E3 goes 3D (and pew pew)

So Microsoft bombed their E3 conference the other day, but that doesn't mean all hope is lost for the gaming year. In fact, the launch list for both the Nintendo 3DS and Playstation Move look almost promising enough to forget the Kinect failure all together (which I'm trying desperately hard to do.)


Nintendo's big news at E3 this year was the 3DS, which looks like this:



And its launch list looks LOADS better than the one I published yesterday for the Kinect. The list includes titles such as these:

Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater
Resident Evil Revelations
Professor Layton
Final Fantasy franchise games
Dragon Quest franchise games
Saints Row
Lego series games

And then of course all the Nintendo favourites I've failed to mention, simply because we all know there isn't going to be a Nintendo console released where they don't make an appearance.

The Playstation Move was something I was a bit skeptical about when I wrote about it last (over here) but its launch list doesn't look anywhere near as bad as I thought it would be, including pre-existing titles such as Heavy Rain, and soon to be released titles like Killzone 3 and Little Big Planet 2. Of course, there's the bombardment of sports titles and casual games, but overall it looks like Sony has delivered something to cater to all sorts of gamers.

Their full launch list looks like this:

Sony Computer Entertainment
Beat Sketcher (Fall 2010)
SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs (Fall 2010)
EyePet (Sept. 2010)
Kung Fu Rider (Sept. 2010)
Sports Champions (Sept. 2010)
Start The Party! (Sept. 2010)
echochrome ii (Sept. 2010)
Tumble (Sept. 2010)
Hustle Kings (Oct. 2010)
The Fight: Lights Out (Oct. 2010)
The Shoot (Oct. 2010)
TV Superstars (Oct. 2010)
High Velocity Bowling (Oct. 2010)
PAIN (Oct. 2010)
Heavy Rain (Oct. 2010)
SingStar Dance (Nov. 2010)
Little Big Planet 2 (Nov. 2010)
Sly Collection (Nov. 2010)
Killzone 3 (Feb. 2011)
Heroes on the Move (2011)
Sorcery (2011)

3rd Party
John Daly’s ProStroke Golf (OG International) (Fall 2010)
Racquet Sports (Ubisoft) (Fall 2010)
The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest (WB Games Inc.) (Sept. 2010)
Brunswick Pro Bowling (Crave) (Sept. 2010)
Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition (Capcom) (Sept. 2010)
RUSE (Ubisoft) (Sept. 2010)
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2010 (Electronic Arts) (Sept. 2010)
Time Crisis: Razing Storm (Bandai Namco) (Sept. 2010)
Toy Story 3 (Disney) (Sept. 2010)
Kung Fu Live (Virtual Air Guitar Company) (Oct. 2010)
NBA 2K 11 (2K Sports) (Oct. 2010)
Deadliest Catch: Sea of Chaos (Crave) (Nov. 2010)
Disney Tron Evolution the Video Game (Disney) (Nov. 2010)

If you look at that launch list and use your imagination, there are some titles that you'll probably be able to picture working quite well with a motion controller. One of these is Heavy Rain. That game is unsettling enough as it is, and when I played it there wasn't a single moment where I was relaxed or at ease. Playing that title with a motion controller will only enhance a lot of the more disturbing scenes (there's one in particular that, when performed with a motion controller will probably make me throw up.) But it's things like this that make the Playstation Move something that now intrigues me, rather than being something to laugh about.

However, no matter how much better it sounds with a launch list, it still looks stupid. I mean really. Even if I am a big tough guy shooting zombies down in Resident Evil, I'm still going to feel like a complete tool everytime I point this at the screen.



But all in all, Nintendo and Sony did a pretty good job of giving people something to look forward to. So all you X-Box fans out there, dry those tears. Because it's going to be ok, really. Microsoft may have forsaken you but Nintendo and Sony are here.