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Not-E3 2022 Schedule and Hopes

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Jun 062022

It’s that time of year again… sort of. E3 2022 was cancelled, but companies have once again picked early June to hold their showcases as usual. So another Not-E3 is upon us, and here’s what the schedule looks like!

Not-E3 2022 Schedule

June 6
Limited Run Games – 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET

June 9
Summer Game Fest – 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET
Devolver Digital Marketing Countdown to Marketing 2022 – 3 PM PT / 6 PM ET

June 10
Netflix Geeked Week 2022 Games Showcase – 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
Tribeca Games Spotlight – 12 PM PT / 3 PM ET
Freedom Games Summer Showcase – 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET

June 11
Guerrilla Collective – 8 AM PT / 11 AM ET
Wholesome Direct – 9:30 AM PT / 12:30 PM ET
Future Games Show – 12 PM PT / 3 PM ET

June 12
Xbox & Bethesda – 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
PC Gaming Show – 12:30 PM PT / 3:30 PM ET

June 13
Capcom – 3 PM PT / 6 PM ET

June 14
Xbox Games Showcase 2022 Extended – 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET

Some of the usual showcase are missing from this year’s current lineup, most notably Nintendo, Sony, Ubisoft, and EA. Ubisoft and EA are confirmed not to have showcases planned for this period of time, but the other two are unknown. A lot of places are counting Sony’s State of Play last week as the kick-off of “E3” season, but even though it had some exciting announcements, it wasn’t on the level of an E3 show so I didn’t include it. Here’s hoping Nintendo announces a Nintendo Direct soon!

Not-E3 2022 Hopes

With the schedule more or less set, there are a few games I’d love to see.

First off, Bayonetta 3. It’s supposed to come out this year, so getting a Nintendo Direct with a release date would be fantastic. Another trailer might also clear up some of the questions the previous trailer left us with.

Next, since we only got the tiniest update on the next Yakuza game at their stage show in April, I’d love to see an official reveal of Yakuza 8 or something else from RGG Studio (*cough* Kenzan and Ishin localizations *cough*). Sega is confirmed to be at Summer Games Fest, so here’s hoping.

Capcom is also included in the Summer Games Fest list, so between that and the potential for a Nintendo Direct, I have my fingers crossed for Ace Attorney news, be it Ace Attorney 7 or something else (we never did find out the meaning of that strange Apollo Justice trademark). Update: Capcom has now announced its own showcase, although it says it’ll be about previously announced titles. Here’s hoping, nevertheless…

And I might as well include last year’s pipe dreams, one of which (Crossbell localization) became reality in the meantime.

What are you hoping to see from this year’s not-technically-E3 showcases? Do you think we’ll get a Nintendo Direct announcement soon?

E3 2021 Part 10: An Exciting Nintendo Direct!

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Jun 152021

Summer Game Fest 2021
Koch Primetime
IGN Expo Livestream
Guerrilla Collective Day 2
Wholesome Direct 2021
Ubisoft Forward
Devolver Forwarder
Gearbox Entertainment
Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase
Square Enix Presents
PC Gaming Show
Future Games Show
Limited Run Games
Capcom
Nintendo Direct

Nintendo Direct

Today was the Nintendo Direct, the final show of E3 2021, and I was hopeful that it would rise above the recent lackluster shows.

They started with the latest character being added to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Kazuya from the Tekken series. Then they announced that Life is Strange Remastered Collection and True Colors are both coming to the Switch (with an animated trailer that had me curious at first, but that’s just the trailer).

After seeing Guardians of the Galaxy again and then Worms Rumble, we got to see Astria Ascending. I’ve been intrigued by Astria Ascending since it was first announced. It’s a console remake of a mobile JRPG, and I think it looks pretty interesting. It’ll be out on September 30, right after all the other games I’m looking forward to this year.

Two Point Campus was shown again, followed by the announcement of Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania, which leaked earlier this week. It’s a remastered collection of the first three Super Monkey Ball games.

Then they announced a new Mario Party game! Mario Party Superstars brings together 5 boards and 100 minigames from the series, with both local and online play, and I’m kinda interested even though I’m not much of a multiplayer person. I’ve had fun with Mario Party.

They followed that by saying they don’t have anything to show about Metroid Prime 4 just yet… but instead they announced Metroid Dread, a new 2D Metroid game and the next mainline game. It looks so good, and I want it. It comes out on October 8, which at least gives me a little breathing room after the rush of games.

(So far, I’ve only played Metroid Fusion, but I want to play more Metroid games.)

Just Dance 2022 and Cruis’n Blast were shown next, followed by the much-rumored announcement that Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot is coming to the Switch along with its A New Power Awakens DLC. The rumors of this port kept being denied, but now it’s official! I was actually tempted to buy Kakarot a few times, but kept holding off because of the Switch rumors. It’ll be out on September 24, of course, on top of everything else I’m looking forward to.

