Official E3 Rumors/Discussion/Chat Thread

[Stee]

damn that sucks, they didn't even personally come out to show off ff14 for the sony press conference.

Oh well hopefully some info comes out.

[Insanecyclone]

Template if anyone wants
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fire away

[Shojin]

Is SE going to have a private press conference?

I would love to know what the status of ff versus 13 is.

Nomura said he was trying to get it at E3 but didn't think it would make it, so I am guessing you will see it at TGS, as well as a lot more FF14 info.

[Qalbert]

[Teorem]

The section for FFXIV at SE's quadrant is a little disappointing considering all of the advertising they have around the place. Right now they're only doing "by-appointment" viewing, showing off the beta (which looks and runs A LOT better than the alpha, in my opinion) to a handful of people at a time in this little cave-thing throughout they day. Seems they might open it up to non-media on Thursday...maybe.

Got to meet and talk briefly with some of the Community Team; Devin, who was walking through the demonstration, seems like a really nice guy who apparently has some really shitty Salvage luck.

FFXIV in 3D (using the nVidia 3D card and glasses) across three monitors looks pretty awesome.

[Celeras]

So am I the only one who thought the Nintendo conference sucked dick or what. People gettin hard from a bunch of mobile games a new Zelda?

[Metah]

Considering I own more games for my DS than my PS3 and Wii combined, yes. Yes it does make me hard.

[Omniyoji]

(which looks and runs A LOT better than the alpha, in my opinion)

Anytime SE is running their game outside of Japan it's cause they brought servers w/ them and are running a LAN there is no external internet connection. Same deal when they have a fanfestival. That's the reason for the smooth gameplay. It's always the first thing I notice when I see footage from their events.

One thing tho, the more I hear/see about the game the more I want to play it.

So am I the only one who thought the Nintendo conference sucked dick or what. People gettin hard from a bunch of mobile games a new Zelda?

;~; I liked it...

[BRP]

So am I the only one who thought the Nintendo conference sucked dick or what. People gettin hard from a bunch of mobile games a new Zelda?

There are a thousand little fruitcakes who think the exact same way on gamefaqs, neogaf, random slums around the world, etc etc

I can't even finish watching this video... apparently this is after Munn asked him if his penis was cut or not.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsGIIoJAKbU

[Ace-o-fire]

60 players in multilayer for this. damn.

also fuck munn

[Krandor]

New Donkey Kong Country and Kirby got me pretty psyched from Nintendo's conference, but they lacked any big jaw droppers that usually make E3 entertaining, as did Microsoft.

Sony by far did the best job of keeping it entertaining (Kevin Butler wut) and throwing out real surprises (Gabe, Twisted Metal) to get people psyched. Making their new tech actually look good outside of that Tiger Woods demo was a big plus too.

[Shojin]

youtube vid

Wow that was awkward.

[Shojin]

I am following his twitter shit now, he usually isn't afraid to talk shit about stuff so I am kind of interested to see if he talks about the Munn thing.

What exactly happened btw? I didn't see it. I know at one point he asked if Morgan could interview him instead of Munn, but don't know much else.

[Kiarax]

60 players in multilayer for this. damn.

also fuck munn

16, not 60.

[Ace-o-fire]

dammit

[Ace-o-fire]

New Zelda Info

[6:40] He said they need to make a few more dungeons but it's mostly complete.

[6:41] However, since he couldn't guarantee it would arrive this year, he'd rather take his time and get it right.

[6:41] Eiji Aonuma talking now.

[6:41] He is going to talk about the game's story.

[6:44] In this Zelda, Link is a little boy born into a land above the clouds called Skyloft.

[6:44] One day, he learns there is a land below the clouds ruled by evil forces.

[6:46] However, the revelation prompts a series of events which forces him to go to the land beneath the clouds.

[6:46] The reason he goes down is in the title--it's the Skyward Sword.

[6:46] The sword possesses intelligence, and will assume the semi-human form in the teaser poster shown last year.

[6:46] It's the "master sword."

[6:46] The Skyward Sword will become the Master Sword, apparently.

[6:46] The sky is also very important to the game, apparently.

[6:47] He said when you play the game, the cloud banks are "very impactful" and they wanted to make the art style highlight them.

[6:47] Apparently Miyamoto was such a fan of the art style the approval process took one step.

[6:47] Miyamoto said he's a big fan of Impressionist Art, so the new art style reflects that. He said Cezanne was a big influence.

[6:53] He asks how many people have played Ocarina of Time. ALL the hands go up.

[6:54] He apologizes for the long time it took to change out of iron boots going through the Water Temple.

[6:54] He says the 3DS version will make this process much easier.

[7:06] Second questioner expresses concern the HUD for Skyward Sword is too crowded and takes up too much real estate.

[7:07] Aonuma said that the demo at E3 will have the HUD up all the time, but they are still working on how to deal with it exactly.

[7:11] A tech reporter asks a question about the 3DS' battery life.

[7:12] Kondo says they are shooting to match the battery life length of the DSi.

7:14] Next questioner says he noticed that Link could drink potions while running in Zelda, where as in the past he had to stop.

[7:14] Aonuma said that it was a decision to provide more seamless combat.

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[KuroTsuki]

[6:46] The sword possesses intelligence, and will assume the semi-human form in the teaser poster shown last year.

So, technically, Link was never "sword-less" in that picture. We all just assumed it.

[Ohemgee]

http://i47.tinypic.com/1zfik1s.jpg

[Jefe]

Anyone know the price of this trinket?

[BRP]

So, technically, Link was never "sword-less" in that picture. We all just assumed it.

EVERYONE knew that girl was the Mastersword. Or in this case - some other sword.