We just left a behind-closed-doors demo of the upcoming "Project Natal," codename for the Xbox 360 camera/motion detector/voice recognizer/Minority Report-is-reality device Microsoft introduced at its E3 press conference this year.
Guess who's in the next group following in after us to see Natal? Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto himself, along with NOA Senior Manager of Product Marketing (and frequent on-stage demo guy) Bill Trinen and the rest of his Nintendo entourage.
We couldn't see Miyamoto's reactions to Natal, or if he got a chance to play any of the demos (the human Breakout seen at the press conference and a Burnout Paradise tech demonstration -- more on these later) himself, but just his apperance in this private area of Microsoft's booth got everyone there buzzing.
Wonder if he broke out in a sweat from jumping around in front of the camera -- or from seeing what it's capable of.
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I hope this grows into some kind of relationship between the two companies...
Both companies could learn so much from each other.
Xbox with their online capabilities,
and Nintendo with its amazing gameplay and innovation...
even if it doesn't grow,
it's still a wonderful fanboy dream that has just got a little bit of hope thrown into it...
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@ Jay: I think a working relationship is a pipe dream, but I'd welcome a more cordial, mutual respect type of relationship between the 2 companies...rather than the juvenile, snide comments they've exchanged over the years.
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But Demian and I got to check it out...will write it up soon. -
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