RIIIDDDGGEEEE RAAACCCEERRR Five Year Anniversary! (E3 2011)

[fazzle]

Fuck yeah new Sly Cooper!

 

[Smues]

Well, Vita is better than NGP, though it's still a shitty name. $249/$299 price points are a lot better than rumored though.

 

[fazzle]

Wait when did they announce that price point? I must have missed that part.

 

[Smues]

They didn't announce it at the show, but Sony put out a press release with the prices.

 

[Smues]

Pricing for 3G data plans are not known yet.

 

[Smues]

And there's the announcement from the Kaz man. No way they aren't taking a loss on the hardware. But holy shit talk about fucking over the people in Europe. US price: $250. European price: 250 Euros. OUCH.

 

[KingPK]

Saint's Row and Assassin's Creed out on the same day? Crap.

 

[fazzle]

and now this thread title is worthless, with Sony themselves acknowledging Ridge Racer

 

[Kageho]

this is the longest fucking montage ever

Its depressing that nothing has me going "I need to get this". Every E3, you at least get that one game that gives you that feeling. I haven't had it yet. This is just terrible.

I think there would be plenty of those games here (Batman, Uncharted, Skyrim) if the Spike VGAs didn't already ruin the surprise factor.

I meant something new that I didn't know was coming. We knew Batman, Uncharted and Skyrim were coming. And we already knew we wanted them. I meant usually we get at least one game that mak-is that a new Sly Cooper I see?

...I stand corrected. Ladies and gentlemen, I now see that game!

 

[Golgo]

Preemptively declaring Nintendo the winner of best conference.

 

[KingPK]

Can anyone point me to the full EA, Ubisoft and Sony pressers? I can only find clips.

Nintendo really is the only one with something nobody has a clue about yet; Sony already gave a lot of the Vita details early in the year. I didn't mind much of the MS show since they sold a shitload of those things over Christmas so they need to show people there's new stuff coming. I'm still not interested in it, but there are plenty who are.

 

[bps21]

The only thing I've seen that seems to have found away to add Kinect into their game without it being stupid (with the exception of stuff like the awesome Dance Central...which is obviously all about Kinect...and streets ahead of everything else for it) was the Mass Effect 3 way of just using the voice recognition.

 

[AnonymousBroccoli]

If it has some smart phone/Android-type functionality built-in as well, I'd consider the Vita (not Vista -_-) vastly more appealing than an iPod Touch or 3DS at the same price. Though I don't know how that'd work. I know the Android app store isn't as vast as Apple's, but you've gotta wonder how appealing $30-40 PSP/Vita games would look next to 99¢ for whatever Angry Birds-type stuff Android does have.

Also, the collective groan and then very light polite applause for AT&T 3G exclusivity was pretty funny.

 

[fazzle]

Don't try to lie to me Shiggy. Zelda's gameplay hasn't evolved one bit since Ocarina of Time.

E3 2011: Making New Games is HARD.

 

[Smues]

Zelda 4 swords free on DSi ware this fall.

More importantly Skyward Sword THIS CHRISTMAS YES!

 

[fazzle]

Zelda 4 swords free on DSi ware this fall.

More importantly Skyward Sword THIS CHRISTMAS YES!

And it's staying on the Wii, which is...a semi surprise

 

[Smues]

Free Ocarina of Time soundtrack for people who register the game with club Nintendo. (Unknown how many will be available, sounds like it's going to be limited). Guess I'll be hurrying back from the store that Sunday to get it registered.

 

[fazzle]

Nintendo getting every fuckin dime's worth out of this orchestra

 

[BUTT]

I might be one of the few people who loved Four Swords Adventures, so that means more to me than Skyward Sword. I figure this free game will just be the GBA version, but I never played that, so that's cool.

 

[Smues]

DO A BARREL ROLL

 

[fazzle]

I think everyone is avoiding the key question about the Cafe. The one big thing that'll decide if I get it and better be answered today.

DOES IT HAVE A BUILT IN VITALITY SENSOR, MOTHER FUCKERS?!

 

[Smues]

Mario Kart 3ds this Christmas. Fuck yes.

 

[Smues]

Starfox 64 3D. I think I just came in my pants.

OH SHIT and it's September, not even that far off. And this time tilting the system DOES help you steer!

 

[Smues]

Holy mother of god that Mario 3DS trailer looked amazing. RACOON SUIT MOTHA FUCKA!

And it's coming out this year. Awesome.

 

[Smues]

Mario Kart, Star Fox, Mario, Kid Icarus....and they finish with Luigi's Mansion. I'm sure all 7 or 8 people who liked the original will be thrilled.

 

[fazzle]

I..I don't know what to think about Kid Icarus. It just...what?


Mario though, hell yeah.

 

[Smues]

And Project Cafe is called....Wii U. I'm sure I'll get used to it, but if nothing else I don't know for it just adding one letter to Wii. Confusion ahead.

Edit: Maybe not. Maybe it's just a new controller for the Wii?

 

[BUTT]

Oh, so that's why it's called Wii U, because it's THQ's uDraw tablet.

 

[fazzle]

So...the new system is....just a new controller?

 

[Smues]

6.2 inch screen. Not bad.