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E3 2010: The Big Game List

This year’s E3 is almost upon us guys…This is the list IGN has compiled of games that have been promised publicly so far. I want to see what Epic has cooked up for Gears 3 so bad. E3 week will start June 13 so we have a little week over before then. The hype train probably won’t really get going until we’re probably within a month.

Konami Announces Pro Evolution Soccer 2011

Ubisoft Confirms Tom Clancy H.A.W.X. 2

THQ Confirms Smackdown vs. Raw 2011, New WWE Title

IGN Super Mario Galaxy 2 updated Hands-on:

he’s got the final copy of the game and playing through it.

If you don’t want to see how the game starts out I suggest avoiding the training vids

Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Training #1
http://wii.ign.com/dor/objects/14354736/super-mario-galaxy-2/videos/mariogal2_gmp_training1_5410.html?show=hi

Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Training #2
http://wii.ign.com/dor/objects/14354736/super-mario-galaxy-2/videos/mariogal2_gmp_training2_5410.html?show=hi

I’m starting to think Peach’s castle is made of god…

Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Puzzle Plank
http://wii.ign.com/dor/objects/14354736/super-mario-galaxy-2/videos/mariogal2_gmp_puzzleplank_5410.html?show=hi

Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Bowser Castle
http://wii.ign.com/dor/objects/14354736/super-mario-galaxy-2/videos/mariogal2_gmp_bowsercastle_5410.html?show=hi

Super Mario Galaxy 2 - First Level
http://wii.ign.com/dor/objects/14354736/super-mario-galaxy-2/videos/mariogal2_gmp_firstlevel_5410.html?show=hi

Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Luigi Trailer
http://wii.ign.com/dor/objects/14354736/super-mario-galaxy-2/videos/mariogal2_trl_luigitrailer_5510.html?show=hi

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Wii and DS Sales Fall:

‘Oh teh noes…we are losing money but still number 1 and breaking records with both systems! What are we gonna do!?’ This is based on last fiscal year.

E3 2010 Is Going To Be Big

245 Companies have been confirmed to showing up at the show. E3 also has a website where you can view the current list of companies attending.

Guitar Hero 6, DJ Hero Sequal On Track For This Fall

EA to Deliver Dynamic 3D Monopoly Gameplay with Monopoly Streets:

People actually bug us about Monopoly at work. I kid you not. There’s at least 1 person every week asking around for the game.

Ubisoft Confirms Just Dance 2

Calling it right now…Cammie will come out on stage and introduce this title at E3. ( It’s a joke Nintendo…DON’T DO IT!)

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Good games on MH Tri the other day Sonichuman. Shame that Rathian literally screwed us over at the last second. :mad:

I’m now trying to make a Gobul set for the lulz, I just need to figure out how you get a Gobul Lantern to finish my set Off to the Wiki I go.

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Definitely good games… I don’t know what’s up with me and this game and eating combos and meaties. Everytime I’m we’re chasing monster’s on the map I’m the one that ends up eating something as soon as I get into the next area. That fireball from Rath last night was fuckin bullshit lol. It was like Rath knew I was coming into the area and decided to throw it out so it’d be there as soon as it was finished loading.

Rioting Soul: ah shit he’s charging the fireball! puts up shield in preparation to block
Rath: fires the fireball and it wizzes right past Riot
Riot: ?
Me: comes into the area Now wh- OMFG I’M ON FIRE!!!
Riot: LULZZZZZZZ

I’ll go ahead and do some hunting tonight in a few moments once i’m done with my usual gaming news stuff.

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Nintendo Unveils Wii Party:

So it basically sounds like this game is going to take the place of Mario Party. Guess we’ll see this at E3.

Xenoblade Update

screens show being able to mess with an internal clock and ‘seamless’ areas. There’s a trailer on the Japanese websitethat they suggest looking at which is Trailer #4. Looks really good.

Edit: I can’t remember seeing that Trailer #3 either…

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E3 is going to be huge, and I think a lot of Wii fans who stay up on what’s going on with the system are underestimating how big Epic Mickey is going to be. I really can’t wait to finally see how development of that is progressing.

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I had actually briefly forgotten all about Epic Mickey. Hopefully that will be at E3 too.

