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Project Natal Demoed On Japanese Morning Show

Morning news magazine Mezamashi TV got a pre-Tokyo Game Show look at Project Natal. Watch Fuji TV announcer Yoko Shono play a game of Ricochet with Kudo Tsunoda and try the controller free racing demo Microsoft brought to E3.

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FiftyFourPointTwo5331d ago

I bet the japanese fell asleep during the show.

TOO PAWNED5331d ago

nah they just changed the channel

S_Leonhart5331d ago (Edited 5331d ago )

CORRECTION:Project FILL IS DOOMED IN THE Japanese Show.

El Botto5331d ago

like Ricochet and the original Burnout arcade racer.

LMAO! We have Uncharted 2, xbots. What do you have?

Answer: a ps eyetoy rip off.

Gabe EatsWell5331d ago

Is that girl in your avatar the one who demoed Project Failtal? :P

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dreamcast5331d ago

wow, look at the lag between her movements and her avatar's movements.

LOL @ 2:40

HAHAHA... look at her face @ 4:02. I think that sums up Natal nicely.

I'm sorry... I'm all for innovation in gaming, and I think MS has done a lot of innovation with the xbox & 360, but this is sh*t.

Keith Olbermann5331d ago

that looked terrible. It almost seemed like they were trying to cover up how bad it really was. I cant believe this is the future. Say it isnt so.

IrishRepublicanArmy5331d ago

1; rick roll music for the video would have been fitting as its a joke.
2; id say all ps3 gamers will approve this as it proves their point about how bad natal is!

Blaze9295331d ago (Edited 5331d ago )

And you all think the consumers they are aiming Natal at with these demos care or yet alone really KNOW or hell, even noticed this "lag"? The 'casual' consumers they are aiming at could care less about any of that stuff and wonder, "hmm, maybe its supposed to do that plus it looks fun".

Anyway, that's Marketing for ya. Still got over a year till this thing releases and Microsoft is already hitting television worldwide marketing it.

It'd be nice to see something new already but Greenburg already let people know it would be the same tech demos that have been shown since E3.

Microsoft Xbox 3605331d ago (Edited 5331d ago )

Looks kinda ridiculous. Nothing hardcore will come out of this.

EDIT:

After watching it again, you can clearly see lag between movements. Doesn't look any more innovative than the 2003 PS EyeToy if you ask me.

dolan5331d ago (Edited 5331d ago )

How humiliating that this is what Microsoft has been reduced to in the console market. That was just embrassing to see.

I still remember back to the months before the Xbox launched and the talk of how Microsoft was just going to take over the console world.

I guess this is what happens when Microsoft can't or won't afford to release new console hardware after losing 7 billion dollars on the the two Xbox consoles.

Microsoft obviously can't compete with Sony on hardware and graphics. And Microsoft can't compete with Nintendo on the casual gaming side.

They end up halfway in the middle with something that just looks awful and unfun.

ProA0075331d ago

Careful...that kind of open-minded opinion isn't welcome on this site.

UNCyrus5331d ago

They driving controlled like crap! hahah It was funny though when she hit the wall in the driving part she said the following...

”痛い!”
”痛くないけど。。。”

Translation - It hurts!! Actually... it doesn't hurt, but..."

She got immersed in it... despite it being really laggy, odd...

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IdleLeeSiuLung5331d ago

All I saw was her excitement for the technology and how much fun she is having. This seems to echo what almost everyone else that has tried this on video. They are just baffled, excited and all together have a great time.

Of course the haters, that never tried it do the usual by HATING!

Imagine, girls in bikine jumping around like that. That in itself is a great way to entertain you and others!!!

lokiroo4205331d ago

You would think that they could at least have a demo that works properly, fail.

Christopher5331d ago

In the most simplistic of their games, there's at least a half second lag in her movements, later on when they're competing up to 1 second. I really hope they get this down a lot. The car demo was horrible. You could tell she's having tons of trouble with it as she keeps turning way to the left because it's not responding well enough.

Also, they're still having issues with the limbs. The hands in the ball game were getting kind of weird at times.

C'mon Microsoft, get this stuff worked out!

DelbertGrady5331d ago

Yeah cause the Wii was so succesful thanks to it's graphics power...

Something called affordance. What will make Natal extra attractive to the casual crowd is the fact that it doesn't need a controller to work.

v1c1ous5331d ago

and that it's for CASUAL games?

what? you dudes think you're going to be playing devil may cry on this or something?

dolan5331d ago

"C'mon Microsoft, get this stuff worked out!"

But what incentive does Microsoft have to come up with anything good?

There is almost nothing else to look forward to in 2010 for the 360 due to the outdated hardware and tiny Microsoft first party. So this is being hyped as the 'greatest thing ever' by hardcore Xbox fans and Xbox fans in the gaming media because its all there is to hype.

