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codePhoenix · #1 (**permalink**) 05-13-2003, 05:47 PM

©odePhoenix here...your official Bluegoop E3 news guy...I'll be delivering the news straight to this thread, but PLEASE, keep all discussion outside of this thread (it will be locked to ensure that).

This is the thread I'll be using to update with news on E3. Stick with me for more information on Nintendo @ E3 2003.

codePhoenix · #2 (**permalink**) 05-13-2003, 08:11 PM

Mario Golf Screens:
Alright...some fresh new screens of Mario Golf for the GameCube have come in, courtesy of GamerFeed...let's check them out:

For some reason, this makes me think that this is what the character model in Mario 128 will look like.

Something in this one looks familiar...not quite sure on what, though.

This game is shaping up to look incredible! The character models look tight in it! For more E3 updates, keep with the ©odePhoenix update, only at BlueGoop!

codePhoenix · #3 (**permalink**) 05-13-2003, 08:13 PM

New Star Fox Details:
Formally known as Star Fox Armada, the new Star Fox game is being developed by the people at Namco...here's the latest on the game:

Quote:

From GamerFeed:
Team Star Fox is back for their most intense combat yet as they engage a new threat by air and by land!

A few years after disaster was narrowly averted on Dinosaur Planet, Lylat Central Command gets wind of a new threat spreading throughout the solar system. The Star Fox team is sent to engage this new enemy, but what begins as a standard combat mission quickly takes a drastic turn... Classic team members Fox McCloud, Slippy Toad, Peppy Hare, and Falco Lombardi join forces with some new faces to create the most formidable team in the history of this celebrated series: the Star Fox armada! Players choose how they want to proceed through missions by choosing to battle in an Arwing, in a Landmaster Tank, or on foot! With several multiplayer options -- including four-player split-screen battles and a "wingman" cooperative system -- this game gives true meaning to the word "armada"!

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codePhoenix · #4 (**permalink**) 05-13-2003, 08:27 PM

Rumor Report: The Legend of Zelda: Tetra's Trackers
On another website that I frequently visit, I found a post that had a link to the Nintendo Press room...and, I went to it, and clicked on Games > GameCube. I was scrolling down the list, and 2 Zelda games caught my eye...The Legend of Zelda: The Four Swords, and The Legend of Zelda: Tetra's Trackers. While I myself can't confirm that this has been or is even planned on being announced, this was indeed the press site for Nintendo, and it was on the list. We should be expecting to see more of this at E3, which begins tomorrow, if indeed, this is a true fact.

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_edit:
This has been confirmed!

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From Nintendo's Press Site:
Tetra, the leader of the pirates, has put forth a challenge: Link must race his way through various settings, collecting stamps from Tetra’s pirate cohorts. To rise to the challenge, he will have to use all his exploration and navigation skills. Accepting this hefty task, players search for pirates placed strategically around Pirate Island and receive a stamp from each one as proof that they actually found them. Pirates must be found in the correct order, so players rely upon map information and hints provided by Tetra through the fabled Pirate’s Charm. Up to four players compete to see how many stamps they can collect before time runs out.

Features
Experience a new level of connectivity between Nintendo GameCube and Game Boy Advance. Compete against one another to prove your skills as trackers.

Control four different colored versions of Link, from the Legend of Zelda series, including characters from The Legend of Zelda®: The Wind Waker™. Tetra, the young leader of the pirates, guides you as you race to gather stamps from her pirate followers.

Use the Game Boy Advance as a game screen and a controller, and race against up to three friends. Exclusive information appears on each player’s screen, while Tetra guides the group along the way with cues that appear on Nintendo GameCube.

I have some images, too:

It looks like there's going to be some connectivity between GCN-GBA with Tetra's Trackers...

codePhoenix · #5 (**permalink**) 05-13-2003, 08:41 PM

2 New Mario Games for GBA:
Well...one's brand new, the other is a port of an NES classic. In Nintendo's Press Kit, distributed at E3 today, a game called Mario and Luigi was announced, as well as Super Mario Advance 4. Here's the info on Mario and Luigi:

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From GamerFeed:
As part of Nintendo's press kit, Nintendo has announced a new GBA game called Mario & Luigi. The game description is as follows:

An epic unfolds in a strange new land as Mario and Luigi team up for a hilarious, action-packed quest!

An evil witch has stolen Princess Peach's voice, replacing her fair speech with explosives! As chaos breaks out in the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario and Luigi head for the castle and meet Bowser, who had just arrived to kidnap the princess. When they find out what happened, these sworn enemies join forces and follow the witch to a neighboring kingdom. The residents of this new land prize humor and laughter above all else, so the brothers' adventure quickly takes on a wacky tone. As they explore, a unique simultaneous-control setup lets you control each brother separately or team them up for super-moves. With the involved story and experience system of a role-playing game, the jumping challenges of a platformer, and an all-new, reflex-testing battle system, this game is an adventure like no other."

The press kit includes five screenshots that we should have in the immediate future, although it clearly utilizes the Paper Mario graphics style, with the typical vibrant color palette we all expect from a Mario game. Familiar enemies return as well, including the dinosaurs from Super Mario World, along with a new set of enemies.

And now, for information regarding Super Mario Advance 4:

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From GamerFeed:
The best-selling game of all time, Super Mario Bros. 3, makes its portable debut with all-new features!

