I can’t believe how hyped I am for this. Last year, Konami hosted one of the most legendary E3 conferences in history. There were no mind-blowing announcements, but the speakers at the event make the conference incredibly entertaining. Here’s hoping that this year’s “Pre-E3 Show” is just as enjoyable!
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – May 4, 2011 – Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. today announced the company’s first-annual global Pre-E3 Show 2011. For the first time in company history, KONAMI will invigorate fans and gaming enthusiasts by releasing company news, game trailers and exclusive interviews via an internationally coordinated online screening event. To further promote its official debut on June 2, 2011, KONAMI will also be hosting live viewing events for the Pre-E3 Show 2011 which will be held in a number of cities across the globe including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Toronto, São Paulo, Mexico City and more to be announced.
“The annual E3 show is the world’s marquee video game conference and trade show event that draws a critical mass of gaming enthusiasts from all over the globe,” said Shinji Hirano, President of Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. “This year, we want to build buzz ahead of E3 by hosting our own Pre-E3 show that will tie the viewing party attendees from each city with online viewers through Flickr, Twitter and Facebook.”
This information comes from Nintendo Power…
“Now that nintendogs + cats is done, I’ve been able to spend more time and energy on Mario Kart development. We really want to bring a bunch of new elements into the game, and I’m really looking forward to the time that I can announce what those elements are. Perhaps we’ll be able to talk in more detail at this year’s E3 event.” – Hideki Konno
I have a feeling Konno was being coy here on purpose. I wouldn’t expect him to start dishing out details about the title to a magazine, after all. Mario Kart 3DS is supposed to be released this year, though, so I expect that the title will have a significant presence at E3, along with Super Mario 3D, Star Fox 64 3D, and Kid Icarus: Uprising.
A survey published by the BBC in the past few days has revealed some startling (eh?) information regarding children living in the U.K., saying that, of 1,500 kids between the ages of six and fifteen, 22% had never run a distance of 400 metres, 10% couldn’t ride a bike and 15% couldn’t swim. The punch line of all of this? 77% of these kids have a gaming console at home, and 68% of them own a mobile phone.
I guess this just goes to show that kids in the U.K. are behind in fitness compared to other countries like America!
Oh wait…
3DS
Dead or Alive: Dimensions – 9.0
Spongebob Squigglepants – 7.5
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell 3D – 5.5
Rabbids Travel in Time 3D – 6.5
Cartoon Network Punch Time Explosion – 7.0
Wii
Thor: God of Thunder – 5.5
Virtua Tennis 4 – 8.0
Rio – 4.0
DS
Thor: God of Thunder – 6.0
LEGO Battles: Ninjago – 7.5
Rio – 5.5
Thanks to Jake for the tip!
1. [PSP] Final Promise Story
2. [PSP] Patapon 3
3. [PS3] El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
4. [DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 Professional
5. [DS] Battle & Get! Pokemon Typing DS
6. [PSP] Dai-2-Ji Super Robot Taisen Z Hakai-hen
7. [PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2011
8. [PSP] Starry?Sky?in Winter?Portable
9. [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 2011
10. [PSP] Otome wa Oanesama ni Koi Shiteru Portable: 2-Jin no Elder
With over 70 quests to solve, grab a piece of the action this summer with all-new adventure game Solatorobo: Red the Hunter
Prepare to reach new heights among islands in the sky in the much anticipated adventure game Solatorobo: Red the Hunter, which launches across Europe on 1st July 2011, exclusively for the Nintendo DS family of portable systems.
Enter a world of epic fantasy action in this high octane RPG set in beautiful graphics created by internationally renowned designers, Nobuteru Yuki, and animated by MADHOUSE. You take on the story of Red Savarin, a 17 year old anthropomorphic dog, and his robot, Dahak, as he does battle with giant robotic “mecha” and other enemies on his journey through the mythical floating islands of the Shepherd Republic. After a chance encounter with the mysterious Elh, he gets inadvertently entangled in an epic adventure to save the world from destruction at the claws of the ancient evil being, Lares.
