Memoirs of a Nobody

It's that time of year and this time we're halfway through.

E3 started yesterday and already revealed the Wii U (I'm on the fence about it) and the Playstation Vita (why does that sound like an energy drink?)

Xbox brought nothing in terms of new hardware, but did release some make overs for xbox live (YouTube, Bing, etc) as well as some new games (Tomb Raider, Halo4, Assasin's Creed: Revelations, Kinect Disney Adventures, etc).

As for my usual series notes, no news is expected in both Kindom Hearts and Legend of Zelda. LoZ: Skyward Sword (Nintendo Wii) is still on a November release track, and KH: Dream Drop Distance (Nintendo 3D DS) is delayed due to the problems in Japan.

Over all, not a bad set of releases, though the new hardware from Nintendo is raising enough eyebrows to make it an interesting year.

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So now that E3 is winding down, we have some pretty nice results in for those looking for new items, specifically in the KH and LoZ fandoms.

Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks - Apparently, I’ve been living under a rock when it comes to LoZ, because this is the first I heard about it. Spirit Tracks is the third installment in the Wind Waker timeline (for Zelda fans, that would mean the third game in the child line after Ocarina). The game play looks interesting, between the train (yes, train. Link drives it…so squishy cute with his little cap!), the Phantom (uh, yeah, this is my confused face), and just the general ‘feel’ of the game play. The colours are bright the graphics are interesting to view, and I have an urge to run over the sheep. I just wish I knew more about the storyline, for instance…what the hell happened to a flooded Hyrule?!

Untitled Zelda for Wii: slated for 2010, which gives us 18 months to fin out more. All I know is it’s for Wii, it may be a TP branch (or at least the artwork is similar), it could possibly deal with memories and player perceptions (er…), and might incorporate Wii Motion Plus (anyone got any info on what that is? I’ve been out of the Nintendo loop). They have enough of it done, that it could have been showcased at E3 2009, but they decided to put the focus on development and promote Spirit Tracks instead, so hopefully we’ll be getting some glimpses soon! Artwork for ZeldaU http://www.cubed3.com/media/2009/June/jb/fullzelda.jpg (I hate to point it out..but someone’s been ripping off the Great Fairy design from Wind Waker….can we please not mix up our art? Be interesting if the theory that she’s the embodiment of the Master Sword is true…of all Link’s female companions, only the Master Sword has never ditched him)…and apparently it’s a different era then TP…damn design.

KH: Days - Not much to say, except it’ll be released September 2009 in North America and was released May 30th in Japan.

KH III: This one is a bit more tricky, they mentioned they probably WILL be developing a new game, except they want to finish working on Birth by Sleep first, which is apparently having issues…and that’s about all I know.

KH Birth by Sleep: Delayed production due to problems. Is said to be a prequel to KH III…except, going by screen shots, it’s a prequel to the whole series! Yeah, English not working with some of these translations.

And that’s it on my front, I know there are news on other great games, but…they’re not my cup of tea so I don’t have anything more!