Hello All my Fellow Bloggers / Followers / & Gamers,

So I got me an Arcade Block! I had to it had stuff for The Legend of Zelda in it how could I pass it up! It was an amazing block! Not gonna bore you with the small details so watch the video!

-Keith

Hello my Fellow Followers/ Bloggers / & Gamers,

So let me start this post with the obvious. I have heard the rumors it has blown up the internet probably more then Kim Kardashian’s naked body. That apparently Netflix and Nintendo are talking about bringing The Legend of Zelda as a possible series on Netflix. So let me start with saying I am as giddy as a school boy when it comes to this news. I am very skeptical not so much that it isn’t true, but I really just want the series to do justice to the game series that I love so much and care so deeply for. I think if the writers are good and they work extremely close with Nintendo that if it does get off the ground it will be a tremendous success. This news is so exciting. My draw literally almost dropped when I saw this on my Facebook Feed.

Now that I got that out of the way lets bring to the main focus of this piece. So with all this Zelda stuff flying around and with The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D I decided to pounce on the popularity. Know me being the gamer that I am and for all of you who have been reading my blog you know I am a die hard Zelda fanatic. I have the tattoos to prove it! So it feels I saw a bunch of people really jumping on the band wagon. It made me feel like for a few minutes that hey I liked The Legend of Zelda way before it was cool to like it. I had watched those Matthew McConaughey Lincoln MKC commercials where he says how he was driving Lincoln before they paid him to drive Lincoln. I thought to myself I should do a video on this in that style! So I watched the commercials on YouTube, I studied them and I made my own commercial of sorts. It’s a parody of the commercials and pretty much the lines are almost word for word what he says in 2 of his different commercials. So I grew the courage and I recorded the video of myself, I recorded some gameplay of Majora’s Mask on the Nintendo 64 and with a couple of hours I had me a video. I think its pretty freaking funny and so do some of my friends, so I hope all of you enjoy watching it and promote it lets make this go viral! I really had a lot of fun doing this and I am slowly building up The Gamer Keith brand.

I have some exciting news! First with a brand new year comes a brand new Logo! I have updated the logo so it is not as dull and kind of gave it a cool retro feel to show my old school gaming roots. So enough beating around the bush and let the cat out of the bag if you haven’t gathered this yet, I was able to procure web hosting space with my cable provider and they have given me a website domain! So now I officially have my own official website! My word press site is now decommissioned and the previous link will now take you to the new website!

2015 is going quite awesome for me so far and I cannot wait for everything to come out as far as gaming and just what life has in store for me. I am in a good place right now people. (Sorry if this is sappy I just had to say it because this is my corner of the internet dammit!)

To just continue with this momentum please subscribe my Facebook and Twitter pages which you can click on either in this post or on the side bar. Also like my YouTube Channel by following the video above ↑.

I look forward to all your feedback and your support and welcome to the new website! I look forward to sharing with you on my piece of the internet all my gaming and nerdy goodness.

– Keith

Hello my Fellow Bloggers / Followers / Gamers,

So I promised I was gonna start producing more content, well here we go I have given you a video! First a story though. I had a pretty shitty holiday season for many reasons, more of which I will probably tell later on in my blog in life. However my 2 friends did get me some stuff to further The Gamer Keith brand. They got me a cool little Tripod to use to mount my cameras and they gave me one of the best gifts I have gotten in a while. They got me a Legend of Zelda Collector’s Puzzle. It’s so cool I can’t even begin to tell you. If that weren’t enough they said you should build this on camera and post it on your blog and your YouTube Channel. So I took the idea and I ran with it a couple of days later. I had a completed Puzzle that looks a little something like this :

I finished it sometime super late Friday Night, and the video I finished putting this afternoon. After everything is said and done I am gonna get some puzzle preserver paste I guess you would call it and I plan on framing and hanging it on my Legend of Zelda Shrine that lies right in front of my desk. So I hope you enjoyed watching this video as much as I enjoyed making it and constructing this puzzle.

