2004 E3 shows promise on all home-console fronts
Tom Bennett
Issue date: 5/21/04 Section: Entertainment
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Every May, the gaming industry releases a fury of items for gamers to drool over at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, commonly referred to as E3. The event, which is only open to members of the gaming industry, officially started May 11 with company conferences, and the expo itself was May 12-15. Four years ago, the current wave of consoles - Sony's Playstation 2, Nintendo's Gamecube and Microsoft's Xbox - appeared and took over the home gaming scene. That was four years ago, however, and the game scene usually would be slowing down as the public awaits the next wave of consoles, which should be available next year. That was not entirely the case, however, as some of the most beautiful sequels to ever grace E3 were on display last week.
Nintendo
Moments before the end of their conference, Nintendo announced they had one more game to show. This game promptly called all of those eager members of the press back to their seats, as some familiar music hit the speakers. The announced sequel to the acclaimed Legend of Zelda: The Windwaker was shown to the public, and the old cartoonist feel of the Zelda series is gone. As Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of the Zelda games, stated, Link has grown up and is similar to the demo shown at Space World 2000. The video shown at the conference showcased Link attacking enemies with his sword while both Link and his enemies were on horseback. The next chapter in the Legend of Zelda is set to come out next year on the Gamecube.
Nintendo also had on display the curious Nintendo DS, set to be released this fall. The new handheld, which seems to have an initial price of around $200, will feature dual screens, built-in wireless, voice recognition, backwards compatibility with Game Boy games, a rechargeable battery and a slightly better processor than the Nintendo 64. One of the two screens will also be touch sensitive, much like a PDA, of which it much have some functions. Wow, Nintendo, wow.
Meanwhile, Nintendo announced that Majesco will be making off-the-shelf video cartridges for the Game Boy Advance.
Nintendo
Moments before the end of their conference, Nintendo announced they had one more game to show. This game promptly called all of those eager members of the press back to their seats, as some familiar music hit the speakers. The announced sequel to the acclaimed Legend of Zelda: The Windwaker was shown to the public, and the old cartoonist feel of the Zelda series is gone. As Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of the Zelda games, stated, Link has grown up and is similar to the demo shown at Space World 2000. The video shown at the conference showcased Link attacking enemies with his sword while both Link and his enemies were on horseback. The next chapter in the Legend of Zelda is set to come out next year on the Gamecube.
Nintendo also had on display the curious Nintendo DS, set to be released this fall. The new handheld, which seems to have an initial price of around $200, will feature dual screens, built-in wireless, voice recognition, backwards compatibility with Game Boy games, a rechargeable battery and a slightly better processor than the Nintendo 64. One of the two screens will also be touch sensitive, much like a PDA, of which it much have some functions. Wow, Nintendo, wow.
Meanwhile, Nintendo announced that Majesco will be making off-the-shelf video cartridges for the Game Boy Advance.
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