This Bout is Sceduled For One Fall...

[BreakABone]

Well, this is the time of the year, where e3 rumors start to fly faster than a fighter jet. So in an early attempt to capitalize on the e3 hype and make myself tons of money (I don't know how just yet), I'm making the first e3 thread.

now this is just based on speculation, a few announcements here and there and hersay, but it will be the basis of the thread.

*In best Howard Finkel voice*

Introducing first hailing from Redmond, Washingtin weighing in at a whole lot, the big, bad, big (I know I mentioned it before) Xbox.

Fable will be video, not playable.
DOOM III will be playable.
Kameo will be playable.
SW:Galaxies will be video.
Thief III will be video.
Deus Ex II: The Invisible War will be playable.
Strident, Duality, Kingdom Under Fire II: The Crusaders will all be playable. Shining Lore will be video (it's a MMORPG, and Halo 2 will have all the LIVE booths tied up).
Perfect Dark 0 will be video.
Banjo Kazooie Trace (tres) will be video.
Conker: He Came, He Saw, He Conkered will be video.
Fuzion Frenzy 2 will be playable.
Tony Hawk 5 wil be playable.
Shenmue III will be announced as an Xbox exclusive.
Panzer Dragoon Online w/ multiplayer dragon battles will be announced as an Xbox exclusive.
The Matrix will be playable.
Star Trek's new one will be playable.
DOA:Code Chronus will be playable.
Ninja Gaiden will be playable.
DOA:4 will be announced Xbox Exclusive, video only.
Rygar will be announced as coming to Xbox.
Project Gotham 2: Attack of the Cones will be playable.
N.U.D.E. will have its own booth, be announced for the US, and be playable but hosted. Too hard to "teach" N.U.D.E. from the beginning for every attendee, so the host will have a partially trained N.U.D.E.-in-progress and show off its gameplay.
An Assassin game from DOA featuring Christie will be announced. It will feature driving as well.
The Vivendi purchase will be old news by then, and we'll get our first video-only look at Spyro, Crash Bandicoot, a multi-platform mascot game (an online racer featuring Spyro, Crash Bandicoot, Blinx and a guest appearance by Sonic), LOTR:TTT (literary works version) and playable Starcraft:Ghost (now Xbox Exclusive).
Warcraft: Online War (Or W:OW as it will be called) will be announced with video footage.
Diablo 3 for PC will be announced, but not for Xbox.
The Unseen will be viewable, with a new release date of Q4, 2003.
Konami will announce MGS:3 for PS2 and Xbox.
DDRX will be announced, including custom soundtrack feature.
JSRFII will be playable.
Sega GT 2003 will be online and playable.
Amped 2 will be playable.
Oddworld: Munch's Exxodus will be watchable.
B.C. will be watchable.
Tekki 2 Online will be playable, multiplayer will be shown with voice support OFFLINE as well.
VF4.1 will be announced and playable.
Soul Caliber II will be playable.
The Hulk will be playable.
Daredevil will be playable.
Loose Cannon will be watchable.
True Crime: Streets of L.A. will be playable.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon MMORPG will be announced with video footage.
Full Throttle II will be playable.
Sea Dogs II will be playable.
Robotech:LIVE wil be video.

Now that is based on the speculation of some poster at another form a few weeks back. Wll his predictions come true?

"Now coming down the aisle, he is the Undisputed, undefeated, Heavyweight Champion of the Videogame World, wearing his trademark midnight blue and black, ladies and gentlemen please welcome the PS2"

-Metal Gear Solid 3 (Konami)
-3D Castlevania (Konami)
-Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Konami)
-Chaos Legion (Capcom)
-Resident Evil Online (Capcom)
-Final Fantasy XI (Square/Enix)
-Final Fantasy XII (Square/Enix)
-Dragon Quest VIII (Square/Enix)
-a new installment of the Chrono series (Square/Enix)
-Kingdom Hearts 2 (Square/Enix)
-Star Ocean 3 (Square/Enix)
-a new Medal of Honor (Electronic Arts)
-EA Sports 2004 (Electronic Arts)
-SSX3 (EA BIG)
-a new James Bond 007 game (Electronic Arts)
-Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Electronic Arts
-a LOTR RTS (Electronic Arts)
-GTA4 (Rockstar North)
-Manhunt (Rockstar North)
Gran Turismo 4
Jak and Daxter 2
-Ratchet and Clank 2
-Syphon Filter Online
-Colony Wars Online

Now that list comes curiousity of Stu's rumor report in the Ps2 forum.