-Keith

First I just want to say I hope everyone had a very happy and productive Thanksgiving, I hope everyone had lots of food, special time with your friends and family, and of course lots of gaming!

It has been a very busy month of November, we had a lot of new games releases just in time for the Holiday season. Way to many games as a a matter of fact. So much so I am going not only broke from spending so much but I am getting overwhelmed trying to do these video reviews. Its quite the process I wish that I could just push theses out faster, but like I really said when I first started this blog a few months ago

I will have content up every day or anything, but I will do my absolute best to just pretty much just give my opinions on gaming as frequently as I can. Is this the source of all gaming Knowledge… Hell NO! Nothing for nothing there are people out there that have this information MONTHS in advanced, and I would just be reciting the same crap, it would be second hand crap from some nobody. This is just my little slice of the Huge Internet Pie, my little corner of gaming.

This is a 2 for the price of 1 article. The first part is a little update about the good ol’ Gamer Keith then I have some awesome stuff to talk about. So first I know, I haven’t posted anything for almost a month! Uggh! It was a very busy time for me and I had a lot of personal health items to really take care, I do love gaming but my health has become extremely important to me, If I do not take care of myself then I won’t be around to give you guys all this amazing content! Later on next year I will explain more about this. So needless to say I have been busy with that and also I work in Retail so its becoming the busy times it being Christmas and all. The YouTube channel is growing with my videos with not only my Loot Crate unboxings but the couple of Video Reviews I have done, and I have started a Facebook Page which can be found @ https://www.facebook.com/TheGamerKeith . So all my loyal followers please follow me at any of those place, I do appreciate it.

I digress now its time to get it on about the gaming! There were a lot of games that were released in November. We had World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor, Super Smash Bros Wii U. , Little Big Planet 3, Dragon Age: Inquisition, I mean honestly the list goes on. It was a huge month for gaming, and December is starting out on a pretty good High Note with Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix and Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker and in a couple of days we will have the first Destiny Expansion Pack. So again I am really trying to get some reviews together for you guys, so please be patient with me :-).  Then in the beginning of December we as gamers had quite a few early presents. This first one which took me by a huge surprise was The Game Awards 2014. Geoff Keighley really did an amazing job on this new conceptualization of what was previously a horrible show from Spike that was just merchandising and if a company had enough money to throw around of course won whatever award they wanted. The one that pissed me off one year is when GOTY went to Madden. What the hell really?!? However they did a complete overall of the show and actually they did it right. They nominated actual games that gamers play, they recognized the fans and the whole community and actually brought people who knew what they were doing. What really made me happy the most is that titles that actually won awards are titles that are amazing and game oriented just not the next Call of Duty winning another award. Coupled with all this is they actually made this a mini E3 almost with announcements and world premieres. The one that got me the most would be no surprise of The Legend of Zelda new gameplay trailer. I so cannot wait to see more on this. Not only does the game look amazing visually, but the mechanic shown so far seem quite nice, especially with the horse actually not having to be to driven because you know Horse don’t want to crash either in real life, and the world of Hyrule is now massive. This has GOTY possibly GOTY for the next 5 years written all over it but this is my humble opinion. Couple that with news that Star Fox is releasing next year. Then Metal Gear Online footage, No Mans Sky. The announcements made this show. Congratulations to Nintendo on all of their wins including Developer of the year. This brought tears of joy to my face because Nintendo knocked it out of the park this year and next year is looking even more amazing.

If all this wasn’t enough then Sony who is celebrating 20 years of PlayStation had there PlayStation Experience conference which had even more announcements. The first which was trending but to hear it directly from the horses mouth is Street Fighter V is a Ps4 and PC Exclusive!! Then Uncharted 4 15 minutes of gameplay demo, the announcement of a new God of War, more No Mans Sky details and video. Then they made announcements that the PS Vita is not dead, and they are coming out with some pretty awesome PSOne classics. The hit me the hardest is the release of Suikoden I & II. Then I was punched in the face by Square Enix’s laziness of bring Final Fantasy VII to PS4 which just pisses me off because Square is going to suck this tit dry. I mean Square Enix stop it! Stop It! Enough with the re-release of Final Fantasy VII every couple of months. Don’t get me wrong I really liked VII but enoughs enough. Instead of putting time and effort into this why don’t you I don’t know make some new damn games that don’t suck! Even after this though It has just been an amazing couple of days. Gaming is looking awesome for 2015!

