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Examiner: Who won E3?

The Examiner writes: Now that E3 has come and gone, and a lot of great games are now on the radar of gamers everywhere, it's time to see who the winners and the losers are.

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Spike476173d ago

Like I said, it is based on opinion. IMO, Sony won because I want more games.

GWAVE6173d ago

Yeah, it's all opinion, in the end. After all, let's say that you're a hardcore Ninty fan...well then of COURSE Nintendo will "win" in your mind.

For me, Sony won because they showed off twice as many games and dropped twice as many megatons as the competition (new Kojima-directed MGS on the PSP, Gran Turismo 5, Gran Turismo PSP, God of War 3 live gameplay, exclusive Rockstar title on PS3, Last Guardian trailer, Uncharted 2 live gameplay which blew away the graphics of any other game, console-exclusive FF14, etc etc)

Chris3996172d ago (Edited 6172d ago )

MS and Sony clearly had the strongest showings, as far as the majority of news-outlets and gamers were concerned (I'm not going to say whose was better, they were both pretty darned good for different reasons - and being a mutli-console owner I had news to be excited about on both fronts.

Nintendo, on the other hand, presented little to nothing that was unexpected. The Team-Ninja metroid game was about as interesting as it gets, and the Mario title (the 2D one, not the other dozen or so they announced) was kind of neat as well. The Wii Vitality monitor is an absolute joke. So much so that people reporting on E3 are glossing over the whole affair as if it never happened. And their attempts at capturing the "hardcore" with an already announced Wii RPG and another two DS RPGS - because ya know, there are hardly ANY DS RPGS /sarcasm - was particularly lame.

They are out of touch with the core gamer completely, but their business model isn't dependent on it so I doubt they care. I'm interested to see some of these more immersive, motion controlled, oft dreamed about hardcore games drifting to the HD consoles over the next year, now that the tech is being put into place on the PS3 and 360.

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Final Fantasy X 25th Anniversary Website Launches With New Nomura Artwork and Merchandise

Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.

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-Foxtrot2d ago

Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.

They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.

solideagle2d ago

they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.

Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted

Relientk772d ago

Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments

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Why the Wii is Such a Nostalgic System in 2026

The Wii is now a retro console. Let’s get nostalgic about an often maligned system.

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ActualWhiteMan8d ago (Edited 8d ago )

Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.

jznrpg8d ago

My wife asks me to bust it out (heh) everyone once in a while to play bowling and tennis with the kids. There was a ton of slop on it but some good stuff as well.

Smellsforfree7d ago

Wii was great but boy howdy did it cause Microsoft to go on a dark walk with the Kinect and the disastrous XBox One launch that they arguably never recovered from.

Loktai7d ago

Not nostalgic for me.. I was there.. anyone who wasnt a little kid realized it was a gamecube with shit tacked onto it, it was the "joke" system and was well below even the switch in terms of comparing it to the latest machines at the time. The machine was well loved by young people and "casual gamers" who now remember it 20 years on, or in most cases more of its sales came in the 15-20 years ago range not right at launch- but again its not nostalgic for people who were "gamers" then really, just for those who ended up with one in their house, the games , graphics, interface and online features were archaic already in 2006.

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15 Years Ago, Mortal Kombat (2011) Saved Gaming’s Biggest Fighting Franchise

A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.

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italiangamer11d ago

"Gaming’s Biggest Fighting Franchise"

Press X to (seriously) doubt.

DarXyde9d ago

Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.

Soy9d ago

And then MK1 killed it again.

DivineHand1259d ago (Edited 9d ago )

15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.