Well, well, as you should know, E3 is just around the corner. I post this thread not only to discuss such games as Papio Mario 2, Pikmin 2, Metroid Prime 2 (alot of sequels huh?) and the Nintendo DS, but I also ask why so many of these games and more are revealed BEFORE THE BLOODY SHOW! I also ask you to answer the following.

What is your most anticipated E3 title?
For me, it would have to be Doom 3. This title is looking beautiful and absolutely terrifying. I look foward to scary, late nights with this gem. Metroid Prime 2: Echoes is also looking good.
What is your E3 prediction?
I predict that Mario 128 will NOT show up in any way, shape or form.

Mario 128 is by far my most anticipated title but, like you said, she'll probably be a no show.
I'm looking forward to any new games - not franchises - developed by Ninty, eg., Geist etc.

For me it's Pikmin 2 and Metroid Prime 2. I haven't finished either yet, but I'm looking forward to seeing their sequels regardless.

What's Mario 128? A sequel to Mario 64 I assume?

Mario 128 is a game based on the demo shown at Space World 2001. Speaking of which, is there another one coming up soon?

I'm looking forward to the Nintendo DS, and the following games for GCN:

Golden Sun
Fire Emblem

Only two I can think of ATM. Will they be telling us about the Zelda disk, and is it coming out seperatly?

Also, I'm interested as to what is happening with Fire Emblem. From what I gather, the six released in Japan were on the SNES (or atleast the majority), so the gameplay would be the same as the GBA, because of the graphics. What will happen to the style of gameplay, now that it is in 128bit? Was there even a N64 version?

Nope, the Spaceworld Demo was called 100 Mario's and it evolved into Pikmin.

No footage, screenshots, or information has been released about "Mario 128" aside that it wasn't showne at E3 last year as it was "too innovative" and Nintendo did not want other developers to steal their idea/s.

I highly doubt that, the disc was purely brought out here to sell more GCN's.

The GCN is not 128bit. ;)


As for E3, well I'm really hoping that the next Starfox is going to be good, otherwise I'll be very dissapointed.

Pikmin 2 i dont really see as being that much of an advancement over the original to warrent a great deal of anticipation.......sure it may be fun, and thats what you want out of a game, but nothing more.....

star fox 2 looks interesting, and i hope can bring back the days of goldeneye deathmatch, but i doubt it.......not since GE has there been a game where its fun for everyone to camp and use proxys as their main weapon

MP2 will be great, no doubt about it

and if all the stars and the moons lined up just right, maybe we might see mario tennis!!!!! that should be a wicked game

What is your most anticipated E3 title?

Metroid Prime 2, and Gran Turismo 4. (tied)

E3 Predicition?

Gran Turismo 4 will wipe the floor....

Well start to prepare those modems of a bit of over use. E3 is only 2 days away and should create some media blowouts of pics and movies.

Oh and

What is your most anticipated E3 title?
Well that would be Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and RE4

What is your E3 prediction?

People will be unimpressed with the DS and say they should just realse the GBA2 earlier.

Great predictions but what bothers me is that there's been very little substance leaked out to the media - especially the DS - not even an artists impression of what it looks like.

A new title from Square Enix will be announced for the GCN, though it may be nothing to get excited about (a la Crystal Chronicles).

Silicon Knights announce they will be releasing Too Human and Eternal Darkness 2.

Namco seemed to have dropped the ball with Starfox 2, but a year can change a lot (and here's hoping it does).

My most anticipated: Halo 2, Metroid Prime 2, Paper Mario 2, and Fire Emblem (technically no. 2)

E3 Prediction: Microsoft will anounce another disturbingly mainstream product for the Xbox hard drive, like an online webcam chatroom service. Nintendo will downplay technological advancements (again) to make way for new ways to play games, such as zero-gravity control, or Samba de Amigo-esque motion sensors. Sony will announce a myriad of home-grown sequels, as well as it's Playstation 3...still with only two controller ports.

Exciting stuff.

My post anticipated games at E3 2004 are; Metroid Prime: Echoes, Wind Waker II, LotR: The Third Age and GoldenEye: Rogue Agent

What i'm predicting and hoping is that Golden Sun GC will rock!

Most anticipated E3 title?
It would have to be Metal Gear Solid 3.

E3 prediction?
That there are going to be a few hugely-promoted games that will fade away in a few months.

Well heres some Pre-E3 goodies.

Pictures of the booth being set up






A very blurry logo of Metroid prime 2

Advance Wars GC has been confirmed

Geist screens Some seem to be old ones, I'm not sure







Dynasty Warriors has been announced for the DS

Another Splinter cell already?

More on Splinter Cell 3

Screen 2

Screen 1

I love the couple of days, just before E3, when everybody's trying to get that 1st bit of info, here's a fairly shitty photo of a box from cube-europe. And it's a lead-of news story, too! :o
Shitty Photo of a Box
Damn it! CD2 beat me to it!

Yes, it is.

Heheh ah sorry...

Anyway ah don't ya just love E3 here as som more interesting news... Well it is to me anyway...

New games have been sort of showen.

Crank out the coffee -- Nintendo's press conference will commence around-ish 3-4 in the morning, about 2 hours after Sony takes the stage. If you didn't know already, Microsoft held their press conference earlier today.

