For non video game fans this week is just another week. For those of us who love video games this week is one of the best! E3 (the Electronic Entertainment Expo) showcases the newest video games for the upcoming year. Here is my good, bad, and ugly from the show so far.
Oh! Make sure you check out www.ign.com, www.gameinformer.com, www.gamespot.com, and www.kotaku.com for coverage of the E3 event from different perspectives.
The Good:
Super Mario 3D Land for Wii U. This game is one part Super Mario 3D Land from the 3DS (a great game!) that adds elements of Super Mario 2 (i.e. players can play as Toad, Princess Peach, and Luigi) as well as Mario. Up to 4 players can play at once! My wife and I will be playing this!
Donkey Kong Country: Tropic Freeze- This is a Wii U sequel to the Wii platformer Donkey Kong Country Returns. I love side scrolling games, and this one looks like a trip that really shakes up the formula for side scrolling games. This game also has in person multiplayer so my wife and I will be playing this one this holiday season as well.
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds- This is a direct sequel to A Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past which is one of my favorite games of all time. This is enough to justify a purchase but it also seems to be an old fashioned top down adventure game with a bunch of new features.
Playstation 4's Price and lack of online DRM. Playstation 4 will not need to be online all the time, it will not require a daily check in, and is a full $100.00 cheaper then Xbox One. I would buy one but there are not any games that I want in the launch window. Still, when I do upgrade it will be to PS4.
Final Fantasy XV: I have always been a fan of what I saw for Final Fantasy Versus XIII, but the game never came out and info became scarce. It turns out that Versus XIII has in fact become Final Fantasy XV, so that is exciting to me.
The Bad:
When the Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker was released for the Game Cube data miners discovered the game had code for two unfinished dungeons. I was hoping that Nintendo would announce that these dungeons would be finished and included in the new remake, but alas they didn't. Sad face!
No Star Fox, or Metroid. I'm sad for this, but then I ask myself: "How many games can I play at once?" If everything comes out all at once then I won't be able to enjoy all of them. Now I still have games to look forward to!
No Dragon Quest VII remake announced for US release. Guess I'll have to hope, or learn Japanese...
The Ugly:
Microsoft Xbox One
So let me get this straight, I have to pay a hundred dollars more for a console I don't actually own, with features I don't actually want with games that Microsoft gets to tell me what to do with? I don't think so!
They didn't show a single game that was exclusive to the Xbox that I was interested in. Sorry Xbox, but you don't offer anything I want.
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