Top 10 E3 2009 Announcements

It's hard to determine what's more shocking about Nintendo's Metroid revelation: that the long-running franchise is returning to its third-person action roots after three highly successful first-person adventures or that Nintendo announced it would outsource one of its most beloved female characters to the design firm Team Ninja, creators of such feminist favorites as Dead or Alive: Xtreme Beach Volleyball.

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