E3 2007

Guitar Hero 3 Impressions from E for All

One of the first stops at E for All after Rock Band was the Target Pavilion, where they had about 15 arcade booths, all holding multiplayer matches of Guitar Hero 3 on the 360. We also got to try out the Wii version of the game later in the day, to compare the two versions.

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E3 Eager For Feedback Now

Looks like those attending this year’s E3 weren’t the only ones curious about how the show went. The ESA sent out surveys to all attendees, us included here at Aeropause. The questions ran along the line of if we were satisfied with the show, where it should be located next year (San Diego, Los Angeles, Laguna Beach were some of the locations offered), was the hangar too far and would we attend again next year (absolutely).

I for one was happy to see something so soon, because it lets me know that they understand that there were some good things and some bad things about this year’s E3. It lets me know that they are committed to improving on the changes that they made this year. I just hope they take my suggestion and put the events just a tad bit closer and put the show floor a lot closer.

E3’s highest profile Nintendo no-shows hunted down.

Nintendo did their best at this year’s E3 to pretend that there is no 2008. Aside from mentions of games on Wii Ware and Mario Kart Wii, we didn’t see anything for 2008 at all. So what was missing? Let’s have a look and see what’s around to find about Animal Crossing, Disaster: Day of Crisis, Project HAMMER, and more. Not much more, but more.

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E3 2007 Press Conference Pile-On

Joe fought the good fight, made it to E3, and gave us some great hands-on reporting from the noise and posturing in the trenches. The rest of us here at Aeropause watched from afar and formed our own opinions on what we saw.

Here’s our roundtable covering the big three press conferences we’ve seen so far. Myself, Kat, George, Stephen, and Joe have all dug in to comment on what we thought went well and not-so-well for Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony.

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2007 E3 Wrap Up and Final Notes

Well, E3 is gone, leaving Santa Monica, CA as a shell of its former self. The din of the video games has silenced and now, as we have taken several days to digest the amount of data that crossed our eyes, there are some thoughts that need to be said about the show. So here are some notes and a final wrap on E3 2007.

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Metroid, Zelda websites fall on e-asses after E3 showings.

I may have made too much of Retro Studios’ website going down for over a month recently. Of course, hindsight is always 20/20, as the site re-emerged unchanged, despite my strong belief we would see something… anything when it came back up.

That said, here I am again, reporting to you that just after E3’s big showings of Metroid Prime 3 and Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, both the official website for Metroid and its counterpart for Zelda are down for the count. It’s worth noting that Prime 3 was not on the official Metroid site yet earlier today, but Phantom Hourglass had some small presence on the Zelda Universe site.

Before you start asking me why I look at these websites every day, keep in mind… I’m a professional. It’s my job to look for patterns and then invent them when publishers are unfortunate enough to have a server crash.

Nonetheless, both titles recently received release dates within the next few months, Metroid’s being in August and Zelda’s in October. Now there is more than enough information and content to warrant real presences on the official websites. Don’t bother staying tuned, I’ve got nothing better to do. Some people wait in line for console launches, this is my raison d’?