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Gaming / Re: The Official E3 2009 Discussion Thread & Lounge (May 30, 2009 - June 5, 2009)

« on: June 03, 2009, 02:50:55 AM »

So...wait, what was the announcement that was supposed to make the Wii better than the PS2?

Although between SMG2, NSMBWii, M:OM, and S&P2, if they're executed correctly, I think the VC and these games combined could very well beat anything the PS2 had to offer.

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Gaming / Re: The Official E3 2009 Discussion Thread & Lounge (May 30, 2009 - June 5, 2009)

« on: June 03, 2009, 02:42:01 AM »

Well, it's going to take picture-perfect execution. I don't know if Team Ninja can do that or not.

And mainly, the FPS is for bosses and very weakness-specific enemies. Like freezing that tentacle.
Japanese schoolgirls, take notes...

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Gaming / Re: The Official E3 2009 Discussion Thread & Lounge (May 30, 2009 - June 5, 2009)

« on: June 03, 2009, 02:26:12 AM »

But but but but but...!

But that'd break my brain! I like my brain!

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Gaming / Re: The Official E3 2009 Discussion Thread & Lounge (May 30, 2009 - June 5, 2009)

« on: June 03, 2009, 02:07:53 AM »

I hope Other M is executed very well, because it pleases me greatly to see a game (much less, a Metroid game) that combines FPS, TPS, and 2D in a way that gives the player the combat versatility to have the precision of FPS, the dodging and collision-damage evasion of TPS, and the range of attack of 2D all in one cinematic package.

I still say that no company 'won' E3 this round, but if Nintendo does what I think they're setting out to do with SMG2 and M:OM (...mom?...MOM?!), then I would be more than glad give the honors to Nintendo after-the-fact, because this is some difficult stuff they're about to try.

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Gaming / Re: The Official E3 2009 Discussion Thread & Lounge (May 30, 2009 - June 5, 2009)

« on: June 03, 2009, 01:50:00 AM »

Correction from earlier:

The "new Mario girl" isn't new at all; it's Pauline again.

EDIT: Also, who the HECK is that at the end of the Metroid trailer? Is that Samus' mother? Or even...sister?!

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Gaming / Re: The Official E3 2009 Discussion Thread & Lounge (May 30, 2009 - June 5, 2009)

« on: June 03, 2009, 01:43:01 AM »

The first one's great. [tornado fang]ing tackle that [mothra] [tornado fang]er!

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Gaming / Re: The Official E3 2009 Discussion Thread & Lounge (May 30, 2009 - June 5, 2009)

« on: June 03, 2009, 01:33:28 AM »

Well, Miyamoto did want it to play more like SMB2USA.

And the chief differences in that game compared to the others are:
A) A greater number of platforms, and
B) Picking up items.

...well, other than multiple playable characters, but I figure Yoshi has that covered.

(click to show/hide)

And probably Luigi.

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Gaming / Re: The Official E3 2009 Discussion Thread & Lounge (May 30, 2009 - June 5, 2009)

« on: June 03, 2009, 01:28:09 AM »

No kidding. You didn't even need the side or triple jumps. The long-jump was only moderately necessary.

Although, SMG1 had its crazy moments. But not impossible. We'll see if Nintendo crosses that line.

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Gaming / Re: The Official E3 2009 Discussion Thread & Lounge (May 30, 2009 - June 5, 2009)

« on: June 03, 2009, 01:25:37 AM »

Just watched the Super Mario Galaxy 2 trailer.

Stage design. Was. PERFECT.

I'm not done watching everything from E3, yet, but...man...I mean, it had everything, Yoshis, carrying items, exploration, familiar enemies, a greater variety of locales that were more open, required a bit more skill, goals/tasks (the snowball and ice sculptures), bosses, drastic stage changing (freezing the entire stage's water), the limited-visibility puzzle,

It's...it's...not a rehash. It's a much improved SMG. Now, let's see what happens to the multiplay.

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Gaming / Re: The Official E3 2009 Discussion Thread & Lounge (May 30, 2009 - June 5, 2009)

« on: June 03, 2009, 12:11:35 AM »

Whaddya wanna bet they saved Pikmin 3 for TGS?

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Gaming / Re: The Official E3 2009 Discussion Thread & Lounge (May 30, 2009 - June 5, 2009)

« on: June 02, 2009, 10:40:19 PM »

K-Koopalings?! Oh, that definitely WASN'T in NSMB DS!

