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Posted: Jan 13th 2010 9:58AM (Unverified) said

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Oh god, please say it's a Natal version of Street Fighter.

Or Strider Natal.

I'd buy the thing for one of those games.
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Posted: Jan 13th 2010 9:59AM (Unverified) said

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I'd want Final Fight.
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Posted: Jan 13th 2010 10:04AM (Unverified) said

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Dear Joystiq,

Please give Bradwart a job. Just make him cut down boxes or something.
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Posted: Jan 13th 2010 10:04AM Uphillbothways said

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Street Fighter isn't exactly a "brand we haven't seen in a while."
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Posted: Jan 13th 2010 10:07AM (Unverified) said

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Yeah, but Strider is.

And they could do more than one game. Might be why SSFIV's been taken off the Q1 release schedule.
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Posted: Jan 13th 2010 10:07AM Dao Jones said

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You are one very confusing/delusional person, Bradwart.

Even though I love Capcom's "older" games, majority of the games I have played that a company reestablishes with new controls never really clicked with me. But when they make a brand new game, Zack and Wiki for example, with the controls in mind and not as a afterthought, I couldn't get enough of it! Hell, I use to be a big Silent Hill fan, but the last few left me wanting something else. Watching the Giantbomb videos of the Wii Silent Hill showed some promise with the Wii system implemented well.
Blah blah blah, I hope they give Natal some Zack and Wiki love!
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Posted: Jan 13th 2010 11:24AM GewurztraminerX said

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@ SpyderTaco:

Don't you mean:

*gets hugged via the 'Hug Button' for enjoying a Wii game* ?

(I'll let you decide which is worse)
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Posted: Jan 13th 2010 11:25AM Captain Planet Planeteer Power said

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POWERSTONE 3!!!!!1!!!!?
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Posted: Jan 13th 2010 11:47AM Dao Jones said

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Ooo Power Stone! Great idea!

I still don't understand why all the hate is on the Wii. Yeah, it doesn't have the same specs and such as the PS3/360/PC, but I still have a bunch of games i really enjoy playing on it and isn't that all that really matters? Then again I own all the consoles and built myself a semi-gaming PC, so I like the variety I have. Being a Wii-only owner though... guess I would actually have time to play all the games I bought. :-\ I kid!

I love the internet for so many reasons, but the downfall is all the negativity people bring with their "e-peens". :(
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Posted: Jan 13th 2010 9:59AM (Unverified) said

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Posted: Jan 13th 2010 10:05AM (Unverified) said

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Seeing as the consumers have yet to really see anything of Natal in action.

It's all just a bunch of talk. This company is doing this, this company is doing that.

I mean, how can Microsoft have true interest in it, if the showed a staged demo of Milo, and dodge ball that wasn't 1:1.

Who is the target audience for Natal? People with large living rooms? Or the majority of 360 owners who have their 360s in their bedroom? "Hey MOM, I kicked a hole in the wall again." "It's alright Son, at least you're off the couch."
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Posted: Jan 13th 2010 10:28AM Pure Black World Tendency said

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It would be ill-advised to change the name now that everyone knows it as Natal. I think they will go with that name, like Zipper is doing with MAG. Even though people might think it sounds a bit dumb at first they soon get used to it and it becomes a brand.

And yes it will be interesting to see how it is implemented in games. I'm holding off my judgment until I see it in action.
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Posted: Jan 13th 2010 9:59AM Cyantre said

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Don't give Capcom any ideas, we're already on Mega Man 10 now. Actually this would be kind of a cool DLC gimmick for the Xbox 360 version of the game. XD
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Posted: Jan 13th 2010 11:19AM Giroro said

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Full body motion control in a 2D faux 8-bit platformer .. . .

That's a terrible idea for a gimmick.
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Posted: Jan 13th 2010 11:42AM Cyantre said

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No, I think you misunderstood. The image shows "Natal Man" so an additional stage and an 8-bit boss based on the hardware design would be amusing.
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Posted: Jan 13th 2010 10:07AM CaptainProtonX said

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pew pew pew...with invasive motion tracking.
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Posted: Jan 13th 2010 10:08AM Jjjjames said

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i like capsoms enthusiasum in not just treating this as a gimmick. I think we're see some really great stuff come from big devs.
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Posted: Jan 13th 2010 10:08AM koehler83 said

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Little Nemo is comin' back in a big way.
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Posted: Jan 13th 2010 10:14AM B3astofthe3ast said

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The fact that they have to mention its not a gimmick can't be a good thing.
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Posted: Jan 13th 2010 10:14AM Ahmedz said

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If it's gonna be Megaman Legends 3, I prefer non-motion controls.
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Posted: Jan 13th 2010 1:35PM DomoBraden said

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Agreed.
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Posted: Jan 13th 2010 10:19AM Giggman said

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What are they gonna do, have you jump into the TV with Natal and run around as Captain N with Mega Man as your sidekick....

