Harmonix Working on Natal-Based Dance Game? (Rumor)
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OK, I guess I should be reporting on this since I seem to have many people sending me this tip (hit me up here if you have any news that I need to report on).
I saw this early yesterday morning, but hesitated for a few reasons. First of all, it’s not Rock Band related. While I’m also a Harmonix fanboy, I’m first and foremost concentrated on Rock Band. That doesn’t mean that I won’t occasionally branch out and touch on other related things, but Rock Band news keeps me busy enough! The second thing is that I don’t think this should come as a surprise to anyone that’s been checking out the site this year. Back in February and April, we’ve learned that Harmonix has been licensing songs that don’t necessarily fit the Rock Band format. It seemed inevitable that Harmonix was working on another game outside of Rock Band. And since the wording on the GameInformer post was pretty vague, I’m wondering if they’re just combining the clues and Project Natal in there for a juicy rumor post for their front page.
So there you go. Harmonix MAY be working on a Project Natal based dance game.
[via GameInformer]
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You know, I actually was thinking about this the other day. Yes, there were songs that were licensed that don’t seem to fit the “Rock Band” formula. However, with the news that a keyboard peripheral is coming for RB3, and the supposed compatibility with turntable controllers as mentioned in the patent documents, I find it entirely plausible that songs like “Right Round” and “The Way I Are” could end up going to the main Rock Band series.
RockBandAide Reply:
June 4th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
That is a good point. I’m not against ANY type of music finding it’s way to Rock Band. In fact, I want more hip-hop songs in Rock Band. If the vocal engine’s phoneme detector improves with Rock Band 3 and eliminates “talkies,” I think it would be an awesome addition! I’m more into old school hip-hop, but I’ll take any good quality hip-hop!