I said to myself, "If we don't see it at E3, I'm going to assume it's canceled."
I didn't see much at E3, so I'm going to re-evaluate that conclusion.
But seriously, I want Crystal Bearers to come. It looks amazing.
Then there's this quote I found on the wikipedia page for Crystal Bearers: "In March 2008, an official advertising article about Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates noted that the Nintendo DS installment "sets the stage" for The Crystal Bearers."
I made the (apparently wise) decision to not watch the conferences this year. I went afterwards to watch the part I was interested in (wii music) and saw everyone swinging their remotes around and not being able to tell what went with what on the screen and going "meh". Highlight of e3: "awhile" in the mm9 opening video preview.
Eh, here's the best part of everything.
X-Box 360
- Interface overhaul.
- FFXIII is coming to it.
Wii
- WiiMotion+ will make the Wiimote into what it should have been in the first place (1:1 gaming)
- New Pikmin is in the works.
PS3
Not really sure on this one yet, haven't really looked yet.
Don't bother with Capcom's, though... Holy shit it was horrible.
The Sony highlights were God of War 3, Infamous and Resistance 2. The latter two for looking pretty damn awesome (I might go ahead and say that Resistance 2 looks better than Gears 2), the first just for the "Yeah, it's coming" factor.
For the second year running, I'd have to say that of the three console makers, Sony has the most appealing games as far as I'm concerned.
Of course, with RE5, MM9 and Dead Rising Wii, I'd say the actual winner this year is Capcom anyway. :P
Infamous is pretty much designed specifically to get me to say nice things about PS3.
I imagine the pitch went something like this...
Developer: You play a guy that has superhuman abilities to control electricity.
Sony: SHIT. This is perfect. Dareth will say nice things about us. FUNDED++
Listen, I know Squeenix wants my money. It's just a question of when they need it. FFXIII flops? Too bad, sell the wiitards some more crystal chronicles. FFXIII does okay? Let's keep pumping money into KH3 for wii.
It's not like we didn't buy my life as a king, right?
1) KH sells like hotcakes.
2) The Wii also sells like flapjacks.
3) KH and Wii share a huge demographic (youngsters, females, etc.)
4) KH is probably the main SE franchise that would NOT benefit from the huge graphical upgrade of PS3/360 (making them look too realistic would be, let's face it, creepy)
5) KH3 on the Wii would sell like devil cakes.
Listen, I know Squeenix wants my money. It's just a question of when they need it. FFXIII flops? Too bad, sell the wiitards some more crystal chronicles. FFXIII does okay? Let's keep pumping money into KH3 for wii.
It's not like we didn't buy my life as a king, right?
It's just this kind of collective mind's eternal wet dream that's been put into words by that April Fool's in EGM. It's an idea that's been in the back of everyone's mind ever since we first played Kingdom Hearts, and that was only compounded by the Subspace Emissary.
Simple fact of the matter is, if you've at any point enjoyed Nintendo games and Squeenix games, you've wished they'd include Nintendo worlds in Kingdom Hearts. This isn't even a spreading idea, but one that every single person has on their own. It's everybody's pet dream game.
I can't even process what that would be like. The idea is going to have to ferment in my mind until it reaches maturity and I leap upright in bed at 4:30 in a cold sweat.
Oh god dammit now I have created an impossible scenario in my mind which is utterly insurmountable by anything that is likely to happen in real life.
Then again,
It's not impossible, is it?
PAX 08: hands-on pikmin 3, kid icarus, pilotwings, videos of mario galaxy 2, mushroom kingdom RPG and mario kart expansion pack.
Announcement of Kingdom Hearts 3 for wii with nintendo worlds as well as disney. Namco making a zelda fighting game using soul calibur engine. Storage solution announced.
There, I think I'm being reasonable.
Could... could we add Smash Bros DS, a FF3/4-style remake of FF6, Mother 1-3 on Virtual Console, and a Starfox game that doesn't suck?
The story of the starfox wii game involves fox breaking his legs, leaving him only able to use the arwing or landmaster. Uh... slippy broke the submarine.. thing.
Oh, and zelda wii demo. It's called "the Adventure of Zelda: you get to play as her, and transform into Sheik for the action bits".
Hyrule, the Mushroom Kingdom, Zebes, Kanto, Lylat, DK Isle, Yoshi's Island, some kingdom from Fire Emblem, the Pikmin planet, Wario Land, Mute City...
Add the KH setting, a guest character in every world and the Disney worlds on top of that, and what do you get? The motherfucking greatest game of all time.
I said to myself, "If we don't see it at E3, I'm going to assume it's canceled."
I didn't see much at E3, so I'm going to re-evaluate that conclusion.
But seriously, I want Crystal Bearers to come. It looks amazing.
Then there's this quote I found on the wikipedia page for Crystal Bearers: "In March 2008, an official advertising article about Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates noted that the Nintendo DS installment "sets the stage" for The Crystal Bearers."
