Above the Sea and Fog But Still Perpetually Obscured.

Well, as with every E3, new gadgets are announced and along with them usually come hefty price tags.  So, I’m going to do a quick round up of these in $AU.

Xbox 360 S

Xbox 360 Slim Edition

Well, this price was announced shortly after the console was.  At $450, it’s a bit steep but those in the market for a new Xbox 360 (I have a late-06 model, bound to RROD at anytime) it seems sort of worthwhile. The best thing about the S though is it’s apparent “whisper quietness”, which would be a god-send!

Microsoft Kinect for Xbox 360.

Microsoft Kinect for Xbox 360

No official price yet but retailers have been throwing numbers around willy-nilly.  If this $198 is true, it may be seldom purchased.  But then again, it could be worth every damn cent.  I think heavy testing before purchasing is in order.

Sony Move Motion & Navigation Controllers

PlayStation Move Navigation Controller

PlayStation Move Motion Controller

These prices were officially announced but EBGames hasn’t seemed to realised that yet.  The Move Motion controller is a must at $68, but with todays announcement that you can use a Dualshock 3 controller instead of the Navigation controller may just be enough to save everyone $50.  Well, at least until hold the DS3 in one hand becomes uncomfortable.  There are accessories such as charging station and gun holder but they don’t have prices yet.  They are also entirely optional.

Nintendo 3DS

Nintendo 3DS.

My god are Nintendo being quiet about this.  The model’s that have been displayed have all been (apparently) prototypes and so, no solid information apart from screen size and buttons has been announced. But if EBGames is to be beleived, we all may be shelling out $350 for it, hopefully before 2012.

Well, that’s all the major gadgets displayed at E3!  Now for the total cost!
$1116 for everything. Well, better start saving even harder!

Nintendo

• Zelda: The Skywayd Sword. YAY! Proper Wii Zelda. Looks awesome as well.
• Mario Sports Mix. Mario Volleyball could be ok…otherwise maybe a miss.
• Wii Party. Mario Party but with Miis. Awesome. Always need an excuse to buy another Mario Party.
• Just Dance. *snores*
• Golden Sun: Dark Dawn. Awesome!
• Goldeneye 007. :O:O:O:O Original remade for this generation with Daniel Craig bond.  4 player split screen, classic modes. AWESOME!
• Epic Mickey. Dark action platformer. Involves Steamboat Mickey. Could be excellent, could be disastrous.
• Kirby’s Epic Yarn. Long time since a Kirby console game. It’s so painfully cute.
• Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies. Cool!
• Metroid: Other M. Kinda sick of Metroid games now…
• Donkey Kong Country Returns! Return of the hairy king! Same style as SNES DK games but in realtime 3D. Could be cool.
• 3DS. Need to use it in person otherwise, not that interested in another DS.
• Kid Icarus: Uprising. OA*SGDLIUGSDL(&ASDUGL: YAY!
• Nintendogs & Cats. Finally, Nintendo realise we want cats!
• Massive list of games for 3DS. Damn I might have to get one.

Nintendo killed with their conference. Zelda, Kid Icarus, Kirby and most of all Goldeneye. WIN!  The 3DS is gradually winning me over with its awesome titles!

Sony

• Move. Well, we already know about that. Looks good. Nice price too ($US49.99) but you have to get a PS3 eye as well.
• Tiger Woods golf game again. Seriously, enough of him now! And golf!
• Heroes On The Move. All the Playstation mascots, in one game. Could be fun…
• Time Crisis: Raging Storm. YAY! It’s been a while since Time Crisis. Always fun.  Looks awesome.
• Heaps of games with Move compatibility soon.
• PSP games. Won’t mention that. Don’t plan on getting a PSP.
• Parasite Eve: 3rd Birthday. Always gotta love Parasite Eve games!
• LittleBigPlanet2. Didn’t really care for the first one, so not interested in this one either.
• PSN Subscription stuff. $50 for a year with lots of stuff. Need more info first.
• Medal Of Honor. PS3 version comes with HD remaster of Medal Of Honor: Frontline. Awesome!
• PORTAL 2. YAY! ’nuff said.
• Mafia II and AC:B exclusive stuff for PS3. Always a bonus.
• Gran Turismo 5. Its been long enough. Looks awesome. Shall be released Nov 2. YAY!
• Infamous 2. Maybe not as boring as the first one.
• Twisted Metal. :O Look sfun and great, as usual. David Jaffe has spent the last few weeks saying this wasn’t happening. Smarmy bastard!

Sony kicked more arse this year. Portal 2, Parasite Eve, GT5 and new Twisted Metal. Awesome!

Another thing that was announced outside of press conferences was the new Warhammer 40K MMO: Dark Millenium being handled by Darksiders studio, Vigil Games. Looks pretty cool.