
The vast number of conditions required to allow Kinect’s camera to successfully convert the player’s drunken prancing into in-game control are understandably not something Microsoft is keen to address frankly, but fortunately they have been summarised in illustrated format.
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Microsoft’s upcoming motion controller Kinect has become the subject of ridicule for its inability to track the legs of people wearing skirts.
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Just as it did with Ninja Gaiden and its notorious controller jiggle, Tecmo has apparently added the same tech to its 3DS version of the Dead or Alive franchise.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Jun 17, 2010 14:34 JST
- Tags: Comparison, Controllers, DS, Events, Microsoft, Nintendo, PS3, Sony, Wii, Xbox 360

E3’s major announcements have been made, and observers are busily trying to work out just who “won” the event – most indications seem to suggest Nintendo dominating or at worst tying with Sony.
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Kinect’s dance title “Dance Masters” has been attracting attention for reasons which extend beyond its seemingly impressive dance gameplay…
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The rumours about a sleaker version of the Xbox 360 being due were correct – Microsoft has announced the very same at E3.
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Witnesses to Microsoft’s glitzy E3 launch of Kinect (formerly Natal) report that Microsoft’s conspicuously refused to show any actual gameplay, instead using a crude mockup with actors pretending to “play” an onscreen movie, and that a mechanical elephant was the real star of the show, not their “revolutionary” new controller.
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The controller formerly known as “Project Natal” has been officially dubbed “Kinect,” and rumours of a revised “slim” edition of the console have begun circulating.
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Supposed gameplay videos of Kung-Fu Live, an upcoming PS3 game which makes use of the exceedingly forlorn PlayStation Eye camera system, have prompted some excitable souls to proclaim the end of Natal as being nigh.
The video in question can be inspected below:
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A video of a family of earnest Project Natal players enjoying everything the new controller has to offer has prompted unflattering comparisons to “drunken dancing,” with some saying concerned at the whole experience being “hugely embarrassing” – something of a contrast to the beaming actors shown in Microsoft’s marketing materials…
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Finally, gameplay videos of Sony’s PlayStation Move controller have begun to surface (or at least ones filmed without the use of paid actors), and the experience certainly looks set to give Nintendo pause for thought:
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Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto has dismissed Microsoft’s Project Natal and Sony’s Move motion controllers as mere copies of the Wii.
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