Oh god dammit now I have created an impossible scenario in my mind which is utterly insurmountable by anything that is likely to happen in real life.
Then again,
It's not impossible, is it?
PAX 08: hands-on pikmin 3, kid icarus, pilotwings, videos of mario galaxy 2, mushroom kingdom RPG and mario kart expansion pack.
Announcement of Kingdom Hearts 3 for wii with nintendo worlds as well as disney. Namco making a zelda fighting game using soul calibur engine. Storage solution announced.
There, I think I'm being reasonable.
Could... could we add Smash Bros DS, a FF3/4-style remake of FF6, Mother 1-3 on Virtual Console, and a Starfox game that doesn't suck?
The story of the starfox wii game involves fox breaking his legs, leaving him only able to use the arwing or landmaster. Uh... slippy broke the submarine.. thing.
Oh, and zelda wii demo. It's called "the Adventure of Zelda: you get to play as her, and transform into Sheik for the action bits".
fixed that for ya
I fail to see how that is a better idea than steampunk Zelda.
I said to myself, "If we don't see it at E3, I'm going to assume it's canceled."
I didn't see much at E3, so I'm going to re-evaluate that conclusion.
But seriously, I want Crystal Bearers to come. It looks amazing.
Then there's this quote I found on the wikipedia page for Crystal Bearers: "In March 2008, an official advertising article about Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates noted that the Nintendo DS installment "sets the stage" for The Crystal Bearers."
Anyways - Tokyo Game Show. If I don't see anything, I will abandon hope and assume it's been canceled.
an S-E rep recently stated that we should wait for TGS for FF:CC news. something about the game being more "relevant" to the japanese market or something
Hyrule, the Mushroom Kingdom, Zebes, Kanto, Lylat, DK Isle, Yoshi's Island, some kingdom from Fire Emblem, the Pikmin planet, Wario Land, Mute City...
Add the KH setting, a guest character in every world and the Disney worlds on top of that, and what do you get? The motherfucking greatest game of all time.
Maybe some settings from Mother as well? But yeah, the universe isn't that kind, especially with regards to that series.
Oh god dammit now I have created an impossible scenario in my mind which is utterly insurmountable by anything that is likely to happen in real life.
Then again,
It's not impossible, is it?
PAX 08: hands-on pikmin 3, kid icarus, pilotwings, videos of mario galaxy 2, mushroom kingdom RPG and mario kart expansion pack.
Announcement of Kingdom Hearts 3 for wii with nintendo worlds as well as disney. Namco making a zelda fighting game using soul calibur engine. Storage solution announced.
There, I think I'm being reasonable.
Could... could we add Smash Bros DS, a FF3/4-style remake of FF6, Mother 1-3 on Virtual Console, and a Starfox game that doesn't suck?
The story of the starfox wii game involves fox breaking his legs, leaving him only able to use the arwing or landmaster. Uh... slippy broke the submarine.. thing.
Oh, and zelda wii demo. It's called "the Adventure of Zelda: you get to play as her, and transform into Sheik for the action bits".
fixed that for ya
I fail to see how that is a better idea than steampunk Zelda.
All I want is a Zelda game where I actually play as Zelda, and can transform into Sheik to do awesome magical ninja stuff. Steampunk is okay, but Zelda doesn't really need it, I feel.
Oh, and I don't know what you are talking about with that youtube link, as that game clearly doesn't exist, and never happened. Ever.
I was about to say that I'd fight you to the grave on this issue, and then I noticed you had a quote from Sockbaby in your sig, and I can't be angry at you for too long.
Nintembo is not discriminating. It holds captive both great and small, first-party and third.
Yeah. The reason I listed ED and Geist is because these had the same kind of hype and expectations as Disaster does. Little-known Nintendo 2nd party, mature aesthetic, "sleeper cult classic" written all over it, etc.
Nintembo is not discriminating. It holds captive both great and small, first-party and third.
Yeah. The reason I listed ED and Geist is because these had the same kind of hype and expectations as Disaster does. Little-known Nintendo 2nd party, mature aesthetic, "sleeper cult classic" written all over it, etc.
Nintembo is not discriminating. It holds captive both great and small, first-party and third.
Yeah. The reason I listed ED and Geist is because these had the same kind of hype and expectations as Disaster does. Little-known Nintendo 2nd party, mature aesthetic, "sleeper cult classic" written all over it, etc.
Nintembo is not discriminating. It holds captive both great and small, first-party and third.
Yeah. The reason I listed ED and Geist is because these had the same kind of hype and expectations as Disaster does. Little-known Nintendo 2nd party, mature aesthetic, "sleeper cult classic" written all over it, etc.
YEAH I LIKED GEIST OKAY?
There's medication for that now.
It was ugly but it was fun.
I liked Killer7.
So I suppose I'm in a similar camp.
