Microsoft has broadly avoided music altogether, swapping the original Xbox’s bizarre industrial soundscapes for near-total silence in its later consoles. PlayStation’s always opted for a detached, ambient cool - waves of strings and THX synth blares. Not written badly, but just like it doesn’t belong on a regular old games console. There’s just something about music written for the Wii, isn’t there? It sounds… wrong. Other groups might be thinking of possible best-game-ever Super Mario Galaxy, or balance boards, or when Virtual Console was actually good.īut I bet for a great many of you, it’ll be something completely non-visual.
For others, it’ll just be Wii Sports, and probably the moment you finally got your old nan to try gaming for the first time, before she accidentally put a Wiimote through your TV (again, wear those wriststraps, kids). Maybe it’s the face of a Mii, those hauntingly cheery digital facsimiles that filled practically every game worth caring about on the console.
What’s the first thing you remember? I’m guessing lots of you are picturing motion controllers - Nintendo’s flailing first attempt to drag sticks full of gyroscopes, accelerometers, and wriststraps we really should have been wearing into the mainstream. Close your eyes and think of the Nintendo Wii. This awkward moment at the 2006 Expo has lived on hilariously in infamy ever since.I’m going to ask you to do something you’ve probably not been asked to do before.
Was this crab a part of Japanese history? Sure, we knew about the massive dinosaur that came out of the ocean, but the history books seem to have forgotten about this crab. Immediately after this, a giant crab burst onto the screen. Hirai mentioned that some of the events in the game are based on battles that took place in Japanese history. Many people were already sold on the console, and that is a good thing because Kazuo Hirai's overall presentation was pretty awful, even by the standards of gaming a decade ago.Īs we said, the entire presentation was poor (between pointing out "selling points" that were already industry mainstays and reminding people the system would cost $600), but the most ludicrous part, which featured the giant crab, took place during a description of Genji: Days of the Blade. The giant crab meme is one that goes back over ten years to E3 2006, when Sony was getting ready to release the PlayStation 3.
From painful realities of the gaming world to awkward events from years past, here are fifteen E3 memes that are hilarious. What is already known for sure is that E3 will likely be as it has been for over two decades: an awesome get-together involving all manner of gamers, cosplayers, and excited, awesome people sharing a passion. Of course, on top of all these titles are rumors of a new BioWare game (probably in an all-new universe), Destiny II, God of War, The Last of Us II, a couple of racing titles, the usual offerings in terms of sports games (nothing that special, NBA and NFL), and hopefully a look at South Park: The Fractured But Whole. While the rumors are plentiful, nothing is set in stone until a developer confirms.
We're cautiously excited to sink our teeth into more information about Call of Duty: WWII. After a year off, we're anticipating a prequel for the Assassin's Creed series that will (if leaks are to be trusted) take us back to ancient Egypt to get a better glimpse of the earlier days of the Assassins vs Templars war. So far we know it will be in the United States and will feature a maniacal cult as the antagonists, but we've been given little in the way of specifics. The annual E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) is being held once again at the Los Angeles Convention Center and will bring together scores of gamers who want an awesome experience and a sneak peak at a sample of upcoming games.Īmong the biggest names, we are expecting to see this year are Far Cry 5. It's that time of year again and soon the rumors will either be confirmed or denied as E3, the massive video game convention, is finally here.