MS Documents: Xbox 360 Getting Mii-like Avatars

Hopefully they'll actually use this. Unlike Nintendo. :/

OK I know the industry is built on copycats - but come on Microsoft - copying EVERY feature the Wii has now?

Stop pretending to be something you are not!

I really hope this is a joke. There are so many better things they could be working on.

Does anyone give a shit? Do people spend time looking at this kind of thing? I get that creating Mii characters to look like Darth Vader and Dr. Zoidburgh can be entertaining, but on Xbox Live does anyone look at someone else's gamer card icon thingy and think "Oh how creative!" or "Oh shit this guy is hardcore, wish he were on my team!"

This avatar nonsense will not change my gaming experience in the least. It just makes me wonder what else they could have spent development time on that would have changed our experience for the better.

wow, you can mark this a hate, but this whole thing rubs me the wrong way.
I been waiting patiently for a new updated BC list for serveral months now and it seems they are focusing more on the "i wanna be a wii" side of things (which can probably turn out ok, but i bought a 360 not a wii)

whatever the case, i honestly don't care if they imitate the wii all the way, but finish what you started as far as the BC goes. plz?

I fucking hated Miis. I like the direction MS has been going. I wish it would stay clear of this shit. Not only does it scream ripoff, it also is lame to begin with. Did anyone give a shit about Miis after one week of having the console?

I think the Mii Idea is actually a great idea but I don't think Nintendo or other developers have used it as well as they could. Maybe MS can pull it off better?

My thought was that if you have a Mii-like avatar where the creation software has WAY more and more detailed options to build your avatar. I'd also like to see them a bit less cartoony and somewhat more realistic. But what would be great if games took advantage of the avatar system by instead of just dropping your Mii into the game directly... map the pieces to parts that fit the style of the game. So... for example... and RPG like Oblivion that has a character creator could take the catalog of avatar 'parts' and map it directly to choices in their character creator software. So your toon in the game... would look very similar to your Mii-like avatar.. but using the models and textures from the actual game. And if you have a bunch of Mii's on your Wii or 360... or whatever... they could do the same for NPC's etc. So you would be playing the game and see people who look like avatars on your console.

I don't own a Wii... so maybe somebody has already done this... but if they haven't.. then I don't understand why not. I think it would work well (especially on the Wii... where they have been part of the system since release... so they are there to use by any developer). Maybe Nintendo doesn't let developers have that kind of access to the system...? Not sure.

guess its better than paying for gamerpics

Why can you make furries.

Where is this news from - it seems very fishy.

I suspect rendering a 3d wii like character into the xbox dashbord would be problematic without serious redesign.

They can call it the "Mii too!"

*kneeslap*

I hope you can still choose between this and the gamer picture...and "this holiday" and "this spring" means winter 08 and spring 09?

Haha look at all the copy catting going on right now. Sensitive controller boards etc. Just because the Wii sells units doesn't mean everything they do is perfect sheesh...

DO NOT WANT

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

I bet they'll find a way to monetize this junk.

Thank goodness they've got the furry crowd covered in that bit of artwork.

It's just a matter of time before they'll want to sell me an avatar that looks like Nico Bellic, so that I can pay for the privilege of advertising games to other players, just like gamer pics.

Mii like avatars + newton = Xbox Wii60?

Discuss.

Mii-like avatars!

Cool? I mean. I guess.