Nintendo @ E3 - Smashing into June 11 [E3 Direct: 7 AM PT / Dev Interviews: 12 PM PT]

[Badnik Mechanic]

I get the sense something BIG is going down for them to be so happy

 

Well yeah! They met Luigi! You'd be happy too!

[Mando-Whirl-Wind]

Well yeah! They met Luigi! You'd be happy too!

 I mean, I think they might have something to blow us off our feet

[JezMM]

3D Land had great gameplay but totally turned its back on plot and presentation.  It made even less of an attempt at having a map than the original Super Mario Bros; the navigation was a barely-glorified level list.  And although it had an incredible final boss, all of the other bosses were repeatedly recycled and just placed in different levels.  In terms of gameplay and variation on familiar motifs it was great, but it epitomises the NSMB2/PMSS Mario period where they felt they could just ignore any kind of context and just sell gameplay in a vacuum.  I don't ask for much from a Mario game, but I personally like to have a little more impetus to progress than just another level opening up.  Not even making a token effort at having a map or world themes felt less like they were concentrating on the gameplay and more that they just couldn't be bothered.

 

Less effort than SMB1?  There's overexaggeration and there's outright lying.  I loved all the little level dioramas, and personally every level was so worth playing that giving multiple routes via a map would have made the game awkwardly short and risk skipping awesome level designs on first play.  Exploration gameplay was encouraged through Star Coins which often did require a curious mind and a satisfying amount of extra platforming effort to obtain, rather than just making it to a token out-of-reach warp pipe that leads to a secret exit.

 

The fact that you get super appealing retro-style 3D images that update you on Peach's situation was a lovely touch that the NSMB games don't even have (in fact I think this is the first Mario game to reward you with a unique little cut-scene after each "world" since Mario World itself).  Ignoring the Special Worlds which of course were post-game content anyway (and damn fun content at that) every single level had unique aesthetics, be it the firefly forest, huge watery misty crater, checkerboard pillar mountaintops, cookie land, the huge forest with the mechanical structures in the distance, the castle with the massive lava flow valley beneath it...  Friggin' eye candy levels were on par with Galaxy to me despite the small screen.

 

Also who cares about world themes?  I loved that I never knew what was coming next from the stages trope-wise (again I refer to all the very unique locations and aesthetics they came up with, some used for only one level, not even appearing again in the Special courses), and it allowed them to have varying levels of difficulty too.  Why should every level of a certain trope be more or less the same difficulty?

 

I won't defend the bosses, though its worth noting that the do-no-wrong all-hailed Super Mario Bros. 3 did the exact same thing, same bosses but with slight twists on layout/movements each time.

 

I mean geez call 3D Land what you want but Zero Effort?  No fucking way.  No fucking way.

 

The games that epitomise the "NSMB2/PMSS" period are NSMB2 and PMSS thankyouverymuch.

 

 

 

Sorry for derailing the thread but... guh.

Edited June 8, 2013 by JezMM

[KrazyBean]

The big three have landed at LA.

 

"We can't WAIT to blow your minds with our upcoming bombshells"

 

Well, I'm glad they made it safely and I can't wait for June 11th!

Edited June 8, 2013 by KrazyBean

[-Robin-]

http://vine.co/v/bLplLZqeQJJ

 

Luigi was waiting for them!

It's like Batman or Superman visiting you, except in reverse and infinitely better.

 

Miyamoto is pretty laid back for this, lol.

[Tails spin]

http://vine.co/v/bLplLZqeQJJ

 

Luigi was waiting for them!

It's like Batman or Superman visiting you, except in reverse and infinitely better.

 

Miyamoto is pretty laid back for this, lol.

 

have you seen the other pics. Miyamoto is laid back period. The others are dressed business casual, he's just casual

[Cola]

 

My Body is Ready.

[EuroMIX]

My Body is Reggie.

 

Fixed.

[Blue Blood]

Not  officially confirmed, but it looks real. Source

 

 

[Nintendoga]

Oh, well looks like I'm not rushing to Best Buy anytime soon lol.

Thought the demos were gonna be something like the new 3D Mario, Sonic Lost World, or something else.  NSLU isn't something to be hyped for, Pikmin 3's nice but ain't interested, Wonderful 101 looks good, and Wind Waker HD I can just watch a youtube vid of it.

Nice for those who are hyped for those games though (if it's real).

[Blue Blood]

It's not a bad selection. They have the next Zelda, a sequel we've been waiting years for, an awesome new IP and... well I can't justify NSLU too much, but it'll appeal to more 'casual' fans and NSMB fans. 

[Chooch]

Thought the demos were gonna be something like the new 3D Mario, Sonic Lost World, or something else.

I honestly have no idea why you'd expect either of those over the games selected.

[Nintendoga]

It's not a bad selection. They have the next Zelda, a sequel we've been waiting years for, an awesome new IP and... well I can't justify NSLU too much, but it'll appeal to more 'casual' fans and NSMB fans. 

Yeah I know, it's not a terrible selection, at least there aren't any ports up there.

 

 

I honestly have no idea why you'd expect either of those over the games selected.

Because Mario 3D is coming out later this year? I dunno. And since SLW was getting an E3 floor demo over in LA, I just assumed.

[Mando-Whirl-Wind]

We still dont know if its even real, untill there is an official release on it take a large grain of salt

[Blue Blood]

We still dont know if its even real, untill there is an official release on it take a large grain of salt

 

It's pretty likely to be real, and if it's not real then it's still the most plausible selection I've seen.

[Chooch]

Because Mario 3D is coming out later this year? I dunno.

I'm still not sure where this news of it coming out this year came from. I know it was confirmed to be shown in some capacity but not that it was coming before the year was out.

[Conando]

I see why these make the most sense, because they're all coming by like October. Even so, rather disappointed in it. Especially considering Luigi U is DLC that comes out in like a week and a half.

[Detective Shadzter]

Why anyone would expect Nintendo to let the public have a go on this Tuesday's newly announced big guns is beyond me. As Blue Blood said, this would be the most plausible selection.

[Blue Blood]

I see why these make the most sense, because they're all coming by like October. Even so, rather disappointed in it. Especially considering Luigi U is DLC that comes out in like a week and a half.

Makes it even better. It's a great way to attract new buyers from in store.

[Detective Shadzter]

E3 Community Comes to Miiverse with a Gift
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/34490

 

It's a Reggie Mii.

[Autosaver]

I'm still not sure where this news of it coming out this year came from. I know it was confirmed to be shown in some capacity but not that it was coming before the year was out.

I may be remembering wrong but didn't Nintendo release spreadsheets with games they're releasing this year and Mario U was on it? Can't seem to find it. :/

[Solkia]

They did the same thing for StreetPass on 3DS last year.

[The Deleter]

What really ticks me off about that list is that two of those games were already playable at E3 2012, while the other two are only updated versions of already released games. Hope it's not real.

 

Oh, and the number of participating Best Buys have apparently been cut in half.

[Nintendoga]

I may be remembering wrong but didn't Nintendo release spreadsheets with games they're releasing this year and Mario U was on it? Can't seem to find it. :/

Actually it hasn't been "confirmed" as in said by Iwata, but people saw that Nintendo's estimates for sales were higher then usual, and since the only big selling franchises that we know to be for the Wii-U seem to be Mario 3D and Mario Kart Wii-U, we all just assumed.

Pretty much what happened with the 3DS.

[Tails spin]

Not  officially confirmed, but it looks real. Source

 

 

Hmm I work on Tuesday so hopefully I can stop by the gaming section during downtime to grab some of the Luigi loot