Ben

Heh, amazing! It looks like they are still planning on adding extra, perhaps unloackable characters (and with the whole Wii Connect 24 thing they could also add new characters to the game, or levels, at any point after release)... if you look closely at the Japanese version of the official site there is a form asking what characters people would like to see in the game Ok.... let the list of iconic game characters BEGIN!!! Sonic and/or Knuckles Megaman Chu Chu Rocket mice and cats Dante Mr Esc! Cosmic smash dude Terry Bogard Strider Any namco/soul calibur character (after all Link appeared in SCII)

Yeah, as Marek said, this has actually been done before in the form of SEGA Gaga for the Dreamcast. It was a sim in which you, the player, takes control of SEGA and must create successful games, as well as continue making old IP successful. Basically you act as the director of SEGA, responsible for bringing in the best talent, such as designers and artists, and making great games. Hehe. However, that's not to invalidate your idea Just pointing it out as it's a little known game (it was only released in Japan). Sure there is room for a game that focuses more on actual in-game mechanics and provides the ability to make basic, working prototypes to show of core gameplay.

Ok, this is starting in about 5 minutes and i'm sure some of you are preparing to watch the streams. This thread is for all Sony conference related chat obviously so keep it on topic! (For those interested in just listening to the conference for free check this audio only live feed out from Club Skill Radio (i've never heard of it either): http://82.165.43.97:8000/listen.m3u?src=0) In the meantime, i will listen to it and post some updates about the awesome bar and pie charts shown off by Lord Ken for anyone who can't get connected. UPDATES: 02:50 (GMT) and CONCLUSION - So it's over. Overall, it was very dull, with no interesting details or gameplay footage bar the eye-toy card battle system. The only, truly new announcements came in the ladt 10 minutes and involved the very original controller idea which was totally new and fresh and amazing. And of course the launch details. Lets see if they can keep to their word on that. It's almost 3am here, and i have to get up for work in 4 hours. So goodnight. 02:42 (GMT) - OK, PS3 launch details! .... "Today we're pleased to announce the global PS3 launch plan. Two configuration plans for launch - one with 60GB HDD, one with 20GB. We will ship 2 million during launch period, 4 mil by he end of 2006, and 2 mil more by March 31st 2007, he says. So, six million by then. Japan: November 11th. 20GB: 59,800 yen. 60GB will have open price retailers will set. America: Nov 17th. 20GB: USD 499, 60GB: USD 599. Europe: Nov 17th. 20GB: EUR 499. 60GB: EUR 599. 02:39 (GMT) - Now displaying the controller's "unique" abilities on War-Hawk. Seems very responsive, and is lighter than the PS2 Dualshock2. Will come as standard. Harrison ends with "Ladies and gentleman, thank you very much - don't you just love surprises?" Yes Phil, i bet Nintendo are loving this surprise. 02:36 (GMT) - HAHAHA, as i said earlier, quite reactionary - Harrison has just jumped in and described the unique movement/control mechanism of the new controller, which is basically a copy of the way the Revolution's controller is used. In addition to the "3-posture-axis" of roll, pitch and yaw, "3-dimension acceleration information (X, Y, and Z)" can be detected in high-precision and in real-time. Harrison describes it as offering "6-degrees of freedom" that does not require any external devices other than the controller itself for operation; and he manages to describe it all as a "fantastic innovation" without a hint of irony or even an evil cackle. I'm disappointed by that. 02:34 (GMT) - As spaff just posted on our news/front-page about 10 minutes ago, Kutaragi just "revealed" the controller is indeed basically the same Dualshock design, except with a firewire port. It got a slow clap. 02:33 (GMT) - Kutaragi comes out in a white suit! Here we go! 02:29 (GMT) - Metal Gear Solid 4 running on PS3 gets a big cheer predictably. All the dialogue is in Japanese, maybe they forgot ¬. Anyway, ol' Snake is moaning about how war has become an awfully ugly business. Raiden makes an appearance too. No gameplay footage is being shown, so we can assume this is as close to the real MGS experience as one is likely to actually get on the PS3. Coming in 2007. 02:28 (GMT) - Square Enix show off their FF titles, which they showed off earlier at their conference. Final Fantasy VIII and Versus VIII. 02:25 (GMT) - EA then show off a virtual Tiger Woods. Facial modelling and animation system, which was built using motion-captured faces, vocalisation. It's all real-time, running off a PS3 apparently. 02:18 (GMT) - EA's Larry Probst is on-stage talking about the "special partnership" between Sony and EA. Harrison probably shags his wife while he's away. Shows procedural awareness in NBA demo, players "look right, move right" etc. yeah yeah, it was great on Fight Night too Larry... for the first hour. 02:10 (GMT) - Harrison sums up the playable section of the conference. Hands it back to Kaz, who is now demonstrating 3rd Party games for the PS3 such as Assassins Creed, Ridge Racer 7, Tekken 6, Virtua Fighter 5 and Sonic the Hedgehog. 02:05 (GMT) - Harrison welcomes on Ted Price from Insomniac to talk about Resistance on the PS3. FPS title, set in london, player fights aliens. It'll have 32-player online multiplay too, and will be on the booth at E3. 