Topic: E3 2018

@YummyHappyPills @KratosMD Do you think Super Mario Maker Switch will be announced?

@NecuVise Yeah most games don't hold their value well these days. I will probably pick one up day 1 for Q4 and the rest I'm intrested in i will pick up in the Black Friday or Jan sales.

The problem with N64 virtual console for the Switch would be the number of games that Nintendo could offer. Obviously Mario, the two Zelda's, Yoshi etc games would be OK but they can't offer Banjo Kazooie for example or Goldeneye,, Perfect Dark as well as numerous other games because of licensing issues. Rare own their IP's so may need a Rare Replay on XB1 to play those games but whether they could offer DK64 or Diddy Kong racing - which are made by Rare but have Nintendo characters in, I don't know. Goldeneye is an issue because of the James Bond license and there were a LOT of third party games - inc many made by now defunct publishers/developers so licensing would be an issue. The Star Wars games for sure would be an issue.

Its possible that some of the games published by Activision, Ubisoft etc could be added - if these publishers agree. Ubisoft do seem to have a relationship with Nintendo and may allow some of their old games to be added. Overall though, Nintendo didn't publish a 'lot' of games for the N64 and a few of those they did, they don't own the IP/License - they published 3 Star Wars games and Goldeneye so those would be an issue. Its perhaps why they haven't really offered a 'lot' from the N64 era in the subsequent years.

Its a similar issue to why the OG Xbox Backwards Compatibility hasn't offered a lot of games and won't be able too because of licensing issues and being able to contact the publisher/developers for permission - assuming they still exist. Licenses, such as music too can be another issue too. You also have the fact that the N64 is even older...

@KratosMD It proves my point though about the games list. I wasn't sure about Diddy Kong or DK64 because they were Nintendo IP's although DKR obviously had Rare owned characters too. You won't get Blast Corps, Jet Force Gemini, Perfect Dark, Banjo Kazooie though. You won't get games like Star Wars Rogue Squadron either. Nintendo only published around 50-60games (out of nearly 400 if you look at ALL the releases inc Japan rather than just the 240-ish UK releases (or nearly 300 in NA) so they would have to contact all the other publishers/developers etc to ask permission to include their games. As I said though, of those games Nintendo did publish, some they cannot use (without permission) such as Goldeneye, three Star Wars games etc so its not like they have a 'big' collection of games that they could bring. Most have been remade or at least ported to newer devices - as we have seen with SM64, both Zeldas etc. Would you want MK64 when you have MK8 deluxe? Maybe...

I can see Mario Maker happening. Literally the final nail for the Wii U at this point in terms of popular games.

I'm mostly looking forward to seeing Meredith Molinari and her legs in the annual PlayStation developer interviews...

....and maybe Watch Dogs 3 getting revealed?

Will there be VODs to watch? I mainly need it for Microsoft's conference as I won't be able to watch it live. Or is it possible to open youtube stream and just rewind to the beginning? I only watch Microsoft and Sony conferences so I'd like to avoid spoilers, hence I need VOD link. I hope someone can help

@NecuVise Yeah you can most likely watch the whole conferences or highlights on Youtube. In the UK and US you can anyway.

On the PS4 there will be a E3 section in the What's New tab.

I really hope we get a bunch of single player games at E3 this year.

The flavour of this years will be Battle Royal. With cheese.

Not sure if I can be bothered to wake myself up this year to watch Live. I tend to enjoy the Pushsquare comments more than the actual show.

@Rudy_Manchego Ubisoft is at 11 for me, I'm just gonna pull an all-nighter I think. Maybe catch some sleep beforehand, or after. The alarm's going at 8 though...

@Octane Get the coffee on for the morning!

@Rudy_Manchego I think I'm going to fake a doctor's appointment for the morning and sleep till 10

@Octane Or actually go to the Doctors and get a diagnosis of narcolepsy so you can justify falling asleep. Not that I would do that of course.

@NecuVise There will be VoDs. In fact thats all Nintendo's is. Everyone else will upload afterwards.

@Knuckles-Fajita Where can I find these VODs, or at least when can we expect them? I'm specifically asking for Microsoft's.

@NecuVise Their YouTube channels. Since they are live streams they will be available immediately after.

@Knuckles-Fajita great, thanks!

Got time off work next week, but shall not watch the full conferences as I find them such a bore. Plus the crowd wooping does my f'in head in. Shall watch some of the highlights and reaction vids on you tube.

@JohnnyShoulder Good news. Nintendo wont have crowd whooping as there is no crowd (And itll also be the shortest by a mile!)

Bethesda will also be pretty short it seems.