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Thursday, May 11, 2006

E3 '06: More Game Impressions

Another day of E3 and more impressions and annoucements of games. The big announcement of the day came from Nintendo, which announced a new Super Smash Bros. for the Wii. When the GameCube was launched way back when Smash Bros was a launch title that got rave reviews.

Other games of note:
- Super Paper Mario for GameCube - Some screenshot and info. Looks pretty good.
- Capcom Classics Mini Mix for GBA - HAs Mighty Final Fight, Bionic Commando, and Strider from the NES era.
- Gears of War for 360 - Slick looking game that make take the reign of top shooter from Halo.
- Virtual Console for Wii - Little bit with the interface for all older systems emulation software. No prices announced to download and play the clasics.
- Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass for Nintendo DS - Graphics of the Wind Waker combined with the stylus to control Link. I hope it changes so the stylus helps link but controlling him that way will get tiresome fast based on expericence with Mario 64.
- Wii-mote - Little write up on the pros and cons. Basically it will allow of innovative games but has a little curve. Like the DS with the touchpad, I get the feeling companies will try to force the using the controller in ways it doesn't have be done. In other words just because you can build motion sensitive things into the game doesn't mean you have to do it.
- Bomberland for Wii - Apparently bunch of mini-games rather then the usual blow em all up of previous games. To early in development to know for sure.
- Guitar Hero II for PS2 - Same as before but with co-op mode and more music.
- Justice League Heroes for XBox and PS2 - With JLU leaving the airwaves after this Saturday (seen the ep, drool worthy goodness), can get your fix with this button masher, beat em up, playing as different members of the Justice League.
- World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade for the PC and MAC - New lands, new racces, usual add-ons any MMORPG usual covers.

Click here for all of joystiq.com's game impressions across various platforms. Also, a report on the booth babes and some old style arcade units.

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