This year, I didn't watch much of the E3 coverage. Actually, come to think of it, I didn't "watch" any of it. I read a play-by-play of Nintendo's conference on Joystiq, haha. And from what I read, I have to say it was way better than last year's. I was glad not to own a Wii after last year, but now, I'm jealous. I love me some Mario platforming and now I'm missing out on two new ones. Oh well, I'm sure I'll catch Super Mario Galaxy 2 someday.

I already knew about the localization of Layton 2 (thank God!), but I was VERY shocked and surprised to learn about Golden Sun DS. Has anyone else seen the "on the floor" gameplay vid on Youtube? The graphics of the characters and enemies in-battle are phenomenal. Unless it's because of the blurriness or the brightness of the vid itself, I have to say that has to be the best DS graphics I've ever seen. Crisp PS2 equivalent, I'd say. What I love is that it seems like every other AAA DS title that comes around pushes that "best DS graphics ever" line further and further from where it first started, from where many in the beginning thought it wouldn't get far. As someone who LOVED the first two, I'm ecstatic. I didn't buy many original GBA games back in the day (most of my collection consists of remakes and ports), so that goes to show how fantastic they are. Yum yum.

Now, for all those people out there that are saying the Nintendo conference was awful, consider this. What makes an E3 press conference great? I think it's the announcements of new tech and new games that no one knew of prior. In that respect, I can't see how Nintendo bombed this year. Save for Spirit Tracks and Wii Sports Resort, what other games presented did the general public know about beforehand? None, if I recall correctly. So I'd say it was a great conference. Maybe people are just so used to putting down the Wii.

And that's all I've got to say at the moment. :)