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 Hi!

 I spent my childhood and most of my formative years playing Nintendo, I outright rejected the PS and Xbox and never had either in my home until the PS3 which my brother bought. I skipped the Nintendo Wii but I just bought a Wii U and have absolutely no idea why.  Not to say I regret the purchase.  I just have no idea why or how a wave of nostalgia so big so suddenly hit me and convinced me to spend $1000+ on a Wii U, games, accessories and a new TV.  I didn't see an advertisement or a friend who suggested it.  A random urge, some googling and about a week later and my room is completely revamped to incorporate the Wii U and Samsung as the centerpieces.

 The first games I bought along with the system were New Super Mario Bros U and Resident Evil.   Mario was fun and brought back a lot of memories but it had me thinking I was just too old to really love this anymore.  Resident Evil (first time playing one, I've never been as into the Zombie thing as a lot of people are) I bought specifically hoping it would scare me and allowed myself to only play at night after reading messed up stuff about messed up stuff on the internet and getting myself creeped out to begin with. The conehead zombies didn't scare me but my character's shadow literally made me jump in my seat several times, I lost most of that nervous fear when I saw the whole game wasn't set on that ship hahah.  Noob.

 At that point I decided I needed to go to a classic.  My bread and butter Zelda.  I bought Skyward Sword and god damn I'm in love again.  I went in thinking the motion controlled swordplay would be awesome, was annoyed at how painful it seemed to be for my wrists after getting a taste and went back to being fan after refining my motions. I'm so stoked for Pikmin 3, Wind Waker, Super Smash Bros, Mario Kart and Donkey Kong. I'm a completionist so the games I have currently plus I'll probably end up getting Darksiders 2 and Assassin's Creed should tide me over until Pikmin and beyond when the rest of these games start coming out.

 I can absolutely see how avid supporters of Nintendo who spent major time with the Wii could be disillusioned with how things are currently but I am utterly optimistic that I'm going to have so much fun with this system.  Hopefully, with friends I make here because I don't know a single person who owns the Wii U.  Again, that speaks to some of the trouble Nintendo is/or seems to be having but I'm 100% on team "they'll figure it out."

Edit: Seems team Green is invading these boards. 

Interesting thoughts. Some might say you're going too far into it, but I think not. Especially since we know they're in the music/entertainement industry. They might have just taken the opportunity to crush M$ during E3. But honestly, the fact we will have to pay for online for PS4 is disgusting.

In case you guys dont remember, Sony filed an anti-used games patent back in January. It sounds EERILY familiar to what Microsoft has done with the Xbox One:

http://www.screwatta...ed-games-patent

Does anyone else think Sony might have a secret DRM plan in place? We already know that they said used games will be left up to the 3rd party publishers - meaning they could require one-time codes to play online or get characters etc. But what I'm talking about is a "flip of the switch", behind the scenes, type of thing that essentially implements the same DRM policies that Microsoft is doing.

This IS Sony, after all. They are major RIAA supports, they are in the music/movie/gaming industry and to they loathe piracy/second hand content that doesn't make them money. 

I did pre-order a PS4, extra controller and Battlefield 4 yesterday at Gamestop because I really hate the Xbox One policies. But the more that I think about it, the more afraid I am that I'm buying into a ploy of sorts, and that Sony is over-promising on their comparably-relaxed policies. I don't want to be $600 into the PS4, only to find out that 3rd party publishers of PS4 games will also be able to determine what used games can sell for, how I can lend games out, etc. 

What do you guys think?

Okay, So I will be using IGN's video feed of the entire bayonetta 2 demo, I can embed the youtube job they did, but I would advise using IGN's page as its a much better feed of the video than the one they put on youtube.

So youtube:

And IGN's.

http://www.ign.com/v...GN Wii U Videos)

We will be going through this by the time on the video, so. Yeah, find something interesting, fast forward to  that point in the video. That being said, for the video to even start, fast forward to 1:13 of the video to skip all the annoying prattle. You may also want to turn the sound off to save your ears from the incessant yapping.

1:18-1:37

We are given an extreme closeup of bayonetta's in game high lod model, then bad guys show up and it immediately starts the gameplay.

1:40 we realize the gameplay is taking place on a jet plane zooming through a massive detailed city, each and every window reflecting the city scape. Here is where we notice the first big difference between bayonetta 2 and similar titles on ps360, like god say, god of war. Not only is the environment massive and the camera not fixed to a certain view od it (tricks used to get a more impressive scene than system power can actually allow) but is zooming through a massive city, but it also changes depending on who the player is attacking and where the player is, doing complete 180's if the player chooses to attack an enemy behind them to give a better view.

2:10 not oonly do we have a massive city scape, but we see we are being trailed by a large number of angels, who catch up to and land on the jet to fight. Hey look, theres a train.

