It’s amazing how badly four light sensors and accelerometers can mock your terrible coordination. Tony Hawk Ride made it painfully clear that physically inept nerds won’t be able to use games to pretend they’re faster, stronger, deadlier for much longer.
The Wii will soon get camera-based, Project Natal-like motion sensing—at least for one fitness game—courtesy of Ubisoft. It’s just too bad the “Your Shape” promo video had to come out today.
One hands-on with Project Natal would make for a nice story, but it wouldn’t be complete. So we’re giving you two full sets of impressions on Microsoft’s motion-capturing E3 bombshell.
Nintendo, the ball is in your court. But unless Wii MotionPlus floats in a pool, it’s back to the the drawing board. [E3@Giz]
The SpeakerCom 360 is Nyko’s sequel to their original Xbox SpeakerCom, a chatting solution that allows you to hear through a headset or a chest-height-dangling speaker.
We’ve seen Nyko’s Wand, but now Mad Catz has become the second peripheral manufacturer to clone the Wiimote. And just holding it in my hands, I could tell it has promise.
Activision is the king of experiences modeled in plastic and colour-coded buttons, and DJ Hero’s turntable controller might be their best simulacrum yet.
In an intense moment of jealousy over Sonic’s intense speed and superb hair stability, Mario lets fists fly. Or something like that. [E3@Giz]
All of the major E3 keynotes from Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony are over. While 2009 is now officially the year of motion controls, there’s still something missing. Here’s what we expected to see at E3, but didn’t.