So who's staying up with me? :)

What is your most anticipated E3 title?
Halo 2 followed closely by Zelda: WW2

What is your E3 prediction?
I predict that the DS will rock!

Images of the Nintendo DS has been leaked -- check out Handheld Central for the scoop!

:o :o :o

Well, I'm looking foward to Geist alot, it's shaping up pretty nicely as far as pics can tell.

* I won't stay up til 3am but I will be on tomorrow morning sometime

*I thought E3 started on the 14th?

*So much info leaked before the event, again :rolleyes:

*I'm so getting a DS as it is really a GBA SP + :D

* I'm excited!

I'm really looking forward to Metroid Prime: Echoes, as most people are. Oh, and Advance Wars for the cube, now that I know about it :D

Nice find. Now to reply....over there. ;)

Rundown of the press conference can be found here:
http://www.gamedaily.com/e3/article.asp?ar...45§ionid=17

Do they usually show the big games at the beginning or the end of the show? Just that there's no sign of Mazza...

Screw the shoddy DS. It's mature link!!!!

Nintendo's done well this year at E3, they've really stolen the show.

New Zelda, Mario Tennis, StarFox, the DS. Kudos Nintendo!

Not really. There's still two days left. Something big could still happen.

Anyone heards Sega's big announcement yet? Or anything about SK

Choabac had posted links to trailers of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and some Starfox game in a DS E3 thread, but he's removed them so I'll put them here.

Metroid Prime 2: Echoes

Starfox

The Starfox one did nothing for me, but check out Metroid!! On a 56k? It would take you all day? Don't care, DO IT!!! May I direct your attention to about halfway through the movie, where Samus appears to lock-on to multiple targets and fire 5 projectiles at once. By her cannon's appearance you can tell that it's a combined shot (steadying cannon with hand), but what gun is it? I haven't quite finished Metroid Prime yet so I don't know if it's new or not. Still, looks like a fucking awesome game! :D

Yeah, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes is looking amazing. i wasn't expecting much from Nintendo this year after their pretty disapointing showings last year, but they have shown some awesome games and the DS is looking great aswell. Thank you Nintendo! :D

Hey trin, both of those links are for the Starfox trailer. :P

hehe, seeing how at the moment Trin has the links mixed up..... here is the actual link for the Metroid 2 trailer

Also a link to Cube Wars - screens and the trailer.

Geist trailer 1

Geist trailer 2

Go to Game Trailers for more. :)

This is the best E3 since the one where Hyper included all the GCN trailers on a disk :D

Oh man, I am wetting my pants here :P
Thankyou Nintendo, there are so many good games coming along!

I couldn't help but notice in Advance Wars how... un RTS it looked.... but it still looks cool.

Ninty conference quotes:

My "I hate Nintendo for being ignorant" phase is totally over! Nintendo, you have more than redeemed yourselves! :D

I was, after being faithful to them after so many years, completely loosing faith in them. I was so sure they were done for, they had lost the plot. MAN WAS I WRONG!!! The new Gamecube games lined up look amazing and exactly what fans want, if not more. The DS looks stunning, and certainly grabs my attention away from the PSP, and has everything I could ever want from a portable console. Seriously. No, I'm serious. :P

The fact that Nintendo felt like all talk to me (eg. "We are going in a unique and revolutionary direction") was really ticking me off. But they're really showing they're serious about all this revolutionary stuff. I'm starting to get the shivers! What are they planning for their new console? My imagination is going nuts, and I'm getting goosebumps just thinking about what they're up to! Nintendo, please deliver like you just did the DS concerning this new console, and you will have my eternal faith!

Oh, please let it be something to do with VR...or some equally bizarre and ambitious platform. (yeah, unlikely, but here's hoping :P )

I'm glad they've stolen your heart again!
Oh why oh why did all this awesome info have to come out on the day I have to study for a test... I just can't! I'm too excited!

if someone asked me what the stupidest of genre crossing games would be, stealth-action with a card game would be right up there on the list. Metal Gear Acid proved me right.

http://common.ziffdavisinternet.com/util_g...&i=69499,00.jpg

omg i snuck up on you and played a card that dealt 20 dmg points! i may have stolen that from mIRC but the point remains

We know you're a Ninty fanboy Bob but that remark just made you snoop to a new low. :P

As far as I'm concerned pushing the Metal Gear series in a new direction is a great idea to keep the overall series from being stale. I should direct you to the fact that Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater will be the last Solid game of the series. I don't think the emphasis of the combat change is solely upon cards, rather the whole turn-based combat structure. A prime example that a change in gameplay structure can excel a game franchise is with Panzer Dragoon Saga.

I never lost faith in Nintendo and for good reason. The Zelda trailer is just awesome and I can't wait to play it (so, so long away). And I've always wanted a newer generation Gameboy (my last one was a colour), but for some reason, I've never got around to it - but I will be getting a Nintendo DS, make no mistake about that.

Expect alot of new annoucements over tonight - it's only just began!

:D

no matter which way you look at it it's still a stupid concept. if they are trying to "take it to a new level" i can think of about 100 different genres to cross it with before i got to a card game.

oh yeah cube wars looks... different to what i expected