Wii are not amused

So that's Nintendo's E3 conference over with. New Mario, new Zelda, new Donkey Kong, new Metroid, new Kirby, new Kid Icarus and the new 3DS.

Ahh there's nothing like Nintendo to bring back all the cynicism usually reserved for the most jaded of games journalists. Maybe it's the time I spent on CUBE and having to put up with Mario's stupid face going "It's-a me!" on the cover nearly every month. Or maybe it's the fact that Nintendo still hasn't come up with a new character in what seems like forever.

In some ways Nintendo has regressed it seems. Take new Donkey Kong Country - it's the same as old Donkey Kong Country. And new Kirby is old Kirby albeit with a texture gimmick. And new Goldeneye?! Really? Lets party like it's 1997!

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But then there is the new 3DS, which doesn't need 3D glasses and has a slider so you can turn the 3D-ness up and down. Maybe I'm lacking in imagination, and having not played it yet, but I still can't work out how it's going to... work.

Overall then it was another Nintendo E3 press conference, and no one has been excited about them since 2004 when they unveiled Legend OF Zelda: Twilight Princess.

Sony's conference is on soon, I'm hoping for giant enemy crabs with weak spot that you can hit for massive damage! Etc.