Man, those crazy ign guys have been teasing the hell out of us for weeks now, indicating that there is going to be something huge from Nintendo at E3. Here's a small sample of their recent posts at the boards:

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Mary Jane Irwin
Editor, IGNcube
She's a woman. Don't take her opinions seriously. They are not made for critical thinking. -- Yamauchi

Quote:I attended last year's conference -- and I think you can tell how much I liked it by the face I was making in that infamous photo Matt put in the article back then...

I might not be able to go to the conference this year (too much setup work to do in the E3 hall), but I'm really pumped about this one.

The variety of titles is great (who would have thought that we'd see both Fire Emblem and Advance Wars on GameCube?) and the "little" surprises Nintendo has in store are going to rock. Saying anything more would ruin the surprise -- but take it from me, you WILL be happy. So expect some brighter looking faces this time around.

Oh, and the DS lineup made that confusing piece of hardware jump way higher in my wishlist.

Can't wait till next week so we can finally talk about these new games...

Peer

Quote: May 05, 2004
IGN Has Secret; Double Pinky Swore Not to Tell

In a startling turn of events, IGN announced that they know of a major secret but they will not, in fact, tell anyone about it. "I know something you don't know, nanny nanny boo boo, stick your head in doo doo," said Matt Casamassina, Editor-in-Chief of IGNcube.

"Nintendo informed us of a bombshell that will definately excite readers," Fran Mirabella III, Editor-in-Chief of IGN Insider, explained, "But we're not going to tell you about it."

"We just wanted you to be aware that we are super cool friends with Nintendo and you don't even, like, go to their birthday parties or anything."

Don Donaldson, Editor-in-Chief of IGN Custodial Engineering, told Nintendorks that, "I don't know what these bastards eat, but I wish they'd stop exploding it out of their asses. I thought I worked in an office building, not a horse stable."
Posted by Chris at 11:38 PM

Quote:Nintendo's mysterious Dual Screen system seems to be getting more widespread support and praise than even Sony's PSP system. As of now, more than 100 software companies around the world have received development kits for the DS, and are planning games for it, if not already developing them. Big names like THQ, Electronic Arts, Activision, Atari, Ubisoft, Majesco, Capcom, Sega, Konami, Hudson Soft, Namco, Bandai, Koei and Square Enix are all planning to back up Nintendo's "third pillar."

"The Nintendo Dual Screen is something that we're really excited about developing for," said Nick Earl, VP and General Manager at Electronic Arts. "It's very innovative, which is classic Nintendo."

"Nintendo DS is going to push hand-held technology to uncharted territories," said Yves Blehaut, senior VP at Atari. "It's going to energize both developers and consumers with amazing new game mechanics and new game design. Once more, Nintendo leads the way with something unexpected and totally innovative."

You'd expect Nintendo to be spouting PR praise like this, but these are third party companies, who don't have to say anything good about the system if they don't want to. George Harrison, Nintendo of America's senior VP of marketing and corporate communications, had this to say: "It's exciting to see so many publishers are as inspired about the Nintendo DS as we are. The creative contributions of the publishers will reinforce Nintendo's reputation as the industry's leader in innovation."

Nintendo's Dual Screen system will be officially revealed next week at E3, and is currently on track for release before the end of the year.

Well, that sure sucked ass... wait until lunch period when it's 100 degrees outside to have a bomb threat. I was among the few smart people who took my lunch outside and ate it. The police came and searched every classroom and every bookbag, turning off the @#%$ AC in the process... so I'm frying up right here, at my computer, the bomb threat finally being over... the guilty person was some student named Mohammed Jafar Kareem Abdul Ja--okay, not really... now, if you'll excuse me, I have a much-deserved Sunkist to chug down.

Yup, it's a D&D RTS just announced... by Liquid Entertainment, makers of the pretty good RTS Battle Realms. But, it's not that simple...

