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'''"E3"''' is an abbreviation for the '''Electronic Entertainment Expo''', a major gaming event held in California every year since 1995. Most of the major gaming companies hold press conferences at the Expo; fanboys and fangirls watch live feeds of the events in an attempt to keep up with the latest news and catch early glimpses of footage from upcoming games. E3 tends to be the preferred venue for unveiling new console and handheld designs. Companies also like to talk up their sales statistics here. |
'''"E3"''' is an abbreviation for the '''Electronic Entertainment Expo''', a major gaming event held in California every year since 1995. Most of the major gaming companies hold press conferences at the Expo; fanboys and fangirls watch live feeds of the events in an attempt to keep up with the latest news and catch early glimpses of footage from upcoming games. E3 tends to be the preferred venue for unveiling new console and handheld designs. Companies also like to talk up their sales statistics here. |
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== E3 2001-2007 == |
== E3 2001-2007 == |
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* Around 2001, Nintendo presented several trailers for games to be made on the Gamecube (this was before the console was launched). One of the trailers showed Link and Ganondorf fighting each other with realistic graphics for its time. About a year later, Nintendo presented a Zelda game at E3...except it now looked like a cartoon. [[Internet Backdraft|Fans cried foul and declared war on Nintendo for taking away the realistic Zelda they were teased with previously]]. However, once the game came out (with improved cel-shading), [[Broken Base|most fans did a 180 and praised the game for its style and gameplay while others still bashed it for the kiddy look]]. And then came E3 2004, with a showing of the first trailer for ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess]]''. Let's just say that the fanboys and fangirls were...[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98VjTbC4gC4 ahem]... amused. [http://media.ign.com/games/image/article/738/738102/gaijin4koma2_peersblog_1200684608.jpg IGN's reaction to that], coupled with their [[Dull Surprise]] from [http://media.ign.com/games/image/article/738/738102/gaijin4koma_peersblog_1200684654.jpg last year's E3], became subject to [[Memetic Mutation]]. |
* Around 2001, Nintendo presented several trailers for games to be made on the Gamecube (this was before the console was launched). One of the trailers showed Link and Ganondorf fighting each other with realistic graphics for its time. About a year later, Nintendo presented a Zelda game at E3...except it now looked like a cartoon. [[Internet Backdraft|Fans cried foul and declared war on Nintendo for taking away the realistic Zelda they were teased with previously]]. However, once the game came out (with improved cel-shading), [[Broken Base|most fans did a 180 and praised the game for its style and gameplay while others still bashed it for the kiddy look]]. And then came E3 2004, with a showing of the first trailer for ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess]]''. Let's just say that the fanboys and fangirls were...[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98VjTbC4gC4 ahem]... amused. [http://media.ign.com/games/image/article/738/738102/gaijin4koma2_peersblog_1200684608.jpg IGN's reaction to that], coupled with their [[Dull Surprise]] from [http://media.ign.com/games/image/article/738/738102/gaijin4koma_peersblog_1200684654.jpg last year's E3], became subject to [[Memetic Mutation]]. |
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