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riderz13371 said:
Wait is this a hype thread for all three E3's or just Nintendo's? Seems like the focus is more on Nintendo.


Its for all three. I did mintion MSony, but I'm most focused on Nintendo as that is the one I know the most of the games coming out. E3 for others is a little less clear as there have been on big unknown games just recently teased.

That is where I hope others fill in and answer the question at the end of the OP.



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superchunk said:

Regarding Bayonetta 2... everyone has been focused on X and how good it looks. But did any of you notice this teaser in the Bayonetta 2 teaser?

BTW... watching this in 720p shows it as being amazing detail.. below is not 720p, just saying.

Is that in-game? Doesn't look like it.



Nintendo and PC gamer

I am pretty hyped for the headache i am going to get on Nintendo's day, this year it is going to surpass the epicness of the one i had in 09, 10, 11 and 12



osed125 said:

Is that in-game? Doesn't look like it.

Idk. Could be game rendered vs cut scene... guess we'll have to wait for E3 to see a better visualization.



I think we have every reason to be hyped for this E3. Certainly we are going to see some hardware reveals. Those are always exciting. Nintendo has two new consoles on the market and I'm sure they have plenty in store for us for both. I also expect to see a lot of games that can be played on either console, not the least of which will be Super Smash Bros.

Retro is actually in a bit of a tight spot. Having missed last year's big show the hype train they're riding could derail into internet scorn if the title isn't exactly what we're all looking for. Granted, the final product they release will ultimately be a great piece of software, but E3 is rarely about software and more about the idea of the software. I for one will be a bit let down if the game they are working on is either Donkey Kong Country 2 or a Star Fox title. For that reason I will curb my enthusiasm.

While the early indicators for the WiiU are that they are courting the more core market, I'm sure there are powerful people within who champion the idea that the path to profitability lies within the casual market. Nintendo has a knack for striking in places where others don't see profits or innovation, so I wouldn't be surprised to see some left-field piece of software or peripheral designed to pull in the ever fickle and ADD prone casuals. Yet another reason to curb my enthusiasm.

Sadly, I feel that my heyday of gaming on non-Nintendo consoles disappeared with this last generation. Gamemakers are targeting the wallets of testosterone-crazed men who honestly wouldn't have been caught dead gaming before they found out you could simulate murder and brutality while lobbing emasculating epithets at little kids across the world. It's a bully's paradise now, which is shocking, since gaming once was the hobby of kids and nerds. So for the fare to come out of the HDtwins, my enthusiams hasn't been curbed, but rather curb-stomped.

So it is with some trepidation that I am excited about this year's E3. The console business is on shaky ground and each of the remaining players will be fighting for that last little bit of the ship to stand on before it continues its sinking trajectory into irrelevance. At a time when each should be embracing the other, instead we will claim that gaming itself is not worth fighting for if the results do not create the perfect world in which we wish to game. Certainly I myself am guilty of this behavior, as I long for the day when color and wonder will return to the gaming landscape. I don't want a gaming world that mimics the real world and gives me the tools and abilities to act out sick, violent fantasies. I want a wacky, whimisical world that makes me feel like I've woken up in a dream inspired by Tim Burton or Pixar that encourages me to play and explore, not the darkness within myself, but the light within this ficticious, mesmerizing dreamscape.

This isn't the response I prepared to give this thread, nor is it probably the appopriate thread for such response, but it's what I feel about the future of gaming. And if E3 isn't about the future of gaming I don't know what is.



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melbye said:
I am pretty hyped for the headache i am going to get on Nintendo's day, this year it is going to surpass the epicness of the one i had in 09, 10, 11 and 12

How in the world could that happen? 2012 was the most dissapointing one.



pokoko said:
I knew it, this is a Nintendo thread in disguise, isn't it?

I want to know what kind of launch games the PS4/720 is going to get, as well as all those third-party titles that developers haven't been able to show off yet because all the next gen consoles haven't been revealed. And I want to see if the Wii U is going to get any of them.

I'm really hoping for a nice showing from the Vita, as well. Fingers crossed, though Vita stuff will probably be more of a focus at the Tokyo show.

Which publisher is going to have the biggest show? Any guesses? I'm looking forward to some quality stuff from EA, especially from BioWare with Dragon Age.

Hey, wait ... E3 is forever away!

Ubisoft. They are the one that I generally like the most.



super_etecoon said:
*snip ... well put article ... *

Very well said sir. Just like in my movies, I love the occasional horror or action fest that spits in the face of story and characterization. But the fantasy, sci-fi, and core story driven titles need to exist in order for it to survive and thrive. Hopefully, like movies, this will never go away in the face of mob mentality and the quick buck.



This e3 will be the best in the last few years.

Well, for sure it'll be much better than last years.

Can't wait to see what Nintendo has to show.



super_etecoon said:

 Gamemakers are targeting the wallets of testosterone-crazed men who honestly wouldn't have been caught dead gaming before they found out you could simulate murder and brutality while lobbing emasculating epithets at little kids across the world. It's a bully's paradise now, which is shocking, since gaming once was the hobby of kids and nerds. So for the fare to come out of the HDtwins, my enthusiams hasn't been curbed, but rather curb-stomped.

Bullcrap.  I have nothing against Nintendo, but these elitist statements by some of the Nintendo crowd really, really push me away.  Liking platformers over other genres doesn't make someone superior.  Liking bright solid, colors over realistic textures doesn't make someone superior.  Liking gameplay driven content over story driven content doesn't make someone superior.

I'll never understand genre elitism.  It makes no sense to me.  I find this just as distasteful as when someone else labels a certain kind of game as being "kiddy".  Both are childish as hell.