"Skittles, I love you!"
That's what a cute little girl just said to her virtual pet tiger in the demo for Kinectimals during Microsoft's Press Conference.
And my heart melted.
I was a little skeptical about how Nintencats Kinectimals would play, but that little girl completely sold me on it. I want to tickle a tiger. I WANT TO TICKLE A TIGER!
The game is obviously adorable, but it looks to work pretty well! The interaction with the baby tiger seemed accurate and, most importantly, a lot of fun! I am actually looking forward to trying Kinectimals out on the show floor now! Thanks, cute little girl!
More on Kinectimals and all the other Kinect launch titles soon. Stay tuned to Destructoid!
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1:36 PM on 06.14.2010
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could it get any cornier?
i wonder what would happen if i said so
uhmmm... it probably would set off an alarm at the FBI headquarters
@MasterBalls
you mean like this?
It sounds like a great way to appeal to the younger audience, which is pretty much the entire point of motion control in the first place. It's simple and doesn't require button memorization or any of the things that younger players don't deal with as well.
But MS makes it, so everyone will say it sucks. Because hating Microsoft is apparently what all the cool kids are doing.
Still not as creepy as Eyepet though.
it just that even i could think of better way to waste cutting edge tecnology
... and for some reason, seeing a kid play with any virtual pet on a TV screen I still find creepy.
HAHAHAHAHAHA, good one bro
My wife actually thinks this looks fun, as well as the fitness program. We'll see.
I personally will be getting Kinect if what we are seeing now is 100% accurate.
Except Kinect isn't 100% accurate
ZIIIIIIING!
besides, a simple tamagotchi device could give me the same joy...
That thing hits that mark between cute and real that comes out to just being kinda freaky... kinda like those pictures of realistic anime girls; in anime their cute, but in real life they become kinda freaky
Rachel Uchitel, is that you?