02:00 (GMT) - 2 new PS3 titles now being shown, exclusive to this presentation. First is: 8 Days, an action game made by Sony's London studio. Second is: has no title! But it looks like a Tomb Raider (except with a bloke), or PoP style game, set in a jungle. 01:55 (GMT) - Videos of games not to be launch titles and released later after the PS3 launch - Lair, The Getaway, Afrika (working title), Hot Shots Golf, and Monster Kingdom. 01:52 (GMT) - Ninja Theory come out to display Heavenly Sword. Looks ok. Will be playable on show-floor. 01:50 (GMT) - HAHAHA - Harrison showing a Formula One game on PS3, includes a demonstration of a syncronised PS3 and PSP, with the PSP used as a real-time wing mirror, that can be placed beside the TV to act as real wing mirror. To be honest this all of this seems quite reactionary from Sony so far, both this and the Network stuff, all very gimmicky and not very new/original. 01:47 (GMT) - Genji 2 is shown and demo'd. It looks shit. Just hi-res shit. 01:42 (GMT) - Harrison is showing off Singstar on the PS3, downloading music, recording and uploading performances - powered by the Network capabilities going forward. 01:39 (GMT) - Games, music, movies will be digi-downloadable for PS3 and PSP owners. E-distribution coming later this year. Kaz demonstrates a PSP running one of the first PSone titles released years ago - Ridge Racer. He flicks to the Game menu, Memory Stick, then clicks "PlayStation". The key according to Kaz is keeping all their platforms fresh and together from a network perspective and not making older hardware obsolete. Online shopping called "microtransactions". Including a pre-pay PlayStation Card. With exclusive info for people who sign up for that. 01:36 (GMT) - It's back to Kaz, who is now talking about online network strategy's. More than three million US registered users he says, right now. He says there are no lines between online and off in gamers' minds. Basically reiterating the same info about basic online service for free. 01:33 (GMT) - New eye-toy type thing callled "The Eye of Judgement" - developed by SCEI is a Card battling demo, where players uses their hands to control the game. You place cards with your actual hands, from which monsters then appear on on-screen. They then fight. Audience sounds amazed at what is basically lawnmower man and has been promised since the Power Glove. This will be playable on the show floor. 01:27 (GMT) - Still showing gameplay footage of Gran Turismo HD. It looks kinda pretty but is ultimately dull. Apparently load times on the PS3 (for this game) will be 2-3 seconds (compared to the 10-15 seconds in GT4). Hope to deliver the next GT soon after the PS3 launch. 01:18 (GMT) - A trailer is now being shown for Gran Turismo HD (which includes cars, bikes, even scooters), introduced by game's creator - a small japanese man. Probably wondering when he will make a game that doesn't involve cars and bikes, and be released from the purgatory that Sony have created for him. Apparently the trailer is also a demo of sorts and it's being played on a regular Dualshock2 pad. 01:16 (GMT) - Phil Harrison has come on stage. So far this is boring the crap out of me. 01:15 (GMT) - "Every PS3 will ship with a hard disk drive." says Kaz. HDD will support downloadable content and network play, and HDD can serve game performance, with game saves and caching etc. "Simultaneously throughout the world this November," he says about release date. 01:12 (GMT) - Talking about PS3 key features - it's all confirmation of the stuff you've heard before. Blu Ray disc chart is being shown, comparing memory storage or something and massive Hollywood studio support. Yay for charts! 01:07 (GMT) - Sony showing a video of people talking about how they are looking forward to the PS3. Best one: "When I play games i become a monkey". Go on, make sense of it, I dare you. 01:05 (GMT) - Apparently PS2 support will continue for many more years. Sony are listing all the PS2 show floor titles including the new SOCOM title. New PSP Greatest Hits coming to North America in the coming months (Hot Shots Golf, Twisted Metal, Wipeout Pure). 01:02 (GMT) - PSP Footage of Killzone Liberation, new game B-Boy, Gangs of London, Dark Mirror: Syphon Filter, and Loco Roco being shown. 00:55 (GMT) - Ok, the conference is almost ready to begin. Two PS3s are sitting on display in front of a huge PlayStation logo. Mr Kaz Hirai (Sony America's boss) is on stage talking about sales figures blah blah. Sony are saying the PS3 is the most ambitious project they have ever undertaken, and say that the next -generation doesn't start until they say it does. Hirai mentions the November launch as GLOBAL, but doesn't specify exactly when. 00:45 (GMT) - According to "sources" who we don't know, the conference will be delayed for another 15 minutes. 00:43 (GMT) - I'm still here, there's just fuck all to update about. 00:18 (GMT) - Still hasn't started. Looks like it might be delayed for a while longer. There's a "massive gridlock" apparently. 00:07 (GMT) - Things are moving slowly (apparently Mr Kojima is also stuck in the line) and the start is obviously... delayed ¬¬. However Sony assure people that it will be ready by Spring. 00:02 (GMT) - Ok, the conference is kicking off. People are streaming in and apparently Sony are handing out free Memory Sticks to all attendees, which include game trailers and screenshots and no doubt their speech notes.

