by Nick - 05.14.06

E3 is the place to be. If your a geek that is. And we are certainly geeks. That’s why we attempted to get photos of as many “celebrities” as we could. Come inside for a look at what we got.


Boon and I spotted Reggie and chased him down. He is a pretty tall guy, but not as intimidating as he comes across in pics. Understandably, he was racing to get through the crowd, but he did take the time to let us bask in his greatness.

Upon entering the Wii booth one of the first people we saw was George Harrison. He was standing at the base of the stairs greeting everyone with a big smile.

And once you ascended the stairs you saw this legendary figure. Koji Kondo was up on stage conducting an orchestra with the Wiimote. Incredibly cool!

I spotted Suda 51 of Grasshopper (Killer 7, Contact) standing outside the Nintendo booth talking animatedly to a guy from Famitsu about the Wii. Suda was shocked when I asked for a photo, but gladly obliged. Very cool and very humble.

Peter Molyneux was there and he seemed to really like Monkey Ball on the Wii. He jumped in front of Boon in line and played for 10 minutes.

As I was standing in the Nintendo booth watching Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, I noticed that this guy had a Double Fine shirt on. He turned out to be a Double Fine employee. I talked to him and he was glad to hear that 4cr (and more specifically, Mitch) loves Psychonauts. He told me that Tim Shafer wasn’t at the show though.

This is the Retro Studios employee that I chatted with as we both watched Prime 3 being played. He was totally cool and happy to see his game on the floor. He was an environmental designer and we chatted about working at Retro.

This guy had the coolest tattoo ever. I’ve never considered getting a tattoo before, but when I saw this I was jealous!

Now for the cutest celebs of the show; the Rayman Raving Rabbits. These stuffed rabbits were sweet and everyone was trying to steal them. Apparently, Ubisoft staff had to chase down quite a few people.

I’ve loved Snoopy forever. I had a Snoopy stuffed animal when I was little… until we washed him and his head fell off. Boo. Anyway, I was giddy as a school boy after seeing this life sized Snoopy and had to have my picture taken with him.

Benny, pimp that he is, got his pic taken with two of the Powerpuff Girls.

And finally, as far as cute soft things go, we have Philip Wesley’s Squishy!

This guy was standing outside the Convention Center, waiting for Reggie to kick his ass and take his name.

These two could be seen wandering all over e3 and everyone had to have a picture with them.

And of course, the biggest star of the show, the Nintendo Wii.











Zomg Benny got the Powerpuff girls!!
Nintendofreak - 05.14.06 10:31 pm
Those Link and Zelda costumes are awesome. Link is even left-handed!
Hamblasto - 05.14.06 10:41 pm
Yay Squishy!
Boots - 05.14.06 10:46 pm
I’ve gotta upload my pics with Miyamoto, Iwata, and Masahiro Sakurai now. Anyone who stuck around at Nintendo for the end of the 3rd day could have gotten the chance to meet them, as they came out at that time. But… it was a bit hectic. I nearly got crushed.
Masahiro is going to try and put Lolo & Lala from The Adventures of Lolo / Eggerland in Super Smash Bros. Brawl for me.
If those characters actually do make it in, I’m going to freak.
James M - 05.14.06 10:46 pm
Those 4cr t-shirts are damn sexy. I’ll take ten!!!!!!!
Jenova - 05.14.06 10:56 pm
Yes, give me a free shirt Nick! (and 4ndii)
DynamicStability - 05.14.06 11:13 pm
Lucky you emt reggie you bestards.
Naveed - 05.14.06 11:15 pm
Woo, look at Coffee with his sexy pink bag.
Michael - 05.14.06 11:20 pm
Ness tatoo for the win.
Joey - 05.15.06 12:52 am
Need a 4cr shirt here.
Luis - 05.15.06 1:45 am
OMG. Reggie got to meet Boon! He’s so lucky.
TK-Linx - 05.15.06 3:02 am
Reggie scares me. I’ve never seen him say something that wasn’t pure, unadulterated marketing-speak. I think he was probably grown in a vat.
Belgand - 05.15.06 4:53 am
Lolo would be a awesome Smash character. They’d have to make a move so that you can freak out and commit suicide though, it’d be totally worth it.
pete - 05.15.06 7:26 am
What I want to know is, did any of these celebrities know about 4cr?
I mean, was reggie all like “I read 4cr all the time, playing nintendo is such a great column” etc. etc.?
Gwyn - 05.15.06 7:28 am
LOL Peter Molyneux. When did they start letting talent-less HACKS who havent made a good game in about a 100 years into E3?
Larry - 05.15.06 7:50 am
oohh…that guy whos dressed up as link is that crazy obsessed cosplayer from Nitnendo Power….creepy
anyways, good stuff! lucky to have a pic with reggie
fizban - 05.15.06 8:31 am
OMGWTFBBQ KOJIKONDO!!
dsgamer21 - 05.15.06 10:01 am
Quit the ‘zomg’ its the pinnacle of retardedness…
aros2k - 05.15.06 2:50 pm
awww…coffeeman looks soooooooooo cute with his pretty pink bag
Broku - 05.15.06 3:18 pm
Is that the guy/girl (Zelda cosplayers) from Nintendo Power?
PhishBowl - 05.15.06 4:08 pm
haha the ness tattoo guy was lampooned on something awful’s weekend web this week.
dogparty - 05.15.06 4:13 pm
Hello to all at 4CR, it was great meeting you guys at the show last week. E3 sure was a blast and Nintendo’s Wii turned out to be really huge hit. I hope to see you again some day.
Paul Gale
1up.com
Paul Gale - 05.15.06 7:59 pm
I think I’m in love with Suda51.
Pixel Mort - 05.16.06 12:31 pm
Hey that’s me! (I have the NESS tattoo) I have seen a lot of peeps say it rock… but then some insults me for getting a game tattoo… who cares! NESS ROCKS! And thanks for the compliments guys!
Oda - 05.17.06 5:37 am