I love gaming on my handheld systems. Call me crazy, but in the same way some people just need a controller or a mouse to play, I love having my buttons inches away from a screen. Must be why the Wii U is the first console I've gotten in quite a while...
Anyway, i began following E3 news this year with a lot of hope. It was the 3DS's 4th and the Vita's 3rd E3, but there could still be big news. Imagine what big announcements Nintendo or Sony had waiting for their respecitve handhelds?
What we actually got was:
3DS: More info about already known games like Pokemon X/Y and a Smash Bros trailer
Vita: PS2 HD ports and functionality with an admittedly great console.
Rivetting
Don't get me wrong, what was shown was good. Between Pokemon and Zelda, my handheld quota for the last few months of the year is filled. And PS2 ports aren't exactly going to hurt the Vita. But Compared to other years, there were no big announcements from either company. There was no Kid Icarus: Uprising style reveal like in 2010, no surprisingly low price point like the one for the Vita in 2011, not even a localization announcement like in 2012 for Fire Emblem: Awakening.
In the end, I'm not really upset. On the console and PC side of things, I'm going to have a lot to play this next year, and have incentive to get another job to afford all this new stuff. On the other hand... some of the biggest handheld news this year was that Jigglypuff was a fairy.
