “Bark like a dog!”, were just plain awful. I’ll have to wait until this is closer to release to decided if I want to give it a try.
Metal Gear Solid 3
I really hope this is going to be a real game and not just a tech demo for the 3DS. I would love to see MGS 1 (GC version), 2, 3, and the PSP games ported to the 3DS. MGS3 is a great start though. It, along with Naked Snake, is one of my favorites because it doesn’t deal with the nano machine and cloning bullshit that gets overly complicated in the other games.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Starfox 64, and other N64 remakes
Again, I hope these will be real, rather than just tech demos. We’ll just have wait and see what happens. I’m sure we’ll also see some other great new games that take advantage of the system’s power and new control options.
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