Be sure to check back I am going to have stuff for you guys soon, I promise! I have some treats in store for you this month!

-Keith

It has been a pretty slow month for gaming, I wish I really had more to give as far as reviews and more items to ramble about. However, a Blogger has to write always. So I have picked out a few things to talk about.

While it is true that this month has been slow for gaming, however we did have Gamescom in Cologne this month. I would love to go to this, just simply because its in Germany, it is amazing there from what I remember going there all the way back pre 9/11. Also I have family that live in Switzerland and I would love to take my little gaming cousin there from what I can gather it is only just a short trip there. Also to state the obvious it is a gaming convention!! It also open the public! Unlike E3 which is industry only granted I would have to say being to E3 is the Mecca of gaming, I have had the honor of going there once and I cannot wait to go back, hopefully through you guys :). I continue though we had some cool announcements there such a Hideo Kojima teaming up to make a Silent Hill game. I really cannot wait to see how this will develop. Take the genius of Kojima and add it to Silent Hill one of the original scares of gaming. It should be awesome, I set my expectations high on this one, because Kojima want you to

Shit your Pants

If that wasn’t enought action we had EA show off there guns with the new BioWare game Shadow Realms which is taking the same approach as Evolve (Which I considered Game of Show for E3) a 4v1 RPG, and whats even better its going to be for PC! They made some more announcement such as items for Titan Fall, and had a demo for another game I am waiting for Dragon Age: Inquisition.

Then you had Microsoft with its announcements of the Halo 5: Guardian Beta and the Evolve beta that is coming out in January for Xbox One, along with some announcements for Halo: The Master Chief Collection and a whole lot of game trailers. This is just the tip of the icerberg as we still have 4 more days of information to be revealed.

Another thing I wanted to talk about because it gets me a little tweaked is these multi-platform games that are getting exclusive content for the different consoles. Talked really really briefly about this in my E3 review, however this month really it hit the fan. It started with all of these multi-platform titles that will be released having timed exclusives or exclusive content to either PlayStation or Microsoft. Originally these company’s invested in there own IPs (Intellectual Properties) and develop games exclusively for there systems. And made you attracted to these games, case and point Halo. Halo made you want to buy and Xbox because ot was only on…XBOX! Now, The powers that be are taking this new step where they still are making there own games, and instead of trying to fight for exclusivity of a franchise on a particular platform are now fighting for who can release the most content for this game on one console versus the other on games that would just be considered multi-platform games. Its really really shitty. I mean I know its supposed to drive sales for the consoles versus the competitor, but I think it pisses me off more, because as not only a gamer but a collector I gotta buy multiple copies to get different experiences for the same goddamn game. Also does not seem fair to the people who only do buy one console and don’t have the luxury of owning it and it seems really really shitty for them that they get to loose out on this experience. Prime example would be Destiny and how PlayStation is trying to make it the “definitive version” on its console, while a person who is a loyal Xbox owner cannot share this same wonderful experience. It seems like Microsoft and PlayStation really need to take a step back and think what is best for us the gaming nation and instead of making these exclusive DLCs for a multiplatform game invest in your own games and studios to really make the competition stiff and make me the gamer really want to go out and purchase your system with new ideas and franchises and game play. Let the multi-platform games be just that multi-platform games.