Shit that sounds kinda cool.... I mean that sucks!
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Posted: Jan 13th 2010 10:29AM samfish said

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As a Nintendo fan, I expect this to be the first of many annoying announcements. People have been bugging Capcom in particular for exactly this kind of Wii support (ground-up, core oriented games that are built for motion control) since the beginning and, with the possible exception of Zack & Wiki, it really hasn't happened. Seeing a statement like that is kinda like being given the finger.

...on the other hand, as a Nintendo fan, that kind of statement has become all too familiar and pretty much always leads to disappointment in some way or another.


Also: will 100% buy if it's a new Final Fight.
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Posted: Jan 13th 2010 10:57AM HighFiveJesus said

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i'm looking forward to the darkside chronicles of resident evil eventually. didn't that turn out well?
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Posted: Jan 13th 2010 3:52PM Dopple Boppler said

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I like how with this statement Capcom was basically saying "Don't worry, it won't be like the majority of our Wii games." Classic.
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Posted: Jan 13th 2010 10:32AM Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi said

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I am interested in what they have in the works. It's going to take a lot to keep Natal from being a gimmick tho....innovation only goes so far....the rest is on the publishers.
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Posted: Jan 13th 2010 10:36AM glamajamma said

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"it's gonna to take a while to cook."

Because it is going to take a long time for MS to get Natal to work
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Posted: Jan 13th 2010 10:39AM Omnistatic said

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i love the idea of motion controls, but when it comes down to it, i'd rather just use a standard controller. I can't even think of many applications in which motion controls would truly trump a controller/keyboard/mouse.

Maybe for GUI interaction, or some immersion settings (i.e. when leaning in FPS games, dodging attacks, ect.), but nothing that's going to make me get excited for it.

I just find it hard to "get in the game" with motion controls, staring at a TV that remains in one position. I just feel that If I want to run around, shooting people, looking this way and that way, I'd go play paintball/airsoft. Same goes for most sports titles that use motion controls, It's fun for a bit, then you come to the realization, that " It's not quite as active as real sports, it's not quite as fun as a real game "

Maybe I just don't "get" this motion controller business. But i've yet to see one game already out or even in conception that piques my interest.
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Posted: Jan 13th 2010 10:43AM koehler83 said

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Nope, it seems to me you've got it.

They don't get it.
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Posted: Jan 13th 2010 11:04AM xreadmore said

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"Maybe I just don't "get" this motion controller business."

Have you seen the Wii sales numbers? This is not something aimed at you and me. This is an extension to the other market. The BIGGER market. While I am a hard core gamer through and through, I still like to play Peggle, and Bejeweled and other casual games on my Ipod - using finger movements and shakes and tilts and so on. Casual gamers are the majority right now and as crappy as it is that they have to cater to this crowd, it's nice to have the variety. We'll still get our epic games with huge budgets that may or may not use Natal, but let's face it, motion control will be to a controller what the analog stick did to the D-Pad (anyone still use the d-pad?).

Not a fad. Not going away. And will be awesome.

Just my thoughts.
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Posted: Jan 13th 2010 11:21AM finnith said

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The 360 already has an established core audience. I think that many Wii games meant for the console's virtually non-existent core audience could be remade for the 360.
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Posted: Jan 13th 2010 11:29AM Dr Perry Ulysses Cox said

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So...this is like New Play for Xbox?
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Posted: Jan 13th 2010 1:56PM Spookimitsu said

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Man, I effing love capcom.

seeing as how the chap said something we haven't seen in a while, I would rule out the streetfighters, megamen, resi evils and so on.



I'm hoping for a new incarnation of Onimusha, but I dunno how they would make that work....
O.o
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Posted: Jan 13th 2010 5:59PM ch3burashka said

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Epic picture is epic.

The only way it could be moar epic is if Natal was 8-bit too.
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Posted: Jan 13th 2010 6:37PM Zelnick said

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Treating gimmicky trash as if it weren't gimmicky trash? BEST IDEA THIS CENTURY!
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Posted: Jan 13th 2010 9:14PM Tezz said

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and you'd know that natal was a giant gimmick by your countless years of working on natal? on motion control? or do you have no idea what you are talking about and can only speculate as to how good natal may or may not be.
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Posted: Jan 16th 2010 6:05PM (Unverified) said

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I'm so going to roundhouse my TV, ROUNDHOUSE!*Peter Griffin voiced*
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