It's the same situation as Halo ODST. Microsoft had no incentive to come out with anything other than an overpriced expansion pack because they have hardcore Xbox fans and Xbox fans in the gaming media who will buy it and hand out joke 9/10 reviews respectively.

HolyOrangeCows5331d ago (Edited 5331d ago )

This lags too much and I don't see much potential without unnatural control added (Controller), and even if you used the 360 controller, you would no longer have control of your arms.

"playstation shree-ga"
"X-a-Box-a"
ROFL!

table5331d ago (Edited 5331d ago )

what makes you think no controller will appeal to casuals? perhaps the casuals want a controller and think this high tech gimmick is too hardcore. It's a perfectly feasible outcome.

HolyOrangeCows5331d ago

Her virtual hands move let she has virtual arthritis.

dreamcast5331d ago (Edited 5331d ago )

You really think "casual" gamers won't notice the lag and think it's cumbersome? I thought "casual games" were games anyone could play, not games that don't require any type of precision or timing. We're not talking about mentally handicapped people here. Could you imagine playing a multiplayer boxing game like wii sports has with that lag in it? The girl playing was visibly upset with how the car game controlled.

I thought MS said this was going to be applied to "core" games and revolutionize gaming yada yada. If this is overpriced like the wifi adapter and pretty much any other 360 peripheral, I doubt people will want it just to play dodgeball or any other "casual" game that isn't affected by lag.

@HolyOrangeCows
"Her virtual hands move let she has virtual arthritis."

That looks much worse than arthritis... it looks like she has 20 different joints between her elbow and wrist.

EDIT: to those that disagreed, I'd love to hear some ideas of casual games that aren't affected by lag and don't need precision.

marinelife95331d ago

Uhh you guys go ahead and enjoy Natal. I'll pass. That lady's face had a look of frustration.

table5331d ago

you're right, that racing game looked absolute bull using Natal.

N4G king5331d ago (Edited 5331d ago )

first of all
the fanboy that disagreed with me needs to take his fanboy glasses off
he tried to hit the ball like 3 times and he couldn't
he says
"simply and easy"
yet i see it lag
and when she drives it makes her look like a drunk driver
well i dont know and i dont wana know how fanboys are actually going to spin it and say that this is going to be great

but all i see in here is a FLOP

and why the hell my comment got deleted
all i said that it lags
and yes it DOSE lag

XXXRATED5331d ago (Edited 5331d ago )

this is just a joke right? the only thing I can see this is good for is a quadriplegic who wants to play a video game.

Saaking5331d ago

They've been showing the SAME games and functionality for months now. And it lags HORRIBlY. Come on MS, do something. Show more games becuase at this stage, Natal is just like the Ps3 eye.

I did not murder him5331d ago (Edited 5331d ago )

LOL fanboys are going to attack Natal like Halo? I guess when they sense a MSFT AAA selling a lot and pushing hardware they attack it to no end. http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blo...

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djtek1845331d ago

The girl looked painfully frustrated and bored while trying to play the racing game.

DonCorneo5331d ago

oh, they were demoing natal.. did not even notice

Gabe EatsWell5331d ago

I've said this before and I'll say it again:

Project Failtal - a project that makes the game 'control' you instead of you controlling the game.

Microsoft Xbox 3605331d ago (Edited 5331d ago )

I predict many gifs on Neogaf from that video. Especially with the guy in the white shirt. LOL

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Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."

ChasterMies3d ago

Some of these low paid video game “news” writers weren’t born before 2007.

just_looken3d ago

Here here

Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.

I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing

CrimsonWing693d ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker3d ago

1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.

It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!

KyRo3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.

Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.

CrimsonWing693d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.

Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:

- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2

I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.

Profchaos3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.

I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.

I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.

But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.

Gameseeker_Frampt3d ago

Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.

2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.

just_looken3d ago

It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5

Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.

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Pretty much all of these games listed are based around a morality system you don't have to be bad and you don't have to be good.

It seems to have left out some real amazing games like red dead redemption 1/2,ass effect and true crime la/ny

Tacoboto4d ago

Armored Core VI?

Ok, I'm really missing something here. Just beat chapter 3 earlier this evening, unlocked A-rank Arena fights. I'm not seeing or sensing any branching paths or morality system and I've done every side mission and arena fight available to me up to that fight.

Is something big coming soon to branch the story?

banger884d ago

No mention of Grand Theft Auto? Saints Row (original trilogy), Manhunt? Also The Suffering (depending on the ending you get).

ChasterMies3d ago

Trevor in GTA 6 is a sadist and psychopath who dabbles in cannibalism. Should be top of the list. These game “news” sites should hire people that know games.