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Nintendo had a typically strong opening to their press conference at E3 this year, relying again on the charisma of Miyamoto and a more clever opening than the other two. After that, though, was it really all that entertaining? The company showed a lot of new games coming for the WiiU console, a great many of them launch titles, but if you were expecting something with the energy and buzz of the pre-Wii-launch E3, it just wasn't going to happen.

If you thought the Wii was gimmicky, you'll certainly feel the same about the WiiU. If you thought the Wii was aimed more at families and especially children, you'll probably have the same reaction again. If you have thought that Nintendo just wasn't pushing the third parties enough, you might well be right again, even though Ubisoft showed up (again!) with nine games in development for the new console.

If you're into the product that Nintendo has been putting out for most of the last decade, you probably liked what you saw. The games looked casual- and family-friendly, and the gimmick of the WiiU controller looked like it was going to get used in some pretty interesting ways. Bottom line, though, if you weren't already mostly sold on the idea of the WiiU, I don't think today's conference was going to do anything to push you over the edge. And if you wanted to see 3DS stuff, such as Square Enix' forthcoming games? That has to wait until tomorrow, when Nintendo has planned a standalone conference to speak solely about the 3DS. Dream Drop Distance did managed to sneak in a 15-second clip into today's show, but it was hardly packed with information.

That does it for the big three this year. I can't pick a winner, all three felt a bit lacking in energy to me. Any thoughts?

Honestly, I actually was kind of impressed. A number of the games in development seemed interesting to me and though the controller does have the potential to be gimmicky, I think it lends something to the system that Wii Motes did not. I think it's going to allow for the more mainstream games to be played on a non-arm waving basis, which I think is an improvement over the wii. Most games won't rely soley on the motion technology hopefully which would make me very happy. Family friendly still? Probably. But I think the control scheme shows potential that it may not be completely that way.

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Chewbekah ^_^

Currently Playing: Final Fantasy XIV: ARR, Attack of the Firday Monsters, Animal Crossing: A New Leaf, Lego City Undercover, Kingdom Hearts 1.5 Remix

Recently Finished: Fire Emblem: Awakening

Favorite Game: Suikoden III

I don't have much in the way of my own opinion on recent and upcoming games, but I did find this treasure trove of someone else's opinions:

http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/forum...ll=1#post729503

That's TriforceBun, or the guy who writes the Brawl in the Family webcomic, a comic about Nintendo characters and games. Looks like he snapped a bunch of photos too.

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I guess my most positive E3 reactions were to things coming out of the Nintendo stable, but, to be honest, this was mostly because I was bored with Sony and Microsoft. Even though I did occassionally take interest in what was happening in Nintendo land (Pikmin ), these moments were too far between to make me want to actually purchase their next console.