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Konami E3 2006 Press Conference
4:30 Marc Franklin introduced events. COO reviewed past year.
Future Product Division formed.
25 new games coming.
Konami leads music game genre. New Karaoke Revolution coming, new DDR arcade and home console games. Announced today a live action dance competition TV series called Dance Revolution on CBS.
4:37: Demo reel of a wide variety of cell, portable, console games.
4:42: Trailer for Silent Hill Origins (PSP)
4:46: Many answers and historical context about Silent Hill will be given in the game. Explains Alessa's origin and those of many of the strange monsters. Takes place before the first game. Apparently, the game's camera and gameplay controls change on a regular basis depending on what is happening in the game. Ships this Winter. "The new Silent Hill. It's older than you think."
4:48: Producer of original Coded Arms comes to stage to announced Coded Arms Assault for PS3. Trailer shown. Nice wireframe/transparence effects. Next-gen bloomery is frequently in full effect. Big mechs on stilts. A lot of sparkly stuff. Female protagonist with six-foot long rifle. "Real death awaits you beyond. Go home to the real world." Online head to head and cooperative mode.
4:53: Coded Arms: Contagion (PSP) announced, sequel to Coded Arms PSP game. 12 new maps. Trailer shown.
4:56: Castlevania producer Iga comes to stage. Here to talk about Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (DS). Thought of a new system to replace tactical soul system of Dawn of Souls (DS). Also, changing game in that not as much of it takes place within castle walls. Showed trailer. Twentieth anniversary of Castlevania. Setting of this game is 1944 during WWII (OMG more WWII games WTF). Takes place after the Genesis title, Bloodlines. Hero is Johnny Morrison's son Johnathan. Use two characters throughout game. As in Bloodlines, which took place during WWI, again Dracula's Castle is being resurrected for reasons relating to the war. Johnathan is tasked with preventing this. Castle is not being controlled by the Count but by a different vampire. With return of Dawn of Souls team there will be better graphics, music, gameplay. Playable during E3.
5:03: Producer comes to stage to talk about Elebits (Wii), new franchise. Very brief teaser showing various Elebits characters. Idea came from seeing Wii controller. Decided they wanted to do something innovative. Three aspects to game. First is to make player feel like they are in the world. Second part is to able to manipulate objects in the world and uncover things. Third, wanted to create new characters. Elebits have co-existed for humanity for all time. They are the source of energy in the game world; no fossil fuels or electricity. One day they decided to stop working for humans, and human race is in a panic. Player needs to find them and put them back to worth. One theme is ecology, which is on many people's minds these days. Will be playable at E3, promises it is different from anything you've tried before.
5:08: Chris Charla of Backbone Entertainment comes to introduce two new Death Jr. games. Discusses reception to original Death Jr. game, says team listened to feedback and new PSP game will let player control camera fully. Pandora will be playable in the game in co-op form via local wireless coop. All other major characters return. For DS, Death Jr. and the Science Fair of Doom. Pandora dies as a result of a science experiment, puts her body in a meat locker to keep it from rotting. Trailer for PSP and DS games shown. Games coming this fall.
5:12: Charla introduces first Western PSP dating game. Players create a character and interact with male and female high school students. Discover niche, hang out with kids, work to find guy or girl of dreams.
5:15: Dennis Lee comes to stage to introduce two comic book property games. Hellboy coming in 2007. Original storyline with input from Mike Mignola and film director Guillermo del Toro. Combines action, atmosphere, humor. Has cooperative play.
5:18: Marvel trading card game in development for DS, PSP, PC in fall 2006. Uses Upper Deck's Versus system for 1v1 battling. Story unfolds through comic book panels created by marvel. All versions go online.
5:23: Three new DDR games. DDR Universe for 360 has exclusive songs and purchasable songs from Marketplace, as well as a beginner mode. Ultramix 3 for Xbox with exclusive songs and Live content. DDR Supernova debuts in arcades this month and PS2 this fall. PS2 version has exclusive features and EyeToy support.
5:25: New Karaoke Revolution American Idol game, single and multiplayer.
5:28: Ryan Payton of Kojima Productions comes to stage. New studio website going up right now. Introduces studio's E3 pamphlet (??). Kojima Productions produced an almost-exact replica of the E3 Show Daily, called Show Maybe.
5:33: Hideo Kojima comes to stage. His twentieth year since joining industry, tenth year since founding his team. Next year is Metal Gear's twentieth anniversary.
5:34: Announces Lunar Knights for Nintendo DS. Shows trailer. Isometric 2D action game, jazzy soundtrack, switch between two playable vampire characters. Upgradable weapons. "Master the mighty powers of the moon and sun, transform into incarnations of the moon and sun." 3D shooting stages.
5:38: Metal Gear Solid Digital Graphic Novel for PSP trailer shown. Artwork by Ashley Wood. Written by Kris _____. Looks like a comic book, with some animations. Scan objects on static 2D screens, tough to tell what exactly gameplay consists of. Summer 2006.
5:42: Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops for PSP trailer shown. 1970, six years after Snake Eater. FOX unit is Snake's new target. Must destroy "ultimate weapon." Has some digital graphics novel sections as well. Online play. No extra lives. "A new story of Metal Gear threats and the tragedy of Big Boss."
5:49: SPOILERS FOOLS. New trailer for MGS4: Guns of the Patriots. Has an additional intro not shown at Sony's conference. "US has exported too much power, now she's paying the price." Segues into previous trailer. "War has changed." PMCs have been secretly assembling an army. Additional ending to the trailer as well, significantly longer. Liquid has taken control of an immense army. Naomi says Snake has six months to live. Snake fights long battle with bipedal war machine. Snake has cloaking suit. Snake puts a bunch of watermelons in a box saying "No place for Hideo." Snake: "I can't beat him." Naomi: "We must all atone for our own sins." Otacon: "Let us finish this, Snake. Let this be our last battle. The onus is ours." Snake: "War has changed. ... But there is one last thing I must do. ... I have to erase my genes. ... This is my final mission." Sticks pistol in his mouth. Screen goes red, big noise, "Some stories can't be told by words." credits roll. Big crazy biped battle, lasts for a few minutes. Raiden: "My turn to protect you, Snake." "Raiden's return!" Coming 2007. Trailer ends. People clap.
06:05: IT'S OVER
