WTH is this Wii game? Monado?

A lone warrior chopping through an army of robotic warriors with an outsized Cloud Strife-like energy sword. Colossal war machines advancing though a misty canyon, shooting anything that moves. The few remaining human defenders hiding behind simple wooden shields that are no match for high-energy weapons. Welcome to the world of Monado. 

The debut trailer for Monado: Beginning of the World premiered today at E3: 2009, and first impressions for the new Wii RPG are that the beginning is going to be pretty exciting. Things kick off with that canyon-set battle, revealing more and bigger enemies with an interesting steampunk design. Things likely don't end well for our lone warrior, as we soon segue to a young blonde hero discovering that energy sword - now inert - only to see it flash blindingly to life the moment he picks it up. Your standard JRPG Hero's Journey (tm) is definitely in full effect here, with just a dash of King Arthur. 

Gameplay appears to be open-world, where you'll traverse lush jungles, glowing forests, climb sheer walls, and encounter the crumbling remains of a conquered people. It looks nicely textured and details pop, animating at what looks like a smooth 30 fps. 

Players will pick up two partners in their travels, and while combat initially looks turn-based, we saw all three party members attacking simultaneously. Transitions into combat are completely seamless; characters approach enemies, draw weapons, and it's on. One scene showed your team (wielding much smaller edged weaponry) surrounding a lizard-man enemy, who didn't make much of a dent in their lifebars before it was downed. A much larger lizard-man (a good twenty feet tall) and giant mutant crab monster probably fared better.

Silent Hill videos, where?!

So much going on, the new SMB trailer is incredible, way better than what they showed at the conference.

Dvader said:

So much going on, the new SMB trailer is incredible, way better than what they showed at the conference.

 Where did you see it at? I don't see it in the updates.

Okay I had enough, fuck E3. 

Someone else do the updates!

Thanks Iggy. 

I did a whole load this morning. 

Holy hell you can see the snow settle on the ground in silent hill. 

Oh woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow at the way the world deforms. 

Oh shit those things are freaky!

Wow, Silent Hill. 

Wow. Just, wow. 

Dvader said:

Grinder gameplay demo was a bit repetitive, looked nice in terms of graphics. I thought it was a co-op game.

 Online mode probably isn't anywhere near ready. The game is a year and half away from release, so I'm actually impressed at the polish here, but it does look repetitive so far.