Dragon Quest VI's Job System

I'm playing a lot of this game recently. (I'd want to be, seeing how much talking I've done about it!)

But anyway I just got comfortable with the job system. It's a nice system. Each job has 8 of its own levels and it's at that point you master the job so you can switch. This is great, compared to other RPGs I've played that have 99 levels for a job! It doesn't punish you for switching jobs either so it's a huge huge improvement.

This is just based on my experience of course. Though I usually hate job systems it's because I could've played RPGs that didn't do it very well due to them being really old games or something. There's probably other RPGs I haven't played that have magnificent job systems. That's why I'm hesitant to give examples right now though this is the best I've come across.

Sean Malstrom makes an excellent sales pitch for the Wii U

http://seanmalstrom.wordpress.com/2011/06/10/evolution-of-the-ds/

I have to admit Nintendo's press conference left me with more questions than answers when I watched it. The idea here of calling it the DS U instead of Wii U makes so much more sense and it would make you feel like looking forward to buying one!

I like this guy's blog. I read it quite often. I'll have to send him an email before he finishes up with his blog.

Kirby Mass Attack: Footage of someone playing it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1ZdCuzYP1Y

Look at that glorious hectic arcade like action! Those noisy sound effects! The happy music! The fruit collectables! This looks like a very pure type of video game. I can't wait to play it!

One thing though. There's a lot of screen scrawling and that always makes me nervous. I wouldn't take that control scheme out for the world though. Looks like I'm going to have to invest in screen protectors!

Ocarina of Time 3D is out this Friday

I still don't have a 3DS and haven't decided yet when I'll get one(though it is for definite that I am). I'd like to play OOT3D. I hear there's a special cover for people who preorder it but I haven't seen that preorder offer advertised anywhere so I'm not pushed about preordering. Looks like I'll have to go over in my head the games and features I want if I were to get a 3DS!

Reggie VS Geoff @ E3 2011

This is becoming a kind of pattern isn't it! There always seems to be something sparking between these two guys. I still maintain that Reggie is like Troy McClure and Geoff is like the inquisitive boy from the Simpsons. Sure it doesn't look that way at first but it ends up being that way since all the answers to the tough questions get delivered.

There are three parts to this interview and this is the first part:

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2011-nintendo/715144

Man they're well able to take each other on. I really enjoy Reggie. I don't talk about the man enough!

The games that were featured at E3 2011

I'll talk about the games I liked seeing the trailers of from the show.

First of all the two new Kirby games are going to be a lot of fun, especially Kirby Mass Attack. It looks very arcadey and original! I honestly think non Kirby fans who only liked Power Paintbrush(aka Canvas Curse) will love this game too.

The Wii Kirby looks a lot like the cancelled Gamecube game from years ago. It'll be decent enough I'd say. I'll get it.

Luigi's Mansion 2 is my favourite of the 3DS announcements. I just hope it doesn't have stylus overusage!

The Rolling Western is a bit of a surprise. That game came out of nowhere. It's about an armadillo that rolls up in a ball in the wild west and goes to defeat his enemies. There's a lot of stuff that reminds me of Zelda, such as the Wind Waker font, the noises the main character makes being similar to Link's as well as the overall ability to roll which works the same as Goron Link from Majora's Mask. Might be interesting who knows.

Other stuff looks great too like Super Mario 3DS, Paper Mario, Ocarina of Time 3D, Kid Icarus Uprising, Rhythm Heaven/Paradise Wii, Skyward Sword, Snake Eater, Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2.

I also really hope that there'll be a 2D Super Mario Bros for this Wii U at launch! That demonstration Mario Bros Mii really should result in it happening!

Nintendo's next console will be called "Wii U"!

Wow! That show was fantastic! I'm no longer cringing which is great. Nintendo's E3 2011 presentation was great. It wasn't as funny as last year's show (which was funny in an awesome way of course).

So yes it's called the Wii U which sounds like it takes getting used to and it all sounds very exciting yet it's something uncertain and kind of scary. This thing has the potential to play all kinds of games. I'd love to play Four Swords with the controller. It's like a cross between the GC-GBA connection feature and the general idea of having an extra screen in the Nintendo DS.

When the video demonstration of it was playing there were plenty of oohs and aaahs. That's a good sign!