E3 2009

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I have a long and angry story about getting into this press conference, but I may share that sometime later.

Joystiq: So you see this as a series?

Hopefully. You never know, but yeah, the goal … like Nintendo said this morning, it’s a new franchise, but in the end, …
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What about the Halo audience?

Fils-Aime: We think we win over the Halo audience with something like The Conduit, a multi-player, online, shooting experience, or Dead Space Extraction. And you …
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The other day X-seed was kind enough to let me into their little world to show me what they have coming for us Nintendo fans.  They showed me tree games, Little King Story for Wiiware, Ju-on for the Wii, and Arc Rise Fantasia for the Wii. These are my impressions of each of these games.

Little King Story

Little King Story was a game that did not seem interesting to me. It’s a game that looks to be childish and kid friendly, but I was surprised to found out that the game had received a Teen ratting. The developer wanted to make clear that Little King Story has sexual and mature undertones to it.

Little kind story is similar to Pikmin, in the way that you go around collecting people to follow you as the king. Some of the people that are collectable are, Soldiers, Farmers, and Children, just to name the few I saw. Soldiers are simple to explain, they fight and destroy things. Farmers grow and repair things, and children can be grown to be anything a farmer or a soldier. While they are children they are only good for climbing tress. Don’t think that you can throw a soldier at a bridge and hope he will fix it. Heck he is a soldier all he knows how to do is destroy it, so throw a farmer and he will not what to do.

In this group that you collect,  by the end of the game you can have 30 minion (sorry “people”) following you at one time. These group members will start sharing bonds with each other. At times the group can disband and go back to their daily lives. At night two of the towns people could be found holding hands on a date. You can take these two; force them to get married by throwing them into a church. When they come out they will be married and have a kid right when they walk out. Just like real life.

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Legendary Nintendo video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto revealed this concept artwork for a new Legend of Zelda game planned for the Wii console on June 2 during the E3 Expo in Los Angeles.
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Pictures of the Konami Press Conference

Nintendo likes to surprise us, and this morning is no different! Nintendo has just announced a Black Wii and Red Nintendo DSi coming this year for Japan and hopefully not too long afterwords for the rest of the world!
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Konami’s E3 Press Conference is just about to start.

3:17pm – Showing trailer for game lineup including Silent Hill Shattered Memories for the Wii
3:19 – Making corporate introductions. And he mentions us, the media. Yeah…
3:20 – talking about 2008 sales as one of biggest in Konami’s history. Mostly because of MGS4
3:21 – Showing teaser from Kojima Productions. And Hideo Kojima is now on stage! He has something special for us he says. He’s going to announce 4 new titles.
3:24 – 1st one: Metal Gear Arcade. Has goggles for the arcade to see games in 3D. Release in Japan this year. Worldwide TBA.
3:26 – 2nd game: trailer showing right now…Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker. Coming 2010 for PSP :/ Set after MGS3 in the 1970s
3:33 – 3rd title: trailer showing…Metal Gear Solid Rising for PS3/360 and PC. Featuring Raiden as the main character.
3:36 – 4th title: Trailer showing…Castlevania: Lords of Shadow for PS3/360.

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The Latest in Capcom’s Popular VS Series Combines Beloved Japanese Anime and Capcom Characters

LOS ANGELES, CA, E3 Expo — June 2, 2009 – Capcom®, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today announced that the next entry of the company’s popular VS fighting series, TATSUNOKO VS. CAPCOM™ ULTIMATE ALL-STARS will be coming to Wii™ this winter.

TATSUNOKO VS. CAPCOM ULTIMATE ALL-STARS pairs well-known characters from Capcom’s roster of games with some of Japan’s most beloved characters from anime powerhouse Tatsunoko Production. From Capcom’s 30-year history comes characters like Ryu and Chun-Li from the Street Fighter® series, Morrigan from Darkstalkers® and company mascot Mega Man® Volnutt from Mega Man Legends. Tatsunoko’s near half-century of Japanese animation excellence is represented by the likes of Ken the Eagle and Jun the Swan from the Science Ninja Team Gatchaman® anime (known in North America as Battle of the Planets or G-Force), cybernetic warrior Casshan and comedic action hero Yatterman No. 1. All together, there are more than 20 colorful combatants to choose from in order to form the ultimate tag team combination.

Gameplay will instantly set fighting game fans’ fingers twitching, combining elements from Capcom games like Street Fighter and previous entries in the VS series, TATSUNOKO VS. CAPCOM ULTIMATE ALL-STARS is a fun fighting game designed for all levels of players. Players choose from the combined roster of fighters to create their favorite two man/woman/cyborg/robot tag team, rotating on the fly between the two players throughout the course of each match. Those new to the genre will appreciate the game’s bright visual style and simplified four-button fighting controls. Hardcore Capcom fighting fans will dig in to the game’s depth, uncovering huge Aerial Rave combos and unique Variable Assists, gorgeous Ultimate Hyper Combos, and Variable Combinations that combine the capabilities of two members of the player’s tag-team to unleash huge damage.

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