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Storm Rider:
It's only a gimmick if it's not used properly. What I'm worried about is if the transition from a dual-analog stick controller the Wii remote doesn't work out as well as everyone hopes. I'd have to see which one worked better, since I have both systems.

Also, to prevent double posting, I'll edit this in: the first day is finally over, and what really surprised me is just how many really great-looking games are coming out this holiday season. So far the games that have excited me most so far have been Assassin's Creed and Mass Effect, but I have not yet seen Super Mario Galaxy, Bioshock, or Fallout 3 in action. Other games I saw that looked cool: Mercenaries 2 (so very many explosions), Fracture, Burnout Paradise, and (somewhat surprisingly) the Simpsons.

Call of Duty 4 looked absolutely amazing graphically, but I don't know if there's anything particularly unusual about the gameplay, but if you like shooters that's probably one you'll want. Me, I want my shooters to be a little more off-the-wall.

Tomorrow's Sony's day to shine: Gamespot's got live demos of just about all of their first party stuff. This may make or break my decision on the PS3 for this holiday.

ScrambledGregs:
Nintendo's press conference seems to be what everyone is focusing on, calling it as bad as Sony's was last year. I'm not sure that's fair, but to people who expect Nintendo to stick doggedly to a hardcore gamer audience, I'm sure watching Miyamoto and Reggie flop around with exercize "games" was a bit disheartening.

Still, I've come to the conclusion that all the consoles are equally depressing, so I'm going to stick to my DS for the foreseeable future. I'll probably pick up a PSP when the redesign comes out in September, unless it costs more.

ackblom12:
I'd say calling it as bad as Sony's show is just being silly. The fact they announced Mario Kart with online was worth the entire show for me.

I also can't help but feel like the developers don't particularly care quite so much this time around. I would think that having a crowd of non-journalist gamers added a lot to their need to impress every year.

0bsessions:
Worth mentioning are some of the additional things Nintendo announced today:

Wii Fit. Comes with some exercise board thing and I honestly might look into this. I do a lot of basic aerobic workouts to keep in shape anyways and being able to track it on my Wii is an interesting idea. I suck at math and sure as fuck can't keep track of my own BMI.

Medal of Honor will support up to 32 player online and will make use of the new Wii Zapper, a peripheral shaped kinda like a shotgun for your Wiimote and Nunchaku attachment. It's not the hideous original design shown last year. This one actually looks quite sleek. Noting that Mario Kart is supposed to support a large amount of players online, it looks like Nintendo is finally leaning towards taking online seriously.

Wii Fit is definitely going to grab onto that casual demographic they're going for (It's already front page news on Yahoo.com and being projected to be a hit) and the enhanced online capability of Medal of Honor should pull in some additional hardcore and PC games. All told, a pretty impressive showing, in my opinion.

Dimmukane:
I dropped two hits of acid last night and watched a fuckton of E3 trailers.  I've been in permanent nerdgasm-mode for the past 2 days.

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