Your first look at Michael Phelp's Kinect swimming title

Zantetsuken

Do I have to flood my living room to play?

pokota

I cannot unsee that first picture. Thanks a lot, Nick.

Occams electric toothbrush

...to try to translate swimming into a fun living room experience. Or something.

SKSith

I can't watch the trailer on my phone, so I may be getting this wrong, but you enter a machine to swim virtually? Couldn't your character just like swim for real? For that matter couldn't the player?

wardprod

Erm... is it only me, or the vid is a 4 secs long Apringborad Ad and nothing else?! o.O

YONKE

bong smoking minigame included?

Justice

The logo design is pretty bad, and the girl at the end was very cheesy, but it could turn out well.

It needs a bonus minigame where you play as a sperm racing against others to impregnate an egg though.

free touch

The original title for this game was "WAVE YOUR ARMS AROUND IN A CIRCLE FOR 3 MINUTES AS FAST AS YOU CAN - The Game"

darfreeze

Kinect is super duper awesome. Now we can actually swim in our living room without water. How awesome was that? >.>

pokota

sofik88's posts make me so happy. A swimming game, praised as original and "the right way to go". That is beyond awesome.

RenegadePanda

Water you waiting for?

This game might just do swimmingly.

Of course, I might need some Phelp understanding it.

I just hope the game doesn't leave me high and dry.

Sexualchocolate

Sofik dying to see this dudes junk lol.

This game looks sofiking stupid. Do you like lay on a sofiking foot stool or something? Or just stand and do swimming motions like a Sofik?

Well at least it's more feasible than playing a shooter with kinnect.

Rigby

uhhhh....

Okay.

Isay Isay

@RenegadePanda

I agree - this game is sure to make a big splash

Certainly the breast stroke of genius for the platform

Mr Andy Dixon

Wow, that four second Springboard ad is epic!

Now, I heard something about a game trailer as well. Where do I go for that?

:)

wardprod

Edit: Vid is ok now.

WhiteZombie

wow renegadepanda, i think my head exploded. the puns. the PUNS!

pokota

This is what happens when developers pool their resources and just dive into the potential that Kinect offers. They can relay all that they've learned from the Wii, except in a more freestyle environment.

JQM78

Looks at Kinect collecting dust on entertainment center......

Worst case of "buyers remorse" sets in since paying $400 for Sega Saturn on launch day....

dr spaceman

@mrandydixon i was pretty impressed as well, screw the trailer i want more springboard!!!

pedrovay2003

Oh yes, THIS is why I got into video games so many years ago.

Hiltz

Look mom, I'm swimming! I'm just like Michael Phelps now.

tuoman

Press x to swim.

fetusmilk

is it gonna have a bong packing mini game?

Paroxysm

You've made it to the end of the pool! Now turn around and go back!

I hope they do a walking simulator next (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xl_ebBBYloo)

Pyrex is Metal

You are pretending to be a guy that is pretending to swim, is that the case?

Ring-of-Red

At last, a Kinect game where I get to wave my arms around.

Trowble

Will there be a coupon for Subway included?

walnut100

As an NCAA swimmer, I gotta say

1. The game looks like utter shit
2. There's no way to make this feel like actual swimming at all. Air doesn't push back on you like water does and its actually a lot harder trying to flail around through air doing freestyle or whatever, ESPECIALLY standing up. And kick is so important to swim I can't see how they could possibly simulate that, gahhhhhhhhh nerd rage
3. I will probably play it once then throw it out in rage
4. I like that it looks like its going to use a Madden style stat system though...