E3 2009 Day Two Round Up – We Cover Sony and Nintendo
After an exciting day at the 2009 E3 which was jam packed with great new things, we take a look at what the highlights have been for us.
Sony
PSP Go – made it debut during the Sony conference, coming in a 40% smaller and 50: lighter than the PS3 3000. The Go will not have a UMD drive and boast 16gb flash memory, Bluetooth compatibility as well as new PC software called Media GO. No mention of equivalent Mac software.
New games arriving to the PSP include; Gran Turismo, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, Motorstorm: Arctic Edge and LittleBigPlanet.
MAG – Sony showed off a live demo with 256 players from around the world in one game. Every time we see MAG it looks better and better and the only question that still lingers in our minds; Is Sony going to stick with that ultra descriptive name?
Final Fantasy XIV – is going to be a PS3 exclusive. A trailer hinted that the next chapter in this epic story will take players online.
Modnation Racers – sticks with the LittleBigPlanet theme of “Play, Create, Share”. It’s a cute racer that will allow players to customise racetracks, cars and racers. It’s not going to blow your socks off with realism but the fun levels will certainly be through the roof.
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – was discussed by Naughty Dog representatives where they revealed that the multiplayer beta will begin tonight. We have our codes and we are locked and loaded to take it for a spin. Be sure to check back here for our preview.
Sony’s Motion Controller – While still in its prototype phase the demonstration was very impressive. It showed the Sony representative swinging it around while it was being tracked and displayed on screen. His image was picked up by a PS Camera and projected onto the screen with different objects like a sword, bat and whip composed in the place of the controller.
Assasins Creed 2 – was demoed live, showed off some very sneaky execution techniques that we’ve all come to love Altier, erm, Ezio for. The demo ended with Ezio diving into a canal, which we can only guess means that in the sequel, our famed assassin can swim.
God of War III – Sony ended their conference with some live gameplay of this hugely anticipated game, which included many massive boss fights, stunning visuals and amazing effects. The game launched date was pushed back to March 1o 2010 much to our disappointment.
Nintendo
Nintendo Wii
Wii MotionPlus – is a little device that plugs into your main Nintendo Wii controller that is even more precise in tracking your movement and can also track your movement in a 3d space.
Wii Sports Resort – With the Wii MotionPlus Wii Sports resort will supposedly be more fun, we beg to differ. Not that we have actually played it, so it “might” be really great…
Wii Fit Plus – The original Wii fit has sold literally millions of units and to be fair it is one of the Nintendo’s best accessories. Wii ~Fit Plus adds a load of new features for fighting the flab in your front room. You can also get this without a Wii fit board if you already have one
Wii Vitality Sensor – is like a heart / pulse monitor for your Wii, but to be honest isn’t this taking it a little bit too far?
Nintendo also highlighted a load of new games which included, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Metroid, Sin and Punishment 2, Endless Ocean 2, Line Attack Heroes, Span Smasher.
I’ll be honist here its more than likely that we won’t be mentining these games ever again as they all look utterly riviting…
Oh and all this stuff is coming out for the DS DSi Donkey Kong thingi
Nintendo DS:
• The Legendary Starfy
• The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
• Fossil Fighters
• Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box
• Mario & Luigi.: Bowser’s Inside Story
• Pokemon. Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky
• Girl’s Mode (tentative title)
• Glory of Heracles
• Golden Sun DS
• Picross 3D
Nintendo DSiWare:
• Mario vs. Donkey Kong.: Minis March Again!
• Flipnote Studio
• Animal Crossing Clock
• Animal Crossing Calculator
• Photo Clock
• Mario Clock
• Mario Calculator
• Six in One Translator (working title)
• Crash-Course Domo
• White-Water Domo
• Hard-Hat Domo
• Rock-n-Roll Domo
• Pro-Putt Domo
Yawn…..
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Sony had the best show by far. Almost everything they showed was impressive, from the motion controller that makes the Wii look bad to the live MAG demo to Assassin's Creed 2, Uncharted 2 and GoW 3 pretty much blew me away.
Btw, please do mention The Last Guardian and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker.