PSP to finally get Gran Turismo
I have been waiting for this game to come out on the PSP since the PSP first came out. It was one of the reasons that I wanted a PSP. I like many fathers in this world don't always have exclusive access to the household TV. Most of the time there is Wall-E or Monsters Inc. playing on the television that is hooked up to the game systems. So the answer has always been for me to play some of my games on a portable unit. The PSP is the best portable unit for people that love games. The DS is much better for the casual gamer, GTA China Town Wars excluded, but the PSP always had the feel of being a full size system in your hands. To be able to have Gran Turismo finally come to the PSP is one of the best announcements at the 2009 E3 show in my opinion.
Not much is known about the game. It looks like there will be a good selection of cars 35 different tracks and probably many other features that we have come to love about Gran Turismo. It comes out in October, so I am guessing that there will be much more quality information coming out in the up coming months. I will be pre-ordering this game as soon as Amazon puts it up for sale. Amazon has made a link available to sign up for when the game will be available for pre-order. You can get to it by clicking below.
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New Super Mario Brothers E3 2009
Nintendo released the New Super Mario Brothers game at this years E3 (2009). It is a 2d platform game that can be played with up to four players co-operatively. It looks like a good title, but I was hoping for something more like Mario Galaxy 2 because in my opinion that game was a real ground breaker. You be the judge. Here is a YouTube Video showing off the action.
This just in, Super Mario Galaxy 2! Ok, now they have my attention. You must say that Super Mario Galaxy was one of the best games ever. If there was ever to be a sequel to a game I would pick this as my choice. Way to go Nintendo.
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Wii Motion Plus Wii’s Next Big Thing?
Nintendo announced that Wii Motion plus will revolutionize the revolutionary best controller in the entire galaxy. I had the feeling from watching the press conference that it was almost hard for Nintendo to boast about this new controller add on that is built for precision after Microsoft just laid the NATAL bomb on everybody. Wii's new controller add on is built for precision but from watching the video it seemed to work almost exactly as the old Wii remote has always worked. This left me a little confused and wondering if the Wii motion plus was not just a clever way to milk $30-40 bucks out of everybody. I was left saying to myself "great, in order to play some of the new Wii titles I will have to buy yet another piece of hardware". I have to have the Wii Remote, the Nunchuck, the Balance Board, and now the Wii Motion plus. I am going to own more hardware than games for the Nintendo Wii system if it keeps going like this.
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Xbox 360 knocks them dead at E3 with NATAL
I just finished watching the E3 show on the new Xbox releases for 2009. They really are coming out with some great stuff. There were some decent games coming out and it was good to see Metal Gear finally hit the Xbox console, but the real news was with the new controller. That controller might just take a huge chunk from Nintendo. It looked amazing. It recognizes who you are, and allows you to interact with the screen without a controller. That will be huge for some of the games like Oblivion for instance where you come up to characters at different points in the game. Using this controller you will be able to talk directly to the characters and have them communicate back. Plus they will recognize you when they see you a second time. Very cool technology.
The other thing that I am excited for is the ability to watch a movie with your friends over Live. You can hang out and talk with them while watching a flick. That is a really cool feature that I think many people will enjoy. Also it is great to see that they will expand on the Netflix system and get rid of the need to use the computer to select movies. That has always been a bit of a problem.
Good job Xbox.
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