If you heard a collective deep breath around a bunch of Nintendo fans today, it’s probably because they were doing the same thing I was. It was a gasp of unbelief. It was caused by looking at what we would be spending our disposable income on in the following year. E3, the gaming expo extrodinaire is upon us once again, and things are looking expensive for me.
I’ve already sold myself on the Wii, the new Nintendo console coming out this year. The Wiimote being able to do pixel perfect pointing, while sensing depth and rotation as you play is beyond cool. Moving with the game is another layer of immersion. The added feature of a speaker to add positional and directional sound is awesome too. Not only that, it will be lower in price than the other two rival consoles. I’m not interested in Blu-ray or HD movies, so the fact that this console doesn’t play them doesn’t bother me at all.
Not only that, but between the Wii and the Nintendo DS, I am interested in ten or more titles as "must buys". Those are just the new games made by Nintendo first party developers! I’m sure there will be other developers that can come up with something interesting enough to warrant a purchase as well. With import prices being what they are, I’ll probably end up spending a small fortune on all the games I want in the coming year.
:sigh:
Such is the life of a gamer.
Things to look out for:
Super Paper Mario
The Legend of Zelda: Twillight Princess
WarioWare Wii: Smooth Moves
Yoshi’s Island 2
Kirby DS
Super Mario Galaxy (Temp Name)
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
New Super Mario Brothers
Starfox DS
Elite Beat Agents (AKA, US version of Oendan!)
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