FOR THE MAG: E3 2011 Press Conferences

[Ginga]

The general opinion on the internet is that Sony and even more so, Nintendo basically owned E3.

Microsoft was met a with a gigantic, simultaneous grimace from us all.

The Wii U, aka the FireTruck (Repeat Wii U in your head in a high pitched voice) is lookin' pretty good. Some guy put on reddit a hands on review after he played it and he said it's quite awesome.

[Keep 117]

I thought E3 was scaled back anyway??
And doesn't M$ have there own show(or some specific show)that thet unveil alot of their stuff on? Seriously all I have keeping me interested in games is Skyrim.

[ClownTrousers]

Re: Mass Effect 3 (from Eurogamer):

One on-rails, turret-based set piece features a towering Reaper looking like it's strayed in straight from Gears of War as it's hosed with gunfire.

FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS FUCKING RIGHTEOUS.

[Palerider_GB]

The Wii U, aka the FireTruck (Repeat Wii U in your head in a high pitched voice) is lookin' pretty good. Some guy put on reddit a hands on review after he played it and he said it's quite awesome.

So why is it the new Wii is awesome but Kinnect sucks?

[Venomous Albino]

Because once again Sony and Microsoft have been left eating Nintendo's dust. And I was right: Microsoft shoved Kinect in everyone's faces for 90 minutes while Nintendo stole the show.

Still, Gears 3 and Forza 4 are looking great.

[CherryCokeChaos]

Nintendo rocked this shit.

[Johnny Shoulder]

Kinect Star Wars anyone?






no?

[Keep 117]

Re: Mass Effect 3 (from Eurogamer):

One on-rails, turret-based set piece features a towering Reaper looking like it's strayed in straight from Gears of War as it's hosed with gunfire.

FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS FUCKING RIGHTEOUS.

CW I'll start making the napalm now... The doctors are gonna get it....

[Palerider_GB]

Re: Mass Effect 3 (from Eurogamer):

One on-rails, turret-based set piece features a towering Reaper looking like it's strayed in straight from Gears of War as it's hosed with gunfire.

FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS FUCKING RIGHTEOUS.

CW I'll start making the napalm now... The doctors are gonna get it....

Luddites!

[Bob]

Now I haven't seen much E3 stuff and I'll probably have to wait for the EDGE magazine coverage now as opposed to trying to sort through the internet chaff.. but how on earth did Nintendo win? From what I've heard this Wii-U thing sounds laughably bad. One control only and multiplayers have to use wii-motes? For a userbase that has really adopted multiplayer?

[The-Marb]

Have got to say when i first looked at the new Wii, my first though was "i dont get it". I still dont.

[CherryCokeChaos]

how on earth did Nintendo win?

Because Sony and Microsoft didn't try, they knew they were going up against a new console so why try?

Microsoft went: "Look Kinect isn't all shit, ...Oh and Halo 4!"

Sony went: "Sorry we got hacked, but we're bringing out a tv and console bundle! Also doesnt uncharted look cool! ...Oh and psp 2 is now called vita"

Nintendo went: "HERE'S A FUCKING ORCHESTRA TO CELEBRATE THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF LEGEND OF ZELDA, EVERYONE GETS A FREE COPY OF FOUR SWORDS, NEW ZELDA WILL FUCKING RULE. THE NEW CONSOLE WILL BRING TOGETHER CASUAL AND HARDCORE GAMERS. ...OH AND MARIO KART HAS CARS YOU CAN FLY IN NOW.

[Ginga]

What Is the Wii U?

It's Nintendo's next generation video game system and amazingly, the video game industry's first new major home console since 2006.

Why is it special?

The controller. The Wii U's controller is smörgåsbord of technology. There a 6.2-inch full touchscreen (but not multitouch) controller with two analog sticks, one d-pad, four face buttons, two shoulder buttons and two triggers. Oh, there's a front facing camera, microphone and all the tilting, turning and motion controls of the original Wii controller too. Basically, it's the tablet-sized love child of the DS and Wii controller.

What can the controller do?

The better question would be, what can it not do, Nintendo showed off its versatility: Attached to a gun it's acting like a sight (kind of like Silent Scope), and in another demo, held portrait-style, it was a way to flick shuriken. In Aliens: Colonial Marines, it's used as a motion tracker that you sweep around you to see enemies, an interactive map, and to hack open doors in a kind of mini-game mode. You can basically play an entirely different game on the touch controller than everybody else is playing on the big screen. Or use it for another view of what's happening up on your TV. It also does video chat, it's web browser, and it mirrors photos/videos up on the TV. The potential is limitless, hopefully devs will tap into. One thing is clear: It's not its own system, since it pulls everything from the console.

How many controllers can you use?

You'll be able to connect four Wiimotes and one, maaybe two, of these new Wii U controllers. Katsuya Eguchi, one of Nintendo's chief game designers, told Kotaku, that using multiple New Controllers for a game would be "an interesting idea" and that "we're considering our options with maybe two screens".

How does it play?

When Gizmodo's Matt Buchanan played it, he described it as being completely immersed in his own tiny world. He wrote, "my entire game takes place on the Wii U's controller, almost as if I'm playing not just an entirely different game, but an entirely different console. I move the aircraft with the twin analog sticks, forward, back, left, right. But to aim, I have to move the entire controller and my body with it, as if I'm surrounded by an entire world that can only be peeked at through the Wii U controller's screen. It's both profoundly connected and weirdly alienating. I'm not just the enemy for these players united on one screen, I'm in an entirely different space." There's a bunch of different ways to use the controller, including a stylus.

What sort of games will be on Wii U?

Unlike the Wii and to be honest, all the Nintendo systems before it, Nintendo seems to be making a concerted effort in landing quality third party games this go around. EA showed up for the first time at a Nintendo E3 event and praised the Wii U's uniqueness, saying it'd be perfect for sports games like Madden. The video demo showed off games like Assassin's Creed, Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge, Ghost Recon Online and others like Alien: Colonial Marines and Darksiders II. And of course, you can expect all the Nintendo classics like Zelda, Smash Bros and the rest of the lovely Nintendo world.

How powerful is the system?

Graphically, the Wii U seems to be on par with the Xbox 360 and PS3 (or at least very close to it). Guts-wise it's using a custom multicore chip from IBM and actually shares some technology with Watson, the Jeopardy robot ace. AMD is making the GPU, the system does 1080p, there'll be some flash memory on board (8gb it was rumored) and it will have 4 USB ports and support USB storage. One of Nintendo's chief game designers, Katsuya Eguchi, confirmed that the system's proprietary disc format will hold 25 Gigabytes of data.

[The-Marb]

Oh god its controllers sticks are like the PSP's....when will people learn? they dont work very well.

[Dante3000]

Looking at that image..... the Dreamcast had the idea of a screen on the controller ages ago.