Japan Casts Massive Wii Vote

Japan’s popular gaming mag Famitsu has posted results of a recent opinion poll asking what gamers are most looking forward to after this year’s E3.

Nintendo’s Wii garnered 68.8% of the vote, followed by Sony’s PS3 with 21%, Xbox 360 with 7.2%, and the DS at 3.0% interest. 88.4% of voters believed the price of the PS3 to be “too high,” also citing the price as the biggest news announcement at this year’s E3.

Famitsu readers’ biggest news of E3

1. PlayStation 3′s price and release date announcement
2. Final Fantasy XIII announcement
3. Nintendo’s Wii price/release date no-show
4. Nintendo Wii title line-up announcement
5. Announcement of Super Smash Brothers X on Wii
6. Announcement of Nintendo Wii controller details
7. Announcement of Dragon Quest Sword, available at Wii launch
8. Nintendo Wii Zelda details/demo
9. Announcement of details concerning PlayStation 3
10. New games announced for Nintendo DS
11. New details on PlayStation3 controller
12. Display of Wii controllers at the Nintendo booth
13. Hideo Kojima’s presentation at the Konami Digital Entertainment press conference
14. Announcement of Resident Evil games coming to Wii
15. 27 titles playable for Wii at the Nintendo booth
16. Compatibility of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles between DS and Wii
17. Announcement of “WiiConnect24″ online service for Wii
18. A Microsoft executive’s comments that “PlayStation 3 is expensive”
19. Play reports of Zelda on Wii
20. Announcement of Monster Hunter 3 on PlayStation 3

Readers also voted in the game they are most looking forward to…

1. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
2. Final Fantasy XIII
3. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
4. Super Smash Bros. X
5. Dragon Quest Sword
6. Super Mario Galaxy
7. Final Fantasy III
8. Monster Hunter 3
9. Biohazard (Wii)
10. Halo 3

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