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[IOnEI Falcon]

We finally have a release date for KSR. Looks like it will hit Xbox One on April 8th in North America, Australia, and New Zealand, and April 11 in Europe.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/02/12/kinect-sports-rivals-release-date-announced

Adding the new "Introducing the Kinect Sports Rivals Teams" trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvWZfzmRaLw

 

[FUNKNOWN iXi]

Controller support?

 

[SEGAvangelist]

Good news! Pretty cool that there are three factions in the game too. With the island design as well it seems like this is much more fleshed out offering than the previous Kinect Sports games.

 

[Garrett 2U]

Nice!

Do we know if 4 player split screen is supported or not? I know 2 player split screen is in the preseason.

Controller support?

Yeah, I believe that has been confirmed for at least wave racing.

 

[Robin64]

Those people sure are COOL.

 

[Sikamikanico]

Nice!

Do we know if 4 player split screen is supported or not? I know 2 player split screen is in the preseason.


Yeah, I believe that has been confirmed for at least wave racing.

Negative - it was in there in a very old debug build, but has now been removed.

Consider your bubble burst,

 

[RedNumberFive]

I tend to give the Xbone a lot of grief, but I must say that I've quite enjoyed the Kinect Sports games. I still play a fair amount of the golf and soccer games.

Edit: Holy shit at that character design. What were they thinking?

 

[Kysen]

Can't wait for the Angry Joe review.

 

[Tyrax]

Cool, I like that Wave Race preview they put out. I'd like to see what new things they are going to add to it.

 

[chubigans]

Never thought I would get massive Perfect Dark Zero character design vibes ever again. Gah.

 

[Diablohead]

Wait, did they just anime up kinect sports? wut

 

[FUNKNOWN iXi]

Negative - it was in there in a very old debug build, but has now been removed.

Consider your bubble burst,

There was no burst to my bubble.. only deflation.

Sad, disappointing deflation.

 

[bumpkin]

I'm not gonna lie, the character creation tool using Kinect I saw in a walkthrough video looked pretty cool. It should be interesting to see just how good/accurate it is capturing facial features and all that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fZTY8EyQH8

Of course after I create my character, I'm turning the Kinect off and picking up a controller; hopefully all of the events support it.

 

[derFeef]

There was no burst to my bubble.. only deflation.

Sad, disappointing deflation.

The game is not called Controller Sports Rivals, is it?

 

[YuShtink]

The waveracing demo they put out was pretty damn cool I have to admit. I might end up checking this out.

 

[GuitarAtomik]

Pretty excited for this. It's crazy that it's going to be this far out from launch but hopefully that time allowed them to make it bigger than expected.

 

[Xenon]

Controller support? No thank you. I hate when developers try to shoehorn in controller support in motion controlled games.

 

[IOnEI Falcon]

Controller support? No thank you. I hate when developers try to shoehorn in controller support in motion controlled games.

There is no controller support. There was in a debug version that was on tour but they removed it.

 

[The Abominable Snowman]

Reminds me of

Not in a bad way.

My little brother is weirdly amped about this game with his friends.

 

[Doug Heffernan]

Never thought I would get massive Perfect Dark Zero character design vibes ever again. Gah.

lol
Perfect Dark Zero came to my mind as well.
Let's face it, character design has never been Rare's thing.

 

[FUNKNOWN iXi]

The game is not called Controller Sports Rivals, is it?

I would've bought 2.

lol
Perfect Dark Zero came to my mind as well.
Let's face it, character design has never been Rare's thing.

wat. Banjo Kazooie >

 

[Hubble]

The art style and the graphics of the game looks amazing. Watch this video http://majornelson.com/2014/02/07/take-a-tour-of-kinect-sports-rivals-island/

But I doubt the gameplay will match it

 

[jond76]

Yay for release date! Smh at those expecting controller support in KINECT Sports Rivals.
Spencer confirmed it a while back.