Lastly and hopefully everyone can be civil and keep there opinions and comments to themselves on a subject that is kinda touch right now. But I just wanted to leave it for the end and mention it because it is something that I really wanted to just, really express myself on because it really holds kinda dear to me. We lost a really amazing actor/comedian/gamer this week. I am talking about the late Robin Williams. The man was like the incarnation of nerd and funny, He loved gaming, like me he loved The Legend of Zelda, so much so he even named his daughter after the fabled princess. He even loved World of Warcraft, from what I gather he took it really seriously. It is quite a loss and I really give condolences to his friends and family for there horrific loss. I grew up watching his comedy and his movies, and later on in my life found out how much he loved gaming like I do. I am going to post here is a link for a petition to have him memorialized in a game series he loved so so much like I do. It is a petition to have his name added into the English version of the new Legend of Zelda that is being developed for Wii U, as a NPC. just as memorial to this amazingly talented man who loved the series. I know a lot of people would ask if he wasn’t famous would you even care and would you do the same thing for them? My answer…Absolutely. Any gamer who is so passionate about any game series so much, that as just a small memorial to just be some background character or NPC in a game I think developers owe it to the fans. Because it is us who make the series great and popular and continue to support it. So think link is clickable HERE for the petition and I really hope it becomes a reality. Last time I checked they only need another 24,436 signatures hopefully I can make a little contribution here on my end for someone who brought me so much joy growing up

So that about wraps up this little rambling here. I will definetely post more updates of GamesCom and my Gamer Keith Challenge. So check back often.

-Keith

Without a fairy, you’re not even a real man!

Hello loyal followers / gamers / and bloggers,

Well we have been at it for a little while now, not making as much of the progress that I had originally had hoped for, however It is now day 20. I am now 2 games down. Cross The Minish Cap is now off the list of games to finish. (Spoiler Alert) I have now not only forged the Master Sword Evil’s bane, I also brought back the Picori Blade reforging it into the 4 Swords and found the origin of  Links Cap. It’s really becoming amazing replaying these games in the order of the Hyrule Historia. I mean playing them individually when they were released were good but now seeing how all the pieces fit together is just brilliant. The Legend of Zelda is truly an amazing story and series. I have to be honest with you on my blog here, While I know I stated in my challenge that I would get everything. Heart Pieces, Kinstone (In this Case), etc. I kinda fell a little short in this game. For whatever reason I couldn’t suck up the ghost that was afflicting him for whatever reason, and I couldn’t get the Arrows of Light, and then forgot to fuse Kinstones with a kid in town to get the Heart piece so fell a little short. So I do apologize, hopefully I can still trek on though with your forgiveness.

The next game on our list of play through Items is…

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA : THE OCARINA OF TIME

(INSERT ITEM FIND FANFARE)

So I am going to make sure that I complete this game 100% this time around, So again please check out my Twitch channel The Gamer Keith , be sure to subscribe! Also you can find updates of my Gamer Keith Challenge, or even just little updates or views on gaming of course right here on my blog.

Thanks Again,

– Keith

The Beginning : The Legend of the Goddesses and the Hero

1.  Skyward Sword (Wii)

2. The Minish Cap (Game Boy Advance [Played on GameCube through the Game Boy Player])

3. Ocarina of Time (GameCube The Legend of Zelda: Collector’s Disc)

The Hero is Defeated Timeline

4. A Link to the Past (Game Boy Advance [Played on GameCube through the Game Boy Player])

5 & 6. Oracle of Ages & Oracle of Seasons (Game Boy Color [Played on GameCube through the Game Boy Player])

8. The Legend of Zelda  (GameCube The Legend of Zelda: Collector’s Disc)

9. The Adventures of Link (GameCube The Legend of Zelda: Collector’s Disc)

The Hero is Triumphant (Child Era)

10. Majora’s Mask  (GameCube The Legend of Zelda: Collector’s Disc)

11. Twilight Princess (Wii)

12. Four Sword Adventures (GameCube)

The Hero is Triumphant (Adult Era)

13. The Wind Waker (Wii U HD)

This is but one of the legends of which the people speak…

Hello loyal followers, gamers, and bloggers of all sorts:

