E3 2006 - News, Updates, pics, videos official thread.

[hezeuschrist]

Holy christ, the DS is going to continue to dominate. I was questioning how they could continue the stream of amazing titles... but.

StarFox DS
Yoshi's Island 2
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: March of the Mini's
Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

Now they need some more original titles.

[THATinkjar]

It seems awfully convenient for Microsoft to force an MSN Messenger update on everyone, from a really slow, overloaded server, at just the time Nintendo's conference is taking place.

I wanna talk about this with my friends!

[Julio III]

Well, the start of the Nintendo conference was amazing, such a show, but as it went on, I was thinking, well...

Shigsy came out and was conducting a virtual orchestra to the Zelda theme, awesome!

Few new DS game sequals to old Nintendo franchises: Yoshi's Island 2, Starfox DS, Mario vs Donkey Kong DS, Diddy Kong Racing, oh, and a new Ouendan for the west called Elite Beat Agents or something.
Personally I wasn't impressed with the 1st party DS games but then the only update to a classic Nintendo franchise i've bought so far is Tetris. For sure they'll be some great 3rd party DS games in the show

Wii games - Tennis, Golf, Zelda (for launch day), Red Steel, Super Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime 3, Excite Truck

After all the footage only Wii game so far that I'm particularly interested in is WarioWare, but they only showed snippets of that. Didn't show much for their other games which they just showed the player playing on video, ie. drums, conducting etc.

The final feature of the Wii controller is that is has an inbuilt speaker. I was hoping they'd show more details of the Wii - pricing, release, stuff about the controller "shells" which they haven't mentioned in ages.

3rd party stuff could be brilliant - oh, the quick glimpse of Sonic was good

[GrandAmChandler]

This just in.



From Nintendo of Japan's website:

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n10/e3_200...ontroller.html

Thanks to JJNova for finding this!

[Rev. Link]

Can anyone read Japanese? Do we know if that's for real, or just a mock up? Will it use the motion sensors? Etc.

By the way, I just watched the video for Red Steel. That looks like it's gonna be fun!

[Xexyz]

Super paper Mario (GCN) is looking pretty sweet. It lookseven incorporate some of the ideas implimented in NSMB (I.E. super size power up).

I like what I've seen so far from Nintendo. Basically a bunch of new updates to their classic franchises, but most of them look good so far. I'm definately excited about Yoshi's Island 2 and Star Fox DS. And Excite Truck for the Wii looks bad ass! It looks like an arcade style racer, which is my kind of racing game.

[GrandAmChandler]

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n10/e3_2006/gc/index.html


More from Japan!

Super Paper Mario



DK Bongo Blast!



Thanks Hydr0x!

[diskoboy]

Lumines Live is coming to Xbox Live Arcade!!

http://pc.joystiq.com/2006/05/09/lum...x-live-arcade/

[pacmanhat]

Lumines Live is coming to Xbox Live Arcade!!

http://pc.joystiq.com/2006/05/09/lum...x-live-arcade/

Sweeeet...

Also, GTA4 is exclusive to Xbox 360! Oh how I love to see Sony getting one-upped...

[Rev. Link]

GTA as in Grand Theft Auto? Wow, that's huge for MS.

One thing really bugs me about that, though. Why call it GTA4 when there have been like 4 or 5 GTA games released since GTA3 already?

EDIT: Wait a minute, this is according to IGN: "On October 16th 2007 Grand Theft Auto 4 will be available on Xbox 360. There was no mention of an exclusive to 360."

So, is it exclusive or not?

[njiska]

Lumines Live is coming to Xbox Live Arcade!!

http://pc.joystiq.com/2006/05/09/lum...x-live-arcade/

Sweeeet...

Also, GTA4 is exclusive to Xbox 360! Oh how I love to see Sony getting one-upped...

No mention of exclusivity, only that Rockstar's episodic content would be exclusive.

[GrandAmChandler]

12:21: Moore whips out Xbox 360 HD-DVD peripheral--it looks like a mini Xbox 360 with a black front. The name is "Xbox 360 Player" and it will be available this holiday season.12:22: "Major announcement about one of greatest franchsies of all time." Says its so exciting that he has to take his shirt off. Shows Halo 2 tatto--GRAND THEFT AUTO IV tatoo on other arm. Grand Theft Auto IV October 16 2007 to Xbox 360 ONLY.

[heybtbm]

Microsoft: Halo 3, GTA4
Nintendo: more Wii goodness
Sony: consumer friendly $600 PS3.

This has to be Sony's worst E3 beating ever.

[pacmanhat]

Hmm...conflicting reports I guess. In any case, getting the first release of GTA4, even if it isn't exclusive, is HUGE.

[GrandAmChandler]

12:54: I get the official Rockstar Games announcement of Grand Theft Auto IV in my e-mail--it says that the game will be release simultaneously on Xbox 360 and PS3. Moore said it was coming to 360 first. What the...?

[Jasoco]

I WANT SUPER PAPER MARIO!!!

[Rev. Link]

Hey, here's some good news. Don't know if this has been talked about already, but it sure made me happy!

According to IGN's video piece on the game, Guitar Hero II will have a new practice mode, where you can choose to practice specific parts of a song. You can even loop it or slow it down!

Now that's an improvement. A good practice mode was exactly what I thought was missing from the first Guitar Hero.

[Half Cab Leroy]

Hey, here's some good news. Don't know if this has been talked about already, but it sure made me happy!

According to IGN's video piece on the game, Guitar Hero II will have a new practice mode, where you can choose to practice specific parts of a song. You can even loop it or slow it down!

Now that's an improvement. A good practice mode was exactly what I thought was missing from the first Guitar Hero.

Awesome. I always wanted a practice mode for the harder parts.

[Jasoco]

YOSHI'S ISLAND 2



BABY PRINCESS!!

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n10/e3_200...oshi/ss01.html

[Muscelli]

eh, ps3 looks amazing, and yeah 500 is a lot, but you gotta compare it to the 360 premium as well. for 100 dollars more, you get slightly better graphics, blu ray player, free online, tilt controller, and backwards compatability with ps2. Not too bad, but yeah, I get what u guys are saying..


360 looks like it is going to have some amazing games for it as well! GTA and Halo 3 both look like theyre gonna be awesome!

I saw the rev videos, and they are really underwhelming.. Am I the only one who is writing off the controller as a gimmick?