battle royale games in a nutshell pic.twitter.com/mf2i3RBfqu
— JhbTeam (@JhbTeam) June 10, 2018
The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) is back for another year, with video game companies presenting their new wares starting last weekend and ending this Thursday. We’ve already seen the new Halo game (Halo Infinite), the new Fallout game (Fallout 76), and the line-up of (almost) everyone in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. We’ve also summarized Sony’s packed presentation. But we haven’t rounded up the funniest reactions to E3 2018 until now. Below are some of our favorite tweets about the first half of this year’s offerings.
Many of the jokes were about the Nintendo presentation, which included the announcement of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate with the statement, “Everyone is here!” Well, not everyone…
https://twitter.com/GenjiShitmada/status/1006573364624928769
https://twitter.com/pattymo/status/1006613558115946496
Sad news, Waluigi fans: pic.twitter.com/zQXrlzvkJj
— pixelatedboat aka “mr tweets” (@pixelatedboat) June 12, 2018
https://twitter.com/fakemikemulloy/status/1006612935718785024
i love working at Nintendo and deleting fully finished Waluigis from every Smash Bros. game in favor of the cop from Hogan’s Alley and the pinball from Odama
— Alex Navarro (@alex_navarro) June 12, 2018
list of playable characters i want in the new smash bros:
– waluigi
– birdo
– gudetama
– toad
– a new animal crossing game
– mallow
– king k rool
– king krule— leon (@leyawn) June 12, 2018
Nintendo announcing the Super Smash Bros Ultimate roster pic.twitter.com/qPa4UPg4HG
— adam (@adamjmoussa) June 12, 2018
H O L Y F U C K!!! MARIO IS DEAD #E32018 #NintendoE3 pic.twitter.com/LDpU0rYlJr
— ✨Maria✨ (@MsDBZbabe) June 12, 2018
When it hasn't even been 5 seconds since you got back in Smash and Kirby already ate your brother pic.twitter.com/gW71n7nsYM
— Tylor (@theSirToasty) June 12, 2018
https://twitter.com/ejnoodles/status/991913053326364672
And strong feelings were expressed about other Nintendo properties:
Nintendo finally getting back to their roots pic.twitter.com/FnLkZ2yLaL
— Dr. Bucky Isotope, Astrologist, IQ 188 (@BuckyIsotope) June 12, 2018
the general public: animal crossing pls
nintendo: wow look we added shoelaces on mario’s shoe in Smash. you’re welcome
— Kate Gray (@hownottodraw) June 12, 2018
People had a lot to say about whatever this guy was doing:
https://twitter.com/ohboyvidya/status/1006348874582282241
#E32018 pic.twitter.com/XM1cSFhSJN
— DitzyFlama (@DitzyFlama) June 12, 2018
Sony’s presentation showcased several games. Inevitably, some killjoys threw a hissy about Ellie from The Last Of Us Part II being gay, even though that wasn’t news to anyone who paid attention to The Last Of Us or — especially — the DLC. Ellie’s orientation was long known by many, so the best response to the complainers was this sarcastic tweet:
“so she’s gay now?”
yeah she turned in all the paperwork last week and her acceptance letter came this morning, it was all pretty sudden
— 𝙻𝙼𝙰 (@_lesleyallan) June 11, 2018
Now let’s check in on some other games:
Kingdom Hearts 3 looking fire #E32018 pic.twitter.com/krdG6ZJbIK
— 🐫✨🕯 𝘽𝘼𝙂𝙃𝘿𝘼𝘿𝘿𝙔 🕯✨🐫 (@BERAQ_) June 11, 2018
Holy shit, Sony just announced the PlayStation 5! pic.twitter.com/Yk5q4RdPMG
— pixelatedboat aka “mr tweets” (@pixelatedboat) June 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/GildedSword/status/1006341389158936582
https://twitter.com/theultrahand/status/1005986562633392128
nier is just kingdom hearts for people with depression
— peach idiot (@weedhitter) June 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/brOrayn/status/1006006772853891072
biggest reveals of E3 so far:
Green M&M in Hitman 2 Crossover Event (IO Interactive)
Whose Line All-Stars Racing (CW Games)
Respect The Wolves (Common Sense)
Godsmack Digital Card Game (Universal Interactive)
The Elephant Man 38th Anniversary Pinball Machine (Williams/Bally)— wolf pupy (@wolfpupy) June 11, 2018
https://twitter.com/BuffTuffKRuff/status/1006341746689597440
Fallout 76 prompted plenty of jokes:
https://twitter.com/somebadideas/status/1006160215065194496
https://twitter.com/dantelfer/status/1006015815206858752
fallout 1 and 2 – two of the most well-written, morally ambiguous, stylish, and funny RPGs ever made
fallout 76 – you log on and CumGoblin16 frags you with a nuclear weapon before you can even find clothes. then his friends stalk you offline for days— jumanji ito (@naxuu) June 11, 2018
— pixelatedboat aka “mr tweets” (@pixelatedboat) June 11, 2018
Todd Howard of Bethesda gained some new fans when he announced a huge slate of games and didn’t mince words about the Nazis in Wolfenstein Youngblood:
Me after that Todd Howard presentation #BethesdaE3 #E32018 pic.twitter.com/RimaPyaIkA
— julie (@julesie_) June 11, 2018
https://twitter.com/repalec/status/1006006894777909251
“beat the living fuck out of those nazis”. Quote of the night.
— ✨Spiff ✨ (@Space_Man_Spiff) June 11, 2018
“Fuck nazis on every platform.” Follow up quote of the night.
— ✨Spiff ✨ (@Space_Man_Spiff) June 11, 2018
People had jokes about Devil May Cry:
why does dante look like a youtuber I'm going to hear of for the first time because they did something racist pic.twitter.com/OHVtzU6IOG
— Susana Polo (@NerdGerhl) June 10, 2018
— The Uncanny Esp-Men (@Espergguy) June 10, 2018
once again Capcom ignores my million-dollar idea to rock the foundations of the console gaming world by calling the new game Devil Has Cried
— The Mountain Goats (@mountain_goats) June 10, 2018
Devil Gives Himself Permission to Cry
— The Mountain Goats (@mountain_goats) June 10, 2018
Death Stranding continued to confuse everyone, and we wouldn’t want it any other way.
https://twitter.com/AJ_Artinger41/status/1006355904889958401
Wow this new Kojima game looks incredible pic.twitter.com/nGVAxcwWia
— pixelatedboat aka “mr tweets” (@pixelatedboat) June 12, 2018
So how about you guys? Has the first half of E3 been everything you were expecting?
E3 Presenter: Gamers. I present to you: video games
crowd: HOLY SHIT IT'S VIDEO GAMES
Presenter: Yes. That's right. Video games.
crowd: I CAN'T BELIEVE IT IT'S FUCKING VIDEO GAMES— peach idiot (@weedhitter) June 10, 2018