{"id":19126,"date":"2019-06-14T00:01:35","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T00:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=19126"},"modified":"2019-06-13T20:40:50","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T20:40:50","slug":"am-i-just-too-weird-for-e3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/14\/am-i-just-too-weird-for-e3\/","title":{"rendered":"Am I Just Too Weird for E3?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>So another E3 has come and gone, and it\u2019s another year where I was denied a press pass.\u00a0 Ever since 1996, I was going to E3 pretty regularly, but for some reason a few years ago, they stopped letting me in.\u00a0 And yet somehow I was able to get a press pass last year.\u00a0 But not this time!\u00a0 They may say it\u2019s because the numbers of the site I write for are too low, but I\u2019m beginning to wonder if it\u2019s really because I\u2019m just too weird for E3.\u00a0 And if that statement has you intrigued, then please read on for my unique reactions and commentary on things I read and watched about this year\u2019s show.<\/p>\n

Microsoft<\/strong><\/p>\n

Even though I don\u2019t have an Xbox One, I loved my 360, so I still keep an eye on what Microsoft does from time to time.\u00a0 I\u2019m not a total Nintendo fanboy!\u00a0 They announced a new console called the Scarlett.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know about you, but considering their bad reputation with the \u2018red ring of death,\u2019 I don\u2019t know if I\u2019d name their new console after another shade of red.\u00a0 Just joking!\u00a0 That may not even be the final name of the thing.\u00a0 I just thought that was a funny observation.\u00a0 I heard that Microsoft bought Double Fine, so does that mean Psychonauts 2 will be an Xbox exclusive?\u00a0 Aw man, and I really wanted to play it, too.\u00a0 Other Xbox games I would like to see more of include the Ori sequel, as I heard the first game was good.\u00a0 And there was a new Battletoads game as well, except it looks awfully cartoony.\u00a0 Not that I mind too much, just something I noticed.\u00a0 I don\u2019t have an Xbox One because there\u2019s not enough games on it that I would like to warrant a purchase, and now there is one less title as Super Lucky\u2019s Tale is going to be on the Switch.\u00a0 It\u2019s a cute and colorful 3-D platformer starring a fox character who looks like he belongs in a Sonic game.\u00a0 But it still looks cute and I wanna play it!\u00a0 I just wish Sony was at E3, too.\u00a0 I wonder why they skipped it?<\/p>\n

Namco<\/strong><\/p>\n

Namco is my favorite video game company.\u00a0 I thought it was neat that they announced a new Tales game and Ni no Kuni on the Switch.\u00a0 I probably won\u2019t get those games, but I still think it was neat.\u00a0 If I visited Namco\u2019s booth at E3, I would totally cover games that nobody else really did, like Disney Tsum Tsum Festival.\u00a0 And they are also publishing a new Story of Seasons game with Doraemon characters. \u00a0How wacky is that?\u00a0 I don\u2019t know if that one was at E3, but I totally would\u2019ve asked about it if I were there.\u00a0 Like I said in my title of this blog, I\u2019m probably just too weird for E3.<\/p>\n

XSEED<\/strong><\/p>\n

XSEED is one of those companies who have been supportive of me through most of their existence, so I\u2019m really appreciative of them for that.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know if they were at E3, but I did get a press release from them right before the show that had some awesome games on it.\u00a0 One was Rune Factory 4, a remake of the 3DS title on the Switch.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know if I\u2019ll have time to play it, but I sure wish I did!\u00a0 But what I was really excited about was they are publishing a new BurgerTime game called BurgerTime Party.\u00a0 I loved BurgerTime in the arcade and it was one of the few to pull me away from Pac-Man.\u00a0 So I\u2019m pretty excited about this one.\u00a0 I might be just as excited about the new BurgerTime game as I am the new Breath of the Wild sequel.\u00a0 Again, I\u2019m just too weird for E3 I guess.<\/p>\n

Ubisoft<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ubisoft has been supportive of me since my Dallas Morning News days, and I still get press releases from them!\u00a0 They didn\u2019t really have much that interested me this year, but I think it\u2019s neat that they\u2019re doing a free DLC educational add-on for their Assassin\u2019s Creed game set in Greece.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been to Ubisoft shows where people were inspired to visit these places in real life after playing Assassin\u2019s Creed games, so I think that\u2019s neat.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t know they did one for the Assassin\u2019s Creed game set in Egypt, too!\u00a0 Of course, Ubisoft announced another Just Dance title, but I think it\u2019s funny that they still make it for the Wii as well!\u00a0 Don\u2019t know if I\u2019ll get it, but Gods and Monsters looks like a neat colorful 3-D adventure game, too.<\/p>\n