Japan Numbers 5/7/10

NSMB Wii gets knocked down to 4th place by Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 (DS), MGS: Peace Walker, and SSFIV (PS30 in that order. SSFIV (360) follows afterwards with Mario Kart Wii still hanging out on the list. Nier Replicant took a dip while Wii Fit Plus is trying to hold on.

PSP is has been doing quite well over there in the past weeks and even more so with Naked Snake assist. 360 actually managed to breach part of the DS wall it’s been faced with with Bayonetta and Forza assist. Hardware went PSP, PS3, Wii, DSi LL, DSi, 360, Lite, Go, PS2.

The New Mechanics of Super Mario Galaxy 2:

This is just a referesher so if you’ve been pretty much keeping up with SMG2 news then there’s nothing new here save for 1 thing. You don’t have to play through the entire game to play as Luigi and he shows up early on in the game. If you complete a stage as Luigi and then come back to it there will be a Ghost Luigi there that when you touch will do a Developer skilled run through the stage. No telling if this can leave to secrets or not.

IGN UK Sin and Punishment: Star Successor review:

9.2 Wow…I wasn’t expecting a score that high. They only small complaints they gave it was that the co-op was like Super Mario Galaxy’s (second player only gets a reticule) and the game was short for them (6 hours).

Super Meat Boy - Meaty Gameplay Montage

I can easily see some of these stages being controller throwing worthy.

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I’ve been looking forward to Super Meat Boy for quite some time now. It reminds me so much of N+, which I loved the crap out of.

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I’ve had to take a break from MH3 for a few days causeit was consuming my life lol. I’ll probably jump back in on he coming days.

Nintendo Download 5/10/10

Wii Ware: Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations, Chess Challenge! VC: none

The podcast this time is actually talking about something (SMG2) instead of being a completely waste of time so I’ll give it a listen.

Podcast stuff:

They have a galaxy called Throwback Galaxy. They didn’t say what exactly is thrown back in it which is a good thing since I’d rather find out myself.

He’s almost done but he can’t put the review up for a week and a half.

Lots of praise on level design. Still haven’t found out if you get anything for Ghost Luigi.

More Orchestral music than midi this time around. I can’t wait to hear the music from this game…Eargasssmmmmmmm.

He hasn’t had the camera screw up on him once. I’d imagine that’s not going to be universal with everyone but it does sound like they made some camera tweaks for the better.

13 days…

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E3 2010: EA’s E3 lineup
http://wii.ign.com/articles/108/1088886p1.html

It’s not everything but this is what’s confirmed so far.

Call of Duty: Black Ops is Wii-bound
http://wii.ign.com/articles/108/1088935p1.html

nice…

Best Selling Games of 2010 So Far:
http://wii.ign.com/articles/108/1088803p1.html

This is from Jan - March of this year. Looking at the chart on Nintendo’s investor page, WTF at Mario Kart DS still selling that damn well over here. Good Wii 3rd party games can’t seem to catch a break. Also judging from what was said at this investor meeting it looks like one of the reasons to go forward with this new packaging was for LOZ. Guess this is Nintendo’s way of letting people know they’re being serious about MotionPlus.

Super Mario Galaxy 2 Originally Mario Galaxy 1.5
http://wii.ign.com/articles/108/1088754p1.html

I actually want to read that Iwata Asks when it gets put up in english. I think it’ll be interesting.

Iwata Pledges Wii Support:
http://wii.ign.com/articles/108/1088765p1.html

I’m actually wondering if Nintendo is still making a profit off of every Wii they sell with the new bundle or not.

IGN Dive: The Medes Island’s Secret Hands-on
http://wii.ign.com/articles/108/1088898p1.html

This game actually sounds kind of interesting and might be something to keep an eye on. Looks nice for a Wiiware title.

