My body is ready for it! Haha!
I'll talk about what I think of it tomorrow and about what I liked and what games got me excited but for now I'm just going to enjoy the show. You do too! Watch it here:
http://e3.nintendo.com/
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Monday, June 6, 2011
I want Snatcher on Wii! (Part 7)
Recently I bought a game called Spy Fox: Dry Cereal for the Wii.
It's a point n click adventure game that first came out in 1997. The reason why it's on Wii (not to mention Broken Sword Director's Cut) is because it's extremely suitable for adventure games, even ones that came out during the 90s. It's during exact same era that the SEGA Mega CD version of Snatcher came out. It's a natural fit.
It's a point n click adventure game that first came out in 1997. The reason why it's on Wii (not to mention Broken Sword Director's Cut) is because it's extremely suitable for adventure games, even ones that came out during the 90s. It's during exact same era that the SEGA Mega CD version of Snatcher came out. It's a natural fit.
Sunday, June 5, 2011
I want Snatcher on Wii! (Part 6)
For this post I'm going to to be speaking directly to the average PS3 and Xbox 360 fan in a language that only they can understand.
Snatcher belongs to the same type of games that hidden object games belong to. Games like Mystery Case Files and Women's Murder Club. The only action sequence in the game is where you're clicking on things with a cursor. It's a glorified whack-a-mole minigame.
The rest is 100% talky cutscenes. You hate those. Most of them aren't even voiced. There's actually very little gameplay to speak of. You'll have it finished in a couple of hours with your player's guide. That's another thing, it's too short for you. It's a fraction as long as any Metal Gear Solid game and it doesn't have any extra difficulty settings or modes or "New Game+"s or any bonus content to speak of at all. There isn't even any online connectivity involved with the game at all. That's got to be a big strike against it in your book.
So there you have it. It's a casual game. Not a hardcore game.
Repeat the following two statements to yourself over and over please.
1. Snatcher is NOT a hardcore game.
2. Snatcher is a casual game.
Don't ask for Snatcher. It will ruin your console. Rally for it to be put on Wii instead.
Snatcher belongs to the same type of games that hidden object games belong to. Games like Mystery Case Files and Women's Murder Club. The only action sequence in the game is where you're clicking on things with a cursor. It's a glorified whack-a-mole minigame.
The rest is 100% talky cutscenes. You hate those. Most of them aren't even voiced. There's actually very little gameplay to speak of. You'll have it finished in a couple of hours with your player's guide. That's another thing, it's too short for you. It's a fraction as long as any Metal Gear Solid game and it doesn't have any extra difficulty settings or modes or "New Game+"s or any bonus content to speak of at all. There isn't even any online connectivity involved with the game at all. That's got to be a big strike against it in your book.
So there you have it. It's a casual game. Not a hardcore game.
Repeat the following two statements to yourself over and over please.
1. Snatcher is NOT a hardcore game.
2. Snatcher is a casual game.
Don't ask for Snatcher. It will ruin your console. Rally for it to be put on Wii instead.
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Just caught Shigesato Itoi on NHK World TV! Wow!
This was a nice surprise. It didn't have anything to to with video games or the MOTHER series though. I didn't catch the whole show either. It was called "Today's Close up" or something like that and he seemed to be talking about the the general issue of wellbeing and happiness of Japanese people after the disaster that happened in March.
It was nice and positive and it had a general uplifting and hopeful tone about it. It was like something that would appear on Irish TV about coping with recession.
Now, a fan of him and the games he was involved in already knows his job is as a copywriter (or even a journalist you could say) and he's famous for that too. So we know he could very well appear on TV talking about issues like this. I wonder if he appears regularly? Might be interesting to check out.
Another thing about NHK World TV I've noticed is that they very rarely talk about video games. In fact the only time I've seen them talk about games was when they were reporting on the Playstation Network being hacked.
It was nice and positive and it had a general uplifting and hopeful tone about it. It was like something that would appear on Irish TV about coping with recession.
Now, a fan of him and the games he was involved in already knows his job is as a copywriter (or even a journalist you could say) and he's famous for that too. So we know he could very well appear on TV talking about issues like this. I wonder if he appears regularly? Might be interesting to check out.
Another thing about NHK World TV I've noticed is that they very rarely talk about video games. In fact the only time I've seen them talk about games was when they were reporting on the Playstation Network being hacked.
Friday, June 3, 2011
Thinking about E3 2011 Part 2: Nintendo's new system announcement is going to be REALLY huge
I didn't watch Konami's event last night(5P.M. PST but 1A.M. here) but I do have a suspicion as to what's happening. It's actually the same suspicion I have about Sonic Generations' lack of announcement for a Nintendo home console.
Absolutely no software has been announced yet for Nintendo's new machine and this suggests to me that the reason is that noone's allowed to announce software for it yet. Sonic Generations isn't coming to the Wii because according to SEGA it's for HD formats. The new machine is said to be in HD so it makes sense that SEGA aren't announcing the format. They're simply not allowed to yet. It's the only plausible explanation.
Konami's conference seemed like it was missing some very big Nintendo related announcements and this could be because they're not allowed to announce anything right now.
Will they announce something? Well... going by patterns we can probably expect a brief video clip where Hideo Kojima briefly comments on the new Nintendo hardware when it's announced.
In any case, stuff like this is secretly stockpiling and will be let loose in a huge outburst when the big reveal happens next Tuesday.
Absolutely no software has been announced yet for Nintendo's new machine and this suggests to me that the reason is that noone's allowed to announce software for it yet. Sonic Generations isn't coming to the Wii because according to SEGA it's for HD formats. The new machine is said to be in HD so it makes sense that SEGA aren't announcing the format. They're simply not allowed to yet. It's the only plausible explanation.
Konami's conference seemed like it was missing some very big Nintendo related announcements and this could be because they're not allowed to announce anything right now.
Will they announce something? Well... going by patterns we can probably expect a brief video clip where Hideo Kojima briefly comments on the new Nintendo hardware when it's announced.
In any case, stuff like this is secretly stockpiling and will be let loose in a huge outburst when the big reveal happens next Tuesday.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Konami's E3 2011 "Pre-E3" show is on in a couple of hours
I never actually tuned into Konami's E3 showings at all unless they were about Metal Gear. Well, Hideo Kojima's expected to have something for it anyway so that'll be worth waiting for. Snatcher for Wii please!
It would also be brilliant if Konami announced all new installments from their classic franchises for a Nintendo system. I'm not just talking about Castlevania either! I'll hang around and check it out anyway. You have a look too if you want on this site:
http://www.konami.com/e3/
Edit: A 3DS version of Frogger has been announced. OK I mean from classic franchises other than the usual suspects!
It would also be brilliant if Konami announced all new installments from their classic franchises for a Nintendo system. I'm not just talking about Castlevania either! I'll hang around and check it out anyway. You have a look too if you want on this site:
http://www.konami.com/e3/
Edit: A 3DS version of Frogger has been announced. OK I mean from classic franchises other than the usual suspects!
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
NGamer Issue 63
Didn't get a chance to look through it thoroughly but I did give at least two belly laughs on the bus home while reading some funny bits. Ocarina of Time 3D is featured in a big way but doesn't have a score and there's a big feature about the Wii Successor with a "truthiness" rating given to some of the rumours. It'll be worth a more thorough read.
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