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Editorials   E303 Nintendo Press Conference Impressions
- By Lander Clinton

Nintendo's president Satoru Iwata gave a very different and impressive speech to wrap up his freshman year as head of Nintendo.

His speech basically went: We're number 2 (they had world-wide stats), here's what we've done wrong, now don't count us out. It was followed up with games and other speakers. I'm still impressed that Nintendo would admit that it's made mistakes, something former president Yamauchi would never have done. To me Iwata shows more confidence in his company when he freely recognizes mistakes, such as not embracing 3rd parties, not showing a compelling reason for GC-GBA connectivity, and not launching enough GameCube software at certain parts of the year.

He continued by illustrating how Nintendo plans to address each of these problems. Nintendo has made many deals with 3rd parties for exclusive games, which will pick up the software lag when Nintendo doesn't have a game. Iwata also said that over 20 games playable at E3 will feature new ways to connect GameCube and Game Boy Advance (well, it's still the same wire connecting them...)

These games include Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles, Pac-Man, and a new Zelda: Four Swords that plays on GameCube with "Link to the Past" graphics. The Zelda game's overworld is displayed on the television screen, and any house or cave the players go into must be played on the GBA. The video shown gave no indication if there would be actual dungeons or if it was just a collect-treasure-Gauntlet game.

Miyamoto's Pac-Man project was another connectivity highlight, with regular Pac-Man on the GBA and 3 players as ghosts on the TV screen. It seemed like a really fun Mario Party type mini-game, but not worth $50 on its own. Speaking of the video-drinking-game, the 5th Mario Party was not announced, but had screenshots in Nintendo's press catalog. The game will have over 60 new minigames.

Nintendo uncharacteristically highlighted 3rd party games much more than its own, but only those that were exclusive to GameCube. Rogue Squadron 3 (incredible), Billy Hatcher, Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 4, Viewtiful Joe, and others got special recognition, while Kirby's Air Ride was no where to be found. There was no mention of Mario 128, Game Zero, or the rumored Fear, Miyamoto's latest where you play as a young boy trying to overcome various fears.

StarFox Armada was totally unimpressive graphically. The Lylat system seems to have an abundance of fog, and the character models seem on par with Smash Bros. Melee, no where near the furry StarFox Adventures. The multiplayer modes, which will probably be playable tomorrow, look to offer a bunch of different styles of play, including some players in Arwings and some giving ground support.

Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, which is due to come out next month, was neglected from Nintendo's press conference, but was included in the press catalog. I'm not sure how they expect us to buy it sight-unseen. I'm guessing black cloths will be covering the screens tomorrow, but they'll say "You are having fun."

In other news, Killer 7 still looks amazing, but only had a few screenshots in the press catalog.

Look for loads more impressions tomorrow from the show floor.