Well it is nearly that time of year again when the whole gaming community get to witness what is in store for the next year or so in the gaming world and a peek into the future. For Nintendo that future is very close indeed with the impending launch of the WiiU and this years E3 will be a big one as far as Nintendo goes as there already seems many doubters as far as the WiiU goes but then the same thing happened when the Wii was unveiled and that was a storming success as far as sales went, but not in the eyes of many gamers where the Wii seemed to lack overall in the gaming department support from third parties.

So every one can keep second guessing as to what will make the WiiU succeed where the Wii failed to deliver, but at the same time will that help take away the what the Wii so much more appealing that people were buying it because it was different to what else was out on the market. Then there is the fact that the other two systems currently on the market will be similar in overall power and they will already have installed user bases and both Sony and Microsoft show no signs of currently releasing new systems so for the first time in a decade all three companies will be on a level playing field as far a technology goes but Nintendo is joining very late which could affect them but only time will tell on that one.

If there is much more third party support this time around though seeing as all the systems will be more equal in power then it will come down to the exclusive games that the systems offer, which is the one area Nintendo always seems to deliver on them selves, but it's not just about the games this time it is about getting the online infrastructure in place and getting it right. Although from the stories that have came out it appears that Nintendo is giving its best attempt and seems to be doing its best to right the wrongs that the Wii online suffered from, soon much more will be known though.

What will be there from Nintendo game wise though? A new Mario is confirmed, Pikimin 3 is pretty much confirmed too and will there be anything on the new cross platform Smash Bros. game that was announced last year?

There is also the rumour of a Retro Studios developed Star Fox game, which has me personally very excited, and what from other big hitter from Nintendo like Zelda and Metroid, I am expecting both to make some kind of appearance even if it is just announcement trailers for new games in development.

The excitement now begins from me and many other gamers as E3 feels like the big event of the year where just about anything can happen in terms of new games.  

So while I have been trying a bit harder to bring some content to the site, I have still not got around to my next Zelda review which I have been meaning to do for months and I will soon I have just have been busier than expected with working and I have went on a spending spree of games both new and old in recent months, mainly old and one new but for an old system.

Where does this sudden urge to buy older games come from though?

Well to be honest it has always been there and there is no better feeling than getting a game that you wanted for many years when you were younger but never manages to find anywhere, and then there is the part of me who would love to have every PAL released Nintendo game, although that probably wont happen unless I win a lot of money.

Also I guess it does have something to do with the site and wanted to be able to review more games, ironic in a way since I am struggling to find time to write this one, but still it would be nice to have as many games on hand as I can get. Of course as much as I do love Nintendo I still do have that little soft spot in my heart for the old enemy Sega and guess I want to also pick up some of the things I missed out on over the years because of my focus on all things Nintendo.

There is also the fact that games much like any form of media are there to be appreciated as they get old, although some out there see older games as simply that, old, I much like many other realise good games don’t just get bad with age in fact time some times shows us that a few games have actually got better with age as they were really not given a fair chance upon release, although bad games still do remain bad forever.

 have to say I am enjoying doing the new video blog that I am doing it is quite a fun thing to be doing and it allows me to add content and hopefully in the future I will be able to do some features in the form of videos, but for now I will be sticking to the weekly blogs and doing a few reviews as soon as I catch a breather from work.

On a final note Pandora's Tower has just been released, which I have and again love the limited edition set mainly the steel case, and it pretty much signals the end for the Wii as it is the last big release for the system. So maybe not on a technicality as Dragon Quest X is still to come out but much like Twilight Princess was for the Gamecube as the game the passed the torch Dragon Quest X will be the one that passes the torch along to the Wii U.

The first year or so for the Wii was pretty average at best a few good games but mainly only ones from Nintendo that were real quality games, it was the middle couple of years that really were the best for the Wii with not only big game after big game from Nintendo, but many other great games started to appear on the system that actually started to look like developers were trying to use the Wii better, but then after Christmas 2010 the Wii's slow death began as most publishers just stopped releasing games other than multi platform ones and it has been left up to Nintendo releasing Skyward Sword, Xendoblade Chronicles, The Last Story and now Pandora's Tower to give people a reason to keep on playing the system for the last year and a half.

I do wish in a way that publishers tried a bit more to bring much better games to the system as a whole in the earlier and later years considering the user base the system built up they never really tried to get that many original games on the system, but it was a fun ride and at one point the games started flowing and made the system more than worth owning, just a lot of “if onlys” with the system but it certainly has made me enjoy what it did offer as some times it was few and far between.