@Kitler
Yep, I read about that. And of course we all know the "invisible steering wheel" experiments, the more proper ball game and all the other tech demos. But they strike me as either a) games entirely built around the experience of motion control itself or b) experiments where the motion control is basically a less comfortable substitute of buttons/sticks.

I was thinking more along the lines of traditional game genres - (action) adventures, RPGs, shooters, strategy games. That's where I'm interested to see game designers focus on actual new ways to interact with the game, but integrated into a rich game structure.
At this point I've heard them say long enough that there's an endless sea of possibilities.
So is a blank page, let's see how they can draw :)

thats nice, but will it blend?

i'd show you that Natal Elephant Gif but i forgot where it is.

Why not?

If it does what it says, I will resign and become a "lawn mower man". That movie was VR on steroids :)

Considering how few developers have gotten their brain around how to properly utilize the wiimote, I do not have high hopes for a plethora of good games utilizing Natal.

then I ask these questions :

- shooter game FPS/TPS/plateform: how do you move ur character ? if u go forward u destroy the TV, backward u hit the wall, left/right you go outside the camera detection ...

Of course, they can make something adaptated with restricted move but then at which point will it be detected by Natal AND what will be the interest of motion sensing ? You can also crouch but it may be very tiring ...

- racing game : do you really thing that "no wheel at all" can beat the "wheel accessory" ?

- fighting game : they can do something IMO (eye toy too ...)

sorry no time for more question ;)

loll i dont see air thrusting will get anything going. needs friction (and paper wont do loll). ...but Natal could bring a whole new level of those geeky Sex chat rooms lol

Exactly what's so endless about it? The wii remote was a new way to control things, and developers had to find the best way to implement it, but it's pretty obvious what its limits are. You point, you 'waggle' and that's about it. Natal does what? you move your body ... that's it. This is not what I call endless.

Though Natal may have one real advantage over the wiimote. Nintendo was so hush hush about it, up until a year before launch. Some developers found out about it, when we did. Natal on the other hand is being shared with everyone, and MS is trying to keep the hype up about how it'll be used in major franchises. To me that means there are less secrets, and more time to work with Natal. Which should give first gen games using it an advantage over a majority of Wii first gen games.

I don't believe it took five replies for somebody to say that. It was the first thing I thought of when I saw the title.