The Wii U looks innovative, but let's talk about something more urgent.
I finished Haruka's route in Little Busters.
It's weird. I like Haruka more than Komari, and I liked the romance in Haruka's path more also, but the story itself wasn't as emotional. For too long, you're in the dark as to why all this drama is transpiring. Eventually, you learn the truth, (And in true Key fashion, you learn that there's more to Haruka than meets the eye) and the revelation is a powerful one, no doubt, but after that, you can kinda guess how the ending's gonna play out. I suppose in these sorts of games, there will always be routes you like more than others. I liked Rin's route in Fate a lot more than Saber's route, for example.
For my next playthrough, I'm going through Rin's (Rin Natsume, not Rin Tohsaka) route. Why? Well . . . um . . .
I think she's kind of cute.
When I did Haruka's route, I disabled the minigames, as well as skipped past scenes I already saw. This made the playthrough faster. However, there were some new scenes in the second playthrough that weren't in the first one. As well as more evidence of Kyousuke being a little bit like a certain whiz kid with a notebook. Oh granted, there's no evidence of Kyousuke secretly being a sinister person . . . yet, but there's something fishy about him, to be sure.
This time, I'll keep the fights disabled, but I like batting practice, so I'll turn that back on. But you know what's interesting? Rin (Natsume) actually has two routes. Her second route you have to unlock, so in fanspeak, I'm doing Rin1 right now.
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Okay, back to E3.
I don't like buying a brand new console when it first comes out. [I learned the hard way why that's a bad idea. "Hey! New N64! (one month later) "Where are all the N64 games!?"] Even if the Wii U is like the Wii but awesomer, I think I'll wait some time after it comes out before buying it, if I want to buy it. I'm still fine with my 360, PS3, and PC for playing games.
As for games, the only big name game coming out in the future that I'm interested in is Skyrim, but even then, I'm being cautious. I did NOT like Morrowind, and I was discouraged by a trusted friend of mine from playing Oblivion. ("It was terribly disappointing." I was told.) But hey, if Halo redeemed itself with Reach, maybe Skyrim will be the Elder Scrolls game for me, who knows?