Except that my camp is way better than your camp. We raid yours and steal your mascot and you can't do shit.
Nintembo is not discriminating. It holds captive both great and small, first-party and third.
Yeah. The reason I listed ED and Geist is because these had the same kind of hype and expectations as Disaster does. Little-known Nintendo 2nd party, mature aesthetic, "sleeper cult classic" written all over it, etc.
Nintembo is not discriminating. It holds captive both great and small, first-party and third.
Yeah. The reason I listed ED and Geist is because these had the same kind of hype and expectations as Disaster does. Little-known Nintendo 2nd party, mature aesthetic, "sleeper cult classic" written all over it, etc.
YEAH I LIKED GEIST OKAY?
There's medication for that now.
It was ugly but it was fun.
I liked Killer7.
So I suppose I'm in a similar camp.
Except that my camp is way better than your camp. We raid yours and steal your mascot and you can't do shit.
an S-E rep recently stated that we should wait for TGS for FF:CC news. something about the game being more "relevant" to the japanese market or something
Hope for DQ9? I mean, DQ4DS came out months ahead of FF4 in japan, yet we're getting FF4 next week and DQ4 all the way at the end of the year :x
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Lame.
Anyways - Tokyo Game Show. If I don't see anything, I will abandon hope and assume it's been canceled.
I imagine the pitch went something like this...
Developer: You play a guy that has superhuman abilities to control electricity.
Sony: SHIT. This is perfect. Dareth will say nice things about us. FUNDED++
consult http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time
Listen, I know Squeenix wants my money. It's just a question of when they need it. FFXIII flops? Too bad, sell the wiitards some more crystal chronicles. FFXIII does okay? Let's keep pumping money into KH3 for wii.
It's not like we didn't buy my life as a king, right?
Was that hinted at somewhere?
No, but it's extremely logical.
1) KH sells like hotcakes.
2) The Wii also sells like flapjacks.
3) KH and Wii share a huge demographic (youngsters, females, etc.)
4) KH is probably the main SE franchise that would NOT benefit from the huge graphical upgrade of PS3/360 (making them look too realistic would be, let's face it, creepy)
5) KH3 on the Wii would sell like devil cakes.
I didn't.
Should I feel special?
Simple fact of the matter is, if you've at any point enjoyed Nintendo games and Squeenix games, you've wished they'd include Nintendo worlds in Kingdom Hearts. This isn't even a spreading idea, but one that every single person has on their own. It's everybody's pet dream game.
But Hyrule? Having a party of Sora, Goofy and fucking Link? Yes, I would shit myself.
fixed that for ya
Add the KH setting, a guest character in every world and the Disney worlds on top of that, and what do you get? The motherfucking greatest game of all time.
It's not really like we've seen substantially more of FF13 than we have of Crystal Bearers.
Don't forget about the last time Zelda was featured as the star of her own game.
an S-E rep recently stated that we should wait for TGS for FF:CC news. something about the game being more "relevant" to the japanese market or something
Maybe some settings from Mother as well? But yeah, the universe isn't that kind, especially with regards to that series.
i dunno, i have hard time seeing nintendo letting a third party mess with so many of their IP characters...
...seeing as how they're run by a bunch of fun hating cocks.
All I want is a Zelda game where I actually play as Zelda, and can transform into Sheik to do awesome magical ninja stuff. Steampunk is okay, but Zelda doesn't really need it, I feel.
Oh, and I don't know what you are talking about with that youtube link, as that game clearly doesn't exist, and never happened. Ever.
...
where the fuck was Disaster: DoC
You must be talking about some silly game that only exists in your wild fantasies. I know nothing of this "Disaster" game.
You shut your FILTHY MOUTH!!
And Soma Bringer? Can we AT LEAST get a US release date?
H.A.M.M.E.R was, but Disaster has just been.... not talked about.
Day of Disaster is still in Nintendo Limbo.
Nintembo.
All is not lost.
Eternal Darkness and Geist were in Nintembo for YEARS but they eventually did get released.
Nintembo is not discriminating. It holds captive both great and small, first-party and third.
Yeah. The reason I listed ED and Geist is because these had the same kind of hype and expectations as Disaster does. Little-known Nintendo 2nd party, mature aesthetic, "sleeper cult classic" written all over it, etc.
YEAH I LIKED GEIST OKAY?
Am I the only one who played Disaster Report?
where the feck was it, nintendo?
i mean, seriously...they couldn't even show us how it's comin along? It's only been in development for almost two and a half years now.
It was ugly but it was fun.
So I suppose I'm in a similar camp.
Except that my camp is way better than your camp. We raid yours and steal your mascot and you can't do shit.
I am in your camp as well.
I guess you could call me a polycamper.
Dude, Killer 7 was awesome.
awesome.
Hope for DQ9? I mean, DQ4DS came out months ahead of FF4 in japan, yet we're getting FF4 next week and DQ4 all the way at the end of the year :x