Lets take this time to see how the 360 tries to do a scene like this. What game? Bayonetta of course, the highway level, cause its the only thing that comes close. Lets take a look at route 666.

SPOILER if you have not played the first bayonetta and do not wisht to be spoiled, dont watch this video.

Wow... Thats... Really empty. And small. And... Ugly. Those are all the same exact semi's and cars. Theres absolutely nothing in the background beyond the road. Like, its really really empty and samey. Must be because the ps360 are so much more powerful than the wii u.

2:33 We see the jets starting to take damage as the fighting on it continues.

2:45. Nice sword.

3:05 giant thing bursts through building, is ridiculously high detailed, polied, and textured.

3:10 it joins the real time gameplay along with the gigantic city, smashing buildings and stuff and sometimes attacking

4:30 fighter jet gradually takes damage the entire time, its looking pretty messed up now

5:00 Ouch, fighter jet is really messed up now.

5:05 Now the fighter jet needs a band aid, bad.

5:12 and now we are on the train we saw earlier

5:27 lets take a good look at belief, He is incredibly high poly, and very detailed, covered in ornamental golden armor and tapestry like.. loin cloths, and a big creepy face, and sickly skin... Remember all these details, they weill get beaten off peice by peice during this fight.

5:30 belief decides to try and smash the train. The entire bridge begins falling apart.

Nows a good time to compare what a collapsing bridge on the wii u looks like compared to on last gen systems.

DISCLAIMER  If you havent finished god of war ascension and dont wish to be spoiled, DONT WATCH THIS VIDEO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHhEQob2XJE

FIrst thing well notice. Wow, there is nothing in this place and nothing going on. Bayonetta 2 is on a speeding train over a lake and through a massive city. Ascension shows nothing but the bridge inside a non detailed cave. Wow. Ascensions bridge breaks into really large blocky chunks and the whole things happening really slow compared to bayo2. Bayo 2's bridge is breaking up into way more peices and they are a lot smaller and its happening a lot faster. Oh wait, that was slow mo witch time. Now its all happening EVEN faster. Oh, and theres a huge fight happening too.

5:35 bayonetta begins wailing on belief, the first subtle damages to his armor and skin on his.... tentacle arm begin taking place.

5:50 ha ha, thats pretty cool, now we are running off the train onto belief to do some damage.

6:05 We see bayonetta's lock on indicator, as you can see by how many times it switches targets, each individual part of belief has its own individual hitbox, and as you will see, they all have their own individual hp and status tracked seperately as well. That takes power.

6:21 Okay, thats gross. Also, the train has been taking damage during the fight.

6:23 Bayonetta smashes some gold armor off of beliefs model.

6:50 after taking a beating, parts of belief are now pretty bloody and messed up. In particular his big creepy cherub face.

7:00 Belief is missing armor, and parts of his sickly pale skin have been ripped off exposing muscle tendons and veins. ANd yeah, there is still a massive city in the background.

7:10 oh noes!

7:27 Belief is pretty messed up now.

7:30 We are now fighting on peices of debris hurtling through the city all crazy upside down and stuff. Oh yeah, we also have an AI controlled partner now.

8:11 almost all of Belief's golden arm and skin has been ripped off him, its just bone muscle tendons and stuff. This is a much, much, MUCH more subtle process than it was in the original bayonetta, which only had perfectly fine, and then switched to skinless models during torture attacks.

As you can see, its a huge improvement over what the ps360 could do.

SPOILER this video shows boyonettas torture and punish attacks from bayonetta 1.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbgTYm_DuM0

8;34 Oh no, half his loin cloth has been ripped off. The horror.

9:00 Its bayonetta's pet Gomorrah! We saw him in the first Boyonetta. Except all we ever got to see of him was his head. He was actually the creature against the black screen everyone thought was just cg in the first trailer. Nobody recognized him because he was just such such a massive improvement over the first gomorrah model.

This one.

Except, he was only shown in cutscene finishers in the first bayonetta, and only his head. Now his full body comes out, is ridiculously better looking, and is a boss fight in real time. Oh yeah, and it takes place in the middle of a massive city and not a tiny little arena. Must be because the ps360 is so much stronger than the wii u.

10:14 and seamless transition between in engine cutscene and realtime gameplay. At this point I want people to realize, that despite finishing several chapters, at no point has a single loading screen popped up.

10:25 Notice how Gomorrah is tearing the building up everywhere he touches?

11:00 Bayonetta punches his head into the building, making a massive hole.

11:30 The sky scrapers around the city break up and are sucked into the portal atop the building you are fighting on.

11:40, that is a massive view of the city.... as Large cgunks of it fly up into the portal.

