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Bladeforce on 03 June 2009

Will you need 2 of these just to play a game with 2 or more players?



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Arius Dion on 03 June 2009

Malstrom called it.



Bet between Slimbeast and Arius Dion about Wii sales 2009:


If the Wii sells less than 20 million in 2009 (as defined by VGC sales between week ending 3d Jan 2009 to week ending 4th Jan 2010) Slimebeast wins and get to control Arius Dion's sig for 1 month.

If the Wii sells more than 20 million in 2009 (as defined above) Arius Dion wins and gets to control Slimebeast's sig for 1 month.

The Xbox Man on 03 June 2009

@TheSteve

thanks!



    
Ghutto on 03 June 2009

LOL



bardicverse on 03 June 2009
Bladeforce said:
Will you need 2 of these just to play a game with 2 or more players?

You know, that's an amazingly simple question, but absolutely flew off my radar. Casuals don't usually game alone.



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Adobo on 03 June 2009

we'll have to wait and see



DarkNight_DS on 03 June 2009

No games... an expensive price tag and the wrong audience. Unless things change I don't see this ever coming out for the 360. It would make much more sense to include this as the standard controller for the next generation Microsoft console.

Whoever gets a working mind reader incorporated into their next console is going to win the show.



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TheSteve on 03 June 2009
bardicverse said:
Bladeforce said:
Will you need 2 of these just to play a game with 2 or more players?

You know, that's an amazingly simple question, but absolutely flew off my radar. Casuals don't usually game alone.


Judging by the video, in which an entire family was playing at the same time on one of them (including at one point the mom and daughter playing tennis side by side), I would guess that's not the intention.  Amazingly simple question, but an even simpler answer if you watched the video, or any of the news coverage of the tech (it's all over the place right now...  almost overkill).

You WILL need two to swap clothes with your friends via face-phone, however.



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The Xbox Man on 03 June 2009

no games?

lol people are saying no games

Ms isn't stupid they will launch a game with it

ALSO UBISOFT STATED at their briefing that they are working with it too



    
S.T.A.G.E. on 03 June 2009
Louie said:
Hell, this thing can't be used in a lot of games. It surely doesn't replace the Wii remote as it neither features buttons nor a control stick.

I really like Natal and I think it is cool but you should like it for what it is: A cool way to play games not a "Wiimote-killer" as there are too many games you can't play with Natal.


What games can Natal not play? The only problem I see with Natal is freedom of movement of the body backward, forward, left and right. They might need to add a directional pad.