Last week I asked the question of what game series I should invest some time in until the release of 1 of 2 games. Either replay The Legend of Zelda series or replay Kingdom Hearts series. I asked and one person heard my calling. So without further ado I have made my decision. I am going to play The Legend of Zelda series in chronoligical order according to the Hyrule Historia. I am excited to announce that I am going to take on what I am going to dub with an unoriginal name because Zeldathon seemed to have been taken on Twitch, I am calling this series that may take place every so often in a length of time of my choosing. So this is going to be the first “The Gamer Keith Challenge”. This challenge I am going to be playing from 07/16/2014 to the release of my highly anticipated game Hyrule Warriors which is set to release around 09/26/2014. I know 2 Months is A LOT of time, but considering I do have a job and other such obligations that it may be just the right amount of time.

So the challenge is outlined like this I will be playing the Legend of Zelda series in order according to the Hyrule Historia. Instead of typing it out into one long run on sentence I am going to outline it here for everyone in which the order I will be playing them, and what system I will be playing it on. While its true I have every single copy of the games in there original formats and duplicate released on different platform of each game in the series. However because of my capture devices I am going to play them mainly on GameCube, Wii, and Wii U.

Some People have a trophy wall. I have a Legend of Zelda Wall

So here is the order in which I will play them (Please Note that I will be leaving out the DS Titles and 3DS titles so that I may be able to stream them & lets not even mention the CD-i games.)

The Beginning : The Legend of the Goddesses and the Hero

1.  Skyward Sword (Wii)

2. The Minish Cap (Game Boy Advance [Played on GameCube through the Game Boy Player])

3. Ocarina of Time (GameCube The Legend of Zelda: Collector’s Disc)

The Hero is Defeated Timeline

4. A Link to the Past (Game Boy Advance [Played on GameCube through the Game Boy Player])

5 & 6. Oracle of Ages & Oracle of Seasons (Game Boy Color [Played on GameCube through the Game Boy Player])

8. The Legend of Zelda  (GameCube The Legend of Zelda: Collector’s Disc)

9. The Adventures of Link 

The Hero is Triumphant (Child Era)

10. Majora’s Mask  (GameCube The Legend of Zelda: Collector’s Disc)

11. Twilight Princess (Wii)

12. Four Sword Adventures (GameCube)

The Hero is Triumphant (Adult Era)

13. The Wind Waker (Wii U HD)

So the challenge is set 13 games over the span of 2 months to collect every heart piece, every bug, every upgrade in the above 13 games. I will obviously be streaming this via my Twitch Account and as I defeat the games I will be making updates on my Blog here. Then once the 26th is on I will be playing Hyrule Warriors! If I get enough support, I am going to aim for possibly be doing these challenges for charity down the road. So everyone wish me luck!!! I will keep you posted as I make my progress.

-Keith

Now that we got that out of the way let me start by saying that this years E3 was fantastic! I would probably even go so far as to say it was one of the best in years because not to toot my own horn as predicted it was ALL about the games! Now I wrote the blog about not even being day 1 and how amazing of a start it was. So not gonna regurgitate the same stuff I have already stated.  Let me get to the meat of the show and dive full in by listing the E3 games that took us by storm this year and my games of the show. While not all games I will sit and mention in great length and detail I will again reitirate that this was all about the games this year! So much so that I had reserved literally about $200 dollars worth of reserves at GameStop, which as I list the the games I will provide links so that you too can also reserve these titles if available before time runs out so without further stalling here are the top games I seen at E3 :

Best Xbox Exclusive Game :

Sunset Overdrive
(Insomniac Games) Release: 10/28/2014

Runner Up:

Ori and the Blind Forest
(Moon Studios) Release: TBA

This one was really really really tough. Microsoft’s show while enjoyable I could not really shake the feeling that it could have done better. I digress though. Sunset Overdrive third person shooter from the legendary studio that brought us Ratchet & Clank. The game looks first of absolutely gorgeous. When I first saw the trailer at last years E3 I thought this game would be something to look out for but actually seeing the game-play footage and the slew of weapons that you will be able to use. The game play looks like the GTA style sandbox game but its really has emphasis on speed and jump and grinding on power lines and rails. Cover does not seem to be an option in this game, along with a huge 8 player multi-player seems like one of the games that is going to define the Xbox One. The runner up was this beautiful Xbox exclusive game Ori and the Blind Forest. As soon as I watched the trailer for this game I was absolutely mesmerized by the beautiful graphics. The game play is a puzzle platform type with what seems to have a beautiful story to match its graphical style. I had a hard time deciding between Sunset Overdrive and Ori and the Blind Forest. Reason I went for Sunset Overdrive because it will definitely be released this year will Ori is still to be announced, so thats why I gave it the runner up title.

Best PlayStation Exclusive Game:

No Mans Sky

(Hello Games) Release: TBA

Hands down Sony blew me away this year as much if not more then Nintendo, now while No Mans Sky is yet to have a release date it did have a playable demo at the show. And I am sorry this game looks absolutely Amazing! The game is about adventure, survival, exploration, and did I mention that it is literally endless. The developers promise that every game is going to be different for every player that no 2 worlds where you start will be alike. This is a huge promise and I do hope that Hello Games can produce on this one. The exploration aspect seems astonishing. The fact that you can truly explore a world find resources for trade and barter. I forgot to mention that your a space explorer and you have a ship. The part of the game I am looking forward to is the Dog fighting space travel Star Wars feel that you hop into your ship and fly to any system to explore. Its in the first person also to really give you the depth that you are this character and doing the exploration. This is why I had no problems picking this game as the perfect PlayStation Exclusive. I know some people would say pick Destiny or The Order 1886 or even Bloodborne, but this game I feel is whats gonna really just blow everyone away at its release.

Best Nintendo Exclusive Game:

Hyrule Warriors
(Omega Force, Team Ninja) Release: September 26, 2014

Super Smash Bros. Wii U & 3DS
(Bandai Namco Games) Release: Wii U: Q4 2014 3DS: October 3, 2014

What can I say Nintendo I would give them all game of show, and all the awards on the face of the planet, but I gotta be fair here. This one I could not just choose one so it had to be a tie between what the new Legend of Zelda IP Hyrule Warriors and Super Smash Bros. for both the Wii U & 3DS. Super Smash Bros. was the star of Nintendo’s lineup. They had a huge tournament for the game and from what I have seen from the Showroom floor it was marketed everywhere. I dunno what I can really say about Smash Bros. other than…Its freaking Smash Bros! The core mechanics of the game haven’t really changed too too much from platform to platform starting from the N64 to the Wii. Granted the character roster, the trophies, stages, and graphic have always been tweaked from platform to platform. What I love most is that they are actually bringing back the Nintendo GameCube controller! Just goes to show you GameCube was the superior system! The thing that definetely blew me away though was the introduction of Pac-Man! I honestly did not see that coming, so now you can have an old school showdown of Pac-Man vs. Mario vs. Sonic vs. Mega Man. It is just bad ass. Where I am really going to focus on is at no surprise to anyone is Hyrule Warriors. I am very very excited for this title. I kind of went over my excitement in my previous entry so not gonna beat a dead horse to death. The game has just this certain appeal, its mostly because its a new Legend of Zelda title but because its bringing a new spin to a classic franchise. I can’t wait to bring the massive scale of Hyrule to my Wii U, hack and slash Moblins and other forces of evil in a grand scale and not only play as the main Hero Link but as Zelda, Impa, and a slew of other recently announced characters.