13:00 going from the tops of the skyscrapers.... to the streets, no cut, no load. Oh and while we are doing it, how are we going to take out a massive demon the 360 could only handle rendering the head of? Why were going to summon ANOTHER bigger meaner one to take it out of course!

Its pretty clear the ps360 just arent capable of whats being shown here. Its just too much for them.

But, anyone think they have a video of a ps360 game that can match this. Please, post it. Lets analyze it.

I think it is the most graphically impressive game (X) considering the flack Wii U got about its CPU, RAM, etc. Look at how tiny Wii U is compared to the other two big boys (literally big boys).

Wii U is surprisingly powerful and efficient for it's size.

i reckon thats using about 97.5% of the wii u power
it cant get much better than that. does anyone know if it will be 1080 or 720 im guessing 720 at 30 fps

The console hasnt even been out a year yet and its monolithsofts first stab at the hardware.

Yes, it will get better than this. Thinking anything else is, not good.

Exactly my thoughts too, and to see how this game progressed from the alpha we saw in January.

Amazing this game on the Wii U.... and how tiny, quiet, and efficient the Wii U is.. you can fit 3 Wii U's in the PS4 and 6 in the Xbone.

http://nintendoenthu...60fps-showcase/

amazing quality, never seen before, even in YOUTUBE... After you click the game you want to download, right click the "main server" and "save us" to ur hdd...

I see a big difference between High and Low on Crysis 1, but Crysis 3 looks identical on either side. I'm not familiar with that series, could you elaborate what you mean to say with that example?

I think they definitely should have included it, but honestly, if I actually want to get through a Mario game, I'll play by myself, and if I want to play with other people, I'll play with my friends. So actually going online... I probably wouldn't do that much for this game. Not exactly what Mario games are about in my opinion

Nice story, but like others have said, why the hell didn't nintendo release these as demos on the eshop?

Most of the speculation for why the demos haven't released on the eShop are because Nintendo wants attention to be stirred. Having non Wii U owners try the games out, and having big Nintendo fans there will stir more attention. Plus, E3 demo builds are usually incomplete and buggy. So it might be harmful to your console if the game were to freeze or crash, considering the demos may/may not be running on dev kits, and having a "complete" demo with bug fixes and not running on a dev kit/demo kit would require way too much time and effort for just a demo.

I still think the demos should have been on the eShop, I mean who wants to go out in the daylight really?

Since E3 wrapped up the game announcements while game sites are covering all available game demos. I wanted you and I to share thoughts, reactions  and ratings on the big 3.

Microsoft E3 Press Conference -......Meh....

Positive - Killer Instinct

Negative - The console, Microsoft's actions before and after the conference

They showed off Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Phantom Pain looks gorgeous and I can't wait to play it for hours and hours...On my Ps3. Sunset Overdrive looked really looked promising, it kinda reminds me of another game that had that maybe Team Fortress 2 but will more wacky cartoons, but its a nice touch. Ryse: Son of Rome has impressive visuals, but the gameplay looks boring, looks like a heavy influence on QTEs. Dead Rising 3 I still am not convinced, looked so much like Walking Dead with no funny gimmicks like the first or second one, just guns and cars. But the airstrike was pretty sweet so I'll have to wait and see more. What really killed it for me was they showed yet another Halo. Are you kidding me? Didn't Halo 4 came out like fall of last year? and Battlefield 4's embarrassing gameplay reveal, I laughed so hard about it. Finally the thing that I really liked through the whole conference, was Killer Instinct.....Until the next day they said its a free game with only having Jago being the only character available so you have to buy characters, stages, everything, Micro transactions on a fighting game......... So every KI fan will be buying a incomplete game. Thanks alot for destroying another Rare classic franchise, first Banjo Kazooie, now Killer Instinct.

C-

Let me say this, I know the ones that are reading this that are a die hard Xbox fans, but you have to understand. EVERYONE. HATES. THE XBOX ONE. Everywhere you go in the internet and real life nothing positive, just rants about the Xbox One and memes about the xbox one. I said before I had faith in Microsoft when they announced the reveal event, what was my reaction I keep expressing about Microsoft, Disappointment, I gave them a chance but they blew it up and made it even worse at E3. You expect me to be all happy about the Xbox One knowing their bull policy's are still around because it hurts your feelings that I'm bashing your favorite company? Angry Joe is the best example for long time Xbox gamer reacting to the Xbox one, he's been with the Xbox since the first Xbox and the 360 the whole 2 generation including PC, now he made 2 rant videos, and on top of that, how are you still defending this company even after all this stupid things they did before and after E3. Damage controlling on Redict or whatever that site is called, making fun of their own fans about backwards compatibility and get a 360 if you don't have better internet, blocking comments in their own channel. They deserve all this negative attention because their image now, its not likable or trust worthy, you don't own Xbox one games, your friend is only allowed to borrow once, you have to check in 24 hours or you're boned. Everything it has is not a good thing to own a Xbox one if they can manage to sneak in something good. Wii U owners are being mocked every bad Wii U news week after week yet bashing Microsoft's console I'm the bad guy.
 

