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This is some that always impressed me. Nintendo managed to make a massive game world like Metroid Prime Trilogy, Twilight princess, Mario Galaxy etc and they never had load times; even if they did it never lasted more than 5 seconds. the load times on other consoles sometimes...yeesh! And don't even get me started on the Vita's load times! (I thought it ran on cartridges!?) @Brushfire Really?? You found those pics of Pikmin 3 to be ugly? I guess I just don't have as highly trained an eye as you do...to me they look fine, good even. I didn't notice any significant aliasing issues, the textures are pretty good, and its lush environment and saturated colors really make the world appealing.

I dunno, I actually found the graphics for Pikmin 3 to be quite outstanding: (big images posted for full effect) Seriously, that apple, orange and strawberry look good enough to eat. I don't think I've ever seen such perfect round objects in a game before; they don't have any jagged polygons. I actually feel that these have a better graphical impression than most of what I've seen on other platforms. Nintendo really knows how to make a wonderful art style that works to the strengths of the systems, and when a photorealistic miniature world like Pikmin can work with the power of an HD system, you can really see it shine. And this is first generation Wii U stuff! Just imagine how good it will look down the line!

Dude if they made it look like this EVERYONE would buy one:

I love the Tangled vibe this is giving off. I have a feeling some of the same team worked on it, so I'm pumped. There'd better be a scene with Mario and Sonic ala Bugs and Mickey in Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

I loved the movie and am hoping to see it for a third time. I really like how the creators of both this and the Captain America movie were able to make his costume seem realistic and even kind of cool. Let's face it, cap's classic suit is kind of...silly. As for DrumJ8's last question, I heard that there was over 30 mins cut from the movie, so I suspect such a scene will be included in the extended cut. also, in his movie, Cap spent time with his team, becoming a leader, which foreshadowed his role as leader of the avengers. Drew this a while back: Working on tracing and coloring it on my computer now. I did Thor and Iron man as well, and I'm gonna start on the others soon.

There's also Xenoblade, Last Story, and older games that may not have been played in a while, like Metroid Prime Trilogy, DKCR, Mario Galaxy, Deadly Creatures, etc. The Wii ended up with a pretty strong library. EDIT: so I thought Nintendo was having a Roundtable tonight but I haven't found any news of it. I'd expected there to be a live blog or something but there's nothing. I was hoping they'd make a few more announcements.

Ah, okay. I'm sure the higher power of the U will fix that. Well, in 09 NIntendo did tease the next Zelda game in the roundtable, so I've still got some hope that some good stuff is yet to come. People often forget this but the big E3 conference isn't for the casual, nor is it for the hardcore: It's for the investors. The companies show off what will make money, and I'll eat my work shoes if NSMBU, Wii Fit U and Nintendo Land don't make a crapload of money. The smaller conferences and presentations, such as the roundtables, are better suited for the more hardcore reveals. Regardless they should throw gamers a bone in the conference. Still, E3's not over yet.

Really? I hadn't noticed this...I found it to be pretty responsive. Are you sure it's not a lag issue with your TV? All 120hz TVs (at least a year ago) have an amount of lag to them. I bought one and found my rhythm was completely off when playing NES games on Wii or Mario Galaxy. The final battle against Ganon in OoT was completely unplayable: my timing was off for deflecting the shots. I took the tv back to the store, along with my wii and hooked it up to various sets, trying them out to get a feel for the rhythm and I found that every 120hz and 240hz TV had lag. Out of desperation I hooked up my wii to a random 60hz TV and the lag was completely gone. I was lucky enough to find a 47" LED Samsung 60hz TV which has been great for gaming (although the darks and blacks drag a bit across the screen...is that called ghosting?). Kinda got of topic there...basically, check whether it's TV lag or not.

Overall it was pretty disappointing. There were some high points, but they really needed to open with a sizzle reel of what the system could mean for nintendo games: show concepts of Metroid, Mario and Zelda in glorious HD, like the HD zelda demo last year. Seriously, just a short video like that would have satisfied most of us. After all, we're all still drooling over last year's Zelda vid. I am a strong advocator of "gameplay over graphics," but even I wanted to see the graphical prowess of the new system. Luckily, Pikmin 3 didn't disappoint: Yellow Pikmin: "Paint me like one of your french girls." I really love these graphics. The polygons are very impressive, with beautiful rounds and very high res textures. The Apple and Orange look almost photorealistc, and the branch "slide" is wonderfully rendered. The depth of field effect is also really good, really giving the impression of how small these creatures are. Definitely the best thing showed for Wii U, seconded by NSMBU. Nintendo Land looked fun, but they didn't show enough of the variety, and we really are past the point of being impressed by mini-game collections. Personally I have very little interest in third party games period: AssCreed doesn't interest me at all, couldn't care less about ZombiU, even the Batman games are only appealing to me because of the gameplay, which Captain America Super Soldier mimicked and I found I really enjoyed. (although I am excited for Darksiders 2) It's the first party games that people buy Nintendo systems for, so nintendo needed to give us something to look forward to on that front, even if what they showed weren't actual games. Like I said, just show us a snazzy video of the various Nintendo franchises rendered in HD and we'd have been pretty happy, right?

Just finished watching NIntendo's presentation. ...that's it? Ah well...at least there's "all-access" and a few more presentations.

