With E3 a little less than a month away, the rumor
mill around the video game world has started buzzing, in which some news has
already been confirmed before the press conferences have begun. With confirmed titles like Gears of War and
Uncharted already in the works to the annual rumor about Nintendo making a new
Zelda game for its respective home console, this year’s E3 is shaping up to be
one of if not the biggest E3 in recent years.
All of the companies have promised us that they are going to come out firing
with games upon games upon games, and why not, a year after the revealing of
the new generation of systems between Sony and Microsoft and the fact that
Nintendo is releasing quite possibly its most popular franchise on 3ds and the
Wii U later this year, the 3 way battle for video game supremacy is hotter than
ever. Of course gamers want to see
titles that have yet to be revealed, or something that will peak their interest
on upcoming titles that is the whole point of E3 and that’s why gamers look forward
to this event every year. With that
being said these are the top 5 things I think gamers would like to see at this
year’s E3 press conferences (digital event for Nintendo).
We are already a couple weeks into 2014 and gamers right now
are still enjoying all of the launch titles that the Xbox one and Playstation 4
have provided along with the Wii u and the great titles they released this past
holiday season. However with the
successes that these systems are having there is much more to come not just
from these companies but from many other companies including valve who is on
the brink of releasing their steam system and Bethesda who has been the brunt
of many rumors throughout the end of 2013 into 2014. Although most gamers know exactly what is
going to be released this year and what possible news to expect, we all get
shocked when the unexpected does happen.
So in honor of the unexpected I thought it would be interesting to try
and predict these moments because “it could happen,” now keep in mind that some
of these are long shots of happening but this is about the unexpected which
means anything can happen; so with that being said here are my 5 “it could
happen moments of 2014.”
In the last 15 years there have been many franchises
that gamers consider to stand out on their own.
Games like this usually offer a unique aspect to their genre or gameplay
that has inspired other games to be made. One franchise that accomplished both
these feats is Super Smash Bros. Since
its release in 1999, Smash Bros. has become one of the perennial franchises for
Nintendo. I have talked to various
gamers about Smash Bros and many of them said it is the reason why they own a
Nintendo System (mostly with Melee for Gamecube and Brawl for Wii). Other games like TMNT Smash up and Playstation
All-stars Battle Royale tried to “join the battle” but were unable to match
Smash Bros’ success. Smash Bros has
turned the fighting genre upside down and created an experience unlike any
other.