Square-Enix<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m so glad I\u2019m on their press list.\u00a0 While I probably won\u2019t get titles like the FF7 and FF8 remakes and remasters, I\u2019m happy for the people who are excited for them.\u00a0 But I\u2019m not feeling it with Oninaki, and considering I liked RPG Factory\u2019s other games: I am Setsuna and Lost Sphear, that\u2019s a little disappointing.\u00a0 But I do like how that company uses classic game style concepts in their titles.\u00a0 I wish I had time to play Dragon Quest titles, like 11 on the Switch and Builders 2.\u00a0 But the two games that really excited me were Collection of Mana and Trials of Mana.\u00a0 I\u2019ve already requested a review code for Collection of Mana, which is out now on the Switch eShop.\u00a0 They\u2019re making a physical version of it, too, but it won\u2019t be out until the end of August.\u00a0 I\u2019ve already got it preordered, though, in case my request falls through.\u00a0 I\u2019m just a sucker for SNES games.\u00a0 I want to play the third Mana game NOW, but for 40 bucks, I\u2019ll wait for the physical release, especially since it\u2019s the same price as digital.\u00a0 One thing about the third Mana game is that while it sounds cool, some aspects of it also sound like a hot mess, so hopefully the Trials of Mana remake coming next year will fix any problems, if there are any.\u00a0 Right now I just registered for my press pass for PAX West, and I always have a good time with Square-Enix at that show, so hopefully I\u2019ll be able to meet with them and play some of these games!\u00a0 Please pray for me that I can go to PAX West this year!<\/p>\n

SEGA<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve always had lots of fun at SEGA\u2019s booth at E3.\u00a0 It\u2019s neat they have a Panzer Dragoon game coming out.\u00a0 A lot of people seem to like that game.\u00a0 I\u2019ve never played it, but I\u2019d like to try it!\u00a0 The dragon in the video of the new game looked more like a Pterodactyl, though.\u00a0 I played the very first Mario and Sonic Olympic game and didn\u2019t like it, so I never tried the others.\u00a0 But this new one seems to have some kind of retro mode, and if you can play the whole game like that, I might have to change my mind!<\/p>\n

Konami<\/strong><\/p>\n

They had a new 3-D Contra game that just looked bonkers.\u00a0 I\u2019m not a super big Contra fan, but it\u2019s nice to see Konami doing something.\u00a0 But what really interested me is that they are making a TurboGrafix-16 mini console!\u00a0 Nice to see them use the properties from Hudson Soft that they bought out.\u00a0 Speaking of new consoles, Atari supposedly showed theirs at E3 as well.\u00a0 Again, if only I were there.<\/p>\n

Arcade1up<\/strong><\/p>\n

This company was one of my favorite things about last year\u2019s E3.\u00a0 They even quoted me saying that on one of their videos.\u00a0 I loved it when the CEO of the company said about me to the PR rep, \u201cGive that boy a review copy of whatever arcade machine he wants.\u201d\u00a0 And then they kept ignoring my emails later.\u00a0 I hate it when people don\u2019t do what they say and don\u2019t say what they mean.\u00a0 This year they had an arcade machine with Marvel games, and one with both TMNT arcade games.\u00a0 I wonder if it\u2019s got four joysticks on it?<\/p>\n

Nintendo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nintendo\u2019s Direct was very well done.\u00a0 It almost had TOO many games!\u00a0 Many of the things I listed above were actually in the Direct, I just put them beforehand just to break things up a little.\u00a0 \u00a0The Bowser scene at the beginning was cute and was nice to get some humor in since the new NOA president\u2019s last name is Bowser.<\/p>\n

They did a really good job with the reveal videos for the next two DLC characters in Smash: the hero from Dragon Quest and Banjo-Kazooie.\u00a0 I wonder if the different DQ heroes are echo fighters?\u00a0 I\u2019ve never gotten any of the DLC Smash characters, but I might have to cave in for Banjo.\u00a0 Love that game.<\/p>\n