"And finally making his way down the ring, the crusierweight of the videogame world, the home of ICONs, the one, the only, the GameCube"

Mario Kart
Mario Tennis
Mario Golf
Mario 128 (well this one is probable)
Mario Party 5(Come on it's become a yearly tradition now)
Viewitiful Joe
P.N 03
Killer 7
Dead Phoenix
Resident Evil 4
Tales of Phantasia
Other Namco RPG
StarFox Armada
Ultimate Muscleman
Gundamn
One Piece Mansion
Sonic Adventure DX
The New Sonic Game (As stated by the dude)
Phantasy Star Online Card Battle
The Factor 5 game
If Factor 5 is working on 2 games as hinted at, the second one
Metroid Prime 2 (If anything they willl probably just hint at it being in development)
Silicion Knights' Next Project
Too Human
Giftpia
GoldStar Mountain (Is this game even still in the making?)
Camelot's RPG (well, it's been hinted at for some long, might as well show it)
HAL's project (I don't think they've done anything for the Cube since SSBM)
1080: Avalanche
F-Zero GC
Wario World
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles
MegaMan EXE Transmission
Zoonami's Project
PikMin 2
Animal Crossing 2
PokeMon GCN
Roll-a-Rama (which has been at shows since like SpaceWorld 2k1?)
Stage Debut
The new Kirby game
The Donkey Kong game, Nintendo is supposedly working on
Nintendo Puzzle Collection
Unity
WWE WrestleMania XIX
Harvest Moon: A Beautiful Life
Lost Kingdoms II

Now that is based on my own speculation from a few weeks ago (One of the vacation I had).

Anyhow, based on these tentative and rumored line-up, who do you think will have the best e3 showing and why?

[GameMaster]

Gamecube because many classics like StarFox (the real StarFox game), MarioKart, Pokémon, etc. are finally going to be making their premiers on the Gamecube. Gamecube's first year out was just a warm-up and time to get settled/adjusted. This year, the Gamecube is going to perform as intended.

[BlueFire]

PS2 because I've been waiting for my next Chrono game forever.

[Jonbo298]

I'm gonna have to say Gamecube because of Animal Crossing 2 and other great exclusives. XBox in a close 2nd.

[BlueFire]

Animal Crossing 2 being confirmed to an offline game kind of disappointed me. We better be able to upload our town in AC2..

[Mushlafa]

Originally posted by GameMaster
Gamecube because many classics like StarFox (the real StarFox game), MarioKart, Pokémon, etc. are finally going to be making their premiers on the Gamecube. Gamecube's first year out was just a warm-up and time to get settled/adjusted. This year, the Gamecube is going to perform as intended.

doubt it..

[Jonbo298]

Originally posted by BLueFire
Animal Crossing 2 being confirmed to an offline game kind of disappointed me. We better be able to upload our town in AC2..

Where did you hear this?:eek: I haven't heard that AC2 is confirmed offline only. Is there a link so that I may see?

[GameMaster]

Originally posted by BLueFire
Animal Crossing 2 being confirmed to an offline game kind of disappointed me. We better be able to upload our town in AC2..

Yes, I'm also very skeptical. Creditable source please?

[gekko]

Originally posted by BLueFire
Animal Crossing 2 being confirmed to an offline game kind of disappointed me. We better be able to upload our town in AC2..

Haha. Uploading = Servers = $$$. You'll be able to play online before you'll have storage space.

Anyway, bad thing about this E3 is I won't be able to play any of the games they show. That sucks. The only thing I really give a damn about is the games that will be out before August.

[BlueFire]

GS: What kind of expectations did you have for Animal Crossing since it was such a different game? Also, in terms of a sequel for Animal Crossing, how do you improve on a game like that?

SM: I really didn’t know at all whether or not the game would be a hit, but I really did think that for the style of gameplay that it offers, it definitely has a place in life and it’s a game that’s suited for everyday life. I came to this conclusion watching my kids play Zelda games with their mother, specifically Majora’s Mask. They would try to help her through it and urge her on, and they would sit there and play for hours on end. My wife complained about the fact that you would have to play for such long periods of time to get anywhere in the game. So the thing I like about Animal Crossing is that it’s a style of game that if you want to play it for a long period of time you can, but at the same time, you can also play it for a few minutes per day.

