Will this year's E3 be a big one for gamers?
Yes, but not nearly as big as E3 2001, or E3 2000 (the first playable unvielings of Xbox/GCN, and PS2 respectively). E3's are always bigger with new hardware around, and no, that dammned Phantom doesn't count.
Which system will have the biggest showing? Which one(s) will look pale in comparison?
Contrary to popular belief here, I DON'T think RPG's will make any one system have a more bigger showing than another (as has proved with recent E3's). I personally think PS2's E3 will be the best because of all the RPG's announced and/or playable, but we all know it takes that Halo/Rogue Leader/Metroid Prime/Grand Theft Auto stunner to make a mudhole impression at E3, and that's what it will take this year.
Honestly, I believe Xbox will have a more impressive showing this year based on Rare alone. If Kameo is anything like the GCN version, it will wow onlookers, and even video trailers of possible-but-not-official Rare games will cause more to drool. Combine this with playable Doom 3, Halo 2 anything (they could just be bobbleheads and they'd still bring hype), the first potentially successful exclusive Xbox RPG's (True Fantasy Live, Fable, KOTOR), and you've got enough hype there to wow even the most jaded Xbox owner (yes, even me).
PS2 will, as always, promote stuff not made by SCEJ/SCEA, and Naughty Dog/Insomniac's sequels will more or less dominate crowds in the Sony booth, except for the occaisional FFXII fan that hasn't the slightest that the game may be multiplatform (as FFXI already is). True, FFX-2 or X-3 may wow attendees, but Sony won't boast them nearly as much as they have in the past, and this could finally result to a less-than-stellar outing for Square. I also expect alot less online announcements (since only Capcom and EA seem to support it rather religiously as far as announcements are concerned), while they quietly phase it out until they come up with a good way to make FFXI sell in the states considering EverQuest Online Adventures all but succeeded. Then of course, there's this lass named
Lara Croft...
Nintendo will have a few surprises, namely whether or not Mario Kart will indeed be a LAN based game (I see dozens of Gamespy Arcade hacks already materializing at the thought of an ethernet-based Nintendo game not online). Then there's the sequel list- Animal Crossing 2, Pikmin 2, Metroid Prime 2, Mario 128, The Next-Next Zelda, Donkey Kong, Wario, 1080 and Pokemon. GBA stuff, Too Human and other M-rated games, Killer 7, PN03, RE4, and whether or not Madden 2004 will be online as a plus to GBA linkup will be the talk of Nintendo town this year, as well as the rumored 64-bit successor to the GBA running on miniature optical discs...
Which development team will wow us the most?
Depends on which games will be there...in a perfect world without delays/no-shows:
-Nintendo for Mario Kart Online
-Silicon Knights for Too Human
-LionHead Studios for Fable/BC
-Square/Enix for DragonQuest 9/Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Episodes/Final Fantasy XII
-EA for Madden 2004 GCN Online
-id Software for Doom 3-period
-Retro Studios for Metroid Prime 2 and a ressurrected Raven Blade
Will you fall under the spell of the media?
Yes, provided that the above perfect world exists in any respects during E3 and they cover it.
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