Project Natal On Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

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pakidan101 said:

mrstickball said:
pakidan -

I am into motion controls. The reason I have not purchased a Wii is because there are few if any games that interest me that have motion controls. I like the idea of motion controls, but want motion controls in games I care for...Which the Wii doesn't have.

As I've been saying, I want an Elder Scrolls-type experience with motion controls - being able to hack away, defend with a shield, talk to people, and do all that cool stuff. Does the Wii have any games like that, at the moment? WM+ isn't out yet, AFAIK, so I haven't seen any upcoming games that do that, other than Red Steel 2.

And having said all of that, I don't think I really want to go out and spend $250 on a Wii + WM+ for a grand total fo $280 when I may be able to get a similar experience with the games I want on the X360 + NATAL without having to invest in another console.

 

Well, thank you for the nice reply...at least we can now have a civilized convo without being blamed as a fanboy.

 

You are right in the fact that there aren't many games on the Wii which caters to those who lust for violence, gore, and cinematics of mass proportions. Sure, we may have Metroid Trilogy coming out, Red Steel 2 (which is showing a lot of promise), The Conduit (which isn't that great, but it is a step in the right direction) and others, but they don't have the hype that matches with other games on the HD console.

 

Red Steel 2 and the upcoming Zelda Wii game may be able to have an Elder Scrolls-type experience with motion controls, but it seems you lost all trust in the Wii and replaced it with the future potential of the Natal Project.

 

My question to you is this: what makes you think this peripheral will fulfill your needs and requirements? Just recently, Shane Kim was quoted as such that they are not aiming at the current "casual" gamers nor are they aiming at the PS2 gamers who haven't bought a current gen console, but they are targeting the 60% households who don't have a console at all and haven't played any videogames when it comes to the NATAL project.

If that is the case, where do the "core" gamers come in? Nowhere, that's where.

Actually, they have stated many, many times that they are going to integrate this with core games.  Look at Kudo interviews from E3 and such.  Just how they plan on doing that, your guess is as good as mine.  But it will most likely be a mix of controller and Natal for core games.  I will not really care for that.  Give me a disc of Tron game where I can jump around and stuff and I am there day 1.  You hear me Bungie.  Make it happen.