[General Discussion] E3 Expectations and Reactions Thread

I'm pretty sure I'm biased since the Wii is the only current-gen console I own, but Nintendo's showing excited me more than the others. Even though people will say "yet another Mario game," Mario games have always been on track in terms of production quality, gameplay, and flat out fun. Mario Galaxy 2 should be good (though I hope they don't call it that.) and Super Mario Bros. Wii brings in 4 player co-op for the first time in a Mario game, which I'm really excited about. I'm not all that big of a fan for Metroid, but it's still interesting, since Team Ninja will be behind the wheel this time. Golden Sun DS, assuming it's a sequel, is also great news. Contrary to the GFF Gamer's Month's overall feeling of the game, I enjoyed Golden Sun on the GBA quite a bit.

The only thing that stood out from Microsoft for me was Natal (once again, probably because I don't own a 360), and it's still too early to tell how that's going to turn out. Sony had a pretty good showing with Uncharted 2. I'm actually with Chaotic on this one and that Final Fantasy XIV would have been gold for me if it wasn't for the "online" that came out partway through. Their motion controller seemed interesting, but it's not much that hasn't been done before, that and it's still quite clearly in prototyping. The demonstrator wasn't exactly very good with it either, but it does have promise. The LBP/Mario Kart bastard child actually seemed pretty cool, IMO, though I forget what the name of it was. Custom track creation really piqued my interest. I'd been planning on getting a PS3 sometime soon already, and Sony has held my interest enough during the conference to keep me to it.

In my opinion: Nintendo's Conference > Sony's Conference > Microsoft's Conference

Jam it back in, in the dark.