Dive: The Medes Island’s Secret - Debut Trailer
http://wii.ign.com/dor/objects/69590/dive-the-medes-islands-secret/videos/medesisland_trl_trailer_41210.html

Dive: The Medes Island’s Secret - Oh Crap Eels
http://wii.ign.com/dor/objects/69590/dive-the-medes-islands-secret/videos/dive_gmp_ohcrapeels_51110.html

Dive: The Medes Island’s Secret - Dolphins
http://wii.ign.com/dor/objects/69590/dive-the-medes-islands-secret/videos/dive_gmp_dolphins_51110.html

Lost in Shadow - Teaser Trailer
http://wii.ign.com/dor/objects/23671/shadow-tower/videos/lostinshadow_trl_teaser_51010.html

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Considering getting a Wii again. Not really sure though. Most the games I bought when I first had one I’m not really willing to buy again and there aren’t many out that I want now.
I think it’s because the new black model looks so cool and I really want to play NMH2.

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Tatsunoko vs Capcom: UAS is $29.99 today only…online order only.

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No More Heroes 2 has had a price drop as well (online and offline, it seems).

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Sky Crawlers took a BIG ass dip in price to $9.98 new. If you were interested in the title at all you may want to grab it now because it’s probably going to be hard to find soon since they cut the sku off a month or so ago.

I finally played RE: Darkside Chronicles with my girl last night and tonight. Pretty fun game but yyyyyeah…There’s way too much shaking going on. We’re still A and S ranking stuff because of how DS scores each chapter now which is a good thing cause accuracy is NOT happening in this game unless they’re counting shots to a zombie’s chest. I’m also finding it funny when one of the characters says ‘HURRY…WE GOTTA GO!’ and the camera is just steadily still creeping through the area. Steve Burnside is a dumbass. Is he really that annoying in Code Veronica?

I’ll probably get back to doing my Monster Hunting crack again tomorrow…gotta put that sexy long sword to work!

NPD April 2010
http://wii.ign.com/articles/108/1089595p1.html

The whole industry went down apparently…with the biggest hits going to the consoles. NPD also dropped PS2 even though it’s still keeping track of it…I think I’m beginning to hear ‘Taps’ getting louder and louder as the year goes on. PS2 is definitely a console that needs a salute when it finally bites the dust.

Hardware went DS (440,800), Wii (227, 200), 360 (185,400), PS3 (180,800), PSP (65,500). Software went Splinter Cell Conviction (486,100), Pokemon Soulsilver (242,900), NSMB Wii (200,300), Pokemon Heartgold (192,600), God of War 3 (180,300), Wii Sports Resort /w Motion Plus, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (X360), Wii Fit Plus /w Balance Board, Just Dance, SSFIV (PS3). NPD didn’t provide numbers on the last 5 for whatever reason.

IGN Trackmania Wii Hands-on
http://wii.ign.com/articles/108/1089560p1.html

60 fps and it’s supposed to be out in July. hopefully it’ll have some actually racing online to go with the track trading.

NBA Jam - Bracket of Boomshakalaka Contest Trailer
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/bracket-of-nba-jam/100193

I’m sure people on SRK could come up with some Jam one-liners to put in this game.

GT Arc Rise Fantasia Preview:
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/preview-arc-rise/100207

sooo I’m not completely crazy and I’m not the only one who thought the voice acting was uh…underwhelming. It actually sounds even worse to me now but that might be GT’s editing style lol. Whenever there’s something bad in a game that they want to point out they make sure you see it in video…their G.I. Joe review made me lol hard. I imagine this game will probably get reviews in the 7-8 range…the voices are probably going to drag the experience down. At least Wii owners have Xenoblade and Last Story to fall back on even if this falls short. There’s a another vidof this game on IGN but it’s halfway messed up and you can hear the voices in battle.

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Nintendo Download 5/17/2010

Wii Ware: Bit. Trip Runner, Blood Beach VC: Kirby Super Star

This is interesting because Super Star Ultra is out on the DS. I wonder if they’ll actually release Mario All-Stars?

Japan Numbers 5/14/10

Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 and MGS: Peace Walker are ruling the top of the software charts currently with NSMB Wii still hovering like it has been. Mario Kart Wii, Wii Fit Plus, and Wii Sports Resort are still top 10. The only other 2 titles not on a Nintendo system were Nier Replicant (PS3) at #10 and SSFIV (PS3) at #7. Brawl and MKDS apparently made a comeback to at least be in the top 30.

