{"id":21350,"date":"2021-06-25T00:01:44","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T00:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=21350"},"modified":"2021-06-16T01:11:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T01:11:21","slug":"cary-at-e3-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/25\/cary-at-e3-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Cary at E3 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Hey folks, guess what?\u00a0 After many years of being denied a press pass into E3, I finally got in again!\u00a0 But then, this year\u2019s show was only virtual, so I think pretty much ANYONE with a gaming site should\u2019ve gotten a press pass.\u00a0 But I\u2019ll make the best of the situation and write an article about it anyway!\u00a0 So here it is!<\/p>\n

But before I start, I just wanted to say that I really hope we can get back to ACTUAL shows like E3 in LA and PAX in Seattle again.\u00a0 I know some may say shows like this are things of the past, but nothing can replace the personal interactions that these shows have.\u00a0 I can\u2019t stress that enough.\u00a0 I really hate the term \u201cNew Normal\u201d because none of the things we\u2019ve had to do during this pandemic are \u2018normal.\u2019 So I hope we can get back to \u201cTrue Normal\u201d with stuff like this soon.<\/p>\n

And I just also wanted to say that even though I\u2019m sounding like I\u2019m complaining a lot, I\u2019m truly thankful I was able to get a media pass this year, even if it may not mean much.\u00a0 I\u2019m also extremely thankful I\u2019ve been able to go to more than ten actual E3 shows in the past and experienced them in their heyday. \u00a0Going to E3 is one of the favorite things I\u2019ve been able to do in my life, and I have many fond memories of doing things like having lunch with Humongous, getting to know the team who made Pac-Man World, and being flirted on (like, a lot) by a lady dressed as Ulala at SEGA\u2019s booth.<\/p>\n

So since E3 was virtual, they had a little app you could download to follow the show.\u00a0 You could create your own little profile, complete with a Mii-like character creation.\u00a0 You could also follow companies virtual \u2018booths,\u2019 but it was just pages that had information on the games they had.\u00a0 So I followed SEGA, Square-Enix, Capcom, XSEED, Ubisoft, Arcade1up, Bandai Namco, and Nintendo.\u00a0 You could also drop off a virtual business card, which is something I do at the shows, so that was cute.\u00a0 Not sure if my contact info actually goes through or not, but at least I got to do it.<\/p>\n

One of the things I\u2019m really good at doing at E3 is tracking down games that nobody would know about by watching the mainstream show videos.\u00a0 So we\u2019ll do that now.\u00a0 I checked out a game called Moo Lander where you pilot UFOs in a 2-D world while watching out for evil monster cows!\u00a0 I liked the fast action and hand-drawn cartoony graphics.\u00a0 Another cool sounding game to me was Arcade Paradise.\u00a0 You run a laundromat, which sounds boring, but you also get to buy arcade machines and play them!\u00a0 These fictional machines are based on ideas found in arcade classics, so I can\u2019t wait to see what they come up with!\u00a0 Freedom Games had a couple of neat simulators, like Cat Caf\u00e9 Manger and To the Rescue!, where you get to run a dog rescue shelter!\u00a0 Very cute!\u00a0 And finally, TinyBuild had Tinykin, where you are a tiny alien exploring a very big Earth.\u00a0 It kind of had a Katamari vibe to it.<\/p>\n

Bigger companies had videos of upcoming games, too, so I\u2019ll go over some of those now.\u00a0 There are SO many games, though, that I\u2019m only going to focus on the ones that interested me. I don\u2019t have an Xbox One, so I didn\u2019t watch their presentation.\u00a0 But I hear they announced a release date for Psychonauts 2, so I\u2019m glad it\u2019s coming out at the end of August.\u00a0 The first title was my GOTY back in 2005, and watching it again recently as a refreshers (it\u2019s been 15 years), I have to say it still holds up very well.<\/p>\n

Capcom had a bunch of Monster Hunter stuff. Stories 2 sounds cool, and I\u2019d play it if I had enough time.\u00a0 But for now, I just want the amiibo from it!\u00a0 They also had more to say about The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles.\u00a0 It makes me wonder if since this year\u2019s E3 was just kind of thrown together, if Capcom wished they should\u2019ve waited to announce that here.\u00a0 But either way I\u2019m happy it\u2019s coming out, as a big Phoenix Wright fan.\u00a0 You\u2019d think I\u2019d be more interested in Ubisoft\u2019s Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope.\u00a0 But I gave the first game a try and lost interest about halfway through, so I think I\u2019ll skip out on the sequel.\u00a0 But if you want me to try out a tactical shooter game, putting Mario in it as well as crossing over the Rabbids is a good way to do it!<\/p>\n

