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Super Smash Brothers Wii, Featuring Solid Snake
mcc writes "In a surprise news conference this evening, Nintendo unexpectedly revealed Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Nintendo Wii, and released a promo video of the title. Smash Bros. Brawl will feature online play; a Nintendog item that blocks your view of the playfield by jumping up on the screen and demanding to be petted; bizarre Dragonball Z style superattacks; your choice of traditional Gamecube or motion-sensing Revmote control; and new characters in the form of Samus (without the suit), Meta Knight, Kid Icarus (!), and... Konami's Solid Snake, complete with a cardboard box he hides in. The only bad news is despite earlier reports it would be a launch title, Smash Bros. Brawl will not be out until 2007."
Nintendo finally remembered Pit!
Wonder if we'll get a new KI game on the Wii now...
Recent developments sure lead me to believe that Nintendo has become the next Apple. They have followed the same path over the past two decades, from a strong company with a very popular product who is rapidly downtrodden, only to wallow in their own despair for years. Thankfully for those who remember them in their heyday, they manage a holy redemption and become leaders in their field once again.
It looks like they both used the same strategy, too. Both Apple and Nintendo have taken the route of offering trendy, innovative products of a very high quality. While their competitors aim only for the most powerful system (which will soon by eclipsed by PCs in a year or less), Apple and Nintendo both produce hardware and software products that maximize the user's experience.
I wonder if that means a Metal Gear Solid title for the Wii?
GPL Deconstructed
Is it just me or has this year's E3 become the Nintendo Entertainment Expo (NE2)? Seems like Nintendo is the only console company that will come out of this with more steam than they came in with. Whatever they lost by revealing their console's silly name has been nmore than made up for.
I definitely agree with Sonic. As someone mentioned below, we could finally settle the 8/16 bit mascot grudge for good.
Bonk is another good choice. Pac man is a little more questionable. Without any limbs, it severely limits the possible attacks ha can do. Seriously, how many ways could one character eat another? Same goes for Q-bert. His only original move is the hop, and touching anything killed him, I just don't see him as a brawler.
Megaman, though, would be a lot of fun. While his arm cannon may make him too much like Samus, it would be great to give him a dozen or so "stolen" weapons to work with as well.