Just watched the Nintendo Press Conference, typing (and eating a sausage sandwich) as I did.
And…Go:
• Cammie Again? Not a good start
• Oof…business speak. Category. Analyze. Innovation. Bleh.
• Nice…going right to the Mario well…and this is…a bunch of games I’ve seen already…
• New Super Mario Bros. for Wii? I’m listening…
• Looks a bit like Little Big Mario. I think I’d play this. I wonder if there’s online without friend codes.
• They’re not mentioning online…hmm…I wonder if they didn’t put it in.
• Wii Fit Plus. Minus…me.
• Reggie! Reggie! Reggie! Actually I think he’s kind of a tool. It’s just fun to say that.
• Wii Motion Plus nonsense. Do not care.
• Wii Sports Resort: Filled with many minigames my dad will enjoy for 20 minutes when he visits.
• Final Fantasy Crystal Bearers Hmm…I can’t really tell what this is all about. Looks sort of like Final Zelda. I’m intrigued.
• Kingdom Hearts DS? So it’s a remake? No thanks.
• Mario & Luigi RPG. Sold.
• Golden Sun DS? No shit, really? This bears checking out. The music has a very SNES quality to it, and I mean that in a good way.
• Hi. I’m James Patterson. Next.
• C.O.P. doesn’t look like my kind of day.
• Blah blah blah “designing outfits” Badoop Badoop Badooop.
• We are Nintendo. We’ve sold many DS systems.
• Mario Vs. Donkey Kong DSiWare game on Monday. Crowd goes mild.
• Haven’t every played a Wario Ware game. Don’t intend to start now.
• We are Nintendo. We’ve sold many Wii Systems.
• Super Frakkin Mario Galaxy 2???!!!! All is forgiven, Nintendo. Muah!
• The Conduit actually looks pretty great. This June? Hmm…pending reviews, I may have to check that out.
• Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles. The first Wii deal was pretty good, this looks pretty good as well. Nice job, Capcom.
• Dead Space Extraction: well…shit. That looks pretty great. Not the same as the original, but I actually sort of like rail shooters.
• New, edgy game from Nintendo? More Geist? I keed, I keed.
• This looks…Japanese.
• 3rd person Metroid? Wait…that was just 1st person. I’m so confuzzled.
• Metroid: Other M? Awful name. Game looks pretty decent. 2010? Booooo.
OK…I’d give Nintendo a solid ‘B’. It certainly beats them telling me to take a hike last year. Welcome back, Me Caring About Nintendo.
Kingdom Hearts DS is not a remake. It’s an original game that was announced some time ago. I think it just came out in Japan to favorable reviews.
Comment by tolkoto — June 2, 2009 @ 12:42 pm
Well, that makes me feel a little better about it. If I ever finish KH2, I’ll give it a go.
Comment by feenwager — June 2, 2009 @ 12:44 pm
Great stuff + bad stuff = pretty okay overall. I was not expected a new Mario console game, especially not a new Galaxy, and Metroid came out of nowhere. Conduit and Red Steel 2 look cool too. Kind of boring presentation though.
Comment by Cody W. — June 2, 2009 @ 12:49 pm