Square-Enix had a 3-D action game called Strangers of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin and while I liked the references to classic FF games, the game itself just looks way too serious and violent for me.\u00a0 Koei-Tecmo helped make it, so with all the other stuff they\u2019ve been doing, they haven\u2019t let COVID slow them down.\u00a0 Way to go, guys!\u00a0 I only wish Square would\u2019ve shown more of Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters, although it may only be a PC and mobile thing.\u00a0 Namco didn\u2019t really have anything in their video I was interested in, but they did just release Pac-Man 99 so I\u2019m OK for now.<\/p>\n

OK, now I\u2019ll talk about what everyone was waiting for: Nintendo\u2019s E3 Direct video.\u00a0 Again, now I\u2019m not going to talk about everything they showed, just the stuff that interested me.\u00a0 So the first thing they did was announce the new Smash character, a guy from Tekken.\u00a0 Not really a surprise, seeing how Namco helped make the new Smash Bros. game.\u00a0 I do like how they showed him throwing off defeated Smash characters off a cliff (poor Min-Min), but when he threw Kirby off, he looked down to see where he went and Kirby just flew off behind him!\u00a0 Yeah, take that, mean ol\u2019 Tekken Man!\u00a0 You can\u2019t beat Kirby!<\/p>\n

SEGA has a couple of games I am interested in.\u00a0 The Nintendo Direct showed off Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania, which is a collection of the first few Monkey Ball games, which were the best ones.\u00a0 Also I never had a chance to play Sonic Colors on the Wii, so I\u2019m glad it\u2019s being remastered on the Switch.\u00a0 I\u2019ll have to give it a try now.\u00a0 Speaking of collections, Mario Party Superstars takes the best boards and mini-games from past Mario Parties.\u00a0 Looks fun, but I may skip out on it since once you\u2019ve played one Mario Party, you\u2019ve pretty much played them all.<\/p>\n

OK, the next thing that Nintendo announced was probably bigger than Breath of the Wild 2.\u00a0 Yeah I went there.\u00a0 Metroid\u2026freaking\u2026Dread!\u00a0 Finally, a new 2-D Metroid game.\u00a0 I love how they called it Metroid Dread since that was a rumor based on a scan from the first Metroid Prime game nearly 20 years ago!\u00a0 Wow!\u00a0 In this one you fight these really powerful robots that look like Portal\u2019s turrets after eating a can of spinach!\u00a0 Oh man, what if Samus had to go up against GlaDOS!\u00a0 Or if GlaDOS teamed up with Mother Brain!\u00a0 OK now I\u2019m being silly!\u00a0 But yeah, Metroid Dread was the best game Nintendo showed on their video.\u00a0 Metroid is one of the few \u2018mature\u2019 game series I actually like!\u00a0 And I want those Dread amiibo, too!<\/p>\n

I think it\u2019s interesting they\u2019re putting the arcade racer Crusin\u2019 Blast on Switch.\u00a0 Now if we could only get a Mario Kart Arcade GP collection.\u00a0 Probably my second favorite game shown on Nintendo\u2019s video was up next: WarioWare: Get it Together.\u00a0 You all know how much I love the WarioWare games, so I\u2019m glad we\u2019re finally getting one on Switch.\u00a0 And speaking of mature games, one of my guilty pleasures is watching ghost shows, so I have a small interest in the Fatal Frame games where you take pictures of ghosts.\u00a0 So I\u2019m glad to see the Wii U title: Fatal Frame: Maiden of Dark Water being shown here.\u00a0 I hope it gets a physical release this time or I ain\u2019t playing it!<\/p>\n

And finally they concluded with the Zelda stuff.\u00a0 I love how they strung us along by first talking about Hyrule Warriors DLC and Zelda: Skyward Sword HD before getting to the good stuff.\u00a0 I love the Zelda Game & Watch and hope to get it like how I did the Mario one last year.\u00a0 And of course Breath of the Wild 2 looks cool.\u00a0 Although, COVID or not, I don\u2019t see how a game that probably uses all the assets from the first game could take this long to make.\u00a0 Oh well, hopefully it’ll have actual dungeons this time.\u00a0 I\u2019ll just play it in 2022.\u00a0 I may rag on Breath of the Wild, but I spent 65 hours on it and beat it, so I certainly liked it somewhat!<\/p>\n

Anyway, that\u2019s all I have to say about E3 2021.\u00a0 Let me know in the comments section what your favorite announcements were, and also let me know of any games you think I\u2019d like from the show that I might\u2019ve missed!\u00a0 OK, that\u2019s all for now, later!\u00a0 –Cary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hey folks, guess what?\u00a0 After many years of being denied a press pass into E3, I finally got in again!\u00a0 But then, this year\u2019s show was only virtual, so I think pretty much ANYONE with a gaming site should\u2019ve gotten a press pass.\u00a0 But I\u2019ll make the best of the situation and write an article […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21350"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21352,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21350\/revisions\/21352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}