Sin and Punishment: Star Successor
– IGN gave it a 9.0
– Not on anyone’s radar, not a lot of traffic for it on IGN
– Game is addictive
– If you stay near the ground, you can get a higher score
– Just a name on the leaderboards from your profile
– Super hardcore
– Pointer controls work really well
– It looks good graphically
– 60 FPS
– Great bosses
– Unique art style
– Second-player just adds another cursor
– Hardcore gamers will have a good time with it
3DS
– Reggie seemed more relaxed and friendly than usual on the show
– Reggie said the 3DS is coming out next year on Jimmy Fallon
– Craig doesn’t seem to think it was a mistake
– It’ll sell even if it’s not out for the holidays
– Recently, Japan has been receiving new hardware first
– Craig surprised there were no Virtual Boy tech demos at E3
– Nintendo only seems to acknowledge the Virtual Boy in the WarioWare games
– A lot of tech demos at E3
– The Ocarina of Time demonstration was just the title sequence of Link riding Epona, but it was in 3D and had better textures
– Podcast crew predicting it’ll launch next year
Pokemon Black/White
– Nintendo had nothing to say about Pokemon Black/White at E3
– Black/White launching September 18 in Japan
– Jack thinks a third version will be for the 3DS
– For battles, attacks shoot out from enemy Pokemon to your Pokemon with camera movement
– More traditional cutscenes with character portraits
Reader Questions
– Craig not comfortable with the 3DS’ d-pad position, didn’t bother Daemon
– Most games will probably use the 3D for the main screen
– Nintendo had their own media summit after they unveiled the DS at E3, so the same thing will probably happen with the 3DS
– The new Professor Layton game for the DS had some bad English, demo was done by Level-5 instead of Nintendo
– Wii Party coming out soon in Japan
– Square Enix making Mario Sports Mix
– Mario Tennis is now available on the Wii Shop Channel
