The Staggering Highs and Lows of E3 2018 

I do realize that this is all very subjective, and I probably should have preceded everything by saying that this was all just in my opinion. Disagreement can lead to great discussion though, so if you feel differently about any of these conferences I encourage you to tell everyone why (and not just say, "You're stupid, [company]'s conference stunk!" as I'm seeing a lot right now, haha).

Waluigi is too big to be in smash

I forgot what your channel was called because RU-vid unsubscribed me (thanks RU-vid), so I looked up Nintendo cookie monster, and this was my first result, lol.

This video summed up my feelings for this year's E3. It was okay and honestly pretty high quality as far as E3s go, but there was just nothing memorable to look back to or even make memes out of or anything.

Hope for the best, expect the worst. This seems to get thrown out the window when E3 season comes.

Sleep: Microsoft was the high point of E3 2018 Woke: Devolver Digital was the high point of E3 2018.

Honestly E3 felt average this year

One thing everyone seems to forget from the Nintendo conference was that they had a lot of surprise instant releases. Hollow Knight, Fortnite, Paladins, Octo Expansion all release during E3 and I really like that kind of surprise. The only other conference that did that was Bethesda and that was for Fallout Shelter on the Switch.

So much arlo recently Don't worry there can never be too much arlo

Me : Arlo, I only have one thing to say about this E3. Arlo: NO, please don't say it! I don't want to know it! Me: Yeah, but Solid Snake.

I can't be the only one who thinks that a lot of people straight writing off Daemon X Machina is pretty unfair, no? It has several big names behind it, it's a brand new IP exclusive to Switch. At least a nod to the fact that showed up would be nice.

4 Arlo videos in the same week? I’m being spoiled!

I was initially very dissapointed by Nintendo, but looking back at it retrospectively, their direct was actually very good. It had a huge smash unveiling, fire emblem, that new mech game, a new Mario party that honestly looks extremely good to me, and decent support from both third parties and Indies, imo. The only thing that was missing from it was a super huge, Metroid prime 4 esque surprise, imo.

Maybe next year, boys, maybe next year

Arlo, your conversational delivery in your videos makes even your long videos easy to watch! Looking forward to more!

I saw twelve new videos in my sub feed just now, but as always, Arlo’s new vid is my first go-to.

You really deserve more subscribers. I was surprised to see the number

Ya, definitely a weird one

I freaking LOVE your channel, Arlo!!!!!

Arlo, I’d just like to point out that I think you are the only YT channel that after having watched as many of your videos as I can, I’ve found that there is not one single video that I haven’t loved. You’re such a pleasure to watch and I can’t wait to see you continue on into the distant future, I love everything you’re doing - you lovable fuzzy guy.

While I personally think Nintendo's E3 was the best overall solely for Smash exceeding all of my expectations (seriously, no other E3 made me scream in excitement as much as Smash did), I can certainly understand why people would dislike the lack of other announcements. I'm sure they could've fit in more. Even taking Bethesda's approach of short cinematic teasers for games in development would've been enough.

Highs: Nintendo, Microsoft, Bethesda Lows: EA, Square Enix's lack of content, NO WALUIGI

Watched the full video before commenting like a good person. Nice video. I agree with all of your points, and you worded it beautifully. Thanks Arlo.

Arlo always makes me see the good when I thought there was little to none. Thanks!

E3: It's ass and gold at the same time Edit: fuck i actually got noticed

arblo is my dad

great recap Arlo. I subscribed

Your description of this e3 is perfect description on how I felt about it this year .😁👌😢

Honestly I didn't like this E3 very much.

For me the best conferences were *Nintendo* and *Microsoft* because of all the hype I got from them. -For the *Nintendo* one it's really subjective, I'm a big smash fan, so seeing a new smash + R-I-D-L-E-Y in smash was really something (they won for me). - The *microsoft* one was good, I'm not really interested in xbox games but seeing games like battletoads or cyberpunk really excited me. -In third place *bethesda* because of the new elder scrolls ( I'm talking obviously about the one on the phone). -The games at *sony* were good but oh my god I found it boring. -*Square Enix* was.... nothing new ? -Then *ubisoft* , wich I don't remember so... yeah. -And *EA* wich I'm trying to forget...

That ending joke was priceless

Love you, Arlo.

Kingdom Hearts 3 did have a new trailer at SE presents, however it was mixed in with the Frozen trailer

In smashboards we celebrating this Nintendo E3 and saying that they won it, but being honest that's just for the hardcore smash fans, everyone else expecting their Pikmin 4's, Anal Crossing, Prime 4 and the like didn't get much of it. A bit of a shame since they had a great E3 and the momentum was strong.

