Generally speaking, I'm bad with predictions. Except this time I wasn't.
See, back in April when I did "Game OverThinker" episode 34, "Waggle War," I made a mostly-kidding joke about how funny it'd be if - because the "OMG-it's-a-sidescroller!" trailer for the new Metroid had just come out - when the E3 show came around Sony and Microsoft's big motion-control unveilings got undercut by a bunch of 2D retro Nintendo games. At the time, it was the most unlikely prospect I could think of. Here's the episode, the revelant bit come in at 7:40...
http://screwattack.com/videos/Episode-34-Waggle-War
So... fast-forward to this year's E3 show, and what happened? Well, Sony and MS hacked everyone off with shows mostly devoted to their new motion controllers and pimping ESPN partnerships (Microsoft) and 3D TVs (Sony.) Nintendo's show, on the other hand? Well... 2D sidescroller revamps for Metroid, Kirby and Donkey Kong Country; plus the next Zelda going with an ultra-colorful retro art scheme and along with what look to be ports of EVERY noteworthy franchise they've got (and then some) for the talk-of-show 3DS... it's "flagship" game is the return of KID ICARUS. So, basically, E3 2010 was "won" by a game lineup from about 1998.
Why can't I ever do this when there's money on the line?
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