22nd June 2015, 7:50 PM
I compiled up my posts here about E3 onlto an article on my site and added some more stuff about specific games, so I'm posting the Nintendo ones below (and one Sony one in the Sony thread).
The Legend of Zelda: Triforce Heroes (3DS) – Watching some Nintendo Treehouse stuff, the new 3DS Zelda game really looks like great fun. I’ve been thinking that it’s a shame that Nintendo hasn’t made another Four Swords game, because FSA on the GC is a great game, but they’re finally doing it! And it looks really fun, too. They are emphasizing cooperative play more this time, so the three players share a health bar. This definitely makes things more challenging, but making people work together isn’t bad. The graphical look is similar to the previous 3DS Zelda game, but it looks good enough. The different costumes are interesting as well, each one has different abilities. Different costumes will definitely change how you approach some things, and I’m sure there are better costumes for certain stages. Plus it’ll have online play too, which is fantastic (FSA relied on GBA links only, of course, and that connectivity thing… wasn’t exactly an answer for online play, that’s for sure.). It’s looking great.
Star Fox (Wii U) – I’ve seen some criticism of this game, both visually and in terms of controls, but at least for the graphics, I think the game looks pretty good. And in terms of the gameplay and story, what they showed here aimed straight for the Star Fox 64 fan, and Star Fox 64 is my favorite rail shooter ever so I like that for sure. The gyro controls could be good or bad, and I’ll need to play the game before I know if it’s fun to play that way or not, but at least based on graphics, design, story, and levels, I’m really excited to play this game! It looks good. That Platinum Games are working on the campaign is good news as well, they do great work.
Mario Maker (Wii U) – Mario Maker is probably the most improved game that also showed at least E3. Last year the game looked fairly basic, but now this is a polished, full-featured Mario game creator. From the NWC’15, conference, and Treehouse this game got a lot of focus this E3, and it’s easy to see why. This game looks simple enough that making levels will be easy; the complex editors in some games don’t make me want to try to learn how to make levels, and that interest drops even more when the physics and design have unfixed issues as well (see Little Big Planet), but this game doesn’t have any of those problems, the footage shown made this obvious. This game has only tile-based graphics, which limits you, but it also makes design easier. That’s also how the games actually look, of course. Both making your own levels and playing other peoples’ stages look like great fun.
Game of Show
The Legend of Zelda: Triforce Heroes. Zelda is my favorite series, and this game looks like a lot of fun.
The Legend of Zelda: Triforce Heroes (3DS) – Watching some Nintendo Treehouse stuff, the new 3DS Zelda game really looks like great fun. I’ve been thinking that it’s a shame that Nintendo hasn’t made another Four Swords game, because FSA on the GC is a great game, but they’re finally doing it! And it looks really fun, too. They are emphasizing cooperative play more this time, so the three players share a health bar. This definitely makes things more challenging, but making people work together isn’t bad. The graphical look is similar to the previous 3DS Zelda game, but it looks good enough. The different costumes are interesting as well, each one has different abilities. Different costumes will definitely change how you approach some things, and I’m sure there are better costumes for certain stages. Plus it’ll have online play too, which is fantastic (FSA relied on GBA links only, of course, and that connectivity thing… wasn’t exactly an answer for online play, that’s for sure.). It’s looking great.
Star Fox (Wii U) – I’ve seen some criticism of this game, both visually and in terms of controls, but at least for the graphics, I think the game looks pretty good. And in terms of the gameplay and story, what they showed here aimed straight for the Star Fox 64 fan, and Star Fox 64 is my favorite rail shooter ever so I like that for sure. The gyro controls could be good or bad, and I’ll need to play the game before I know if it’s fun to play that way or not, but at least based on graphics, design, story, and levels, I’m really excited to play this game! It looks good. That Platinum Games are working on the campaign is good news as well, they do great work.
Mario Maker (Wii U) – Mario Maker is probably the most improved game that also showed at least E3. Last year the game looked fairly basic, but now this is a polished, full-featured Mario game creator. From the NWC’15, conference, and Treehouse this game got a lot of focus this E3, and it’s easy to see why. This game looks simple enough that making levels will be easy; the complex editors in some games don’t make me want to try to learn how to make levels, and that interest drops even more when the physics and design have unfixed issues as well (see Little Big Planet), but this game doesn’t have any of those problems, the footage shown made this obvious. This game has only tile-based graphics, which limits you, but it also makes design easier. That’s also how the games actually look, of course. Both making your own levels and playing other peoples’ stages look like great fun.
Game of Show
The Legend of Zelda: Triforce Heroes. Zelda is my favorite series, and this game looks like a lot of fun.
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