Learn how to make your Avatar frown, laugh and burp the alphabet

by Dustin Burg on Nov 24th 2008 12:45AM

After a few days of messing with the New Xbox Experience Avatars, we have come across a few hidden (and not so hidden) Avatar moves that'll make him (or her) do various expressive feats. You know, certain button presses that'll make your Avatar burp, laugh, get angry and even smack his head on your screen. Don't worry though, Avatar heads are jelly-like and shouldn't crack your television's screen.

Our compiled list of Avatar moves is posted after the break and is broken into two different lists. One for Avatar fun you while in the customizer and one for the 360's dashboard. (Avatars tend to act differently in various surroundings.) We believe our list is rather comprehensive, but we're sure there are other goodies yet to be discovered. Think new hair colors. If you believe you've discovered an Avatar move that isn't listed, please, feel free to share.

While in Avatar Customizer

Left Bumper - Makes Avatar do a random expression: depressed, apologetic, surprised, laughing, or angry.
Right Bumper - Opens Avatar's mouth
Hold Left or Right Trigger - Spins Avatar making it lose its balance.
Move Right Thumbstick - Rotates Avatar's head.
Move Right Thumbstick Left, Right, Left, Right - Makes Avatar angry.
Move Right Thumbstick Up, Down, Up, Down - Makes Avatar happy.
Rotate Right Thumbstick in a Circle - Makes Avatar dizzy.
Click Right Thumbstick - Makes Avatar burp.
Click and Hold Right Thumbstick, Then Move Right Thumbstick - Makes Avatar burp continuously in various pitches.
Hold Right Thumbstick Left then move Right - Makes Avatar enthusiastically spin to the right.
Hold Right Thumbstick Right then move Left - Makes Avatar enthusiastically spin to the left.

*Exclusive to "My Features" area or anywhere Avatar head is zoomed in on.

Move Right Thumbstick Up then Down - Makes Avatar hit its head on the screen, making it dizzy.

While in Xbox 360 Dashboard

Move Right Thumbstick - Rotates Avatar's head.
Move Right Thumbstick Left, Right, Left, Right - Makes Avatar angry.
Move Right Thumbstick Up, Down, Up, Down - Makes Avatar happy.
Rotate Right Thumbstick in a Circle - Makes Avatar dizzy.
Click Right Thumbstick - Makes Avatar smile and wave.

Tags: avatar, avatars, new-xbox-experience, nxe, xbox-360-dashboard

Reader Comments (47)

While in Avatar Customizer, hold the left (or right) direction on the right thumbstick. Then after about a second, press the right thumbstick in the opposite direction. This will cause your avatar to do an enthusiastic spin.

Sorry, typo. Should be the right thumbstick the whole time. You never have to use the thumbstick.

Thanks for the info!

It picture mode if you zoom out till the body icon highlights your Left Bumper expressions will have body animations.

If you move your right thumbstick around while you burp it'll change the pitch of the burp.

Yup, I found that one last night. Head back = high-pitch, head level = medium, head down = low-pitch. I was able to get a so-so rendention of Mary Had A Little Lamb.

Yeah I found that while making mine. Someone needs to play a song with it. Maybe "Still Alive"?

That is the cutest avatar picture EVER.

Because it's ME!

the xbox just got a little bit gayer....wii style.

I'll take "gay" over testosterone challenged meatheads in gritty metal armour any day.

jaerisk - Just got a little bit dumber!

And you just got a little bit modded down...cajun style!

I assume jaerisk is a PS3 fanboy. If that's the case, we should all find him online when Sony releases Home and post "Looks like the PS3 got a little gayer" after every post he makes.

I own all three consoles...so I'm "allowed" to talk smack, and despite what you say, these little mii rip offs are in fact gay. Live with it.

haha, he's allowed people, he's allowed. IDIOT!

"All three consoles"? Pssh. He's not allowed to say jack until he admits to still owning a Dreamcast!

@Jaerisk

Your comment is irrelevant. Also, the truth be told your lame for owning a Wii.

Oops wait, your 9 years old, never mind. Carry on...

:P

No, SlimPickin, you made yourself sound as dumb as jaerisk. Owning a Wii does not make you nine. Stop being a fanboy. Also, if you're going to insult someone and call them 9, don't confuse "your" with "you're" twice in the same post.