New D&D world. Yup, after canning all of the D&D worlds except the Forgotten Realms and Dragonlance (I don't even know them all... the only ones I can think of are Mysteria, Planescape, Al-Quadim, Dark Sun, Ravenloft... bah, I know there are more... anyway, they were all ditched by the time 3rd edition came out...). It's called Eberon... read the article. Very interesting.

http://pc.ign.com/articles/511/511293p1.html

Oh, and look at the art! Really, really nice... though we don't see any ingame graphics. I'm sure it'll be 3d but IMO it'd look best with a high-res 2d look like Disciples.

http://media.pc.ign.com/media/680/680934/imgs_1.html

A bit of Mexican history for you all... in 1862, French troops under Napoleon III were sent to Mexico to force the Mexicans to pay off their debt to France. The French army was powerful at the time (no, France hasn't always been the World War II France we all know today) and the odds of the Mexicans winning was slim. But they did, on this day in 1862. This is NOT Mexico's Independence Day!

So, because of this minor military victory, we all have a reason go out, party, get drunk, and TP each other's houses! Whose should we go for first? ABF sound good? :evilha:

http://www.gcadvanced.com/forums/showthr...eadid=2374

As insane as this idea sounds, if it's true it could be very awesome. Motion sensors added to a portable with two screens, one a touchpad... the possibilities seem endless. The cooking game could be extremely innovative if nothing else, something Nintendo seems very eager to achieve. I'm all for innovation and changing the way games are played, and if Nintendo can pull all of this off then I think we're in for a real treat.

Looks like IGN has been dishing out alot of crap ratings for Nintendo games lately. I think Mario Kart only got a 7 something, same as Pokemon Colleseum, and Custom Robo just got a 6.4 from them. I wonder what Famitsu has been giving these games just for comparison.

I was kind of looking forward to Custom Robo. The N64 games were great. Anyone know what Famitsu gave this game ?

It does bring up an issue of concern as to what the hell Nintendo is doing at their development studios. Then again, IGN completely over rated some games, like Windwaker, which I thought was totally weak in comparison with Majora's Mask and the Oracle games.

Alright I've come up with a new game, and even though it's cutting it a bit too close, I'm bored so give cares. I call it "GUESS WHAT'S GONNA BE SHOWN AT E3 WOOT!!" and the person who gets the most specific stuff right (and that means stuff that isn't definite, so you won't get any points for saying that MP2 will be playable) wins a prize*. You can of course include the obvious stuff for completion's sake, but remember that you won't get points for it. You can make as many predictions as you want to, but you'll lose points if you get some wrong. We'll find out who the winner is after E3 is over. So to begin, here are my predictions:

Nintendo:

-Wind Waker 2 given a new title and will be playable, and given a March 2005 U.S. release date
-A new Mario platformer will be shown in video form and announced as a q2 2005 release
-Nintendo's big surprise game will be an RPG that takes place in the Nintendo universe, kinda like Kingdom Hearts (not my original idea, but it's a great one)
-Nintendo will show off a new Mario and Zelda game for the DS. The Mario game will temporarily be referred to as Super Mario Bros. 4 and be the first original side scrolling Mario platformer since Mario Land 2. It'll use a 3D engine but will be side-scrolling.
-Kid Icarus will be shown for the DS or GC
-The DS will steal the show, and show how Nintendo is ready to seriously compete with the PSP.
-The DS games will look much better than N64-quality titles, but not quite as nice as Sony's PSP games.
-Nintendo will talk a lot about DS-GC connectivity but will not make it the focus of their presentation

Sony:

-The PSP will be given a price point, and it will not be over $300
-FFVII-2 will be shown for the PSP
-Rockstar will announce, but not show a GTA game for the PSP
-NICO will be playable and given a November 2004 release date

Microsoft:

-New Live features will be announced
-Halo 2 will be playable in multiplayer only

Sega:

-Will announce a short-term exclusivity agreement with Nintendo
-They will show off a new game being developed by Yuji Naka and Shigeru Miyamoto
-Will mention that Shenmue III is in development, but won't say anything beyond that
-Chu Chu Rocket 2 will be shown for the DS and will make the best use of it out of any other third-party DS title












*prize not guaranteed

Michael Moore charged my university $18,000 an hour for two hours of speaking at an assembly. Today, in my history class, I finally concluded seeing 'Bowling for Columbine'. I invite opinions on this guy; pro or cons, and what we think of his biased, liberal approach to solving America's gun problems.

You guys must get this game. It's really really good. Much more dialogue than the original one... better graphics... great story... more characters.. if you don't know what I'm talking about go look for it on ign or something! I'm too lazy to post a link because I'm going to go play it.