Arlo please, I can’t handle all these uploads, it’s the arlo equivalent of an e3 with odyssey, botw, mp4, and Pikmin 4

Thanks for saving us several hours sitting through E3.

4 whole Arlos this week

This man needs rest

Lowest point of EAs conference: watching a legendary franchise become reduced to a clash of clans ripoff ... and having them dwell on it longer than anything else.

Love u arlo glad to see u talking about more than nintendo i love it!

They showed some new sceene for kh3 in the se show

Arlo Buddy Mario Party wasn't the only unannounced new game Did you forget about Daemon x Machina? Why is everyone sleeping on this game.

an Arlo returns !

E3 is never over, there is 1) E3 event then comes 2) Discussing this years E3 event then 3) Speculating next E3 event. Its a constant phenomenon that starts when you are born and ends when you are dead. 3E's, 3 days, 3 stages. For3ver

When it comes to intendo I was expecting a lot more

Nintendo did state that this year E3 would focus on Smash and games coming this fiscal year so I didn't expect Metroid, Bayonetta, ect I did expect Yoshi then seen was delayed so wasn't a big deal. I enjoyed Nintendo's show more than Sony but in terms of presentation Microsoft won and this is coming from a guy who only buys exclusives on my Xbox.

You're exactly right :D I'm a big Smash fan and I'm super happy with this E3

The staggering amounts of arlo content during e3

I'm really not liking how Daemon X Machina keeps getting ignored.

I'll say one High of E3 and Low of E3: 1 High: Fallout 76. Xboxs E3s had so much good trailers, but I had to pick One Trailer. I love Fallout, but The way they presented it, Was Great. MAJOR LOW: EA FIFA 19. That, was the WORST E3 moment EVER. Why? Three words: BATTLE. ROYALE. MODE. c'mon EA!

Nintendo completely banked on getting the entire Smash Bros community to migrate to the Switch. They really should have had more teasers at least.

Arlo you are the man.. I wanna be like you when I grow up. You pretty much said point for point what I was thinking the whole time.

My in-depth thoughts and rankings: 1. Nintendo. Yes, speaking objectively, their lineup was one of the more lacking among the various publishers this year, but... fuckin' Smash Bros, man. Beyond even that, though, I'm super jazzed about Three Houses even though I've never played a Fire Emblem game before, Mario Party is officially joining Mario Tennis in the "Hey look guys, we officially don't suck anymore" camp, the Treehouse showcase finally convinced me that Let's Go Pikachu is indeed a must-buy, Fortnite on Switch is a huuuge deal even if it's probably not a game for me, and Deamon X Machinalooks like the greatest game either Shinji Mikami or Platinum never made. 2. Bethesda. Just knowing that Doom Eternal is coming rivals Smash Bros. Ultimate as far as things that get me excited go, but arguably unlike Nintendo, the rest of the conference more than pulled its own weight. I'm divided on Fallout 76 being always-online, but everything else about it looks stellar; meanwhile, you still have the pleasant surprise that is Rage 2, some seriously awesome-looking DLC for Prey, a very reasonable facsimile of The Elder Scrolls on mobile, and some tantalizing teases for Wolfenstein: Youngblood, Starfield, and The Elder Scrolls VI. (Also, "Ready to Die" might just be in the list of my top ten favorite songs ever, so that Andrew W.K. concert at the beginning actually made me really happy.) 3. Microsoft. Halo Infinite, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Jump Force, Devil May Cry V, Forza Horizons 4 (I'm as surprised at my enthusiasm for that one as you probably are), Kingdom Hearts III, Cuphead DLC, some seriously good leveraging of GamePass, Battletoads, Metro: Exodus, Captain Spirit, Dying Light 2, three goddamn Gears of War games at once (none of which I'll probably play, but imagining how excited the Gears fans must be right now just makes me smile inside), and closing out the show with the bombshell that is Cyberpunk. Just... mmmm. It may be my personal number three, but the overwhelming consensus that their show was the best of E3 is well-fucking-deserved. 4. Sony. Kind of bizarre how similar their showcase and Nintendo's turned out; what games both of them showed off ranged from great- to out-and-out-incredible-looking, and yet both shows still came across as oddly half-hearted, as if Sony and Nintendo both only participated in E3 at all out of a sense of obligation. None of which takes away from how phenomenal The Last of Us Part II, Death Stranding, Resident Evil 2, and Spider-Man look (and the "711" bit at the end of the Trover Saves the Universe trailer justifies that game's existence all on its own). 5. Ubisoft. You know you just had a good E3 when a conference this damn good can still reasonably be allotted the number five slot. A few of their games (particularly The Division 2) ended up dragging the show down for me rather than making it stronger, but they more than made up for it; the new Beyond Good and Evil 2 trailer singlehandedly assuaged most of my worries about a game that I was already sold on based on the strength of its previous trailer, Skull & Bones is sure to scratch any pirate itch that Sea of Thieves may have left unsatisfied, the reveal of Fox in Starlink was one of the most welcome surprises out of all the games announced this E3, Assassin's Creed Odyssey aping Mass Effect is a an excellent direction to take a series built around the draw of exploring and feeling like you're living in historical locales, Donkey Kong Adventure is looking to be everything I could have wished for, and Grant Kirkhope's live stage show remains just the greatest fucking thing to ever exist. 6. Square Enix. Shadow of the Tomb Raider is sure to be merely "great" at the very worst, and it's nice to see Just Cause 4 working to rectify the many shortcomings of its predecessor, but while they had a fair few other promising games, new information regarding those games was scant to none. Out of all the press conferences, this is the one I most could have skipped without it affecting my E3 experience. Which is still better than can be said about... 7. EA, because a short and pointless E3 show is still wayyy way preferable to a long, miserable, _and_ pointless E3 show. Unravel Two and Sea of Solitude were the only bright spots here; the rest was either tossed-off filler (e.g. their sports games and, bafflingly enough, Anthem), good-looking games that they simply refused to show us rather than just talk about (Battlefield V and the horrendously-titled Star Wars: Jedi: Fallen Order), or just straight-up bad (I took a little sojourn to the Command and Conquer subreddit following the press conference and, sure enough, it was the exact opposite of what the Gears subreddit must have looked like after the Microsoft show. It's really hard not to feel for those guys right now). I'm not even being sarcastic, I'm almost left wondering whether EA deliberately put on a bad show just to stand out from the other conferences somehow; I don't think I've ever seen a company have so many big games to show off but outright refuse to make a concerted effort to actually _sell_ us on any of them. Square and EA aside, though, this E3 is rivaled only by last year's as far as being perhaps the best I've ever experienced go. Sure, not everyone brought their A game (including my pick for number one, even)... but I'd say almost everyone brought at least their B+ game. (Note: Devolver Digital not included among these rankings by virtue of being too pure for this sinful Earth.)

