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The Final Bosman Show

For things we have answers to (and I'm not lazy enough to actually look up):

1. "How many games will Nintendo show with the word 'Mario' in it?"
Hmm. Just one if you only count Mario Maker by the strict definition of the betting rules. They mentioned Mario Kart 8 during the conference as a game that would allow figurine support, but it was only a clip of Death Stare Luigi, not a game being "shown." Mario Party 10 and Mario vs. Donkey Kong Wii U got announced, but only as a side announcement after the show itself.


2. "Will Resident Evil 7 be announced?"
No.


3. "Will the word 'Shenmue' be said at any press conference?"
Nope.


4. "How many sequels will be announced at the Sony press conference?"
Three: LittleBigPlanet 3, Magicka 2, and Dead Island 2.


5. "How many minutes of Halo 5 will be shown?"
Depends on whether you count 15 seconds of CG teaser footage of a multiplayer beta as "shown."


6. "Across all press conferences, how many times will the words 'experience' be said?"
lol i'm not counting this up


7. "Will Valve announce a game at E3?"
No.


8. "Will Uncharted show up as a playable demo (on stage)?"
No.


9. "Will a double jump be shown during a press conference (including Nintendo direct)?"
Yes.


10. "Will GTA5 for generation 8 consoles be announced?"
Yes.


11. "How many new IP's will be announced during Microsoft's Press conference?"
One if we're just counting Scalebound, three if you count Inside and Ori and the Blind Forest.


12. "Which character will win the Smash Bros. tournament?"
Zero Suit Samus. Bowser got eliminated early, DK didn't even get picked.


13. "Will a new Dino Crisis be announced as an exclusive title?"
No.


14. "Will Majora's Mask appear?"
No. Zelda Williams pulled out the mask itself during the Smash Bros. tournament, but that's not the Digital Event itself. Also presumably doesn't count if that's the big 3DS game announcement tomorrow at the roundtable.


15. "Is 'Project Beast' an actual PS4 exclusive?"
Yes.


16. "Will Link speak in Nintendo's physical event?"
No.


17. "The Last Guardian at E3. New Trailer?"
Ha ha no.


18. "E3 will change Damiani's mind about Metal Gear Solid V?"
how should i know



Correct me if I missed anything.
 
1. "How many games will Nintendo show with the word 'Mario' in it?"
Hmm. Just one if you only count Mario Maker by the strict definition of the betting rules. They mentioned Mario Kart 8 during the conference as a game that would allow figurine support, but it was only a clip of Death Stare Luigi, not a game being "shown." Mario Party 10 got announced, but only as a side announcement after the show itself.

Mario Party 10's logo was shown during the Digital Event, though. I don't recall if Bosman said if something like that would count, but I felt that it would. Would have to go back and check.

Edit: Or maybe it was after the Digital Even added and I'm wrong. Never mind.

Oh, was it? I guess most people didn't notice, because it was treated like it was a stealth thing right afterward.

I'm checking right now. I know for sure the logo appeared during an Amiibo segment, but don't know if it was after the Digital Event technically ended or not.

Edit: Yep, you were right. Using the GB video as reference (57:33), the Mario Party 10 logo was shown during an Amiibo talk by Bill Trinen, but after the event had ended.
 
Mario Party 10's logo was shown during the Digital Event, though. I don't recall if Bosman said if something like that would count, but I felt that it would. Would have to go back and check.

Oh, was it? I guess most people didn't notice, because people acted like it was a stealth thing right afterward.
 
Uncharted was announced earlier. Not counting "oh, here's the logo and subtitle"
I guess someone could argue they technically never announced it as a sequel before E3. They just showed the Uncharted logo and some random guy saying vague stuff. Some people were even speculating it was a prequel or a reboot.
 
I'm more disappointed that I won't see Bosman cry playing a scary game. That was the bet, right? The other guy just has to switch his gaming avatar, big whoop, hah.
 
Knowing Bosman I wouldn't be surprised if upon reading enough fans of his show requesting it he goes through with the hour of Outlast regardless of outcomes
 
Didn't Link speak in one of those skits? Don't know if that counts.
"Will Link speak in Nintendo's physical event?"

Hm... I'm not sure what "physical event" means, but it'll come down to semantics again. If we consider the wording of the question, they didn't specify talking in the context of a game. Robot Chicken Link technically did speak in the event.
 
Yeahhh I'm just gonna' wait for Bosman's word on this one rather than get into semantics. I think I did fairly well with my guesses.

I think we should ignore the wording of each of these and focus on what the intentions were. Link speaking is obviously about in-game/trailer footage of Link speaking as if that's a part of a new Zelda game. Certainly didn't see that.
 
No word yet but unlikely.

Edit: I can't watch now but what does he say about the layoffs?

He says something to the extent of the sale to Defy has been looming for a while and finally went through on Monday which has a dark cloud hovering over E3 making it hard to be upbeat because they know Friday they are likely going to be split up.
 
Haha that was great. I know the GT news is horrible for the site and they knew it was coming but sad Kyle at E3 always makes me laugh. That and the song to Shu and fist bump from Boyes were fun
 
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