Sad truth about the gaming market. Most of the highschool kids who bought into the last generation are growing up and suddenly new consoles and games aren't as easy to afford. I'm not sure what this forebodes, but hopefully it implies that gaming can expand beyond "brown-grey-fps world" as those gamers suddenly have to contend with full time jobs and families, and even children. Hopefully when the "jock gamer" (or gramer, as one show called them) has children they will suddenly realize what kind of entertainment isn't acceptable for their kids and can broaden their horizons. Edit: Oh, and that skit was pretty funny. Non-Specific Action Figure needs to be playable in the next smash bros. Edit2: Omg I think I found my new sig. Or facebook cover photo.

I saw it. It wasn't amazing, but it was just intended to get a few technicalities out of the way. I like the social aspects of the system: how connected you'll feel to your friends what with all the messages and the built-in help board. It looks like it's gonna have it's own version of facebook. FaceMii? lol. Although if the game asks you to share your feelings after EVERY LEVEL or has those speech bubbles then that could get annoying...I'm sure you can turn those off, though. The redesigned gamepad is also pretty nice, although I hope they FINALLY included pressure sensitive buttons. It looks sturdy, and apparently has a built in sensor bar, so you can play wii games right on the gamepad itself. Snazzy. The new Pro controller is also pretty cool. I mean yeah, it looks very similar to the 360 controller, but if it's comfortable I don't mind. From the picture it looks like the triggers aren't analogue, though... Anyways, tuesday is when the real exciting stuff happens. Now that NIntendo's gotten some of the more banal aspects of the system out of the way they can focus on showing off awesome games and other software. I can't wait.

The ultra super secret hidden level gave me much cause for RAGE

Get back to me when you finish world 8

Ooh, I'll probably be buying this. Oh yeah, I have a couple issues of the whole grey hulk thing: I never did understand what the deal with that was. Anyone wanna give the cliffnotes version?

So basically Captain America Vol. 5 (issues #1-#50) are the ones to get, including stories like Winter Soldier, Red Menace and Death of Captain America? Thanks! FYI I'm planning on doing this all digitally on my ipad. Thankfully they had the first issue of Ultimates Captain America for free so that was nice, and the $2 price point per comic seems reasonable.

Hey, here's an old thread, but it means I don't have to start a new one After enjoying the new Captain America movie, the Avengers, and playing the (surprisingly good) Captain America: Super Soldier for PS3, I've become interested in checking out some of the Captain America comic books, but I have no idea where to begin. Any advice?

Demo of Rayman Origins is up today, and after playing some of the demo again (my first time being the PS3 demo) I am reminded how much I HATE that game. It annoys me from beginning to end: the music is stupid, the high-pitched squeaky voices are annoying, the level design is terrible and the controls are some of the worst platforming controls I have ever played. I cannot beat that stupid race against the treasure chest level! And before anyone says it, I am not bad at platformers: just watch this recording of me playing DKCR. I will give it that the animation and graphics are quite nice, but the gameplay and floaty, slippery controls are just so terrible that I cannot stand to play the game and I will never understand how Yahtzee thought it was better that Mario 3D Land.

Dude that is awesome. I hope that's the opening movie for the game.

"this video has been removed..." Please describe the trailer for me?

Pokewood = Hollywood

From what I could tell of the trailers, there will be a movie production that you get involved in in some way, so the robot would be a prop or something similar. Still, this may mark the first time in Pokemon history when you fight something other than another pokemon, something I've wanted for a loooooooooong time. I really hope that for the gen 6 games we get into lots of battles with machines and maybe even mutant/fusion pokemon that you can't catch. Just pure bosses.

Yes, I saw you! I saw the movie a second time today and I saw you! You had the black shirt and the black hat, although you were a blur so I couldn't see the glasses What was it like being so close to actors like Scarlett Johansen and a big film crew?

Oh yeah, about the 3d, I didn't find it to add anything to the experience like it did in, say, Tintin. Given the option, I'd gladly see it in 2D over 3D, and I'm an advocate of 3D.

Couldn't find a dedicated thread, so here we go! Just got back, and it was AWESOME. It was really, really fun with lots of great jokes, awesome action and some really smart writing. Lots of scatterbrained spoilers up ahead, though! I felt it was really wise of them to make HawkEye into a villain for most of the film. We hadn't seen really anything of him up to this point, so making him a villain gave him screen time to do awesome stuff. The buildup for the Hulk was really well done, and the pay off was great. One of my favorite scenes was the fight between Thor, Captain America and Iron Man. It was awesome to see these three square off, and when Thor hits Cap's shield...FWOOSH! Levelled half the forest!! That was so much fun! Cap really held his own against Loki, too! Overall, I think Captain America is still my favorite Avenger. I actually really appreciated the line: "Captain, don't even bother trying to go up against those guys, they are basically gods." to which he replied: "There's only one god, and he doesn't dress like that." It was a small thing, but I am very glad they put it in. It's nice to see that a character like Captain America wasn't neutered for today's PC-heavy society. The ending fight scene was awesome! Loved the part where Hulk just grabs Loki by his feet and wails him around! My friend laughed so hard she started snorting at that XD But what was that teaser at the end? I didn't recognize that character, though I confess to not being much of a comic book nerd. The entire audience exploded into cheers though, so I know he must be important. Illuminate me, please! So, yeah! Awesome movie, go see it.