So the euro 3DS shop finally got the rest of the e3 trailers up to watch in 3D.

Kid Icarus, wow, so colourful and vibrant and fast too. For me this is the game with the best visuals on the system, screw RE Revelations. I love the voice acting and some of the comedy and the 3D works really well in this game. I'm worried about the ground combat which makes up 70% of the game because it doesn't look intuitive. The multiplayer looks bad too but I wont touch that anyway.

Paper Mario - fuck yes - looks awesome. It has Super Paper Mario style side scrolling sections but the main game goes back to proper RPG move wherever you want style of the cube and N64 game. The game is perfect for 3D too and it looks like a little pop up book in 3D.

Luigi's Mansion looks cool too, I will love exploring that game in 3D, it had some cool looking reflections and animations too.

Animal Crossing left me with mixed feelings, the items are all the same so it will be like the 4th game where they are using the same assets for items. It did show some new things though if you paid attention - you can camp out in the woods, go swimming, there are park benches and what look like bee hives to make honey. Love the music and chilled out atmosphere but why set the game in the same style of town again? Still, it is a perfect portable game and the 3D adds a lot to that charm.

MGS3 looked sometimes good, sometimes nasty ass. It's not crisp and has some jaggies. It really show it's PS2-ish-ness with a soft mushy look and dulled colours. It's a high end PS2 game but versus the Nintendo game trailers it's outshined with better 3D, more vibrancy and colour in the visuals and sharper edges. Some of it looks cool but the trailer focused on crap like pink camoflague or motion control. I think it could be a cool game to play but the trailer left a bad impression. The frame rate was very low too.

One thing about the Nintendo made games is that they all seem to be made for 3D - not just games IN 3D. Luigi's Mansion 2 menus were mind blowing, with the titles pushing out of the screen further and further till you feel it's about to hit your eyeballs. The menus is Paper mario are have various staged levels of depth, very cool.

One thing I am starting to realise is that a year later from the 3DS reveal and we still barely have any 3rd party games worth mentioning being shown. MGS and RE Revelations, that is it and one is a port. What are third parties doing? They gave us that huge list of games that were being made and a year later there is nothing interesting. Meanwhile if you look at the trailers for the Nintendo made games they are all of such a high quality - I'm not suprised 3rd parties feel they face stiff competition, because they aren't even trying.

The new features in Animal Crossing just doesn't seem like enough of a change up for me.  I wonder if you could communicate through the mic with friends?  How would the sound quality be?

Foolz said:

edgecrusher said:

No More Heroes pushes sexual content? What about The Witcher bangin every whore he sees doggystyle with her tits in his hands?

Because No More Heroes will probably be more mature about it.

Robio, I can play LBP tonight.  Your wife can watch her marathon again.

gamingeek said:

travo said:

That's the kind of changes it would need, to be able to speak to your friends on the go.  Or if that's not feasable, a cheap blue tooth headset would be excellent.  Something that could be used for the Wii U as well.  Also, no friend codes for trading, just add your username and done.  Some multpiplayer 'party" games perhaps?  Multiplayer is vital to this series.

It could do with having some more multiplayer features. Once you've done a fishing contest there is nothing much to do except wander around someone elses town. I would like to be able to graffiti up other people's town walls.

Yes! Exactly what we need.  A graffitti board, maybe hunting for animals(with nets not guns), online voice is important for this series to evolve like it should and not stay stale.

Yeah, Nintendo shouldn't limit anything in terms of size.

Leo!  Are you still enjoying the Hunger Games series?

Awesome! I think I'll take a trip to the library today for the third one.

In all seriousness, you should give R1 a try SIMPLY to experience what was PS3's one and only half-way-decent launch title. You'll be shocked at how basic it is, but equally shocked at how good some parts of it actually looked FIVE YEARS ago! Maybe you'll like it! I don't think I'm going to be anywhere near playing R2 too soon anyway, so waiting to play Online Co-Op isn't gonna kill me!

Famitsu Sales: Full Year 2010


01. [NDS] Pokemon Black / White (Pokemon Co.) {2010.09.18} - 5.149.022 / NEW

02. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (Capcom) {2010.12.01} - 4.372.182 / NEW

03. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) {2010.07.08} - 1.826.857 / NEW

04. [NDS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 (Square Enix) {2010.04.28} - 1.283.423 / NEW

05. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo) {2010.05.27} - 956.853 / NEW

06. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 3: World Challenge!! Spark / Bomber (Level 5) {2010.07.01} - 945.804 / NEW

07. [WII] Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo) {2010.12.09} - 894.503 / NEW

08. [WII] Super Mario All-Stars (Nintendo) {2010.10.21} - 881.893 / NEW

09. [PSP] Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (Konami) {04/29/10} - 790.053 / NEW

10. [WII] Mario Sports Mix (Nintendo) {2010.11.25} - 612.001 / NEW

11. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) {2009.12.03} - 611.747 / 4.199.502

12. [PS3] Gran Turismo 5 (Sony) {2010.11.25} - 590.711 / NEW

13. [PSP] MonHun Nikki: Poka Poka Ailu Mura (Capcom) {2010.08.26} - 548.968 / NEW

14. [NDS] Ni no Kuni: The Ebony Wizard (Level 5) {2010.12.09} - 529.218 / NEW

15. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) {2008.04.10} - 503.636 / 3.111.475

16. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection (Friend Collection) (Nintendo) {2009.06.18} - 486.383 / 3.572.221

17. [Wii] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) {2009.06.25} - 449.371 / 2.272.096

18. [PSP] God Eater Burst (Bandai Namco Games) {2010.10.28} - 436.158 / NEW

19. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) {2009.10.01} - 432.217 / 2.220.077

20. [WII] Kirby's Epic Yarn (Nintendo) {2010.10.14} - 424.355 / NEW