E3 2012 - Most Exciting Thing Thus Far

I'm just sorting through all the pre-E3 stuff now, but post up the biggest, baddest, most excitingest thing you've seen at E3 here!

Well there is Nintendo's pre-E3 conference-thing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9AkPdAWfFjI

30 minutes. Well worth the watch in my opinion.
Tuesday cannot come too soon for me. Nintendo is going to completely leave everyone in the dust once again. Wii U will blow everyone's mind… if they have one to start with.

I am just in love with every little detail detailed in that video.

Anyway, I am so looking forward to tomorrow. Ubisoft, EA, and Sony are all going to be very exciting. So many games I'm excited to see.
Microsoft… eh. They'll probably reveal their next console, or at least some kinda hint at it. Maybe not, though.
That's just me, though.

You know there's something not going right when the only thing that excited you was the new game engine for Madden. So far, for me, everything has been lackluster and that's the thing that's caught my eye the most.

What's wrong with me? I don't even like Madden. :?

I haven't really had access to the internet besides my phone to check out videos, but friends have kept me updated with Nintendo's info. They have a "new" system that's really not that much different from the old one, and offering the same tired franchises as the Wii. It's nice to see more third party support, but will they actually provide any exclusives, or are they just going to be ports of games already available for the PS3 or 360? Basically I am not sold on the Wii U.

I like the idea of the Wii U. I'll be the first to admit that I still don't really get it. I do think their two-screen model for a system could very well be the future though. Their philosophy behind "same living room, separate screen" for multiplayer is something I can really get behind. But until I see how it actually functions and works, I can't say for sure that it's something I have to shell out a couple hundred bucks for.

Tomb Raider has been the most impressive game I've seen so far. Everything else seems like a spinoff of Uncharted; 3rd-person shooter that moves from gameplay to cutscene with detailed animations. Tomb Raider at least seems to add a lot in terms of story, setting, characters, and even gameplay But honestly, I'm getting a little tired of every single game being a variation of the same thing: kill enemies. All this technology and sidescrolling Mario's goal of traversing an obstacle course (platforms) is still one of the more original, novel ideas on display. More realistic/stylized kill animations just aren't doing it for me anymore; I'm starved for something different.

Anyone seen anything so far that might scratch that itch. The Heavy Rain guys seem to be coming up with something neat...

The Last of Us and Watch Dogs has me interested. But the announcement for Fist of The North Star Ken's Rage 2 just blew me away

When I get home from my vacation the videos I plan on checking out are Tomb Raider, the new Gears of War game, Halo 4, and ZombieU.