I'm guilty I am an early adopter. I bought the PS3 bundle from Wal Mart so I could get it "first day". I bought the Move and Kinect also (my review of Move is in an earlier blog). So over the weekend family and friends gathered at our house for a party and I put on the Kinect, before I get to the results I want to go over the set up.
1. I have an Xbox Elite 120gb (the old one) with a wireless adaptor
2. I have a pretty good amount of room
3. I still had to move furniture
4. I am pretty good with the set ups
It took me some where between 10-15 to get the wires where I wanted them and to hook up my wireless adaptor. I would give yourself between 45-60 minutes set up time before the game play can start. So do not unbox this thing at a party and tell Santa to hook it up before Christmas morning. Put the disc in and away I went. Directions are easy to follow on screen. Now to the fun...
The disc is some typical mini games but its fun and fast. There are five different mini games to start. All show off the fun of the controller. There is an aquarium mini game where there are cracks in the tank. The now famous "human breakout" that was used in the demos at E3 where you hit a ball back at the wall, a rafting game, a pop the bubble game that is located in space and a running game where you need to duck/jump when cued. Each game is easy to learn. See it once and away you go. This is where the party fun begins. Each person can jump right into Kinect view and start to play. At our party everyone from 10 year old nephew to my 40 year old brother jumped in the same spot on the floor and played with minimal problems. Each game takes 5-7 minutes at most. The best part of this process was Kinect will take 3 pictures of you playing during game play. Some you will see coming others you will not. The fun ensues with the ones you are not expecting. Everyone had fun.
This is the new Guitar Hero/Wii. Let me explain.
1. This may be hard to find, you can see by the Amazon icon this thing is selling upwards of 20% over cost and some stores are already out for now. MSRP is $150
2. This is fun for the whole family. Grandma can get up and plug the leaks and its fun to watch. With the camera I can already see the pictures that could be posted. Remember the famous Wii fit girl? http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?title=wii-fit-girl&videoId=262460
3. Its easy, remember picking up Guitar Hero and letting your four year old niece play the drums, I do.
4. How will it hold up in the long run? For the longest time my Wii was the expensive bookend I have ever had. Most of the games are the same but who cares until they are all the same. Everyone "bowled" on the Wii but what else was there? Nintendo was forced to change and years later everyone is catching up. Lets hope I don't just jump and duck.
5. Dance games and exercise games will be huge on this so college kids will go crazy for this. Its a party starter and whats funnier then when I reach for my drink so does my avatar. Plus my wife may want this so what is a better reason to buy it.
Grade - B
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