E308: Highlights from Nintendo's keynote

by Alisha Karabinus { Jul 15th 2008 at 1:30PM }

This year's Nintendo conference at E3 felt much too short, but was packed with some really great announcements. Did you really expect a DS Grand Theft Auto game? But in case you missed the show, or simply prefer an abridged version, here are the highlights. Read our live reactions here, or check out Joystiq's liveblog if you're feeling adventurous.

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars brings Liberty City to our favorite handheld, and on a brand new engine, too!
Guitar Hero: On Tour Decades is the DS's answer to the next iteration of the smash franchise (and will use the Guitar Grip)
The Cooking Guide is set for a US release this year -- November, to be exact.

Aaaaand ... other than a mention of Pokémon Ranger, that's it! All big news, but not exactly on the level we expected.

Tags: chinatown-wars, cooking-guide, e3-2008, e308, grand-theft-auto, guitar-hero, on-tour-decades, recap

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

aj @ Jul 15th 2008 1:54PM

I knew there wouldn't be a DS redesign.

Nigeria: SSBB: 0731-6347-2110 @ Jul 15th 2008 2:00PM

I'm glad there wasn't no DS redesign, but I am a little disheartened. None of those games really interest me and I suppose Nintendo considers them to be the "marquee" acts.

But, never fear, Sonic's here! We still have Sonic Chronicles which will be the best game this winter, so all is not lost.

At least it wasn't as deflating as the Wii announcements.

Brian @ Jul 15th 2008 2:06PM

Terrible.

Nintendo is too busy counting their money to come out with content their customers can enjoy; they won't be seeing anymore of my money anytime soon.

RupeeClock @ Jul 15th 2008 2:09PM

I'll admit, I'm a bit interested in Pok�mon Ranger, but I knew this would be coming sooner or later anyway.

They even had a special episode of pok�mon in japan, it's focused around a Riolu that can use aura sphere (something that it can't normally use until it evolves into Lucario.)

This years E3 was a disappointment for sure, I'm hoping some interesting news will come up tomorrow though.

On a side note, this is wii music:
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/640/wiimusicfj3.jpg

Ouch @ Jul 15th 2008 2:10PM

Im pretty sad. My DS broke back in march and I was hoping there would be a redesign so I don't have to buy a Lite to find the redesign right around the corner.

Matt G. @ Jul 15th 2008 2:16PM

Well, you certainly know how to make something sound way better than it actually was. I guess we can all get excited about a GTA DS, but other than that the whole conference, especially including the Wii parts, was very underwhelming and disappointing. I mean, is it that hard these days to come up with new, original exciting games? Why must they cater to the casual so much? I just feel like this is the start of the end of video games as we used to know and love them.

Psy @ Jul 15th 2008 2:30PM

There doesn't deserve to be a news post called "Highlights from Nintendo's keynote".

TheCoats @ Jul 15th 2008 2:36PM

I was watching it live on the gamespot site with some frineds and yes they didn't anounce what we all thought but i personaly am excited about the GTA DS and the new GH game that will have the capability to exchange songs between the games.......I wasn't dissapointed exept for the whole spore thing - it sounds like it will be FC's not a global exchange for new creatures (i hope I am wrong)