Eiji Aonuma, lead designer behind The Legend of Zelda series since The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, promises atonement for past sins. Gameblag Desructoid reports that at a round table discussion, Aonuma admitted that he was behind all the frustration many players felt in Ocarina of Time's Water Temple dungeon. Read on
Matt
Check out these screens from StarFox 64 3D, the 3DS remake of StarFox 64. The screens successfully convey the graphical power of 3DS (if not the 3D effect), reportedly on par with GameCube. The Arwing craft is controlled using the analog nub, while additional maneuvers are mapped to the D-pad. Lasers, bombs, accelerate and brake are executed with the face buttons, and the bumpers, used to bank and barrel roll, round out the simple controls.
Designer Shigeru Miyamoto has been recorded as attesting to the aptitude of a Star Fox in the third dimension. Depth and distance in 3D worlds are sometimes hard to judge. Using Super Mario games as an example, Miyamoto said it's sometimes hard to even properly jump up onto a stump or hit a floating block. He assured the audience that the capabilities of the 3DS clear all of this up.
Despite a recession that has marked a surprising decline in revenue for the robust gaming industry, publishers and developers are reaching deep into their coffers to host indulgent E3 parties, dinners and concerts in hopes of garnering hype in the increasingly crowded marketplace.
The newest trailer for the upcoming Wii remake of NBA Jam doesn't show off much that is new (see NBA Jam: bypassing the uncanny valley for details we knew more than two months ago), but it sure does look great in motion.
Matt
Space-aged image enhancing techniques reveal someone peeping the competition at this year's E3.
3DS is the real deal. Even my janky-ass eyes can visualize it. PSP-level graphics in 3D. I am seriously impressed.
Kanji
Similar to the treatment Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy II received, the classic action-adventure Secret of Mana is in the midst or receiving an iPhone port. According to Joystiq, Secret of Mana for iPhone will be released sometime this year.
Matt
Retro Studios have been in the bunker for quite sometime cooking up speculation on what their next project could possibly be. Rumors of a Donkey Kong reboot were circulating the internet recently until Nintendo laid down the bomb and unveiled Donkey Kong Country Returns at this E3. A 2D platformer based on the Donkey Kong Jungle Beat game.
Pugz
Ever since 2005 when HAL Labs were developing Kirby Adventure for GameCube (see a trailer for this unreleased project), they subsequently missed the release window once the Wii entered the stage. Ever since that time it was regarded as shovelware... until now. At this E3, Reggie Fils-Aime announced the pink puff ball's return to the home console: enter Kirby's Epic Yarn, a 2D platformer that themes itself around cotton threads and knitted obstacles. Coming this fall.1
Pugz
During Nintendo's Conference yesterday, Satoru Iwata announced Kid Icarus Uprising (formerly known as Project Sora), a flying/rails-based action game coming for the upcoming 3DS portable gaming device.
Pugz
The 3DS will launch with a re-release of Star Fox 64.1
Previously released on the Nintendo 64 in 1997, Starfox 64 was a Nintendo developed scrolling space shooter, and was the first game on the console to support the Rumble Pak. It was named Lylat Wars in Europe and Australia and sold more than 300,000 copies within the first week of the US release.
Alex