There are also a lot of families that want to play videogames but they find them too difficult to play. One thing that we’re doing in terms of a sequel is bringing the connectivity features of the North American version to Japan, which didn’t have them originally. I think that expanding on that connectivity and the non-network network style of gaming is one way to expand on the game. That doesn’t mean that it’s going to an online Animal Crossing game, but it will be the Animal Crossing experience with a network style application to it. It will be very difficult.

http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories...1878-3,00.html

[BreakABone]

Originally posted by BLueFire
http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories...1878-3,00.html

Well in defense of his statements, he never claimed the game wouldn't be online nor did he say it was online.

And isn't he a kind man to make a game that his wife could play? I wonder if they pay for it.....

[BlueFire]

I know he didn't say it wouldn't have online capabilities for sure, it just seems like he was diminishing the chances for online plans with AC2..

[Jonbo298]

He's basically saying that it could be on or offline. Cost might be a little problem, but Nintendo needs online with this to drop all skepticism about online gaming.

[nWoCHRISnWo]

I'll probably be interested in the most games for Gamecube, let's see...

X-Box:

-I don't really give a **** about any of the games on that list, maybe "Conker: He Came, He Saw, He Conkered will be video" will be interesting for me...

PS2:

-Metal Gear Solid 3(I don't care too much though)
-3D Castlevania
-Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles(~!!)

GC:

-Mario Kart (Maybe I'll care about it)
-Mario Tennis (Maybe I'll care about it)
-Mario 128 (Maybe...)
-Ultimate Muscleman (Interested in)
-The New Sonic Game(Depends)
-1080: Avalanche
-F-Zero GC
-WWE WrestleMania XIX
-The Donkey Kong game, Nintendo is supposedly working on

I really only care about WM XIX, 1080, Ultimate Muscleman, and F-Zero. I wanna see more **** on those games. I REALLY wanna see a new DK game, but most of all... TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA ****ING TURTLES~!! I can't ****ing WAIT to see this game.

[fingersman]

I gotta say Xbox's line up looks mighty good, this time around.
As well as PS2( I just wanna play those rpgs ) and Gc's line up.


So let me list the games I want to see.

From the Xbox camp
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Fable (Xbox)( I want this to be playable, I want to know if it will live up to the hype)

Ninja Gaiden (Xbox) Old school Nuff said!!

Playable Starcraft:Ghost ..........BTW WHEN DID THIS BECOME AN EXCLUSIVE???

Soul Caliber II

HALO 2 although I'm not a FPS fan.
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From the Ps2 camp



3D Castlevania (Ps2)

Metal Gear Solid 3 ( Ps2) ( I hope it was better than 2.......2 was great........but i liked MGS better for some reason)




Metal Gear Solid 3 (Konami)

3D Castlevania (Konami) WOOT WOOT!! I hope they pul this one off, the one on N64 was ok buttttttt

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Konami) OLD SCHOOL woot woot!!


Dragon Quest VIII (Square/Enix) I gotta see it in action!!

a new installment of the Chrono series (Square/Enix) WOOT WOOT!!!

-Kingdom Hearts 2 (Square/Enix) I didn't get to play the first one, my cousin doesn't buy that much rpg's anymore

-Star Ocean 3 (Square/Enix) YEAHHHHHHHHHHH!!

GTA4 (Rockstar North) Heheheh this is getting to be a yearly tradition now

Gran Turismo 4 ( My friends will pound me to ground if I don't check for this game)
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The Nintendo camp


MARIO KART ( it's about time, this is my game for E3 if they don't show this I will be extremly pissed off ) (GC)

Tales of Phantasia ( it's an rpg so it's brought unless it sucks )

Other Namco RPG

StarFox Armada ( About time they showed this one too)

The Factor 5 game ( I really hope they have a kick butt game, lot's of action of course but if I find out they had to develop that new Wario game I will personally catch a plane to E3 and........ well you know )

Too Human ( 8 years ago there was a game on PS..nuff said)

Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles ( This better be good)

Harvest Moon: A Beautiful Life ( loved the one on SNES)

1080: Avalanche ( meh they better get this one in shape)

P.N 03 ( Meh, I'm not to sure about this one anymore)

Dead Phoenix I like what I have seen so far.

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This E3 is gonna be hot!!!