To open, a wonderful tribute to the zelda series after 25 years of making games with a full orchestra, always one of those things that makes me misty-eyed, realizing how I've been living with zelda for all these years.
What followed was a massive list of Zelda related announcements:
Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening available on the Wii Store
The Legend of Zelda 3D will be available next weekend.
Legend of Zelda the Four Swords will be available for free to download.
Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword will be available this holiday season, and will be released concurrently with a golden wii remote plus.
There's so much Zelda in this conference that my eyes have become triforces.
Legend of Zelda orchestra concerts premiering around each region in the nation in the fall.
Legend of Zelda 3D official soundtrack available as a free gift to the first registrees of the 3D adventure
Also, the Legend of Zelda orchestra soundtrack will be released concurrently with Skyward Sword.
MarioKart looks like a great update of the MarioKart Wii product, including new stages, new gameplay mechanics including hang-gliding, vehicle customization and so much more, I'm sure. I loved the Wii version that preceded it, and I think I'll really enjoy this game as well. YAHOO!
Starfox 64 3D is coming this September, and boasts controls that will use the joysticks on the face of the 3DS but moreso will allow gamers to use the tilt functions of the 3DS to control the yoke of the starship, giving gamers a different experience than they're used to.
Super Mario looks great, a nice combination of features in the other games, including more of the classic suits that we remember from Super Mario Bros. 3, such as *ahem* the TANUKI suit. I've waited a long time to shake my tail in HD. The platforming gameplay is reminiscent of Super Mario Sunshine though the side-scrolling perspective doesn't quite seem to utilize the full extent of the 3D technology, so we'll have to see how Nintendo plans to utilize that feature.
Kid Icarus: Uprising showed a great trailer, that proved there to be a whole new narrative to the story of the game and also plenty of great gameplay, but moreso a reveal of a multiplayer mode that looks to be rather interesting, as well as augmented reality card usage to battle other players and characters in real-world settings.
Luigi's Mansion 2 for the 3DS looks great, showing features not present in the first game, strong flashlight blasts, dual vacuum streams, new enemy types, and I'm excited for the new installment that hasn't been seen since the gamecube.
Tekken 3d, Resident Evil Revelations, and tons of other sweet games were featured in the prerequisite montage of trailers, looking really exciting.
A new virtual console store is being featured on the 3DS that carries portable games from the game boy and the game boy color and others, as well as enhanced 3D versions of classic games, starting with a new 3D version of excitebike.
Pokemon will also be boasting a new pokedex 3D that boasts a multitude of ways to expand the pokedex and utilizing the 3D technology and Augmented Reality technology and it's available for free for eShop users.
WiiU will be the name of the new Nintendo system, the controller looked like a miniature iPad. The uses are strong as hell, as we see ideas using this new controller technology, mostly using it as a peripheral to interact with plenty of other games in creative ways, such as using it as a scope on shooting games, an extension of the wii video display so that players can play their games without bogarding the television.
Satoru explained the WiiU controller but at the moment, alot of people are disappointed that it appears to be a simple peripheral for the Wii rather than an entirely new console.
Smash Bros. for the 3DS and WiiU will be released in the future and will be connective between the two consoles.
Fils Amie revealed more facts about the WiiU, mainly making me think that the WiiU will actively upgrade the system performance of the Wii by streaming it's power to the tv from the Wii from the WiiU, a very very interesting idea. But I was wrong, because, in fact, there is a console that is very similar to the wii, smaller, more curved, but still similar and actually capable of 1080p hdmi graphics and stands alone as it's own system contrary to what I thought.
Also revealed, for the hardcore gamers, a line up of great new games from flagship producers such as THQ, EA, Namco, Sega, and many others. Not just party games and junk, but plenty of mature themed gaming experiences including Assassins Creed, a new Tekken, Ninja Gaiden 3, and many others that hope to satisfy gamer's urges for more hardcore gaming experiences.
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