And even if you’re a huge Smash fan, it can still be a bit of a disappointment solely because of Waluigi

You the best guy ever made

Two requests for you Arlo: 1. Please do videos about Nindies. The best ones. The worst ones. In-depth reviews. You do some of the best game reviews on youtube and I'd love to see your take on more of these games like Hollow Knight, 9 Parchments, Steamworld Dig, Oxenfree, Shovel Knight, and the rest. I follow a few channels that focus more on these "little" games, but I'd love to see your take on them. 2. Are we still getting a Breath of the Wild review? I know you did the first impressions vid, and the DLC review. But a full, huge in-depth review of the entire game like you did with Odyssey would be amazing. I watched your 3 big Odyssey review videos after I got well into the endgame, and it made my experience all the more enjoyable (except the motion controls, of course ;) ) Now that I've beaten BOTW as well, I'd love to see your take on the game as a whole, from start to finish. Thanks!

Kinda gotta disagree wtih you about the "reveal" part. Not only was last E3 more heavily focused on revealing new titles (Metroid Prime 4, Kirby Star Allies (as much as i personally didn't care for the game all that much), Pokémon for the switch, the new Yoshi game, a port of Rocket League and finally Metriod: Samus Returns), but it's not like there were few game reveals this year either. Daemon X Mecha, confirmation that Fire Emblem Switch was still a thing after 450 days of radio silence, Mario Party, Fortnite (yes) and yes, Smash. Sure, there was also a lot of stuff we already knew about, but i wouldn't say there was "nothing" for the usual ninty fan. Think of it like this, Nintendo has around 13 different first party franchises they're juggling with. You can't reveal a new Mario or Zelda or Donkey Kong game every year.

Daemon x machina is also first party I think.

0:00 Intro 0:52 EA 3:01 Microsoft 4:13 Bethesda 5:09 Square Enix 5:56 Ubisoft 6:55 Sony 9:17 Nintendo (the one you probably care about) 11:29 Outro

Eh.. yeah. E3 was not quite what I expected either. You pretty much summed it up. But... STAR FOX ON SWITCH! Great video, as always! Hope you are right about next year.

They should just ditch E3 as a concept. No more conferences with live performances and long boring talks that don't relate to video games. Every company should mimic what Nintendo is doing and make a pre-recorded video of game reveals. What should stay are the treehouse style live-streams, and the show floor demos. E3 should be a celebration of why we love video games, not some company bragging about how successful they are.

Next year Microsoft and Sony will surely present their next-gen systems, so Nintendo will need a big show to keep the Switch alive.

I really love your thumbnail.

