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Now the thought of someone doing the Mario in front of a kinect pops into my mind, as well as an achievement that states "Rip Off!" when you do the same moves.
Let's make a deal.
If, in 10 years, "River Rush" is a household name, spawned tons of sequels, make millions, has a movie deal and Mario is a distant memory... I will eat entire left foot whole, in one bite.
If, in 10 years, "River Rush" is a household name, spawned tons of sequels, make millions, has a movie deal and Mario is a distant memory... I will eat entire left foot whole, in one bite.
He's got a great point, when you think about it: Kinect looks lame, which is exactly what we'd all say about the original Super Mario Bros. if it were released today.
This is too funny. Mario and Kinect are exactly opposite. And actually the eye toy is a closer example to Kinect than anything else.
Kinect Adventures actually looked like a fun human tetris/manic Time Trial game. Is it on Mario's level of gaming, to you and I, no. To a 7 year old, probably. To you and I entertaining a 7 year old, definitely.
Problem is if you launch a peripheral, you need something to buy it for. Kudo failed to do that this year. Harmonix fortunately picked up the slack.
Problem is if you launch a peripheral, you need something to buy it for. Kudo failed to do that this year. Harmonix fortunately picked up the slack.
And we're still calling certain games "core" and "casual"? A game's a game's a game, folks.
Also, that Kudo Tsunoda dude always looks like he's been doing blow.
Also, that Kudo Tsunoda dude always looks like he's been doing blow.
This just made me realize... Kinect is exactly like that shitty old kid's gameshow Nick Arcade. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seAyeYBNijA&feature=related
Yeah, riiiight.
I'll admit it's true when Super River Rush Galaxy 2 becomes the best rated game of all time. >.<
I'll admit it's true when Super River Rush Galaxy 2 becomes the best rated game of all time. >.<
@hpv - I wasn't aware there was a good half to the EyeToy library
Anyway, if you really wanted to say it was like Super Mario Bros, this stuff would have come as a pack-in at launch.
Funny that no one tried to make a direct copycat of Mario back then, either, mostly because games came out at a snail's pace and people played games into the ground in between releases. People would get wise to it rather fast.
But just because games come out faster now doesn't mean people don't get wise to it. Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort are rather well-known, I'd say, and Wii Sports helped illustrate the motion control standard from the start - Kinect is not a standard and four years into 360's life is too late to change that.
Anyway, if you really wanted to say it was like Super Mario Bros, this stuff would have come as a pack-in at launch.
Funny that no one tried to make a direct copycat of Mario back then, either, mostly because games came out at a snail's pace and people played games into the ground in between releases. People would get wise to it rather fast.
But just because games come out faster now doesn't mean people don't get wise to it. Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort are rather well-known, I'd say, and Wii Sports helped illustrate the motion control standard from the start - Kinect is not a standard and four years into 360's life is too late to change that.
It's almost as if employees of a company say positive things about their products because they want them to sell.
@manasteel88
You want human tetris? Go to Japan. In fact, whenever you see a crazy Kinect game, think about going to Japan. Japan has the weirdest games/activities ever, I kid you not.
You want human tetris? Go to Japan. In fact, whenever you see a crazy Kinect game, think about going to Japan. Japan has the weirdest games/activities ever, I kid you not.
The Silent Protagonist: The other half (in reality much less than half) isn't good, they're just not extremely crappy. I'd say they're somewhere between crappy and very crappy if I had to narrow it down with one or two titles that might have been good if they had higher production values, better hardware, and lower price points.
Kinect doesn't seem to be fixing any of those issues. The games they have shown look terrible, the price is about 5 times more than I'd be willing to pay for such a thing, and I'm not even close to convinced that the hardware is up to the task. Even if the capture works as Microsoft would have us believe I can't see how 30fps is going to deliver responsive control, especially when the input is the movement of your body, something that you literally don't think about and will be that much more noticeable when the on screen action lags behind.
