Grrrr yet another person saying that none of the games coming for PSP even look interesting. You ain't no damn gamer then, dude. Stay in your Nintendo lit world with your rose colored glasses.... to say PSP is full of nothing but racers, EA rehashes, and a smattering of shooters... man you aren't even looking then. There are SO many games in the works for the PSP covering every genre you could possibly think of... damn but none of them are of the MARIO genre so they must all suck then eh?
"Mario 64 is the same masterpiece it was on the N64" yeah... EXACTLY! That's the problem, the best game for the thing is a game going on 10 years of age and showing it. Yes it was a great game then, and now, but it's not even the same game... the lack of an analog stick hurts it badly. Consider, the analog stick on the N64 was designed FOR Mario! It was Miyamoto's own push to put that stick on the 64's controllers. Funny how so many N fanboys love to spout about the PSP having 'so many rehashes' when the DS came right out of the gate with the same damn thing, and even many of the future big titles for DS are just further sequels, rehashes, and reinterpretations of the same old 5 or 6 franchises... oh but now they will all have the word TOUCH! in the title and use the stylus in some 'innovative' way
Hey if you're so happy playing your 10 year old game then cheers to you (for probably the 4th-5th time... seriously, who of us only played thru that game once?), personally I'm enjoying the new and very innovative twist on the card/strategy/stealth game that is Metal Gear Acid.
ANYWAYS! I'll be attending E3 again this year. The current word going around the campfire with coporate types over at Gamestop, Inc. is that Microsoft WILL show their new system at this years E3, however it is likely it will be behind closed doors. Considering they are still planning on a late 2005 release, it would be a mistake and quite odd for them not to show SOMETHING at E3. This should be the biggest item at E3 this year, anyways.
Sony too are expected to at least mention some of the tech specs of the upcoming PS3, though are NOT expected to actually show any hardware (as they are not planning release until late 2006), but demos/WIP's may show up.
Nintendo... are up in the air. They are also unlikely to show new hardware, and will probably just release tech specs and show some video, or, very possibly, may show or say nothing at all. Though the current oppinion is they are also lookign at a late 2006 launch (for the US) of their next system, they have stated that it is VERY important to them to beat Sony to the punch this time... though on the flipside, Nintendo has always been a bit more secretive than most at E3, traditionally... I place my bet that they will say nothing at all, or, will hold some small behind-closed-doors conference to release only a bare minimum of specs on the thing.