E3 2011: Corbie on the Show Floor - Day 1

Jealous. I want to play all those 3DS games!!

Luigi's Mansion 2 FTW!!

I'm drowning in jealousy.

Super Mario 3G? Nintendo Social Networking? (14:20:11) LOL

Aw,Nintendo forgot to announce Super Mario 3G!
Glad to hear Luigi's Mansions is good! I wish I could play all those games!

Super Mario was the only game they showed that interested me, honestly.

I want to play those 3DS games, you lucky, lucky little barsteward, sir!

Corbie said he's not sold on WiiU, I've not played it and I'm not completely convinced either.

It seems like the same thing the Wii did, create a whole new controller but now with HD. Time will tell if WiiU will either be awesome or total crap. What I didn't like was that they didn't show what the WiiU can do, only what the controller do... :/

Nintendo had the best E3 presentation by far. [They either beat, - or tied with Apple imho.] The Wii U control will be alot more interesting than it seems, once more are able to try it.. That said, it also depends on power method and battery life.

Also, 1 question: Will the Wii U controller be compatible with current gen. Wii?

@8
apple wasnt at E3 they had their own nongaming event where they shoed off i05 and mac os lion.

still ninty still won.

@hal: Yes, it is supposed to be.

So is anything gonna be "amazing, absolutely amazing" this year, Corbie?

@WaveBoy,

Yeah, just when there is the possibility of great first-person shooters coming to a Nintendo console, they probably won't use the wiimote because it's not the main controller. Wouldn't that suck?

Who didn't see pikmin 3 coming to wii u

I dunno, if the weight is right, the Mii shooter could be a base to a nice way to do shooters.

Im curious about Heroes of Ruin, there suppose to be a playable demo?

@Wave Boy

I disagree. They showed at least one instance when the WiiU controller was being held inside a gun peripheral. This would allow you to use pointer controls. In addition, it would allow you to quickly access your menu in RE4 (I died more than once due to "live menus" in RE5, and I think this option would help) or allow to quickly switch visors/weapons using the touch screen. Plus you could have other options, such as pressing a button to switch into zoom mode (as shown in the video), have a high res always on map, and so much more.

In short, I see the WiiU controller being that much better for shooters.

yeah! pikmin 3! WOOOOOOO FOOTBALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 <---- FAIL

@Waveboy the screen would show what your shooting at, so it wouldn't get in the way becuase you'd be looking at it to shoot things.

yea the controller was the same length as that girls forearm lol looks expensive wonder if they will have covers on the screen...

@Waveboy you could look at the screen to know precisely where it's aiming(probably great for looking down sights) and the camera that its using probably enhances pointer controls which is good because that's the one thing Motion+ didn't solve. I know what you mean though. Their whole point was an alternative to keep playing when the TV is in use. (can't we just bust out our 3DS's for that?) The best we can hope for is that sony's PS3 really does have a 10 year lifespan, Xbox360 follows suit and we keep getting hardcore games for 5 years.

I can see Pikmin working great on the Wii U. A bit excited now.

Announce a 3DS player on the WiiU and I'll be sold. I definitely think there's potential. Shame it didn't get the incredible, absolutely incredible moniker yet, though.

Looks ALL great to me tbh. A LOT of games I'm interested in. A LOT.

I hope that Corbie takes a look at WWE '12

@shingi_70 : I know they weren't! It was a dumb joke: I heard that WWDC would be across the street from the E3 presentation. Also, even though Nintendo isn't making an 'iPhone', they probably see themselves in competition with Apple from an entertainment software, pricing, and service point of view.

@Capt_N : Cool! Thanks.

I have to laugh about the Vitality sensor. It's the Duke Nukem forever of the peripheral world! You know what I mean?