Wishlist: Kinect Games

So we've seen the new things from E3, and there were three major pieces of hardware unveiled - Microsoft's Kinect, Nintendo's 3DS, and Sony's Playstation Move. I've been a huge fan since Natal was announced the year before, and Milo was really interesting to me, and seems like a friend that won't talk shit about you behind your back or create rumors to make you look bad to the rest of your friends. So I am obviously looking forward to Kinect the most. So here's a few ideas I've been coming up with that we may not have seen too much of that Kinect could make even more fun.


1. Katamari Damacy Kinect
Several people said they'd love to see this on the Wii, and I'm sure the idea will come up again with the Move. But to stand and actually curve your hands and make the rolling motions with Kinect could be a lot more fun. In turn, as you change your motions, which the camera would better distinguish than with the Wii Remote or Move controller, you could turn easily, or slam your hands forward to send a charge dash forward. Jumping could cause the Prince to either perform the 360 jump to face the other direction, or could even enable a jump feature. Kinect could change how the quirky series is done, and make it new again.

2. Real Time Strategy Games
RTS games do NOT work on consoles. And when it's tried, it either fails, or is changed so much that it can't even relate to a PC counterpart. Even if it works, or if it's even good, the genre on console is so despised that it's rarely given a chance. With Kinect, though, you could drag a single finger over an area to select multiple units, and use your entire hand to move the map. The mic could pick up your command of "Attack!", and then you could point at the opposing target or targets. Even if it's a long shot, it can't be any worse than how the genre looks now.

3. Microgames Collection
While "Microgames" would likely NOT be in a Microsoft title, the idea is still very neat. It could work like the Survival mode in WarioWare: Smooth Moves - several players take turns playing out mini-games that only last a few seconds. And it can't be made by some chump company! That's why all the other Mario Party and WarioWare style knock-off games fail and die off.

4. Music Games (Not Dance)
No, I do not wanna play Rock Band without the instruments, and no, I do not want another Wii Music. But Sony (and likely Nintendo) have this huge anti-Kinect thought process of "air gaming is stupid." Honestly, if I want to play a game like Donkey Konga and want my friends to play, I should've have to shell out $30 per person for the peripherals. Donkey Konga was an additional $90 if you wanted to play with three of your friends. Sure, some games' peripherals make it fun (and honestly, I still don't know how I feel about driving games without a wheel), but I don't wanna pay for a bunch of peripherals for a game that my friends may or may not like.

5. Naruto
Also a long shot, this could be fun. Likely a "rail shooter" due to what may be limited movement with the Kinect camera (unless a running motion would allow you to move in the direction you were looking), the possibilities for a Kinect Naruto title are there. You can wave one hand over the other to form Naruto's Rasengan attack, or lower your hand to perform Sasuke's or Kakashi's Chidori/Lightning Blade attack. Also, you could actually learn the different hand symbols the characters perform to do your jutsu attacks as well. If done right, it could be a very good title.

6. Dodgeball
While it could work a lot like Ricochet (the famous Kinect demo using your body to deflect balls at a wall), a Dodgeball game would be an amazing use of the technology. Being able to control where you throw by where you're looking, or move about with little motions in your home, you could take a team of four or eight, or hell, even twelve, and pit them against another team for some crazy online dodgeball romp that won't destroy anything in the house. And when you're eliminated, perhaps you can sit on the sideline to cheer your team on, or even throw the ball at the other team from the sidelines to help.


That's just a few ideas I've come up with. What do you guys think? Let us know in the comment field below!