PSP is still doing well but Wiihas started to break up the Sony tag team at the top. Hardware went PSP, Wii, PS3, DSi LL, DSi, 360, Lite, PS2, and Go. Awwww…Go dropped back down to last place again.

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Bit.Trip Runner rrrrrrrrrrrrocks!

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It looks like when we get SMG2 we can’t put it in the Wii until Sunday. That kinda sucks.

Trauma Team is now out. We got 1 copy in at my store because nobody reserved it and someone picked it up.

Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Delayed

The kitchen was apparently too hot.

IGN Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands

8.0 I’m actually really surprised they didn’t rip into this game for using waggle for attacks. I’m trying to see what other sites have said but the only 2 [Metacritic](http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/wii/princeofpersiatheforgottensands?q=prince of persia: forgotten sands) has at the moment is NP (80) and 1up ripped into it (58). I’m wondering how this game plays a role int he Sands of Time story if it runs parallel to the PS3/360 version. They did make some complaints about how you can mistakenly use one power and get yourself killed because of the way how the controls were but it sounds like something that can be avoided as long as the player is aware of it. There was also complaints about camera issues.

video review. It should also be noted that this game actually has some nice unlockables in it that weren’t mentioned before like Prince of Persia Classic 1992. (Wow @ the fact that they just dumped the Sands of Time model in this game.

Commercials for SMG2 are starting to appear. Shouldn’t they have started this about a week or 2 ago? I suppose it doesn’t matter…Looking through the Gaf forums on this game there’s rumors of some type of Galaxy editor for getting the 120th star. Errrr…I’m not even going to try to fathom believing that. Whatever it is…apparently reviewers have been teasing about something happening for this star. Also this a [media=youtube]TEMBPE90rlM"[/media] that has a section showing Throwback Galaxy at the end. If you don’t want to get spoiled then don’t let it go past 5:27. Man…they had the music redone for that stage and everything. Now I’m going to be whistling it while playing Red Dead.

As always…if any of you guys pick up Trauma Team or decide to try out Prince Wii ring in with your impressions.

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I played the first 4 episodes of Trauma Team I can?t say how it compares to past games since I never played them but now I regret it. Controls are great so far been able to move at a decent speed without error and the story/characters seem interesting so hopefully it stays that way.

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New Xenoblade battle footage:

[media=youtube]8nZeeo1YUW0&feature=player_embedded[/media]

It’s looking pretty damn sick. They bit off Resonance of Fate like a motherfucker on that team attack thing, but still good.

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^ wow…That looks like a hell of a lot of fun.

Nice to hear that Trauma Team is good so far.

I read GI’s review on SMG2 (9.3) and I found it interesting considering that for a time I think I’ve remembered some journanalists giving a slight whine over Mario having been relatively easy over the years. The guy who reviewed it gave it a knock because certain sections of the game were frustratingly hard for him and it didn’t allow him to continue on with his game because he didn’t feel like doing the purple comet challenges or taking the time necessary to grab the hidden stars (this is what I got from it…I could be misinterpreting it but it definitely sounded like this). He wanted to just grab the main stars and advance. So it made me lift an eyebrow a bit at this. I have doubts the game is really that difficult but you can’t critisize Nintendo for actually starting to put a bit more challenge in their games when people have been saying the games have been too easy. It makes it a dumb endless cycle. That’s probably why Nintendo came up with the ‘easy button’ for the people who can’t do it so that it’ll actuall allow them to put a better challenge back in their games without alienating the crowd they’re trying to keep around. What you guys think?

NBA Jam: Mega Info-Dump!

They have a lot of stuff they are putting in this game. It sounds hype! OVer 100 unlockables, a remix mode with boss battles, guest appearances (Larry Byrd and Magic Johnson confirmed so far), 60 fps. Seriously though they better get to that online and put it in and make sure they can find someway to block hackers. Seriously…This game requires internet if it really wants to get more money. And it HAS to be good online. They also said for now they’re just focusing on Wii but if the game does well that it might show up on other consoles.

Edit:

Realistic drawing of Metroid

I can only imagine that if a metroid was real and was in front of you that it’d probably cause most normal people to shit their pants. It’s a pity that John Woo stopped working on the movie…