So we managed to survive Day 2 of E3, and now we were back again for the last day. E3 was beginning to wind down and judging by everybody?s look on his or her faces there, it seemed that they were just as tired as we were. Everybody seemed to be moving about a slower pace and the mood appeared to be somewhat muted as well. We took a deep breath and set ourselves to the task of braving E3. I was amazed that there was still so much more to look at. There was still most of the West Hall area waiting to be explored, and a few things in other halls that we haven?t examined yet. Since my main goal for E3 was to see PC games, I didn?t really have much to see in terms of console gaming but Allan was trying to decide on what system to get so we turned to West Hall first.
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West Hall appeared to be almost as big as South Hall. Nintendo dominated maybe about a third to a quarter of the floor space there, with a huge line-up out front. Apparently Nintendo was giving out free GameBoy Advances to one in every fourteen people who participated in their little skit/game. Needless to say the estimated time for the line-up was between 2-4 hours since there were so many people and the fact that each skit/game session lasted for quite a long time. A cynical friend of mine said that Nintendo was smart because every minute someone spent in the Nintendo line-up would be a minute away from Microsoft?s X-Box or Sony?s PS2 areas. Actually Nintendo?s strategy may have not worked as well as planned, because people like me got turned off at the line-up, thinking it was the line-up to get into the Nintendo area itself (it wasn?t too clear what the line-up was for unless you asked around) and wandered over to the Sony area instead. But anyway, once you get into the Nintendo area you?d notice that it was filled to the brim with demos of their upcoming games for the GameCube. I freely admit that I have the bias that Nintendo games were made for younger players. However, that does not necessarily mean that I think grown-ups cannot play them too. Thus, although I would picture players of the Pok