 

[Doug Heffernan]

wat. Banjo Kazooie >

I love BK, but you gotta admit the art design is pretty goofy and uninspired.
It's the one thing Rare can never nail down, but it's part of the Rare charm that I like.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

Europe is still tier 2 behind MS stronghold New Zealand I see.

 

[boltz]

Reminds me of

Not in a bad way.

My little brother is weirdly amped about this game with his friends.

That's exactly what I imagined - and I can still remember the annoying voices

 

[Sponge]

The character creation in this game is insane. I gotta say, Rare gets more flak than they deserve. This game looks pretty solid, especially for a kinect game!

 

[king picollo]

Hope there's some allowances for limited space.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

I love BK, but you gotta admit the art design is pretty goofy and uninspired.
It's the one thing Rare can never nail down, but it's part of the Rare charm that I like.

Viva Pinata, Grabbed by the Ghoulies and Conker had awesome designs too.

 

[Garrett 2U]

There was no burst to my bubble.. only deflation.

Sad, disappointing deflation.

I think he is referring to my question about 4 player split screen, not controller support

Your bubble still has some hope left in it!

 

[Sub_Level]

The characters in the title picture are way too extreme and the ones in the island tour video are way too low key and mundane lol

 

[FUNKNOWN iXi]

I think he is referring to my question about 4 player split screen, not controller support

Your bubble still has some hope left in it!

 

[Spottiettiedop]

This game is looking pretty good. My family enjoyed Preseason alot.

 

[Randdalf]

This game does not have controller support for playing the game, guys.

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

Ill buy it in april I bet its gonna be baller too

 

[FUNKNOWN iXi]

This game does not have controller support for playing the game, guys.

And there it goes.. again.

 

[Zaptruder]

So is this game going to be any good for losing weight?

Do the activities expect a full range of motion (i.e. feet and upper torso)? And is there enough variety and depth to sustain extended play?

Or is it going to be a novelty party game that you trot out when friends are around?

 

[Sikamikanico]

I think he is referring to my question about 4 player split screen, not controller support

Your bubble still has some hope left in it!

Nope - no idea on Splitscreen.

THERE IS NO CONTROLLER SUPPORT FOR ANY OF THE "SPORTS"

It was there on the Xbox One Tour, but it was a debug mode, and is no longer available.

 

[Bdub]

Cool. Will download on the 8th.

 

[The Abominable Snowman]

So is this game going to be any good for losing weight?

Do the activities expect a full range of motion (i.e. feet and upper torso)? And is there enough variety and depth to sustain extended play?

Or is it going to be a novelty party game that you trot out when friends are around?

Have you played the first one?

I think the general rule is, if you're moderately to very active, doing the motions in this game will only help out a little. Not much. If you're mostly sedentary then it would be a pretty great factor to have.

 

[Ol No Bones]

Loved Kinect sports. I hope there is diversity in the modes to justify 60 dollars.

 

[T.O.P]

I'm pretty excited for this, but i'll for the reviews first

 

[VanWinkle]

Nice. This game has great graphical fidelity. I hope MS gives Rare a chance to make a non-Kinect game sometime so they can really flex their engine in a different way.

 

[Raide]

Nice. This game has great graphical fidelity. I hope MS gives Rare a chance to make a non-Kinect game sometime so they can really flex their engine in a different way.

Something about the characters reminds me of Nuts & Bolts. Would love to see a new Banjo game with this kind of graphics fidelity.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

Kinect game QA testers must be really fit.

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

Anybody else see the gamestop exclusive battletoad jerseys for this game..? Rare has to bring that shit back man

 

[EBE]

NICE. The first two Kinect sports games were really good. Been hyped for Rivals since it's reveal. Bowling is going to be glorious.

 

[NinjaCarrot]

Kinect game QA testers must be really fit.

You'd be surprised.

 

[IOnEI Falcon]

Added newest trailer to OP.

 

[GuitarAtomik]

Anybody else see the gamestop exclusive battletoad jerseys for this game..? Rare has to bring that shit back man

What? Where?