Last week was EGX 2018, the UK's biggest games show by a long margin. Nintendo had a massive presence on the show floor, erecting a massive screen for regular tournaments and filling a fair amount of square footage with new and upcoming games for the Nintendo Switch.
The show took place at the Birmingham NEC, one of the largest convention centres in the country, and walking from one end of the exhibition hall to the other took ages. As you might expect, all of the big players were present, including Square Enix, Ubisoft, Sega, Microsoft and Sony, and there were considerable queues forming to play forthcoming titles - and readily-available ones, too, as was evidenced by the snake-like line on Sony's stand to play Spider-Man on PS4.
As has been the case for the past few years, there was a massive retro section packed with vintage consoles and original arcade machines, including a unique version of Street Fighter II which used Whack-a-Mole controls. There was also a selection of pinball machines which drew a healthy crowd throughout the four-day event.
Merch stalls were also present, and cosplayers were out in force as usual. To round off a very fun few days, our video host Alex even got the chance to fondle on a 1/4 scale Pac-Man arcade cabinet, the lucky so-and-so. He also took to the stage to settle it in Smash.
Let us know if you went along to the show by posting a comment below. See you next year!
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Wow, that WarGroove game looks a lot like FIre Emblem.
I wish I was there
Wow Dave Grohl from Foo Fighters was there with Alex!
Was that Wargroove up there!? I was JUST reading about it yesterday trying to decide buying between Wargroove and Tiny Metal. Then I realized Wargroove isn't even out yet...
It was a really good year; lots to see from a Nintendo perspective, with indies especially well represented. A good time to be a Nintendo gamer.
I want Wargroove too!
Yea was great, Got a sweet free wargroove pin badge to remind me to buy wargroove. Wargroove!
I queued up for well over 90 minutes for Pokemon: Let's Go Eevee!
My girlfriend went first and was there a good few minutes before I got a free machine, I went straight off and caught 3 wild Pokemon then got told "I hope you enjoyed your demo of Pokemon: Let's Go".
I moved my character one screen across, played for literally 2 minutes, was asked to leave then waited another 5 minutes for my girlfriend to finish her demo!!
While we were waiting, one demo person from Nintendo was letting people stay on for upwards of 15 minutes!!
This is a fun event but it really just showcases whats already available or games we already know are coming, few games get mentioned, but their not heavy hitters.
Also i haven't been since they moved out of London but I've heard its not as fun as it use to be, become a bit commercial and lost some of what made it fun (letting gamers play games).
I'm sure its still a good event though. I would like to go maybe next year to see how much its changed.
@yonato you mean Advance Wars, right?
Spiderman, Yawn...... (Bored)
Ooh... Colorful Gameboys !
Aww Banjo Kazooie
@Anti-Matter seriously? Have you had an opportunity to play Spider-Man? The camera work and web slinging system are amazing, and make it an absolute blast to traverse the world. Could very well be the most fun way to traverse a sandbox/semi open world of sorts.
Also as a Spider-Man fan, what the studio achieved with the story, lore, and combat were nothing short of glorious. They did the series justice and other than Batman Arkham 3 nothing comes close to super-hero gaming perfection.
@MaSSiVeRiCaN
Dude, i am NOT a fan of ANY Western Super heroes such as Marvel, Spiderman, Batman, Thor, etc, so franchises like that will bored me always. I Don't even care with those franchises.
I prefer Japanese RPG characters with Well designed looking, No Moe girls, Sophisticated fashion outfits like FF VIII.
Btw, my eyes captured something catchy, something colorful, a little bit interesting stuffs, i saw Colorful Gameboy machines. That was captured my interest.
@Anti-Matter I’m a bigger JRPG fan than any other genre of gaming so I enjoy both. I find your opinion a bit short sighted since you haven’t played it, however I acknowledge that to each his own, why play something you have no interest in. However I hold all opinions and judgement until I have played a game, I might say it “Looks” boring or it it’s not my type of game but I won’t flat out say it is anything until I’ve experienced it for myself, otherwise your just hating passing an opinion for something u haven’t actually played for yourself.
Where is the ' Hello very lovely peeoooople , it's on Nintendo life there and today'....
@yonato Was that a joke? You mean it looks a lot like Advance Wars right?
Seems like there were a lot of retro stuff there... Hoping the current-gen section was bigger xD
@FTL Sure that too. I just saw the screenshot and thought it looked like Fire Emblem/Advance Wars. Hadn't heard of it before.
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