I'm a Big Xbox Fan and was really excited to finally see a reveal of a new Halo Game. and Look Forward trying out New Games close to the End of the Year, and 2019

If we vote for Waluigi on the smash ballot I'm sure they can make him cheat his way out of assist trophy

Wait, there were other conferences? I’m still seeing Smash in my field of vision everywhere I go.

I'm a Mario Party hardcore (oh god that sounds weird) and the fact that they made a new one in the classic style made me soooooo happy! Some people are dissapointed about stars being only 10 coins, but the thing is you get only 5 coins now from minigames. When you think about it, a star is still worth two minigames. I feel that the shortage of coins will make item resource and use a lot more challenging, making it very strategic.

The E3 with super mario odyssey was the HYPEST e3 I have ever EVER experienced, I don't know if I will ever experience an E3 like that again.

All I needed was Pokemon and Smash at Nintendo. and that's what I got. :)

Gotta admit: I thought it was pretty good! (Nintendo in particular). They did great! The disappointment that stood out for me was that the octo expansion date didn’t release the first day. And that Fortnite came to switch. I hate Fortnite. Apart from that, Nintendo did great!

I feel like this whole video was a way for Arlo to present yet bury his disappointment with Nintendo’s E3 this year. And that’s brilliant, I 100% agree with the points he made about that show.

You forgot about TUNIC, thats an exclusive too. Good video i always enjoy these reviews of gaming presentations

Nintendo's stock dropped because of the out cry of dissapointed fans. I knew half the direct was going to be smash focus so i kept my exspectations low for suprise reveals. Xbox did very good because nobody thought that they will have anything to show, so they showed off the multi platform game first to get mass apeal from general audiences. Nintendo fans should stop acting like children and judging the presentation with unrealistic exspectations. Fight me

Nintendo's 2017 was awesome. Nintendo's 2018 was bad. Nintendo's 2019 - Awesome, by showing MP4 and revealing a lot of stuff? Bad, by only showing MP4, like this year? We expect them to do one of those. So they won't even have a show next year.

Only two more videos until your 200th video! That's crazy!

I'm sure if they had Pikmin 4, Arlo would be singing Nintendo's name from mountaintops I love ya, Arlo. :)

Like if Ronaldo is the GOAT

You Nintendo fans are Ungrateful, may I remind you of e3 2010

As a Fire Emblem and Smash fan I was happy. Other than that though, Nintendo’s E3 was severely lacking. August and September seem barren, 3rd party is better than usual for Nintendo but still weak, and the absences of games we know are coming (Bayonetta, Yoshi, MP4) and ones without new entries in may years (Animal Crossing) vastly surpassed the amount of new ones.

11:41 the “pretty good” lines up with the little “doody doo” in the song lol

Oh no! The way arlo says banter hurts

I'm just happy that my three favorite franchises (Smash, Pokemon, and Fire Emblem) are getting new games in the next 12 months. Plus I can't stop playing Octo Expansion and Mario Tennis Aces releases soon.

WOW! Your face is back!

Interesting video!

You're awesome!

For every show there was only really One or Two that I might even consider Buying

Devolver was the best presentation to be fair. It was hilarious and had Metal. Wolf. Chaos.

YES!!! ARLO SHOWED THE CUPHEAD DLC IN THE BEGINNING! YAHH!!!

I think next years E3 will be good. They can talk more about the next Pokémon, and possibly reveal more about metroid. Along with some other potential announcements we dont know about yet.

Freaking Arlo i love you

As a wolf main in brawl I'm happy to see him back

In terms of "wow" moments, Starlink Fox reveal was probably my favorite surprise in E3 with the "Everyone Is Here" announcement with Smash probably being 2nd. The ES6 announcement I might have liked better if they had shown something more substantial, but it didn't really have anything much to go from. In all, I feel like Bethesda and Ubisoft probably did the best for their overall shows.

That last line made me laugh out loud.

An alliterative Arlo is absolutely amazing ain't it?

I always keep my expectations low for E3. It helps deal with the pain.

When can we get a video about Octo Expansion? I know it's still pretty new, but still. We know how much you love singleplayer Splatoon.

If you are interested in smash but didn't watch the treehouse, I DEFINITELY recommend watching the invitational tournament. The singles matches were some of the best I've ever seen.

Wow, Arlo, this week you took more advantage of E3 than Nintendo did. Way to put together a lot of good content quickly. Practically a faster blue fur-ball than Sonic the Hedgehog.

Hey no Revolver Digital? That one was hilarious and amazing , also the PC conference was well done , too bad you decided not to include them

I’m excited for Smash Bros, but all I needed to know was that it was coming. Since we already knew that, I was kind of disappointed, I wanted Mario Maker or literally anything else remotely interesting that we didn’t know about. Overall this E3 was just “meh..”