Luigi\u2019s Mansion 3 also looks great.\u00a0 Further proof that Luigi is cooler than Mario.\u00a0 I can\u2019t seem to get a straight answer if this one is mission based or not.\u00a0 Hopefully not, but I guess I\u2019ll just have to see.\u00a0 They didn\u2019t give us an exact release date, but they\u2019d be stupid not to release it in October.\u00a0 As a Jim Henson fan, the Dark Crystal game certainly caught my eye.\u00a0 Unfortunately it\u2019s a strategy RPG and I hate those.\u00a0 I\u2019ll certainly try and catch the Netflix, show, though.\u00a0 Other games they dashed over include the Spyro Trilogy.\u00a0 I wonder if the first game is on there only, and you have to download the sequels like the other ports were.\u00a0 That\u2019s why I didn\u2019t get that game.\u00a0 Yooka-Laylee: Impossible Lair looks like a 2-D version of the previous game, and gives me some Donkey Kong Country vibes.\u00a0 And of course, Super Mario Maker 2, which comes out soon.\u00a0 There were a couple of games that I won\u2019t get, but they still looked interesting.\u00a0 I wonder if there will be 8-bit mini games in No More Heroes 3?\u00a0 Astral Chain also looked fun to watch.<\/p>\n

If you think about it, they showed and\/or announced three Zelda games this year.\u00a0 Granted, one is a remake and the other is a spinoff, but it\u2019s still cool.\u00a0 Cadence of Hyrule is based on an existing music rhythm dungeon game.\u00a0 I wonder if the developers were trying to think of a way to make me interested in it.\u00a0 \u201cWhat characters can we dump in to make Cary want to play this?\u00a0 Pac-Man?\u00a0 Nah.\u00a0 Kirby?\u00a0 Nah.\u00a0 Zelda?\u00a0 Yeah sure, why not?\u201d\u00a0 I\u2019ll be checking the eShop later to see if it\u2019s available to download yet!\u00a0 Link\u2019s Awakening is my all-time favorite Zelda game, so I\u2019m really excited for the remake.\u00a0 I love how it looks.\u00a0 Top down 2-D and cute is how I like my Zeldas.\u00a0 Does it make me weird that I\u2019m more excited about this game than the Breath of the Wild sequel they announced?\u00a0 As much as I complain about Breath of the Wild, I still beat it and spent 65 hours on it, so I must\u2019ve liked it somewhat.\u00a0 I\u2019ll definitely get the sequel, too.<\/p>\n

And that just leaves one last big game: Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield!\u00a0 Just kidding!\u00a0 It\u2019s Animal Crossing: New Horizons of course!\u00a0 I\u2019m a little disappointed that it got delayed, but I\u2019ll have plenty of other games to play. I really feel bad for others, like some of my relatives like my mom.\u00a0 Animal Crossing is all she plays, so she\u2019ll just have to wait even longer.\u00a0 I explained to her that if we got that game this year, it would be winter in the game and there wouldn\u2019t be as much stuff to do.\u00a0 But getting the game in Spring, there will be more stuff to do.\u00a0 She said, \u201cThat\u2019s OK, I\u2019ll just keep playing my free Animal Crossing mobile game.\u201d<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s really all I have to say about E3 this year.\u00a0 There were lots more games, but if I wrote about all of them, this blog would be hundreds of paragraphs long.\u00a0 I\u2019m surprised I didn\u2019t get any press releases about LEGO games like I usually do.\u00a0 I heard there\u2019s a new LEGO Star Wars and a LEGO add on for Forza.\u00a0 So what did you think of my take at E3, and tell me in the comments what was your favorite parts of E3?\u00a0 Also, I wonder if you could do me a favor?\u00a0 If there was anything you heard at E3 that you think I would\u2019ve liked, but I missed it, please let me know.\u00a0 It\u2019s hard to read and watch everything out there!\u00a0 Thanks!<\/p>\n

I\u2019d like to leave you with one final thought.\u00a0 I\u2019m trying not to complain too much about not being able to go to E3 again this year.\u00a0 But when I see a YouTube video where seven or more people from the same channel got to go, I have to wonder: did they really need that many from the same place?\u00a0 Considering that I can cover most of the show by myself, I think not.\u00a0 They can certainly cut down on the number of people going from the same place to allow others, like myself, a press pass.\u00a0 Just sayin\u2019.\u00a0 –Cary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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