Among gamers, the praise and disdain for Sonic Unleashed were fairly uniform. The daytime running stages seemed to get it right, delivering to people the sort of gameplay they wanted from a 3D Sonic title. Meanwhile, the nighttime werehog stages seemed to be the worst possible exploit of a loophole one could imagine.

Sony made it clear at E3 that, in addition to Move, their next big push for PlayStation is for 3D. They were also unfortunately undermined just hours prior to their press conference by Nintendo decrying the need for “goofy glasses” as they rolled out their answer to three-dimensional prayers with the 3DS.

But where does Microsoft stand in all this?

While certainly, E3 is a place people will go to meet people– say, one game developer, journalist, etc. hoping to catch up with another they’ve only spoken with online, for example– it has typically not been perceived as an event people go to in order to really meet people.

That is, until now.

Since arriving on the scene in 1986, there has been plenty of time for fans of the Metroid franchise to develop how they perceive the series’ protagonist, Samus Aran. Some may find her to be a cold, efficient warrior woman who always gets the job done, yet still has enough humanity about her to sympathize with the one baby Metroid left after the annihilation of the rest of the species.

However, Producer and chief Metroid designer Yoshio Sakamoto has a somewhat different perception of the Power Suited bounty hunter.

Do you know anything about football? Can you tell a right end from your rear end?

Well, then you’re well ahead of at least one of our writers here. But don’t be afraid to read on, as it appears that numerous player rankings and top players for each position in EA Sports’ Madden NFL 11 have been revealed, thanks to some clever camera work performed on the showfloor at E3.

The concept seemed so simple, it was as though it were basic math.

Just as 1 + 1 + 1 = 3, it seemed that it would follow that Wii + MotionPlus + Zelda = Wii Zelda with MotionPlus. And yet, though that is what nearly everyone expected when Nintendo first announced the add-on for the Wii Remote, it very nearly did not come to be.

Perhaps the timing of this is a little awkward.

You see, for years now, there have been many a complaint about SEGA’s handling of the once-prominent Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, particularly where the games are concerned. And many people have dreamed of having the simple opportunity to be able to go right up to SEGA’s Japanese headquarters and tell them every last thing that is wrong with Sonic, and what can be done to fix it.

Tweet In the past, Nintendo has shown great commitment to supporting their older hardware after releasing newer, more advanced technology. Several great NES games were released after the Super NES had hit the market, and the Super NES still carried on for a time following the Nintendo 64′s release. But more recently, it has seemed [...]

It took them a while, but it appears that SEGA has finally started to figure out just what Sonic fans are looking for. And what they are looking for is 4… Sonic the Hedgehog 4, that is.

Bringing The Legend of Zelda into the realm of the Wii has no doubt been a bit of a challenge for Nintendo’s developers. And part of that challenge is in the fact that, for twenty years, series protagonist Link had always been depicted as a left-handed individual. Yet, with most Wii users being right-handed, a decision had to be made to address the awkwardness of many players controlling Link’s left with their right.

If you follow Metal Gear very much at all, then you have more than likely seen comments or comparisons which liken series protagonist Solid Snake to another Snake who is fairly well known among movie aficionados.

Following last week’s E3 debut of the 3DS, Nintendo Co. Ltd President Satoru Iwata conducted an Investor Relations Q&A session which brings to light some further thoughts and ideas behind not only the 3DS and development for it, but the prospect of 3D in other Nintendo products as well.

At E3 last week, Namco Bandai and Marvel Film Producer Avi Arad came together to announce that, after 26 long years away, Pac-Man would be making his return to television in a new animated series. But beyond that, little was said and even less was seen, save for a few plot details, and that it would be shown in 3D.

Wednesday, June 23rd will mark the 19th birthday of Sonic the Hedgehog, designated as such by the American and European release of the blue blur’s titular debut on the SEGA Genesis and Mega Drive (fun fact: Sonic 1 wasn’t released in Japan until three days later, a fact fans sometimes exploit in “he should be Robotnik, because that’s what he was called first” arguments). To celebrate, SEGA is making like Walmart and rolling back prices on a bunch of their downloadable games and content. And it’s not just Sonic stuff, either.

NiGHTS fans can be a persuasive bunch– just ask Sumo Digital Executive Producer Steve Lycett, who engaged them during the development of the fan-friendly combat-racing game Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing. Though not appearing as a racer, the Nightopian jester appeared as the game’s flagman through their efforts.