This could actually be a really killer thing if they can make Kinect adequately replicate the functionality and feel of the original SB controller. I don't know if they'll be able to do that, but good luck to them!

....So it's Steel Battalion without the thing that made Steel Battalion cool, and motion control instead?

They basically went from the coolest controller ever, to the worst, why would anyone want that.

Great now I have to get Kinect. My only hope is that this games sucks so I can save myself 150 bucks because if this is good and I can play Steel Batallion it's gonna be a day one buy.

"....So it's Steel Battalion without the thing that made Steel Battalion cool"

This.

Kinect is suddenly interesting again.

Though that really depends on how well (and quickly) it reads any action. I remember the original being hella hard to play, simply because if you died, you had to quickly eject as your mech exploded, which was permanently destroyed. And that was a penalty in an already remarkably difficult game (I don't remember it easing you into the combat very well at all).

If they make it more accessible to play (like how about difficulty settings that make it reasonable) and have the controls actually work, this could really be a thing.

Unfortunately, not a lot of Kinect games have proven to be very responsive in a timely matter. Even the Rare-made games I've played in the Macy's store set-ups would lag behind my movements and required a person in a Microsoft t-shirt to explain to kids how to start it up (by pulling a zipper on the screen).

On the bright side, maybe this would be a game that also works with a controller for the sake of precision and responsiveness in combat. Until now, I couldn't think of a game that would really make a combination of the two interesting or appealing -- the idea of literally ducking behind cover and lobbing grenades sounds unbelievably stupid (in my opinion) given the proclivities and play styles of gamers who play FPS titles.

On the bad side, the orignal Steel Battalion cost ridiculous amounts of money to play, and that doesn't seem to be changing for this one either.

I'm intrigued sir...can't wait to find out more.

this doesn't really sound like a great idea, to be honest. I can foresee many a people hitting the self destruct button on accident just trying to shoot other mechs.
That and walking or firing a weapon by pretending to pull levers, and squeezing your fist too shoot... yeah, not getting it. I squeeze my fist enough as it is, and that game is much funner then anything on a console.

:3c

We are so close to achieving my dreams when I was 8 years old. That's right, we're that one step closer to Robot Jox in real life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUxDmKFCD2o

Fucking A. Talk about lofty goals, best of luck Gentleman.

"...explaining that the game will take place in 2082, despite the game's World War II aesthetic."

Huh? Are we talking about Ring of Red now?

I thought Steel Battalion VT's were designed more like Battletech's mechs (Western Mecha) rather than 'retro WW2'.

If they find a way to make this work, I will eat my hat.

Wow, kudos to MS for partnering with some of the most creative developers Japan has to offer.

I can't wait to see what they've come up with, it really is an all-star cast.

My interest in Kinect has quadrupled based solely on the announcements from TGS.

So this and Dance Central are two cool reasons, for me to want a Kinect. At this rate, I can wait a bit. Nice to see Steel Battalion back again, and if the game still has controller support, I'll indulge in it.

I can't imagine how Steel Battalion will work with Kinect. There were a lot of buttons and stuff on the controller, and the only way I feel this would work is if the Kinect control was combined with a 360 controller.

It might work if they could drop a view of your hands onto a part of the screen so you could know where to move them to touch the virtual console.