So ... just when I realize that E3 is pretty much over... did Activision have a conference?

Looks pretty though.

Great Skyward Sword gameplay demonstration.

Lots of neat little touches in how items and things are used and the visual style of the area.

It ends just before the boss but I'd guess you've seen that already for sure.

How is Killer Freaks "big" news? It looks like a XBLA project transfer. I guess that's better than Red Steel.

I'm hoping the requirement for M+ for U games makes the add-ons for regular Wii-motes more readily available.  It's going to piss off a lot of parents who though their regular wii-motes would work though.

I still have a copy of Red Steel 2 and am looking for an M+ add-on.

aspro said:

I'm hoping the requirement for M+ for U games makes the add-ons for regular Wii-motes more readily available.  It's going to piss off a lot of parents who though their regular wii-motes would work though.

I still have a copy of Red Steel 2 and am looking for an M+ add-on.

Amazon doesn't ship where you are?

Agnates said:

aspro said:

I'm hoping the requirement for M+ for U games makes the add-ons for regular Wii-motes more readily available.  It's going to piss off a lot of parents who though their regular wii-motes would work though.

I still have a copy of Red Steel 2 and am looking for an M+ add-on.

Amazon doesn't ship where you are?

Kinda sorta. I have a US address I forward from, but it is expensive ($20 USD plus international shipping for use on just one game -- I'm not getting the new Zelda).  I'm on the hunt for them locally here in Australia.

So I found this kinda weird, this ign writer who loved the PSP says he can't hold vita comfortably.

He says that some games require you to use the rear touch panel. So if you hold the unit normally your hand movements mess us the gameplay. So Sony put these silver grooves for you to nestle your fingers, only it's really uncomfortable to hold it that way. See the story in Wednesdays updates.

This is kinda scary:

1up preview of Assasins Creed Revelations said:

The moaning and skepticism that greeted Revelations' announcement reminded me of my own feelings towards Splinter Cell, and after playing the title on the show floor today, it's fair to say that Revelations is to Assassin's Creed what Chaos Theory was to its own series -- it successfully evolves the series to the point where it must radically change or die. Further iteration would just come off as a rehash.

So they are at the POP and Splinter Cell stage of - must be reinvented.

Well, here is your confirmation. Usually it's only treyarch who do the wii versions, this is the first time infinity ward are doing a wii one. It will probably suck if the wii version of black ops is anything to go by. But then COD4 REFLEX was a good port. So who knows.

Couple more Killer Freaks pics

• Ubisoft Montpellier -- "Killer Freaks from Outer Space"

• Exclusive for the Wii U

• "Redefining FPS Competitive Multiplayer"

• Little goofy looking alien things eating a human arm; Saw gun slices them apart.

• STORY

• A big wad of pulsating pus has travelled through space and time and has now arrived in London. It is spawning hordes of evil, nasty, flesh-eating freaks. There are a wide variety of said freaks, but the only ones shown today were the little ankle-biting (quite literally) annoying little freaks.

• No one listened to you as you frantically prepared in your paranoia for this inevitable alien war

• CONTROLS

• This is what brings the FPS to the next level.

• Darren Boyd (?) main character. You are a bit obsessed with shooting things, and with all these aliens, it's sort of open season for you.

• Control is slightly buggy in this early state

• He is playing directly on the new Wii U controller screen using the gyro controls. Every movement he makes in real life is translated to the game.

• Looks like it may be tiring. "Spatial gameplay." Clearly this requires a decent amount of radial open space, sort of like with Kinect or the 3DS AR stuff.

• "More Immersion through controls."

• Accelerometer feature moves the character much faster if your movements indicate the need to do so automatically. This makes 180-degree turns much more reasonable.

• Jetpack + guns, controllable only because of the new controller's flexibility in design.

• Two aliens kinkily spanking one another in the back of one building, lol.

• A new way of playing FPS. More accuracy when needed and more immersion.

• Now, we will see another way to play.

• 1 vs 1, local multiplayer

• One of the two showcasers is playing with a Classic Controller.

• "Real-time enemy director"

• Player 1 is playing a classic FPS game style. Nothing's there for him to shoot, however, until player 2 moves around in a top-down view of the battlefield (zooming in and out, etc.)--who plays as an alien commander--sets out to eradicate the human race by placing hordes of enemies to try and stop the player. Select a freak on the left side of the screen and set it to send it at the opponent. As Player 1 deals with the chaos Player 2 has created, 2 can watch all of the action from his top-down tactical perspective.

• Deeper -- New fun with the new controller (gyro, accelerometer); spatial gameplay

• Wider -- Real-Time Enemy Director (RED) system

Gamasutra on Ubisoft Wii U titles:

Assassin’s Creed



Finally, though there was no specific title to announce nor assets to show, Marc Parenteau from Ubisoft’s Quebec studio was brought on stage to discuss the Assassin’s Creed franchise coming to the Wii U.



According to Parentheau, the system has a “powerful” multi-core architecture and a large internal memory capacity that “brings performance enhancements.” The console fully supports the graphical shaders from the team’s previous games in the series, and is compatible with the existing engine and assets.



Experiments the team has been working on for the Wii U version are similar to the way the series works on the Nintendo DS console’s second screen: a persistent on-screen map, an interactive database, fast weapon selection, and alternatives points of view (called “eagle sense” in the series).



Ubisoft is not yet ready to say what the specific title will be, unable to comment even on whether this would be an adaptation of an existing title.

So it sounds like this Killer Freaks game FPS controls like 3DS Face Raiders - you move the unit about to aim. And the other option is dual analogue control. For us IR lovers this is horrible news and I hope it wont be a trend.

Look Everyone, it's the Playstation U!

...or the P U for short.