– Craig wasn’t surprised by Microsoft’s motion announcement
– Have had a lot of third-party exclusives
– Tune in tomorrow for Silent Hill
– Might link to some cool things in liveblog
– Full demo of Red Steel 2 up
– Dementium II still early on
– Renegade Kid has another secret game
Silent Hill
– Red Steel 2/Silent Hill impressed Matt
– Atmospheric, may have the best lighting Matt has seen in any Wii game
Red Steel 2
– Sort of feels like you’re playing Metroid Prime 3
– 60 FPS
– A little more forgiving when you shoot things
– Coming with Wii MotionPlus
– No jump (context sensitive)
– C-button for other context sensitive moves
– It’s the real deal
– Matt impressed
No More Heroes 2
– Trailer released
– Ubisoft publishing the game next year
– Suda couldn’t answer most of Matt’s questions in an email interview
– Game crazier than before
– Matt thinks MotionPlus is in, Suda just not talking about it yet
– 2 beam swords
Rabbids Wiimote feature
– Bozon alluded to it last week
– Ubisoft was really protective of the feature
– Game in general is cool
– No Beyond Good and Evil at Ubisoft’s conference
– GTA competitor embargoed until tomorrow
– Should be up tomorrow with videos
– Will demo The Grinder, Gladiator A.D. for footage
– Nintendo’s conference at 9 AM tomorrow
– Have photos of Nintendo booth – some areas that are covered
– Sin and Punishment 2 has own area, Mario and Sonic, Silent Hill, DSi
– Have area that is completely covered – 1 area still covered with tarps, already have posters but they’re covered with 3 – 4 TVs
– Matt liveblogging, there’s livestream, Craig with pictures/twittering, Bozon taking photos
– Wii Fit Plus might add MotionPlus, go online
Expected announcements
– Wii Fit Plus, definitely
– New modes in Wii Sports Resort
– Red Steel 2 was going to be at the conference but it isn’t now – makes Matt think Nintendo has own MotionPlus sword fighting experience – Maybe Zelda
– Sounds like Mario is a good in some form
– Like the idea of New Super Mario Bros. 2
– Matt thinks we’ll see Pikmin
– Miyamoto will come out in a clown suit and so Marionette (joke)
– Might show Stage Debut
– Will have interviews with people at Nintendo, one interview with Miyamoto – Can’t talk to him until we see what concoction he has
– After the show Miyamoto has roundtable at 5:30 or so – Smash Bros. debut at a roundtable a few years ago
– Matt doesn’t have an interview opportunity with Retro
– Bozon hoping they show something good for DSiWare
– Mighty Flip Champs! is out
Reader questions
– Don’t think they’ll show Shaun White 2 on stage tomorrow
– Matt thought Microsoft’s showing was overall expected, no big surprises, good technology
– Played Red Steel for awhile – still some interpretation problems with slashing – still demo, works way better than original Red Steel
– New Zelda: Four Swords, if it happened, would have to be released over WiiWare
– Feels good when you shoot someone in Red Steel 2, melee combat always harder to pull off – Matt had no problems
– MotionPlus controls could work with racing games
– Ubisoft did the camera on their own
– Craig not a huge fan of Grand Slam Tennis
– Put HDTV in game mode for HDTV lag
– VC has gone down to pretty much 1 release per week