Kinect doesn't seem to be fixing any of those issues. The games they have shown look terrible, the price is about 5 times more than I'd be willing to pay for such a thing, and I'm not even close to convinced that the hardware is up to the task. Even if the capture works as Microsoft would have us believe I can't see how 30fps is going to deliver responsive control, especially when the input is the movement of your body, something that you literally don't think about and will be that much more noticeable when the on screen action lags behind.
I thought he was trying to say that their mindset and approaching the games were like making Super Mario Bros., a game that's accessible but still all-around fun.
I can see what he's saying, I suppose, but I'd still rather buy Super Mario Bros. than Kinect at this point. The gameplay isn't the same at all, and I still think it all boils down to holding a controller with buttons is better.
@mrandydixon
New Super Mario Bros. Wii is pretty much Super Mario Bros., and it never looked lame even for a second.
@benjaminajacobs
NICK ARCADE WAS FUCKING AWESOME YOU SWINE. :P
@mrandydixon
New Super Mario Bros. Wii is pretty much Super Mario Bros., and it never looked lame even for a second.
@benjaminajacobs
NICK ARCADE WAS FUCKING AWESOME YOU SWINE. :P
You guys understand that he's not saying it will be as popular/successful/good as SMB, right?
...Right?
...Right?
@The Silent Protagonist:
"Funny that no one tried to make a direct copycat of Mario back then"
They did. It's called The Great Giana Sisters. We played the hell out of it when we were kids on the Commodore 64, and haven't even heard of the NES (we didn't really have those in the Eastern Bloc). Needless to say, Nintendo sued their asses... then it got remake on the DS!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Giana_Sisters
"Funny that no one tried to make a direct copycat of Mario back then"
They did. It's called The Great Giana Sisters. We played the hell out of it when we were kids on the Commodore 64, and haven't even heard of the NES (we didn't really have those in the Eastern Bloc). Needless to say, Nintendo sued their asses... then it got remake on the DS!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Giana_Sisters
Face, meet palm. "Oh Hai there mr Palm, how are you? You seem nice, we should be frein...... Ahhhh what are you doing? Stop hitting me!"
@The Silent Protagonist:
"Funny that no one tried to make a direct copycat of Mario back then"
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Guess you never heard of the Great Giana Sisters, huh?.
"Funny that no one tried to make a direct copycat of Mario back then"
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Guess you never heard of the Great Giana Sisters, huh?.
@The Silent Protagonist: We've been playing copycats of SMB ever since it came out. It's strange that you haven't noticed.
Garbage article, the author pulled words for the actual quote and rearranged them to create a more "controversial" title that would generate traffic and hits.
All they are doing is pointing out that Mario is a good example of a platformer that can be enjoyed by core and casual gamers, and they want to take the same approach with Kinect Adventures, nowhere in the quote does Microsoft ever actually say "Kinect is exactly like Mario".
I'm not saying I agree with their assessment of Kinect Adventures, I'm just pointing out that this article is a good example of some pretty lame journalism.
All they are doing is pointing out that Mario is a good example of a platformer that can be enjoyed by core and casual gamers, and they want to take the same approach with Kinect Adventures, nowhere in the quote does Microsoft ever actually say "Kinect is exactly like Mario".
I'm not saying I agree with their assessment of Kinect Adventures, I'm just pointing out that this article is a good example of some pretty lame journalism.
please do not compare your steaming pile of mediocrity to the godliness that is Mario, you microsoft jerk.
I just realized that I can recite the entire Super Mario Super Show theme from when I was a kid...I had sad that my brain chose to remember THIS and not actual important things.
I'm actually kinda pissed they think kinect and SMB are on the same level. Here's product that has a lot to prove and hasn't shown the public a whole lot of promise. Yet the company decided to comare it to arguably the most iconic franchise in the industry? How can say it with a straight face?
But the thing is you couldnt play a super mario bros game with just kinect even if nintendo made it for wii....
You cant sacrifice precision and say you put out a hardcore product...(no matter what spin you put on it.
You cant sacrifice precision and say you put out a hardcore product...(no matter what spin you put on it.
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