if Nintendo had shown Natal instead...

[Destroyer_of_knights]

if they had showed the exact same thing as microsoft, people would still be impressed, more so because Nintendo isn't one to push such advanced expensive tech as what was shown, I know all will cite the wiimote, but the wiimote it's self was composed from cheap available tech at the time, they just had a nice package and a good interface, anyways the whole natal project had quite abit of research behind it.

In any case I see the natal project being the next gimmick to draw the rest of the casuals that still have troubles or disconnect of havbing something in there hands to control something on screen, however, instead of being announced by Nintendo, it was announced by Microsoft so Kudos to them.

All I have to say, is that if Microsoft have this camera + standard controls in the box with their next console, Nintendo have no chance as the wiimote would been seen as old...and at this stage I don't see Nintendo doing something that can surpass natal, unless of course it's something like the matrix...