this has been like every e3 game shown so far pic.twitter.com/cTVRYtTeQJ
— smokey 🐻☁️ @ furcationland (@sploggles) June 11, 2018
Now that the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) is over, we can look back on some of the best jokes made about the upcoming games. We already rounded up some funny tweets during the halfway point of the event, and you can read those here. Now we have the rest, and it seems one leggy character really ran away with the show.
This tweet summed up the difference between what’s promised at E3 and what we eventually get:
The game they announced at #E3 coming in 2019 vs. the game they announced at #E3 available right now pic.twitter.com/LBpo84gQzI
— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) June 11, 2018
People continued to lament the lack of Animal Crossing news:
when animal crossing isn't announced today pic.twitter.com/J3OSOCY9et
— Paul (@Haedox) June 12, 2018
Others celebrated game announcements in unusual ways, like adding Jimmy Barnes the singing Australian/Scottish cowboy from “Big Enough” to The Elder Scrolls VI.
— Lainy (@Hexagote) June 14, 2018
The mysteries behind Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding remained unsolved:
Hideo Kojima fans: KOJIMA IS A GENIUS WE NEED TO DECIPHER ALL OF THESE SECRET CODES AND CLUES THAT HE PUTS IN ALL HIS TRAILERS WHAT DORS IT ALL MEAN?
Actual Hideo Kojima: pic.twitter.com/oFCgnbf3gE
— R-63 Diligence Enjoyer (@JohnXuandou) June 15, 2018
At this point, I almost hope Kojima never reveals the plot of Death Stranding and we just all gotta buy the game and go in blind
— hyenasandgin.bsky.social (@hyenasandgin) June 14, 2018
Some people saw themselves reflected in Fallout 76 and that’s beautiful.
I’m the guy with the tuba,
Tag yourself #E32018 #BE3 pic.twitter.com/Ac5uaIZyu6— Nivera (@NiverasWings) June 11, 2018
People managed to stay focused on the important things, like Snake’s butt.
https://twitter.com/theultrahand/status/1007235227675029504
https://twitter.com/stitchryu/status/1007719502128140288
It got a little political at times:
https://twitter.com/MashAllPotatoes/status/1006604707241119745
https://twitter.com/NormsRespecter/status/1007024412401524744
Gamers are gonna be so upset when they find out you get your period in the new Battlefield game no matter which gender you play as
— grace spelman (@GraceSpelman) June 16, 2018
Kingdom Hearts is still confusing to some:
https://twitter.com/juliemuncy23/status/1006684233627324417
"Here's a Disney thing from your childhood."
"Aww… yay!"
"AND SOME HARDCORE FUCKIN' MURDER!"
"Oh. Wow. Okay."
"But also remember Dragon Quest slimes? So cute!"
"neat! Yes!"
"AND OUR NEXT GAME IS NECK SNAPPER: THE RECKONING"— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) June 11, 2018
Bethesda showed a comedy sketch about “Skyrim for Alexa” starring Keegan-Michael Key, but that joke will only unleash a monster:
Bethesda: haha here's a hilarious little joke – skyrim on Alexa! Isn't that funny and novel?
Twitter: give it to us now or we riot#be3— radley "the rad" raddles (@angharadyeo) June 11, 2018
And, of course, people on Twitter had a lot to say about Super Smash Bros. Ultimate:
— 🍭Hyper Seap🍭 (@HypraSeaPea) June 12, 2018
One character who kept popping up in tweets about Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was Waluigi. Just as in the last tweet roundup, people were still airing their grievances about Nintendo saying, “Everyone is here” and yet, there was no Waluigi:
Waluigi is still an assist trophy #NintendoE3 pic.twitter.com/2HtUsI23tW
— 🌌☯️Sad_Stride☯️🌌 (@sir_stride) June 12, 2018
New Smash Bros. in a nutshell. pic.twitter.com/zGQFo2v9at
— WaΓuigi (@KingWaluigi) June 12, 2018
Some people got to work fixing the announcement. Now everyone is Waluigi:
The Smash Bros cover has been fixed~ Everyone is Waluigi. Now #SmashBrosUltimate can truly be called ultimate! #E32018 pic.twitter.com/CsUoFB0QiZ
— Stoic Seraphim (@Stoic_Miiverse) June 12, 2018
Others had their own theories:
https://twitter.com/Robert_Gordon_/status/1006583080793100289
https://twitter.com/brooksasanoun/status/1006581344372166656
https://twitter.com/nkulw/status/1007356487658803203
Wario and Waluigi are inverse versions of Mario and Luigi, hence the "W" names – "M" upside down, or inverted. For this reason, the evil version of Peach would not be called "WaPeach," but rather, "beach." In this essay I will
— Casey Nugent (@CaseyNuge) June 13, 2018
While others were just upset:
https://twitter.com/BillCorbett/status/1006963577817714688
I feel like this is how it went. Poor Waluigi :( pic.twitter.com/puJ4f0ebzl
— Nightslade RayX (@rayquaza36) June 14, 2018
Press “F” to pay respects:
press f to pay respects to waluigi #e3 pic.twitter.com/zYtJZn1REH
— DitzyFlama (@DitzyFlama) June 12, 2018
But wait! What if…
holy shit pic.twitter.com/zDCs7JP06R
— Justyn (@FUNKePills) June 14, 2018
HE WAS ALWAYS THERE. HE NEVER LEFT US.
(Hat tip to Dorkly, Kotaku, and The Mary Sue)