Okay, took me a while but I finally managed to catch up after work today.
Point #1 - no Mother 3 means that Nintendo is a complete failure at everything.
But, if I manage to move past that, there's a lot to like. I think Mario Galaxy has enormous potential. It looks like it could be a good compromise between the platform-intensive void levels and the freedom/exploration we've gotten used to since 64. And it looked really goofy - I'm sure I had a big grin on my face when I saw Mario running on the underside of one of those spheres.
Zelda will be good by the virtue of it being a Zelda game that they've spent a lot of time on, regardless of how good the control aspect is. Just as long as they have more than the 4-5 dungeons the recent games have been putting out. Zelda and Mario coming out right away is going to be really difficult for me to look away from. And if they have Metroid and Smash Bros coming up down the line this is going to get REALLY exciting.
Did not see a Fire Emblem game coming. Holy crap that's awesome.
Wii Sports should be a fun game. Those will all be fun game to pull out and goof around with on occasion even years down the road.
Excitetruck is just a big wtf. Hammer could be fun if it's just a mindless smash-fest. The Disaster game I'm note sure how to react to...it's been done before to pretty lukewarm responses IIRC. I'm excited about Sega's games. Monkey Ball with that controller could be really good, and hopefully the Sonic game is a straight platformer. And hopefully at least one game between DQ and FF:CC is pretty good.
Super Paper Mario....holy crap. I mean...Jesus H. Tapdancing Christ. Amazing.
DS is going to completely own my soul now. I've been excited enough to get it with the games already out there and then NSMB and FF3, but then they're going to give me a new Star Fox, Zelda, Mario v Donkey Kong, AND (omg omg omg) Yoshi's Island? I was actually really excited about Diddy Kong Racing too (which I always enjoyed more than Mario Kart), but it definitely looks like just a straight port.
I promised myself not to buy any next gen consoles for at least a few years after launch....but I think I can rationalize the Wii purchase by saying that it's too underpowered to count as "next gen"![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
In conclusion, I want Mother 3.
Point #1 - no Mother 3 means that Nintendo is a complete failure at everything.
But, if I manage to move past that, there's a lot to like. I think Mario Galaxy has enormous potential. It looks like it could be a good compromise between the platform-intensive void levels and the freedom/exploration we've gotten used to since 64. And it looked really goofy - I'm sure I had a big grin on my face when I saw Mario running on the underside of one of those spheres.
Zelda will be good by the virtue of it being a Zelda game that they've spent a lot of time on, regardless of how good the control aspect is. Just as long as they have more than the 4-5 dungeons the recent games have been putting out. Zelda and Mario coming out right away is going to be really difficult for me to look away from. And if they have Metroid and Smash Bros coming up down the line this is going to get REALLY exciting.
Did not see a Fire Emblem game coming. Holy crap that's awesome.
Wii Sports should be a fun game. Those will all be fun game to pull out and goof around with on occasion even years down the road.
Excitetruck is just a big wtf. Hammer could be fun if it's just a mindless smash-fest. The Disaster game I'm note sure how to react to...it's been done before to pretty lukewarm responses IIRC. I'm excited about Sega's games. Monkey Ball with that controller could be really good, and hopefully the Sonic game is a straight platformer. And hopefully at least one game between DQ and FF:CC is pretty good.
Super Paper Mario....holy crap. I mean...Jesus H. Tapdancing Christ. Amazing.
DS is going to completely own my soul now. I've been excited enough to get it with the games already out there and then NSMB and FF3, but then they're going to give me a new Star Fox, Zelda, Mario v Donkey Kong, AND (omg omg omg) Yoshi's Island? I was actually really excited about Diddy Kong Racing too (which I always enjoyed more than Mario Kart), but it definitely looks like just a straight port.
I promised myself not to buy any next gen consoles for at least a few years after launch....but I think I can rationalize the Wii purchase by saying that it's too underpowered to count as "next gen"
In conclusion, I want Mother 3.