Video: A look at the NXE's Avatars

by Dustin Burg on Sep 19th 2008 4:30PM

Just as they did with the games played section of the New Xbox Experience, Gamerscore Blog (with help from Major Nelson) just posted a new video demoing Avatars. You know, those overly cute, adorable and quite controversial ~~Mii inspired~~ characters. The Avatar demo (embedded after the break) confirms the button options that were leaked a while back and that the long rumored Avatar burping feature will be included. Just watch the vid ... you'll see.

We also want to point out that the NXE transition effects are super duper sexy! Watch closely at the beginning to spot the sleek menu transitions. Delicious!

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Tags: avatars, new-xbox-experience, nxe

Reader Comments (47)

Hmm I'm still not completely convinced.

I cant wait for this update. I mostly just want to have the 8 person private chat. I have been wanting that for awhile now.

I like the new dash and cant wait to start playing around with the Avatars and playing games like 1vs100.

I also noticed that for your gamer picture you can actually move a comera around in the 3D space and take a picture to use as your GamerPic.

i agree, 8 person chat is gonna be freaking awesome.

It'll be like Home, except you'll be talking with your friends privately while playing games instead of typing thought bubbles while looking at each others designer jeans. :P

I also think the integrated Party system to the Private chat is a really great extra. Say me and two of my friends want to hop on COD4 while some of my other friends want to get a few games of TF2 going. I cant wait to have fun with this stuff. Hopefully it will come out some time early October.

Will there be an option to start from scratch instead of having to choose a premade avator that you edit? Either way, looks good.

this looks really tight! cant wait for the update. oh ya, btw, Avatars were in development before Miis. so, all you people who say they're a "Home" or Mii ripoff are wrong.

I really doubt they have been in development for that long.

MS said it themselves :x

Honestly, who cares when they were in development? Halo wasn't the first console FPS but they took the concept to a new level of quality. I think the avatars look way better than the Miis in my opinion.
Not to mention that developers have the option to make unlockable accessories for you avatar. If Epic or Bungie released armor sets for the avatars, XBLM would break under the strain of all the "hardcores" downloading stuff for the avatars they swore they would never make.

And that means that M$ is telling the complete truth?

They probably had the general idea/concept not yet written on paper about having some type of Avatar to compete with 'Home' or Mii's. So if you want to consider that 'development time' then go ahead.

At any rate, they look like a half baked idea, doing it because everyone else is doing it. Just like WHY they are changing the interface because they're trying to gain more sales by making the consumer believe it's so much better than it was before (New Xbox Experience). Granted, the 8 play party is a great thing but thats about it.

That's actually not as bad as i thought it would be.

God, look at how fast you can go through the menus..

Looks cool.. I like how Major Nelson took a pretty normal looking pre made character and subtly changed him into a hobo haha

Is that what Major Nelson wishes he were like in real life? A grunge Gen-Y dude?

Avatars are still optional, right?

Because I don't want that.

Even the sound effects sound Wii-ish.

Honestly, I think it looks quite good and it's nice that you can so easily skip it.

It looks pretty cool! Imagine the possibilities with the Avatars- all major sports jerseys, designer clothes, music artist logos (would love to sport a Van Halen T-shirt!) Means more money out of pocket, but it's still pretty cool.

Oh you mean just like what you can do in Home?! After that information has been leaked since about 2 years ago!? Wow! Microsoft is so innovative!

Hey man, PS3 fanboy section is down there. So, you might wanna check it out. Oh, Sims was created way way before all this Home crap. "Wow, [Sony] is so innovative", right? -_- Get over it. People copy what seem to be neat ideas.

OMG! so cute. I can't wait to play dress up. I wonder if males can wear girls clothing?

ew thats gay.

hey! I like girl's skinny jeans, Okay!

Little disturbing...but okay.

I like how my bulge looks in tight jeans.

I must admit I had a chuckle at your comment. Good work.

Looks cool but I hope there will be some options for moving/re-arranging/resizing facial features, those sort of features led to some creative Miis and help diversify what would otherwise be fairly generic avatars.

Looks so fucking gay...

The burp is what sold me. Bring on the update!

You know, when they first showed avatars, i cringed because they looked so out of place on the Xbox 360.. However this video looked pretty solid and shedding new light on the feature. I especially like the detail of the customizations. Its really basic on the Wii's Miis and i never liked the bubble head style Nintendo went with. PS3's realistic approach to player representation and 360s cartoony Avatars look much better.

I'm still not entirely sure what the point of Avatars are but they are looking good at least.

The purpose is for use in the Primetime games(Though they'll be unavailable for EU, so it'll be useless for us). According to Microsoft, in the beginning they're only to be used in E10+ games. But later on they may be permitted to be used in M games too.

could it just be that this is gonna become a new standard feature like most other things people bitch about it's not worth the fucking time to worry about

actually no, customizing characters is not new especially useless avatars like Miis, Sims, Home-ies and...this...(i don't even have a nick name for whatever this crap is).

i've been hating on them since their existence. but luckily we can choose to not use them.

the new dashboard looks better then i thought

Cannot wait for this and the new xbox experience. IT's gonna be AWESOME!..

Emotive avatar that won't ever be integrated in anything as vast as Home, do not want!

Fast menus, 8 person chat and full game install, do want!

Give me a GOW or Halo Avator and i'm sold. Now those would be cool to use.

still can't believe no one commented on that sweet burping feature. Hopefully they release packs or something for that. Or at least make it so you can choose what sound(s) you want the character to make with the right stick, and what motions to do with the left bumper. We all know that being able to strike poses would be funny. Who knows maybe even have game related accessories like having the avatar stand around with the lancer? There really is plenty of possiblities.

Why is Major Nelson designing my neighborhood pot dealer?

Yup Major Nelson called the shirt a "top". Time to turn in the Man Card.

I like it and can't wait to create my own Avatar, just like I do in Rock Band. I think this will get my wife to get on the 360 with me a little more too, which is always good.

These avatars remind me of the Microsoft Word paperclip.

The Avatars remind me of Mii's. However, I like that the shirts and stuff have designs unlike on the Wii where you can just choose the color of your shirt. The Avatars look more cartoony and better then those characters in Home and look better then Mii's. I have all three systems and if I would have to choose which of these character creations look the best I would say Avatars.

While this may be a rip off of Mii's all companies steal other companies ideas. Look at the Wii's success with the casual gamers and now Sony and Microsoft want to jump on the bandwagon. It will be interesting to see this New Xbox Experience. I also can't wait to play 1 vs. 100 which looks like fun.

I wonder if have clothes and features unlocked with gamer point requirements (like something at 100, 1000, etc). That would make the Xbox avatar system sort of like an MMORPG and get people to buy as much games as possible to get more achievement points so they can have unique clothes.

"I let my moustache do ze talking. Oooooo-oooo-ooo-ooooo."

Is xbox live doing anything else my live just shut off on me and all my friends

Just as long as i can make an avatar that looks like Fallout's pipboy, then i'd be as happy as a kitten chasing a leaky cow

Video: A look at the NXE's Avatars

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