That being said, jaerisk, if you really don't like avatars, ignore them, don't play with them, and everything will be fine. I wish people didn't just post stupid stuff like "that's gay". It maes them sound retarded. Exactly what do you not like about the avatars? Stated in a rational post. Arguing over whether something is "gay" or not is moronic.

did betazealot just correct someone their spelling and grammar? get a life.

someone *on* their

betazealot:
uhhh let me get this straight... you said you cant call something gay because "it maes them sound retarded." yea first off practice what you preach in terms of spelling. secondly, practice what you preach in terms of generalizing people, ie your reference to being retarded. YOU are just as bad a person as jaerisk, so stop posting here.

oh and with regards to your comment "Stop being a fanboy", go ahead and reread the name of this website and then go right ahead and slam your forehead against your desk a couple of times. maybe that will rid you of your know-it-all super-ego.

when you're in a party you can click down the left thumbstick (might be right) and your avatar will wave

oh for real...yawn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
now back to g.o.w 2, avatar's bore me like sony's home...yawn! now back to the game's.

I think the NXE avatars are coool!

Do you work for Microsoft?

Well I dont and I think they're cool too, some people are against anything fun. I genuinely believe the only people calling these 'gay' and 'sad' are still in high school where these kind of things matter still in your life. No offesne meant to those in high school that aren't obsessed by how cool the nobody next to them thinks they are.

I'm in highschool and I like avatars?

I'd like for whatever I do with my avatar to show up on my friends' dashboards.

Then I'd like to have some combo to make my avatar give them all the finger.

C'mon Microsoft! Help a poor non-finger-giving avatar out!

You don't have to be in the avatar customize screen to do those. I've done some while I was in the same blade with the recently played games (not sure what the actual blade is called, but it's the one where you can actually see your full avatar standing next to your gamerscore, etc.)

The spin move works in both directions.

New feature I discovered QWERTY keyboard under language.

care to elaborate?

it's under setting - language - English(QWERTY) i think

He means that you can make it so the on screen keyboard you use when sending a message is the same as a qwerty keyboard. The updated changed it so the on screen keyboard is in alphabetical order.

I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned this yet, but if you go to the start-over option in the customization menu the avatar does the shock/suprise expression. If you're quick about it you can snap a photo of this as your avatar picture.

Not sure if anyone has already posted this but in photo mode when your taking a picture of your avatar, zoom the camera in as much as you can and nod his head forward and he will headbutt the camera causing it to shake.
Won't make your avatar too happy though.

Is there a way to make male avatars stop standing in that sissy female pose?

I consider my self a playstation fanboy but i dont try to start a console war and nice btw making playstation a typo while typing btw2 this was typed on a sony vaio

learn2type

kiss my a$$

I really want to like the Avatars, and I think they are interesting, I think they can have some cool use.

THAT said, make them a little less "lame".

So that when I make a change, to make my avatar a bit cooler, it doesn't end with a Wii-esque happy dance.

I don't mind them being family friendly, but to have a "tee-hee" moment at the end of an avatar update just seems unnecessary.

That said, having an avatar that gives you the middle finger would kick ass ;)

Seriously though, I think maybe even like a rock god head bang, or at least slightly less kid-esque music after creation would be much appreciated.

Am I really the only one that agrees?

Yeah or away to use the avatars to emote your friends and stuff while playing with them in your party, cause all this stuff they let your avatar do is pointless, unless you like to sit at your xbox and watch animated people fart all day.

Do anybody know is it possible to export the avatar into a moving "GIF" file in computer?

Despite how "gay" the avatars are, Microsoft is making shit loads of cash off the xbox still.

they kinda suck now cause you cant really do much with them but I'm sure over time you can do some cool shit with em (like the avatar games)

Last I heard microsoft was working on the avatars before the 360 was released (so there not Mii rip offs).

never the less the avatars are a cool add on, something else to play with on there.

Avatars were created by a Microsoft Game Studios internal development studio, Rare Ltd. "before Miis were part of the gaming scene,"

quoted from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatars_(Xbox_360)#Avatar_Store

under technical details (around half way down the page.

As for avatars being "gay", i'm sure they are non-sexual! i think they look better than the miis anyway.

I just got a 360, made an avatar and discovered that I could move it. Next thing I know, I've given him a concussion.

And it depends on what defenition of 'Gay' you use. Happy or homosexual?

I play Wii, 360 and PS3. I still have a PS2, and even a Sega Mega-drive (Genesis in america) mark II 16-bit. Call that gay, and I will actually find you and poke you in the ribs/on the forehead, saying 'That was naughty. Never do that again.'

Learn how to make your Avatar frown, laugh and burp the alphabet

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