Mario Golf: Super Rush got a new trailer, and so did Monster Hunter Stories 2. The world in Monster Hunter Stories 2 looks beautiful, and I’m excited for it.

There’s also going to be a new WarioWare game called WarioWare: Get It Together!

Then they showed the new trailer for Shin Megami Tensei V, including its leaked release date of November 12 (11 in Japan). I’ve never played a mainline SMT game, but it looks pretty cool. I’m tempted to try the series sometime.

Danganronpa is also coming to the Switch in a special collection called Danganronpa Decadence, which includes all three games and the new expanded spin-off Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp.

Now, one of my specific hopes for this E3 was that we’d get some Fatal Frame news. I was hoping for a new entry, a collection of the older games, or at least for Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water to escape dying on the Wii U. And I got my wish, because Maiden of Black Water is actually coming to all major platforms later this year!

They showed some stuff for Doom Eternal, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 & 2, and Strange Brigade, then showed Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope again.

Next… Advance Wars is back? Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp is a remake of the first two games, and it’ll be out on December 3. I tried the first Advance Wars and couldn’t really get into it, but I’m happy for all the fans who were hoping this series would be revived.

They ended with Legend of Zelda news: a look at the Age of Calamity DLC, a new trailer for Skyward Sword HD, the announcement of a special Legend of Zelda Game & Watch system, and then the moment most people were waiting for, a new trailer for the sequel to Breath of the Wild.

Personally, I couldn’t stick with Breath of the Wild and the new trailer does nothing to convince people, but I know people are really excited for it.

Phew, what a Nintendo Direct! No sign of Bayonetta 3 or a new game from Monolith Soft, which were my top hopes, but we’ve got a Fatal Frame port, a new Metroid game, and lots of other exciting announcements! As far as I’m concerned, this Nintendo Direct was a success and the best show of E3 2021.

Bandai Namco’s show is apparently just going to be House of Ashes, so that’s it for our E3 2021 coverage! I’ll be watching the Nintendo Treehouse gameplay segments, so I’ll write a new post if they reveal anything that I should have included here.

What did you think of E3 2021 and the Nintendo Direct?

E3 2021 Part 9: Limited Run Games and Capcom

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Jun 142021

Limited Run Games

Today was the day Limited Run Games had its E3 presentation, so they announced physical print editions of a wide variety of games, starting with Zombies Ate My Neighbors & Ghoul Patrol, Superhot, and Double Dragon & Kunio-kun: Retro Brawler Bundle.

After that, they not only announced a physical run of River City Girls, but also River City Girls Zero and River City Girls 2. I believe Zero is a new localization, while 2 is a completely new game.

The next game shown for a physical run was Strife: Veteran Edition, and then they got my attention by going through a series of trailers for all the Shantae games. I thought this was going to be the announcement of a Shantae collection, but it was actually for PS5 releases. The first Shantae is also coming to the PS4. As far as I can tell, they’re going to be separate releases, not a collection.

BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites was next, and I didn’t even know BloodRayne was still around.

Then came Haven, Skatebird, Huntdown, Axiom Verge 2, The Takeover, Dusk, and one game near and dear to my heart – Republique: Anniversary Edition. Why am I so fond of Republique when I haven’t actually played it? Because the Republique Kickstarter is one of the first things I ever blogged about. Hey, maybe I’ll get the Limited Run release!

Going Under, One Step From Eden, RWBY: Grimm Eclipse Definitive Edition, and RetroMania Wrestling came next, followed by Castlevania: Symphony of the Night & Rondo of Blood for the PS4 and an unexpected announcement of the original Rondo of Blood for the TurboDuo, being localized for the first time.

They followed that with the Contra Anniversary Collection and ended with Plumbers Don’t Wear Ties.

Capcom

Capcom had an E3 show this year, and they’d announced ahead of time that it would include Resident Evil Village, Monster Hunter Stories 2, Monster Hunter Rise, and The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles. Since two of those games are actually out, I figured they’d announce some new content.

Well… they confirmed Village is getting DLC. They didn’t show anything, just said they’ve started working on it. The multiplayer game Re:Verse is also launching next month.

Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin got a nice new trailer and confirmation that a demo is coming on June 25. It’ll also get an update adding Palamute on July 15.

The Monster Hunter Rise section featured information about its next update, due out on June 24.

Finally, it was time for The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, and while they didn’t announce anything new, they provided a new trailer as well as a lengthy look at the gameplay. In fact, that was the most positive thing about this show for me – they spent such a long time on Ace Attorney that maybe they really do consider it one of their big series now.

I’m honestly pretty surprised that they spent that much time on Ace Attorney.

Anyway, then they talked about eSports for a while before ending. So… that was a pretty lackluster show, even with the expectations I went in with.

But hey, we still have Nintendo’s E3 show tomorrow, along with Bandai Namco’s! Maybe they’ll bring some surprises. Stay tuned!

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