I'll rant about the motion sensor nonsense and fanboys, later.

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Gaming / Re: The Official E3 2009 Discussion Thread & Lounge (May 30, 2009 - June 5, 2009)

« on: June 02, 2009, 10:04:24 PM »

FF14? Square-Enix sure does like planning ahead! Already talking DQ10, too!

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Gaming / Re: The Official E3 2009 Discussion Thread & Lounge (May 30, 2009 - June 5, 2009)

« on: June 02, 2009, 07:34:57 PM »

I hope for Nintendo's sake that NSMBW is new material and not a straight port of the DS game.

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Gaming / Re: The Official E3 2009 Discussion Thread & Lounge (May 30, 2009 - June 5, 2009)

« on: June 02, 2009, 07:21:01 PM »

Is New SMB Wii the same as the DS game?

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Gaming / Re: The Official E3 2009 Discussion Thread & Lounge (May 30, 2009 - June 5, 2009)

« on: June 02, 2009, 07:15:52 PM »

SMG2, I'm pretty much guaranteed more of the good stuff, so I'm set. Riding Yoshi just puts SMW and SMS to rest.

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Gaming / Re: The Official E3 2009 Discussion Thread & Lounge (May 30, 2009 - June 5, 2009)

« on: June 02, 2009, 07:03:50 PM »

KEEP TALKING! 3D MARIO WHAT?

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Gaming / Re: The Official E3 2009 Discussion Thread & Lounge (May 30, 2009 - June 5, 2009)

« on: June 02, 2009, 07:01:56 PM »

All I know is I heard 'new Mario girl' and that'll fuel the internet for long enough.

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Gaming / Re: The Official E3 2009 Discussion Thread & Lounge (May 30, 2009 - June 5, 2009)

« on: June 02, 2009, 06:57:01 PM »

It's no secret to everybody that some people somehow need help playing a LoZ.

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Gaming / Re: The Official E3 2009 Discussion Thread & Lounge (May 30, 2009 - June 5, 2009)

« on: June 02, 2009, 06:39:33 PM »

I forgot to tell you all:

SSBB has many release hints.

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Gaming / Re: The Official E3 2009 Discussion Thread & Lounge (May 30, 2009 - June 5, 2009)

« on: June 02, 2009, 06:36:01 PM »

I've got my turquoise polo shirt on;

Come on, Rosalina!

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Gaming / Re: The Official E3 2009 Discussion Thread & Lounge (May 30, 2009 - June 5, 2009)

« on: June 02, 2009, 02:42:03 PM »

I just realized; that Fire Flower is sitting on a row of blocks and the 3D games don't usually have brick rows except for SMS.

NSMB2.

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Gaming / Re: The Official E3 2009 Discussion Thread & Lounge (May 30, 2009 - June 5, 2009)

« on: June 02, 2009, 07:54:22 AM »

Not with that style Fire Flower.

Man, if I had PSP7 right now, I'd be Burning and modifying color levels like crazy trying to figure this out.

First things first, is to remove a whole ton of Blue, then get the Fire Flower to match its art-level color, then up the contrast to better analyze what those other two objects are.

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Gaming / Re: The Official E3 2009 Discussion Thread & Lounge (May 30, 2009 - June 5, 2009)

« on: June 02, 2009, 07:49:16 AM »

Sorry. That's the only thing we got of S&P2 for now. However...



Hmm... the silhouettes just remind me of something...  

Holy cow, that top left is a Fire Flower.
But what's so remarkable about that? Both NSMB and SMG had Fire Flowers; why do this?
...wait...then is that supposed to be the...no. Nah, it couldn't be an SML1 remake. Something fishy going on here, that, or Nintendo's running out of ideas.

The "Cactus" actually reminds me of Statue Mario. Which...actually, wouldn't be a bad suit to have in SMG.

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Gaming / Re: The Official E3 2009 Discussion Thread & Lounge (May 30, 2009 - June 5, 2009)

« on: June 02, 2009, 07:18:56 AM »

TCH! I forgot S&P2!

I must know more! MOAR!

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Gaming / Re: [Rumor] Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

« on: June 02, 2009, 05:29:58 AM »

Expect sneaking segments and a few sudden deaths.