Hehe, damn you guys are fast - i was just newsing that.

That was pretty good, all the people I watched it with agreed. A lot of what Iwata-san spoke about was not simply marketing pap (as often is with these types of presentations). A while Reggie occassionally drifted into that kind of talk, what he said about the whole experiencing the controller and gaming experience on their machine, rather than simply seeing or being told about it, is most definitely true and spot on in my experience. I would have liked to see more third-party titles, and it would have been nice to have a confirmed launch date, but oh well - we can't have it all now. Oh and Ouenden getting a western release = Finally, thanks to Oath for the text updates. Nice job.

I just created one http://forums.idlethumbs.net/showthread.php?t=4098

Good question. To be honest I'm not sure. The text updates were a last minute decision as I'd heard people having trouble hearing/seeing the streams, while my connection seemed fine - so i thought i'd just report for all those people. Covering the Nintendo conference personally will be a bit more difficult as i'll still be at work, but i think Spaff might have something planned... Failing that, then sure, it's open to anyone who feels like doing it

Just listening, but i think it might not be possible to get access to it later as it fills up so i'm posting updates as i hear them and hear them elsewhere. Thumbs has ninjas on the ground.

Ok, not hints on the last 2 fruits, but can help with the blue helper dudes:

Not really, pachinko's are Sammy's business, nothing to do with SEGA. Also, pretty new screens wooo (saves me newsing it...)

Yu Suzuki Tetsuya Mizuguchi Some other people not japanese and already mentioned.

I'm still a pirate. I have continued doing piratey things.

Because it actually isn't. Also, to whoever mentioned Moonwalker - it was quite good, but not really outstanding. I tried to just mention really outstanding, fun games. Jesus, what kind of search you doing? Mega CD (IIs) are usually around £25-35 on ebay. A Mega CD I will probably cost you a bit more - maybe around £45-50.

