This is crazy. Seriously. My mind is still blown by this news. Nintendo made a big mistake pricing the 3DS at $249.99. It was a greedy thing to do and I think they are going to be forced to a lower price point come release of the Vita.
I will say this for sure: if we don't get a review unit of the Vita, I'll be picking one up.
This seems to be what I'd want out of a sequel to XIII. Less linearity would really make this gameplay even more spectacular.
Notes on these games from the MS Press Conference:
Disneyland Adventures
- Park is faithfully recreated
- Create your own souvenirs
- Go to the park with friends
- can go on Peter Pans flight with Kinect
- Alice in Wonderland, go through the looking glass
- Crazy ride-like gameplay
- Coming this holiday
- Rides all seem to be on rails, forced progression affairs based in various disney universes
Star Wars Kinect
- Lightsaber dueling
- Vehicle Piloting of all sorts
- Racing podracers
- Pilot X-Wings
- Use force powers
- Navigate the world similarly to Fable
For what it's worth, here are some random notes I grabbed during the MS Press Conference on this game. Also, I agree Chuck, looks awesome.
- Origins story of Lara Croft - 21 years old
- Lara being held captive to start on some island
- Very cinematic in style - lots of camera tricks, slight shake when walking, highly interactive environments
- Lara talks quite a bit, makes lots of audible noises as she does stuff, very emotive
- Environmental Puzzles
- Ability to light all sorts of stuff on fire
- Weirdo captors continuously pursuing her
- Launching Fall 2012
Oh hot damn, I want this game. Loved Shattered Dimensions, so I'm sure this one is also going to be great.
So, this is three years in a row with Assassin's Creed adorning the outer walls of the convention center. The first year I was there, it was a picture of Ezio with his arms spread out, showing off his hidden blades.
I'm in the middle of Brotherhood right now. It's alright, but definitely lacks something that I can't put my finger on from ACII.
The character artwork featured at last year's E3 for this was just awful, but man does the game look cool as hell in motion. Consider me officially excited for this. I love off-the-wall stuff like this.
This is a crazy bit of news. Zone of the Enders HD remake is total hotness. Peace Walker now actually playable? Unpossible! Maybe they'll make MGS 2 less sucky in the process. Hey, I can dream.
This looks pretty cool, though I don't want to get my hopes up too high. Seems almost like a merge of Jump Stars and Smash Bros.
Hey look, they are also releasing a new Super Stardust (Delta) on the NGP - go figure!
