Official E3 2011 Thread

[Kim]

So, it's E3 time. Konami did their pre-E3 show last night.

Things of note

-MGS2, MGS3, and MGS:PW are getting HD versions for both the PS3 and 360, it'll be a single collection. You'll be able to bounced saves to and from your PSP for the PS3 version.

Here's a comparison pic


-Same for Zone of the Enders 1+2.

-Silent Hill 2+3 are getting HD released for the PS3. No Transfarring (Yes, that's the actual word. Blame Kojima.) for them.

-There's going to be a Silent Hill NGP title.

-Kojima's team is developing their own graphics engine that will be multiplatform.

-Rising won't be at E3.

-Kojima will be giving lectures at University of Southern California.

-Neverdead got a new trailer with a song by Megadeath. The game looks hilarious in all the right ways.

-MGS3D lets players take pictures and use that to make camo.

-Mega64 did another vid with Kojima.

-Silent Hill: Downpour has a new trailer. The game looks okay.

Non-Konami Randomness

-Soul Calibur V has a new trailer. The game has two new characters known about thus far. Patroklos, Sophitia's son, and Pyrrha, his sister. Mirai will be checking this out at E3.

-New Dark Souls trailer. I loved Demon's Souls, and everything I see about Dark Souls makes me more excited for it. These monster designs are fantastic.

-Gamespot has a very short teaser of FFXIII-2. The game looks to use the same combat, but I'm hoping it's refined instead of just copy-pasted. There are a few new young characters, and a moogle. This is one of the games I'll get to try at E3.

I'll add cool links and images and shit in a bit, as well as more cool news. Also, I will be attending E3, and as I get to go hands-on with shit I'll probably tell you guys about it or link the articles I've written on my first impressions, assuming the mods here are okay with me doing the latter.

[Donomni]

ZoE 1 and 2 HD is essentially this.

Neverdead is soooo stupid and cheesy, but the kind everyone loves.

[Kim]

Nikkei leaked some details on Project Cafe's controller

(Linked my article on it cuz Nikkei is in Japanese and requires a subscription)

6" touch screen, has a camera, and can function as a portable gaming device.

I'm not as excited as you'd think. I feel like Nintendo's now created a situation where there's no way this can turn out well. Either it will be fucking expensive, or they'll find ways to cheap out on the controller. I'm banking on the latter. I'm not exactly looking forward to a controller with a four hour battery life. Every console company puts out products that they later replace with better versions, but the ways in which Nintendo cheaps out are especially frustrating.

That said, a tablet-handheld from Nintendo could be nifty if done right, and I'm curious what this will mean about both Project Cafe and the 3DS.

[Malek]

I'd be surprised if the controllers on their own would cost less than half the price of a 3ds if those rumours are true.
Unless the cafe is compatible with the classic or GC controllers without losing too much functionality, or the 3ds can be used as a controller instead, I don't think it could be viable. I doubt many people would be able to afford getting a second controller, which would screw local multiplayer.

[BB]

I would guess the 3DS and perhaps the DSi would be usable as controllers too, if these specs are correct. Nintendo have tried a similar tactic before with the gamecube by way of GBA connectivity (for games such as Four Swords), but the cost of cables plus GBA units was fairly prohibitive in getting that off the ground. The saturation of DSi/3DS units is probably high enough that with wireless connectivity they're willing to give it another go.

Hopefully however they'll implement some way of getting Virtual Console games onto the controller for retro gaming on the move. Coupling that with the 3DS' eShop you can have a whole library of retro games in your pocket. Of course they'd also have to allow porting titles bought on a Wii to the Cafe unit.

[Kim]

Originally Posted by Malek

which would screw local multiplayer.

Part of me does suspect an alternate controller. (Maybe the Wii controller?) That said, when has Nintendo ever cared about multiplayer as much as they should.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Originally Posted by Donomni

ZoE 1 and 2 HD is essentially this.

Neverdead is soooo stupid and cheesy, but the kind everyone loves.

i still want my damn ZoE3. Where is it Kojima!? You talked about it over a few year ago we still got nothing new on it.

[Kim]

If I had to guess, whether or not a ZoE3 happens will depend largely on the success of ZoE HD Collection. It's a good way of testing waters in terms of how interested people are, while also giving people unfamiliar with the franchise a chance to check it out. It's a wise decision.

[rpgdemon]

Originally Posted by NonCon

Part of me does suspect an alternate controller. (Maybe the Wii controller?) That said, when has Nintendo ever cared about multiplayer as much as they should.

Nintendo's ALWAYS cared about split screen/single console multiplayer. They're the only one who has really been keeping it alive, recently. It's online that they've never really cared about.

[Kim]

Originally Posted by rpgdemon

Nintendo's ALWAYS cared about split screen/single console multiplayer. They're the only one who has really been keeping it alive, recently. It's online that they've never really cared about.

Fair point. I let my frustration with their online bleed into other areas. Sorry about that.

I would say you're wrong about others not supporting local multiplayer. There's support, it's just not as much of a given anymore on other consoles.