Here’s where you get to listen to me babble about my primary gaming addiction.

I’m currently locked in my office at work, watching the live stream of E3 (I’m glad that 9am Pacific just happens to fall during lunch time here). I saw rumors about the new Zelda title, but I don’t pay attention to rumors. Just a bunch of fans speculating and throwing in things they’d like to see, and who knows what’s real and what’s not.

I was surprised to see the use of cel shading in the new title. For a while there was a definite separation between Zelda titles. Just look at Wind Waker vs. Twilight Princess—one’s more “cute,” while the other actually received a Teen rating (the only Zelda to do so). The new one, Skyward Sword, seems to combine them both which, somehow, works. It’s Twilight Princess Link, but brighter. And cel shaded, yet not weird and cutesy.

And how excited am I over the controls? You have to actually “shoot” the bow and aim with the wiimote to play with the slingshot. The controls just force me do what I’ve been doing all along—swing my sword (I mean, the wiimote) to attack enemies, holding the nunchuck like a shield. My brain is too excited over all of this to make any coherent comments.

My only complaint? Release isn’t until 2011.

I’m still watching the live stream so here are some thoughts on other things:

1) Golden Eye. Was the last one really for the N64? I remember those days, with all us kids sitting around the television taking turns and yelling at each other. While first-person shooters usually aren’t my thing, I feel Golden Eye for Wii will remind me of those days. It’ll be pretty epic. Speaking of epic…

2) Epic Mickey. I read about this in a magazine eons ago, and thought I would never hear of it again. It’s the same kind of interactive controls, swinging around the wiimote, but this time I play around with paint thinner rather than a sword. Hey look, I’m interested in yet another children’s game with a darker theme. Big surprise.

3) Kirby’s Epic Yarn. Really? Yarn is epic? It seems so. I can’t take my eyes off this demo. It’s actually fabric. He unzips and unravels stuff and Kirby himself looks yarn-like. It makes sense, in the Kirby world; he always messed with my head. I kind of want this one, too. (Perhaps it’s time to stop watching?)

4) 3DS. Wait what? It’s a 3D handheld that requires no 3D glasses. Oh I believe it, but I can’t see it. I’m just going to have to buy it, I suppose. (I missed most of this presentation because I had to actually work for a moment… yes, it’s still lunch hour. heh)

I don’t even want to know how much of my future money I just spent. BUT ZELDA. Ahem. Sorry. Fangirl spaz.

Tuesday, 15 June 2010   ♦   games