I prefer a balanced game over a giant one. Fun fact: from July 2011 to April 2012, Meta Knight was used 1669 times in tournaments, while Ganondorf was used only 37 times. That's the extreme, but it goes to show how unbalanced the game is. Unless you're some sort of prodigy, to have a chance in a real tournament, you can't just pick whatever fun character you want, you have to pick one of the 9 or so characters that are "viable". There may as well not be 35 characters if it only pays off to learn 9. While talent is still the ultimate decider, often times character selection can have a bigger impact on who wins. I don't think that's how a fighting game should be, especially if it wants to be fun for both tournament and casual environments.

Now that it's all over, I'll state my opinion
That was a very "meh" e3.
That 3ds presentation wasn't bad by any means, but they announced ZERO new games. New games is kind of why we have e3. So while it was still an entertaining time, and definitely better than the Wii U presentation, I wish we had gotten more.
In the end, I don't mind much, since new games get announced throughout the entire year, and I have Paper Mario to look forward to.

Cool. Hopefully he'll talk.

Meh. Not the greatest. Hopefully more will be announced for the launch window.

I didn't think it was that bad. Ending with that much NintendoLand wasn't particularly exciting, but they did announce some nice stuff before that.
And there's still the 3DS show tomorrow. And the round table tonight. So I'm not disappointed yet.

I would love to see a new IP they've been working on. But I'd be totally satisfied with paper mario, luigi's mansion, and any other 3DS games.
This was probably will be the only time I woke up at 6:00 in the summer without an alarm clock. My brain can sense the things to come.

Well dang.

I would rather have that purple than my black Zelda one. I love purple.

@DanteSolablood that's very true, but why not give them more uses than just ev training or breeding? And those pokemon still aren't used very often. I found EV training more time consuming in Black/white, because of the lack of hotspots. And it's rather uncommon for a breeding chain to require a pokemon that I mentioned. If pokemon is about battling, why shouldn't more pokemon be able to battle?

@Koops3 I should think that creating new evolutions would be a lot faster than creating entire new pokemon, so it wouldn't take any longer than a new generation would. And as for making the other games obsolete, doesn't every new generation already do that?

In my opinion, "gotta catch em all" is dead. With 640-some pokemon, the goal should be to defeat all your opponents with a well-constructed team. Which personally, I find a lot more interesting than walking through grass and throwing pokeballs for weeks.
The large number of pokemon just makes for more possible team combinations. I think that if they want to add more pokemon, they should just add viable evolutions to the existing pokemon. Every time Gamefreak added more usable pokemon, they also added a bunch of crap that no one would use. For instance, in every game, there's the rodent, the bat, the small bird, and other generic, weak pokemon. If Gamefreak added evolutions, they would only increase the number of usable pokemon, not the number of crap pokemon no one wants.

So question: how firmly does it fit the system? I always have a thin shell on my 3DS to protect from scratches. Is there any chance my 3DS would fit with the shell on?

Messages received from Nikki daily: 1
Messages received from 3DS friends daily: 40-50
_{Yeah, I don't see how her notes can be annoying. She pales in comparison to some people.}

i like this contest. It encourages people to get off their video games and read a book!
...about video games. Perfect motivation.

That's very interesting, and I really like the new multitasking ability. So far, it sounds like the 3DS is quite a good improvement over the DSi.

I got super mario all-stars, and $150 toward the 3DS when it comes out.
_{Although, it's pure agony waiting until spring to spend it.}

WAAAAAAAAAAHT?
_sob

Awesome! I already have the cartridge, but I'll get this too. My N64 is working very well anymore.

Why can't we just use bananas as currency all the time? Saves a lot of trees.

I don't know if I would like this or not. I like Birds, but as a portable game I can play for a few minutes while I wait for something. It's not the type of game I sit down and play for two hours.

Congrats to the winners!
I may not have won, but I'm glad that I actually know some of the people that did.

Interesting. It's almost like a star ship defense with pop island graphics. If it gets a good review, I might get it.

@51 _{heh heh heh}

Anyways, I definitely want to get this. Looks like a good value.

@ballkirby1 actually, I would say you lose. He wasn't talking to you. He was just making a comment about the text in the "Enter The Competition" box.

I was planning on saving about $300 for a 3DS. I think I'm going to have to save about $450, because of all the amazing games coming out.

I agree with The Fox. I think they should just have a demo for every game, or at least the top 20 games (sales wise). I would certainly buy more games if I knew if I would like one or not.

Yet another reason to want a 3DS.

I'll enter, though I doubt I'll win. I've never won a drawing contest in my life.

Honestly, I think it's hard for a FPS not to be "generic". In a FPS, there are always average weapons (shotgun, machine gun, sniper, pistol, rocket launcher, etc) , and it's almost always either based on a war, or themed after a futuristic battle between humans and aliens. How is a FPS supposed to stand out? By being polished?

This looks like it will definitely be worth my wiiware points!

Well, they were together in the past. Sort of.

I'm curious if you will be able to use the analog stick for normal DS games, and if those will be portrayed in 3d also. I'm guessing no, but I wouldn't mind too much anyway. Backwards compatibility in itself is good enough for me.

It's not really "copying". Nintendo didn't invent 3d, or stereoscopic vision. They were just the first ones to create a portable game system utilizing it.
Regardless of what Sony does, I'm quite excited now. If both Sony and Microsoft approve (even if Sony only cares about how it will make them more money) then it must be pretty good.

How about a bomberman generations sequel where no one could talk? That would be nice.
_{Not to mention there wouldn't be any blood dripping from my ears to distract me from boss fights.}

I'm glad that these actually represent the games well. When I saw palkia and dialga, I didn't really think "diamond and pearl", and giratina wasn't related to platinum at all. These really do look black and white.

A person was selling fake things because he wanted money of all things? Zomg!

This game makes me dance with joy.
_{Like, you know, dance? Ha ha?}
Also, I'm insulted that this was rated higher than an electroplankton. >:3

Wow. Quell suprise.

This stinks.
_{Heh heh heh.}

I love bungie, so hopefully they'll give us something good!

Well, NOW I know why everyone's so excited for this. It looks great!

Sorry, but I couldn't stand playing a game with such a weird, ugly thing as the main character. |:3

Solitaire puzzles? What are those supposed to be?

Meh. I prefer quality over quantity.
Following Wiiplayer's saying,
Meh. Nothing I'm interested in.

@alex what's wrong with people being happy when something happens that they like? It's not being selfish. It's being optimistic. Sure, some other people have to wait longer, but what do you want us to do? Wallow in misery with them? It's not impossible to be happy but still feel sorry for someone else. .If I won a competition, and I was happy, would you say I was being rude because other people lost the competition?

...at least he got some exercise... (if any)

Free download?! AAAAAAAAH!!!
August 31st?! AAAAAAAAH!!!

Sure, it's like SMG, but isn't that a good thing? I would want SMG wiiware version, if it was possible...

10 minutes seems like it is too short, but I doubt there would have been a difference had it been 50 minutes a day.

@miketh2005 if you think that the number of buttons is what makes a controller better, you need some help. It's a better design, it's more comfortable, the cord is placed better, so for the same price, it's a much better deal.