Master System: Alex Kidd in Hi-Tech World Alex Kidd in Miracle World Alex Kidd in Shinobi World Bank Panic Chuck Rock 2 Astro Warrior & Pit Pot Double Dragon Aztec Adventure Dynamite Dux Ghouls N Ghost GP Rider Lord of the Sword Master of Darkness Fire and Forget 2 Micro Machines Blade Eagle 3D Missile Defense 3D New Zealand Story Operation Wolf Phantasy Star Assault City Golden Axe Warrior Prince of Persia Aladdin Rainbow Islands R-Type Scramble Spirit Sonic Sonic 2 Sonic Chaos Spy vs Spy Star Wars MegaDrive: Streets of Rage Streets of Rage 2 Streets of Rage 3 Aladdin Rampage Afterburner 2 Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle Altered Beast Another World Flashback Atomic Runner Bonanza Brothers Virtua Fighter 2 Budokan Cannon Fodder Alien Soldier Alien Storm Castle of Illusion Superman - The Man of Steel Battle Squadron Castlevania: The New Generation Syndicate Cyberball Desert Strike Donald Ducks Quackshot Fantasia Double Dragon 3 Shining Force Earthworm Jim Earthworm Jim 2 F15 Strike Eagle 2 Blades of Vengeance Shadow Dancer Fatal Fury Strider Strider 2 Fatal Labyrith Ghouls & Ghosts Golden Axe Golden Axe 2 Hyperdunk International Superstar Soccer Street Fighter 2: Championship Edition Super Street Figher 2 James Pond 2 Herzog Zwei John Madden Football 93 Super Smash TV Mega Bomberman Speedball 2 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Megaman The Wily Wars Micro Machines 2 Sensible Soccer NHL 97 Outrun Phantasy Star 2 Phantasy Star 3 Gunstar Heroes Phelios Pirates of Dark Water Road Rash 2 Virtua Racing Second Samurai Zero Wing Sonic 1 Sonic 2 Sonic 3 Sonic & Knuckles

I'm looking at you Ico.

Happy (belated?) b'days - I roll your joint birthdays into a ball of katamari goodness and swallow this collectively joyous pill of ecstacy before spewing it up and out like a human fountian of liquid love that harvests in my throat causing us all to dance merrily in afternoon delight like fred astaire in the rain.

To Iselyn and Knar: please note that this thread is no longer technically the thread in which the Vlynn asked for advice. That is here. Please do not come into this thread and troll/flame people for having some light-hearted fun. Also this is not a debate, and as such I will not be responding directly to any posts made here that take this thread further off course

I'd give each one a shoulder, but the fat ugly girl would be on my eye-patch side. Also I'd take the pretty one home and put her in my cage.

Third Strike is probably the best game in the entire SF series. It has the most depth and gives the player an incredible amount of freedom to learn and grow. As I think TMCB mentioned, the game was quite a leap away from previous SFs - the parry system in particular was something a lot of people (from within the SF community and outside of it) couldn't get to grips with. As a result a lot of people left Third Strike alone after its initial release. Some people gave it a chance however and discovered the aforementioned depth in the game, and it has slowly grown over the years and come to be accepted as the best game in the series. It is also now the main game used in SF tournaments around the world (for anyone interested and in the London area on Sunday 14th August - there is a Neo Empire Third Strike tournament running from 1pm at Zyrus Nightclub in Farringdon. There will be lots of drinks, food, music and cash prize...) Oh the difficulty thing mentioned by MetalMickey. The reason it wasn't as "hard" on DC was because Third Strike on the DC was slightly different to the game in the Arcade, there were exploits and certain other things that were taken out of the DC version. So it's not more or less difficult, just different. As for a good Capcom fighting game, i'd go with Metal again and say Marvel vs Capcom 2. If you're looking for something a bit different you could try Darkstalkers: Vampire Chronicles, which is quite fun.

Whatever happened to that girl that lived in a windmill?

Got it from www.deviantart.com, comes in a bunch of different colours and themes. I can pm you the direct link when i get home if you want?

Believe it or not I'm not that into FPS games. Most of those games were installed so I could run them on very high and thus hail my PC as being uber ¬

I think mine is better. Anyone that disagrees is obviously a freaking retard.

Yes, it's true Although it's not a true sequel - it's the same team making a game with a similar design/style ethic.