Bowser and his bratty, troublemaking kids have plunged the land into chaos by transforming all the local kings into animals, and it's up to Mario and Luigi to stop them! In what many consideer to be the best Mario game ever, you'll have to run, jump, and stomp on enemies through eight enormous worlds as you use awesome new power-ups like the Warp Whistle and the Frog and Tanooki Suits. The epic platformer spans the land, sea, and sky, and it's only the beginning of the fun to be found on this Game Pak. Players can add cool new features with the Card e-Reader or link up with friends for multiplayer mayhem with the original Mario Bros. game. Any way you play, it's one of Mario's greatest adventures -- and it's all in the palm of your hand!"

As always, the same multiplayer game returns, although we don't have any more details on the e-Card Reader. However, Nintendo clearly plans to release more cards in the future.

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codePhoenix · #6 (**permalink**) 05-13-2003, 08:47 PM

MGS: Twin Snakes: What Exactly is it?
Well...the rumors have been suggesting that Silicon Knights has been developing it, and that it's just a remake of MGS. Well, GamerFeed did a good job figuring out exactly what it was that was going on with this game, and here's what they finally discovered:

"Hideo Kojima has achieved worldwide recognition and awards for the original Metal Gear Solid and Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, and now he's rolling the essence of both games into one in this magnificent game."

There...it's not even a remake! Look for impressions from someone at the show floor tomorrow, and stay with ©odePhoenix's E3 thread for more E3 updates.

codePhoenix · #7 (**permalink**) 05-14-2003, 04:22 AM

New Star Fox 2 Images:
As we all know, Star Fox Armada is now known as Star Fox 2, and is being developed by the folks at Namco. Here, we have some all new information on the game, plus, a crapload of images.

Quote:

From GamerFeed:
Team Star Fox is back for their most intense combat yet as they engage a new threat by air and by land!

A few years after disaster was narrowly averted on Dinosaur Planet, Lylat Central Command gets wind of a new threat spreading throughout the solar system. The Star Fox team is sent to engage this new enemy, but what begins as a standard combat mission quickly takes a drastic turn... Classic team members Fox McCloud, Slippy Toad, Peppy Hare, and Falco Lombardi join forces with some new faces to create the most formidable team in the history of this celebrated series: the Star Fox armada! Players choose how they want to proceed through missions by choosing to battle in an Arwing, in a Landmaster Tank, or on foot! With several multiplayer options -- including four-player split-screen battles and a "wingman" cooperative system -- this game gives true meaning to the word "armada"!

The game still looks early by the screenshots posted in the press kit, although it clearly shows a lot of the same multiplayer gameplay we saw in Star Fox 64, namely in the on-foot bazooka blasting and combat between Landmaster Tanks and Arwings. The game, according to Miyamoto, is slated for 2004.

Now, for the images:

Oh look, it's Krystal!

These screens and all this info came directly from GamerFeed. For more E3 Updates, check out this thread periodically.

codePhoenix · #8 (**permalink**) 05-14-2003, 04:25 AM

Mario and Luigi Re-unite!

From GamerFeed:
An epic unfolds in a strange new land as Mario and Luigi team up for a hilarious, action-packed quest!

An evil witch has stolen Princess Peach's voice, replacing her fair speech with explosives! As chaos breaks out in the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario and Luigi head for the castle and meet Bowser, who had just arrived to kidnap the princess. When they find out what happened, these sworn enemies join forces and follow the witch to a neighboring kingdom. The residents of this new land prize humor and laughter above all else, so the brothers' adventure quickly takes on a wacky tone. As they explore, a unique simultaneous-control setup lets you control each brother separately or team them up for super-moves. With the involved story and experience system of a role-playing game, the jumping challenges of a platformer, and an all-new, reflex-testing battle system, this game is an adventure like no other."

There were a few screens, too. Courtesy of GamerFeed:

For more E3 Updates, check out this thread periodically. All news, screenshots, and impressions come from GamerFeed.

codePhoenix · #9 (**permalink**) 05-14-2003, 05:03 AM

Alright...I had a crapload of images, and I tried to post them all, but, it said there was too many...and, I wanted to copy/paste it all into 2 posts, but, when I hit back on my browser, ALL OF THEM WERE GONE, so I won't post them all...not until this afternoon at least.

codePhoenix · #10 (**permalink**) 05-14-2003, 03:33 PM

From GamerFeed: Rogue Squadron 3 Impressions
Here, from GamerFeed, I have some impressions of Rogue Squadron 3.

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From Andy Cheng, GamerFeed Reporter:
I just had an opportunity to check out Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike. It follows in the same vein of the previous Rogue Squadron titles with the space and atmospheric missions, but now features new ground-based elements to the levels.

The most stunning level I played was set in the forest moon of Endor and had you cruising around with, you guessed it, speeder bikes. The visuals looked unbelievably fantastic, with lush forestry and superb lighting. The sensation of speed is right-on; it's pretty intense to be dodging around, below, and above all the trees while simultaneously blasting the stormtroopers on bikes.

The familiar Hoth level is still present, although there's a new twist with it in that you start out on foot with a gun and can shoot snowtroopers. You also get a chance to re-experience the movie when you shoot a grappling hook onto the underside of the AT-AT, whip out your lightsaber to cut a hole, and throw in a thermal detonator to destroy it.

The other two levels involved space and atmospheric combat, one set in an asteroid field and the other above the forests of Yavin 4. I didn't get a chance to try these, but the gameplay basics seemed to be the same as the previous Rogue Squadron titles.

What's pretty cool is that clips directly from the real movie are integrated into gameplay as transitions. They serve their purpose well in providing a break in between the action.

Some of the demo units had two controllers set up to show off the multiplayer capabilities, but unfortunately the one I was at only had single player. Stay tuned for a more in-depth impression of Rebel Strike later on in the show.

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