Best Multiplatform Game :

Alien:Isolation
(SEGA) Release: October 7, 2014   Consoles : PS3 , PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, & PC

Lots of games to really choose from in this category, it was a real twister because what I really saw this year was a lot of Multiplatform games however it was mostly a peeing competition with Sony and Microsoft because there was going to be exclusive content to each system so I really didn’t want to pick one console over the other when it came to games like Batman: Arkham Knight which has supposedly more exclusive items to PS4, Destiny where each console was getting different content, and even Dragon Age: Inquisition which is getting exclusive Xbox One content. So I decided to go with Alien: Isolation. I know what most people are thinking, the Alien franchise as far as video games are concerned have a very long track history of being absolute god awful pieces of crap. However this looks like the Alien game we have been so desperately waiting for. The game takes place before the events of Aliens and you play as Ripleys daughter trying to solve the mystery of her mothers disappearance.  This game looks absolutely horrifyingly scary. This looks like its really bring back the suspense of the survival Horror genre. The Xenomorph (The Alien) can literally be very unpredictable, your going to be spending most of your time trying to hide and at all cost avoid the Xenomorph who can crawl through vents the ceiling and is just a hunting killing machine. If the Xenomorph wasn’t enough there are more then just Aliens to fear aboard. My only fear with this game is that what they are showing is always as “A Work in Progress” and that it will not live up to what we have been expecting. mostly because of the horrible lawsuit that followed Colonial Marines. If they can produce what they have shown so far it should be an amazing game for not only the franchise but for the survival horror genre.

With so many games to choose from this year was a real nail bitter and while I wish I could give awards in every category and say how great everything is that would take WAY TO LONG… This year was all about the games. This is all leading up to and with out further ado I bring you my E3 :

Game of Show :

Evolve
(Turtle Rock) Release: October 21, 2014   Consoles : PS4, Xbox One, & PC

Now I know what some people are thinking, that why didn’t I choose a Nintendo Game? Why didn’t I choose maybe an RPG or an Adventure Game? Why is it that FPS always seem to win game of show? Did you sell out Keith?

Well let me say that this game looks absolutely sick! I picked this game because of it originality and because this is what Next Generation is!  It is like Monster Hunter Ultimate on Steroids, Crack, and Viagra all at the same time. Made by the Legendary Team who brought us Left 4 Dead comes Evolve. Evolve is a first person shooter but there is a twist to it. It is a 4 player vs. 1 Player game. You can play as either the one of 4 classes of Hunter either a Trapper, Medic, Assault, or Support or even play as the Monster that is being hunted. I think this game not only looks beautiful but plays insanely. The goal is if your the hunters to take out the monster and if your the monster take out the Hunters. If that wasn’t enough though you got a giant rampaging ever upgradeable monster to deal with but you gotta deal with different elements of the game such as just the surrounding where a rock isn’t really a rock but some monster ready to tear you to shreds! It is really help defining the new age of multiplayer that you see in games like Monster Hunter. You can upgrade your character or monster as playing through as the game progresses. The game seems fast pace strategic and over all just a leap forward for the next generation consoles. This is the game to watch out for!!

In conclusion, I know I left out a lot of games that either flew to under the radar like Tales of Xillia 2 or Kingdom Hearsts HD 2.5 ReMix  or games that are so in your face like Rainbow Six Siege or Mortal Kombat X. I think this years E3 was one of the best by far. Two things I seen shine at this years E3 was that independent studios are finally getting the recognition and time of day they so richly deserve because a lot of these games aren’t made with Millions dollar budgets but can contest with the best and biggest Studios out there.  Secondly the war has really begun with the exclusive content to different systems. I dunno how I feel about this, because its really forcing me to buy multiple copies of the same goddamn game. Which is what companies want for you to spend money!  I digress…I wish I really had more to really write about all the games I didn’t get to talk about but then again I am just one man and these are the games that stood out to me the most. These are my opinions. And while I reserved more then just the games listed above this is really only the tip of the iceberg. I look forward to the next few months as these amazing titles are released!