Sony E3 Press conference - Surprised me.

Positive - Kingdom Hearts 3, Final Fantasy XV, price, all features.

Negative - Still lack of PSVita games, first half focused on TV services, most new IPs are you wielding a gun.

They opened up the conference with the Vita, I was hopping they will show some love for the Vita........Turns out they did not such thing, no price drop, no original exclusive games.....Guess I have an opportunity to troll the thing even harder now. They showed boring stuff like video unlimited, I kept thinking in my head "Oh god please Sony don't be like Microsoft's conference in May!" I wanted to go to sleep after they kept going but then they finally showed some games, they looked very amazing, the 18th century game looked pretty good, looks like a survival horror 4 player co op adventure, infamous was AMAZING! I loved the first and 2nd game and I can't wait to play the 3rd one. Then they showed some indie games, which the whole '40 games shown at E3' kicked in and I really appreciated it, I loved the indie games now and seeing that more are coming from these amazing lesser known companies is a welcome edition to PS4 especially the devs behind Scott Pilgrim VS The World. But then. SOMETHING HUGE CAME IN! Square Enix has redeemed themselves! Final Fantasy Versus XIII now called FFXV and Kingdom Hearts III reveal! I got so exited I couldn't even sit down, but then the next day I heard its not exclusive, so that bummed me out I think only on Ps4 would be more epic. I still was very exited that its coming though. Then the biggest troll move Ive ever seen in a conference, Sony just destroyed Microsoft by saying everything that the Xbox one is having, will not be effected on Ps4, everybody in the room was cheering, I was shocked, laughing and happy with joy that PS4 will not be the same as the Xbone. The Price got even better, a more powerful console is more affordable. Then laughed even more with sony;s video about "This is how you share your games with Ps4"

B+

Nintendo Direct E3 - Really amazed me on their graphical power.

Positive - Smash Bros, X, Bayonetta 2, Mario Kart 8.

Negative - Still lack of 3rd party, laggy direct, Retro's long awaited disappointment.

The direct was really laggy because of the amount of people watching at once, but I was able to understand what they are showing. They started off with Pokemon X & Y which i was like whatever since there's like leaks every single day here. When I saw Super Mario 3D world I was like "Oh god damn it its a port of the 3DS version." But when the trailer kept going, i didn't remember 3D land having all these other things like a complete snow level, besides, 4 PLAYER 3D Mario Co op! Less chaotic than having a 4 player side scroll-er. The next is Mario Kart 8, first glance, holy hell, that game's graphics were so much like eye candy the whole way, it looked gorgeous on the trailer and even off screen, knowing that Iwatta said the online will be the best and more tweaked than any other Nintendo game just hyped it up even more, Mario Kart 7's online was fantastic so was the Wii one. Also adding in that zero gravity gimmick was pretty sweet! Can't wait until they reveal more since they have a year. The stinker for me had to be DK Country 2, do we really want another DK Country 2D side scroll-er since we had it 3 years ago on Wii, and re released on the 3DS last month? It really disappointed me so much that this is what Retro has been working on for 2 years. However, things got even bigger and better. Bayonetta 2 is looking way more fun than any other hack & slash, way better than DMC and the previous Bayonetta. Then they showed an amazing trailer from X. X is beginning to be the most amazing game Ive ever seen from Nintendo, its setting the hype so high right now. Looks so much like Ps4 quality its so unbelievable that its running on the Wii U. And Finally, the biggest one of all that everyone was waiting for, Super Smash Bros. While it was ending, they flashed a warning sign, and I saw someone in a cliff thinking this person is like a servant of Master Hand, it stopped but the audio kept playing and I got frustrated on the stream server not playing, then I heard a noise sounding retro, I was thinking "Oh god no, its gotta be Pac-Man, damn it Namco!" But then the video started playing again, it showed me the eyes of the new character and that memorable battle jingle, My jaw dropped to the floor. Mega Man is finally back after all these years as a playable character in Smash Bros. Seeing him in the game. They nailed it. He is just like his 8bit self but in a 3D environment, unlike the Megaman Powered up game were he didn't imitate his 8bit actions.

B+

Overall: Sony & Nintendo both were on top, I couldn't choose who won because both had flaws and had amazing games that made me a kid again. so I nominate both. Thank you Sony for not having the same flaws as the XBone that everyone was predicting to be true and thank you Nintendo for not being as boring as the last E3 conference, but please come back making a conference again next E3. I missed out on thousands of people cheering on Mega Man's debut in Smash.