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Body and Brain Connection's Pac-Man minigame on video

by JC Fletcher on Nov 23rd 2010 9:38AM

During a demonstration of Dr. Kawashima's Body and Brain Connection, we experienced an odd Kinect Pac-Man minigame. Now, you can see the oddness for yourself. It's not Pac-Man CE by any means, but it is another weird variant of the 30-year-old game.

Players must steer Pac-Man away from ghosts with one hand, while keeping the other hand on a meandering piece of fruit for as long as possible. Also, players must continually make a "waka waka" sound. Okay, not that last thing.

If you'd like, you can see several other Body and Brain Connection minigames at the publisher's (Japanese) YouTube channel.

Via: Siliconera
Source: Bandai Namco Youtube Channel

Tags: body-and-brain-connection, dr-kawashimas-body-and-brain-exercises, japan, kinect, microsoft, namco-bandai, pac-man, xbox

Reader Comments (11)

I love the new games of PAC man so much I'll probably bite on this. DX forever.

@Jack Kevorkian

I loved C.E. and I'm even more in love with DX, when Joystiq said it's LSD-fueled, they were not kidding haha.

I love Pacman but you could make a Halo/Persona hybrid in Kinect and I am still not buying it.

@FriedConsole

In before somebody says "here comes the Kinect hate". Yeah the hate is there because Kinect/Move/Wii waggle all suck. I am sure the fanboys of each will say "it is different" depending on their alliance but they all suck.

@FriedConsole I think you suck.

@FriedConsole

Actually, kinect and move have both surprised me with their quality and functionality. I don't think these are more than novelties, and their usefulness is limited at best, but still, they work. How amazing is that?

@FriedConsole

So even if they make a game that doesn't suck, it still sucks. Sad little people sure hate Kinect.

You know, if it was a full fledged Pacman for Kinect I'd probably buy it. But as it is, I think I do enough reading and brain teasers to keep mine active.

This looks like the most boring Pac-Man game ever, specially compared to DX.

Also, for a game that you have to have a cat's reflexes to excel, Kinect integration is a baaaaaad idea.

@robotoid

I think you're missing the point of this minigame. It isn't to get you to get high scores with your ultra-twitch (c) gaming action. Its to develop proficiency working both hands independently and handling two independent visual stimuli independently. I think its interesting as a science experiment, actually.

Seems like a good way to work your right and left brain.

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