Not so much announced so far, some interesting things:
- Xbox 360 Kinetic
Sonic Free Riders and Children of Eden kind of interesting, nothing really grabbing me at the moment. Neither of those really need motion controls either. $150 price point rumoured?
- New Xbox 360 version, not slim so much as stubby
With Wifi, no memory card slots, different hdd (not sure if it has a caddy or not), new custom quiet fan, more USB ports, 45nm chipset, built in Kinetic power port, touch sensitive buttons. Seems like a reasonable hardware revision, nothing essential has been added though (which is a good thing, overall).
- Children of Eden
Unofficial Rez sequel, looks interesting, not sure what it has other than optional motion controls. This was announced some time ago, so presumably has been re-tooled for motion control rather than being designed around it. Move and Kinetic I think - no Wii version?
- Dance Central
MTV Games, which means it might be an interesting Harmonix involved game, or it could be a ropey Just Dance clone. Or both.
- Sonic free Riders
Really liked Sonic Riders, but the motion controlled Wii sequel was poor. Will this be a Move/Kinetic rehash of that?
What I'm hoping for:
- Nintendo 3DS
- more Rock Band 3 details
- Tomodachi Collection English release (please!)
- And Kensaku Wii google search game English release (please!)
Anything grabbed your attention so far, or are hoping to see? The 3DS should steal the show, if it features most of what has been rumoured so far.
Dance Central seems interesting, the concept has grown on me overnight - and it is being worked on by Harmonix!
Nintendo 3DS should be a success.
Wishlist:
- A Wii upscaling solution for HGTVs.
- F-ZERO AX/GX collection with perhaps a few tweaks for the massively impressive level skips discovered by record holders. Haven't decided yet if this would be a good idea, but it's certainly a far more challenging game while you're racing on the track, on the other hand it takes skill, timing and precision to coordinate these moves.
Xbox Kinect
Looks alright, can see alot of stuff that would appeal to the crowd their aiming for. The software line-up unsurprisingly, mainly seems to consist of Kinect equivalnts of Wii bestsellers (Kinect sports anybody!!), but there is some interesting stuff as papercut mentioned.
The thing is I dont see how they expect to sell this thing, I mean the people their aiming for have probably already got Wii's and I don't think the prospect of HD and online features is that big of deal for them. I think unless the pricing of both an xbox and kinect together is competitive enough to that of a Wii, it's going to be a hardsell for MS.
MGS Rising
Hard to judge this with so little shown, all very stylish and the cutting mechanic was kind of cool, could be good if their's some solid gameplay beyond the style and if they manage to minimise the awful cutscenes/narrative that make-up most MGS games.
woo games.
3ds == Star Fox 64 3D.
I just watched the trailer for Child of Eden and I am ashamed to say I have no idea what was going on.
Kid Icarus, would I be right in my observation: sin & punishment + star fox, if so happy days.
3DS will be amazing. Anyone who thinks otherwise is a downright cunt.
WORD!
Also how brilliant do those kirby and DK games look.
3DS does sound nifty, I like the physical design of it too. Looks a little more like the Lite.
I've not seen any original games than made me think 'ah - 3D - of course!' though.
However... Pilotwings was listed I think, some Ocarina of Time shots leaked, and Mario Kart announced. It will probably have the most rounded line up of AAA Nintendo games around.
Movie support is a bit crazy, I wonder how those will be distributed. I don't think 3D movies will really compensate for the small screen, but it is a nice gimmick.
3D screen tech, this screen tech will be pretty prolific, there are a couple of Android phones in the pipe with it... so not sure where thats going.
The 3D camera sounds good, and entertaining, the view bubble seems predictable but reasonable.
Sliding the 3D off is a good thing.
Pilotwings looking nice:
http://kotaku.com/5564546/pilotwings-returns-on-the-3ds
That looks like Wuhu island too.
classy.
Take me to the 80's, again in Q1 2011!
http://www.capcom-unity.com/jgonzo/blog/2010/06/15/e3_2010:_bionic_commando_rearmed_2