E3 Final Grades

E3 has come and gone, but it hasn't left our memories... well maybe some parts. However, even the though the event has wrapped up I'm here to give my final grades on each of the companies. From their press events and how well they presented the games they showed, to the games themselves and how cool they look, and my personal thoughts & feelings on each. These are the final grades for each company and the final grade in general for E3 2017.

Nintendo Press Conference Thoughts

In short, While smaller compared to previous years, Nintendo's Showcase was really outstanding. Unlike Bethesda's half-hour showing, this showcase had a good amount of surprises and strong titles that definitely gave Nintendo a strong showing. The only thing that kind of holds it back is the fact that it was only focused on Switch & not touch on 3DS titles like previous Digital Events before it. However, with an amazing look at Mario Odyssey, confirmation of Metroid Prime 4, and many other fun surprises like Rocket League. This showcase is one part of a Nintendo E3 win.

Minor Grade: (B+/A+)

Final Grade: Coming Soon...

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Sony Press Conference Thoughts

In short, Sony had a good Press Conference, but maybe they went a bit too fast with it. While the games they showed looked really fun and while they did have a few surprises, I feel like they weren't as strong as the titles last year. Probably due to the fact that a lot of those titles have been given 2018 releases. Also, there was almost no points of talking between the announcements of the titles, however because there weren't a lot of heavy hitters it felt like Sony was rushing through "smaller" titles, and it felt like something was missing in the conference. While in no means a bad conference, in fact it was actually pretty strong, the titles didn't have the same sense of scale like last year. A real good conference, yet a bit lacking.

Minor Grade: (B-/B+)

Final Grade: Coming Soon...

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Ubisoft Press Conference Thoughts

In short, out of the three 3rd Parties Ubisoft definitely wins. They started strong with officially confirming Mario + Rabbids, had strong surprises throughout the show like the South Park Phone Destroyer & Starlink, and finished strong with Beyond Good & Evil 2. The conference itself was fun, upbeat, and I had a blast watching it. They may have not had Aisha Tyler but they definitely had some of the biggest E3 highlights so far. At least in my opinion. Great Job.

Minor Grade: (A-/A+)

Final Grade: Coming Soon

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Bethesda Press Conference Thoughts

In short, This was Bethesda's version of a Nintendo Direct, except without all of the Nintendo charm. Although points to them for the fun theme park styles and visuals which did add some charm to the presentation. The announcements they made were pretty decent, I liked that we got a look at the Switch version of Skyrim, and I liked that all of the announcements they made are coming this year. However, the idea of "paying for mods" brought the mood down a bit and left fans with confusion on how it works, and most of the stuff we saw were either expansions for old games that have come out, or different versions of older games. While I won't say it was horrible, because of the strong points like Wolfenstein, Evil Within 2, and even Skyrim for Switch, it was definitely not their best E3. 

Minor Grade: (D+/C-)

Final Grade: Coming Soon...

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Microsoft Press Conference Thoughts

In short, while not every game peaked my interest I was very invested by the games shown off by Microsoft. I thought they handled the introduction of the Xbox One X very well and while I don't know about buying that I am definitely thinking on getting one of the games they showed off. All-in-all, very solid conference.

Minor Grade: (B+/A-)

Final Grade: Coming Soon...

Thank you for tuning in & I'll catch you guys next time for Bethesda.

By the way, I want to hear your opinions, whether it be here on the blog post or in the YouTube Comments for these videos, I want to hear how you feel about the conferences.

EA Press Conferences Thoughts

In short, I thought that the conference had some good games, but there weren't a lot of games shown and not a lot that I cared about, one of which was the only Nintendo Switch game shown. So to me, the show felt a bit lackluster. However, moments like Battlefront 2 and A Way Out were definitely high-points that I enjoyed.

Minor Grade: (C+/B-)

Final Grade: coming soon...

Tomorrow: Microsoft & Bethesda

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By the way, I want to hear your opinions, whether it be here on the blog post or in the YouTube Comments for these videos, I want to hear how you feel about the conferences.

Ultra POKEMANZ and Tourneys

On June 6th, Nintendo held a Pokemon Direct, a surprise to most of us considering E3 is a week away, and during that time they announced some interesting things. So today, I'm going to give you guys my thoughts on what they announced and the feedback that has been given to it so lets dive in.

Here's the trailer from the Direct, just in case you missed it.

E3 Thoughts Videos

UPDATE: I've decided to put each video in its own post instead of just placing here, this will also apply the final grading of every conference soon. The post with the EA video will be up in a few minutes. Sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for tuning in.

E3 is almost upon us. This post is where I will give my thoughts about each of the press conferences. However, instead of me writing down tons of words on the blog and expecting you to do that pesky reading thing, which I'm very thankful that you do, I will be posting videos of me talking about the conferences and giving my thoughts on them. Along with that, you get to see my beautiful face.

Ugh... That was a bad joke...

So anyway, I will be posting videos starting Saturday, June 10 because that is when EA has there conference, so you can expect the video some time after that, I will keep updating this post with them so stay tuned and I hope you enjoy the videos. Thanks for keeping up, and I hope you stay tuned. Catch you guys later.