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Pre-E3 thoughts/predictions

Posted May 16th 2009 by Jacob Barnes.

Six months ago I didn't know I would be writing for a video game news site and I hadn't even thought about e3 after Nintendo's embarrassing press conference last year. Hitler and I are on the same page on that subject. But this year's show promises to be the best one ever, or at least better than '07 and '08. Needless to say I'm slowly starting to get excited about all of this.

The thing is, I've never been to L.A. and know very little about the city. So to familiarize myself with the area I couldn't think of a better way than to play True Crime: Streets of LA. on my GameCube. As most people know, the game is modeled after the city itself and is like a poor man's version of GTA. I don't have any intention to ever finish the game because it's just more fun to drive around the city than to do any missions. And I'm surprised to say that after casually playing it for a while I now know most of the city just as well as any other I've been to. It's more fun to learn while killing innocent civilians than it is just staring at a map.


That off-white building on the corner is where our hotel is. It looks a lot like the actual thing with the palm tree out in front, but I'm sure that wasn't intentional.


I have no idea how this happened. I was just standing outside the hotel. :/


Some gamers headed off to the convention centers. There are a lot of twins in this city...


And there's the convention center. Nextdoor is the staples center.

Well, we've got a lot of great interviews/impressions lined up concerning the convention itself. Besides the bare bones features we'll probably have some unplanned articles and more original/personal stories, because that seems to be what our forum users want. I think myself and other staff members agree that we're always game for new suggestions on what you want to see, even if you're like Hilary and suggest that we "find out some stuff about video games." Don't worry, we got that covered.

So I've compiled this short list of what could happen or I expect to happen at e3 this year. I'll probably do this list format for all future impressions too since it's easier that way:
-high voltage software will have playable demos of The Conduit before it releases in late June, and two new Wii titles, one of which is another FPS, that's been confirmed
-we have to see something with Pikmin 3, playable demos are possible
-a new mario bros. Game, maybe New Super Mario Bros. 2 on the DS will be announced
-new starfox game
-don't think we'll see a Zelda game until one on the Wii next year
-Red Steel 2 info, maybe playable
-a new kirby or donkey kong game, but it will be a spinoff like Canvas Curse or Donkey Konga
-an educational wii game for children or some new family oriented game
-new Tales of Graces info
-some more Beyond Good & Evil 2
-Assassins Creed 2
-God of War III
-I hope to see some more Dead Rising 2
-probably see a No More Heroes 2 playable demo at e3, or soon afterward

I'm not making any outlandish predictions on other consoles, but I'm pretty sure Nintendo HAS to deliver to their fans this year more than ever.

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