Thanks for sharing your thoughts, guys. Here are mine. 😃
I have to say huge swaths of Nintendo's show focused on games I don't really care about. Xenoblade, Fire Emblem. Just not my thing. Animal a Crossing either and I can see how it would be a massive bummer as an AC fan to have this be the Wii U game. Looks like Mario Party but someone forgot the minigames. Seems charming but not unlike staring at a charming wall. As for Metroid I was hoping it would be an attraction in a Nintendo a land for 3DS as some were speculating. Meh. I'm not a Metoid fan but nothing about this seems to speak to fans or newcomers to what the series is usually about. Then again NLG are some talented folks so maybe it's awesome. Either way not for me though. Hyrule Warriors also not my thing. So lots that wasn't my jam, and multiple things we knew about like Yoshi that looks like my GOTY and Mario Maker which looks more and more fun each time I see it but neither was something surprising.
Gosh, I am such a fan of Zelda and of LBW but I have to say I have mixed feelings about Tri Force Heroes. (I dunno what's up with that spelling.) I thought 4 Swords Anniversary addition was a bit odd in single player and I don't really have IRL friends with 3DS systems so I wonder how the online component will work unless you have to do the whole game in one sitting. Because how could you save where you are online with multiple others? Seems odd somehow but maybe I'm missing something there. Maybe Jen and I will play it together but I kinda doubt it since we usually play console games together so the idea of sitting together looking at different tiny screens seems odd to me. So then I think about SP and wonder how they're going to make it more compelling than the SP mode in 4S AE, because backtracking to catch up with each Link you're playing as gets kinda tedious. Come to think of it there as a whistle that could summon all the Links so there will probably be a similar mechanic herein, so maybe that aspect was different than I'm remembering, but I can san say I remember that game being more on the mildly fun side of things. So I'm cautiously hopeful for this one.
They really should have done a "one more thing" moment. What an odd missed opportunity to skip out on that since they're usually so good at it.
Okay, Star Fox, I've barely if ever played one of his games and while I'm uncertain how the two screen approach will feel, the game definitely looked like a lot of fun.
New Chibi Robo trailer really did look fun. I know that was outside of the Direct.
Had an odd experience where I accidentally saw Bowser in 3D tearing things up before I saw the Digital Event so I was like dang, spoilers then thinking Ohhh man Bowser solo game. So Skylanders was a crazy disappointment for me for a second in that regard, haha.
The one big E3 moment for me was the new Mario & Luigi and Paper Mario teamup game. Dang. Looked INCREDIBLE. I don't understand how any fan of PM isn't also a M&L fan and as someone who absolutely adores both series I am so ridiculously excited to play this game. Everything about it blew my mind. The return of gyro mechanics. Petey Piranha! And another chance to use the gorgeous engine they created for Dream Team. I'm sure tye LST will be incredible again, too.
Oh, and Yokai Watch looked surprisingly solid to me. Pokemon esque but maybe with more hands on action?