-Keith

While Nintendo decided to take a different route when it comes to E3 mostly because they have been making tiny announcements with there Nintendo Direct conferences through out the year but all I can really say for Nintendo at E3 this year was WOW! What a show! I loved the Robot Chicken / Super Smash Bros introduction it was both exciting and funny! I also could not believe that it was Reggie’s 10th E3 anniversary I remember when he first took the stage and was talking about how he’s all about kicking ass and taking names, and dared to step up to Sony by telling them that there console sales were not his Problem! But I digress… Started off with Super Smash Bros, I cannot wait for this title and the fact that there are now Mii’s and the newly announced Amiibo. The fact that Nintendo is throwing their hats into the ring for the NFC figures with exclusive content to Nintendo games the skies the limit! Imagine being able to play Super Smash Bros Wii U with an ever expandable cast that you can customize your own Link with different move sets! Or even being able to put the Nintendo characters into different games. Then once the Super Smash rolled up, we were treated to the exciting Kirby’s Epic Yarn like game Yoshi’s Wooly World and Captain Toad Treasure Tracker.  you had Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire remakes for the 3DS with some new Mega Evolutions and a release date of this year. Then we had amazing new IPs like Splatoon that looks like the game to own on the Wii U, it is a Shooter game that really has an emphasis on fun. You play as squids the spread your ink. The main objective being that you dominate the map with your ink. This game is slated for 2015.

This is where however I go off the handle. The crown jewel in the mighty Nintendo Empire. We were treated to not only 1 new Legend of Zelda  game which is a new IP known as Hyrule Warriors, but two a new Zelda Wii U (Pending Title I assume) game play trailer!! First Hyrule Warriors, just WOW! I mean a hack and slash Zelda game like Dynasty Warriors. The title is after all made by the same team who developed Dynasty Warriors. So excited for this title, originally I thought this would be exclusive to Japan simply because Dynasty Warrior while it was a wonderful games for the PS2 weren’t exactly terribly popular here in North America. But the fact that you can actually play with not only Link but Zelda, Impa (Zelda’s bodyguard, nanny, mentor), and Midna (from Twilight Princess) will be playable characters alongside the green clad hero. What really makes this game seem so amazing is just the grand scale assaults of enemies instead of the small skirmishes you generally experience in the franchise. That and it is staying true to the series by incorporating Links arsenal of weapons other then the claimed sword such as Bombs, and even the Fire Rod. With a release of September 26th this is a title that I already have claimed into my Zelda Collection. This however was not the highlight of the announcement. The best being the Trailer for the New Legend of Zelda Wii U. Eiji Aonuma the series director and designer announced not only the style art style of this New Zelda game but that they are making  a departure from the traditional mechanics of the Zelda Franchise. He stated that it will have a different approach to meet your objectives. With a beautiful scene appearing behind him we see Hyrule, in its peace and serenity followed by an action scene where a mechanical laser wielding machine disturbs the calm and lays chase to link where Link then confronts him. There are so much speculation rumor circulating this game that 2015 can not come quick enough for this title. This will be a welcome change to the series. While if you have not guessed it The Legend of Zelda series is by far my favorite series of all time, I think a refresh is definetely needed and welcome. I think this really changed with the mechanics in a Link Between Worlds where how you approach the dungeon does not have to be so linear and that you don’t need to defeat one dungeon to conquer the next. I really cannot wait to see how this game develops with its announcement of E3 2015 and possible same year release date.

So all and all Nintendo, had a fantastic Direct Show, followed by the Nintendo Treehouse (Which I would give a 1UP life to just be on that team being the Nintendo fan boy that I am). The Treehouse special had the man himself Miyamoto on as explained new game developments one which was leaked however not was shown at the show… StarFox! The games they did show like Giant Robot and the Security camera game looked quite like the traditional MO of Nintendo but look fun none the less.

My only real thing that I really wished from Nintendo was a little more titles that would be released this year instead of a handful of titles that would be released this followed by oh expect these major titles come out in 2015 like Splatoon, Zelda and Mario Maker. But then again with Super Smash Bros Wii U and 3DS , Hyrule Warriors, and Pokémon Ruby Alpha and Sapphire Omega. I think Nintendo is giving us a good heap of games to expect in the coming few months. Great job guys and I cannot wait for Hyrule Warriors!!!

-Keith