Nintendo had a very surprising change of heart with this year’s E3 press conference, targeting their sights at the loyal gamers out there in favour of the Brain Age/Wii Sports consumer. This isn’t to say that the more “casual” experience out there wasn’t on show, Nintendo were more than keen to showcase the sequel to the popular Just Dance with Just Dance 2, featuring 8 player dances.
First off was the long awaited return of Link with a demonstration of the new Zelda game for Nintendo Wii called The Legend of Zelda: The Skyward Sword. Zelda: Twilight Princess might of been a Gamecube port at its core but here we Nintendo delivering on their promise with a brand new way of controlling Link with full motion support of both the Shield and Sword using your Nunchuck and Wii Remote.
Traditional franchise names were definitely a priority this year; bringing back not only Zelda but even the franchises you thought were never going to see like Donkey Kong Country Returns. Fittingly named Retro Studios, the developers behind the return of the Kong also brought you the return of Metroid Prime are offering a true return to monkey form with 2D platforming action and keeping that fantastic art style us older games know and love.
Alongside the primate in their Wii debut arrives Kirby with Epic Yarn which, based on the trailer, seems to be the most impressive and interesting 2D platform game in years. The ability to manipulate the environment which is fabricated of yarn and other pieces of material give the game a very unique graphical look and some very creative game mechanics.
Nintendo seems to have been digging up old names for the Wii but they haven’t stopped there with their brand new handheld console the Nintendo 3DS, a fully 3D handheld glasses without the need for glassed to enjoy the full experience.
A piece of hardware succeeds by the software so Nintendo have pulled out all the stops here by re-introducing Pit from Kid Icarus (NES) Pilotwings (SNES), Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil, Mario Kart and many more.
As pictured, the hardware itself keeps the much loved design of the DS Lite with some interesting changes such as a larger top screen which can perform 3D graphics, a camera with two lenses giving you the ability to capture your own 3D photographs and the ability to save games to the handhelds internal memory.
With the absence of the PSP2, Nintendo are surely dominating the handheld market even with the iPad involved and I congratulate them for being the first to lead with this brand new technology, too.
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