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E3 2008: The New Xbox Experience & Fall Dashboard Update
Written Monday, July 14, 2008 By Jason Debelyak

 

For those of you that watched the Microsoft Press Conference, you were probably as blown away as I was by what they had in store.  Not only were the games showcased absolutely fantastic, but they revealed something very big coming to us later this year.  Released during the Fall Update this year, we will get an entire new Xbox Live experience with a completely revamped Dashboard.  What does this Dashboard mean to our Xbox Live experience?  Keep reading to find out every single detail that was revealed during the press briefing, as well as some details that weren't mentioned.

Avatars - Very reminiscent of the Wii's style of Mii, the Xbox 360 is taking a step in personalizing your Xbox Live experience.  Each member of Xbox Live will have their very own Avatar which will be personally customized by the individual.  These look to take the place of your gamer picture to give you a new identity on Xbox Live.  Here are some brief details regarding this new feature:

  • Certain titles will have your Avatar inserted directly into the game.
  • Personalize your avatar completely, from their hair to their clothes.
  • Your Friends List will show all of your friends Avatars.
  • In the Community Channel, all of your friends online will be shown with their corresponding Avatar.
  • You can potentially win items from certain games to be used on your Avatar.

Party System - One of the most talked about improvements we have wanted to see was a way to have more than two people in a voice chat at a time.  What did Microsoft do to answer this?  They went above and beyond to bring us a new way of interacting with our online friends.  These are just some of the features that we know about with the upcoming party system:

  • Supports up to eight people at a time.
  • Voice chat, share photos, watch movies, play games, and much more with your online friends.
  • Netflix subscribers will have access to 10,000+ movies and tv shows streamed through Xbox Live.  You are able to share these videos and watch them with your party.
  • Do everything with your party.  You will be able to seamlessly change from playing a game to sharing photos without ever leaving your party.
  • Works with all Xbox 360 titles, not just upcoming games.

Xbox Live Primetime - A completely brand new and creative item being added to your Xbox Live experience is Xbox Live Primetime.  Many more details about this intriguing feature will be revealed in the future, but here is what we know so far:

  • Play along with the entire Xbox Community in popular game shows, as well as other yet to be seen games.
  • Microsoft has entered into a partnership with Endemol, who is responsible for popular shows such as Big Brother, 1 vs. 100, Deal or No Deal, and Fear Factor.
  • 1 vs. 100 will launch alongside Primetime, in which you can take the role of the 1 or the 100 in answering trivia questions.  Avatars will be used in-game.
  • Games will include everything that XBLA and Retail Games would have, including Achievements and Leaderboards.
  • You'll play the games in real-time, so everyone will be answering each question at the same time.
  • Some shows will even feature a live host.
  • The ability to win real prizes.

Xbox Live Community Games - Also launching this Fall is Xbox Live Community Games, which is the channel for the user-created games from their XNA software.  We got a small taste of some of these creations earlier this year and were quite impressed with some of them.  A few of the games shown include Colosseum, Hot Potato, and Word Soup.  We're not sure yet whether or not these games will include achievements, but we'll be sure to let you know any details when we find out.

Play games directly from your Hard Drive - Yes, you heard that correctly.  Just after the announcement of the new 60 GB model, they make the announcement that you'll be able to actually copy an Xbox 360 game directly to your Hard Drive and play it from there.  Don't think you'll be able to rent a game, throw it on your Hard Drive, and be able to play it whenever you want.  You'll still need the Xbox 360 disc in your drive to play the game.  So, pointless, right?  Not at all.  Your disc drive won't spin at all, which could add a longer lifetime to your console, but most importantly, it will drastically cut down on load times.

Download from the Marketplace on Xbox.com - You will now be able to access and make all purchases from the Xbox Live Marketplace directly from Xbox.com.  Once you do so, it will download directly to your console.  If you're not home and want to download a movie or game so it'll be ready when you're ready to watch or play it, just browse to Xbox.com and download it.  Pretty nifty.

Xbox Guide Support - Upon seeing the new interface of the Dashboard, you might be crying that you'll no longer have the blades that you've come to know and love.  Don't worry, they're not going away.  You'll now be able to access these at any time with the use of your guide button.  What does this mean?  You'll be able to access everything while you're in game.  Playing some Gears of War 2 but decide you want to play an XBLA game for a bit?  You'll be able to launch it directly instead of going all the way back to the Dashboard.

VGA Display Support - In addition to the 1080p via HDMI that they instituted awhile back, you will now be able to get resolutions of 1440x900 or 1680x1050 through VGA or 16x10 with HDMI or VGA.

Now, that's not everything that will be included in the Xbox Experience update that we will be seeing later this year.  This is just the details that they wanted us to know about, and we're positive that we will be seeing more juicy details as the update draws closer.  What else would you guys like to see?  Post all comments below on these incredible new details.

Thanks to Majornelson.com for all details that weren't revealed at the 2008 E3 Microrosoft Press Conference.




 
 

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Comment #1 by ferrara316
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 09:20:45 PM
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great update, its guna change the 360 entirely


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Comment #2 by Frankie B1
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 09:21:00 PM
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WOW I have to say looks like a good number of improvements here, especially the party chat. That primetime thing looks a bit dodgy though, how will it work with people disconnecting etc?

Avatars look tasty too :) Imagine all the little guys running around a virtual room! :p


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Comment #3 by Tavvy
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 09:21:32 PM
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Sounds like all good new!


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Comment #4 by Figgsy91
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 09:21:32 PM
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OMG!

1st = ]


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Comment #5 by H33T SK33T
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 09:21:39 PM
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thats dildos ands blowsjobs and its suks.


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Comment #6 by ForkThrower4414
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 09:21:57 PM
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i cant wait to chainsaw an avatar in gears of war 2 !!!


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Comment #7 by Andy0808
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 09:22:34 PM
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people who say this suck are actually so stupid, its gonna be so much cooler with all this new stuff

im lookin forward to it


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Comment #8 by patches4711
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 09:24:24 PM
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Really great update. Love the install to harddrive feature and the party system.


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Comment #9 by SkillfulMmd
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 09:25:54 PM
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thats is the best thing i heard ms say in ages, im gonna shit my pants when this comes out.


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Comment #10 by Frankie B1
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 09:27:35 PM
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Oh and saving to hard drive will be very useful when boosting games played on games - namely Quake 4! would need 8 hard drives tho :(


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Comment #11 by eXtreme 1138
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 09:29:35 PM
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SWEET!


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Comment #12 by chiefgonebad
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 09:31:40 PM
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awesome! i wasnt keen on the avatars at first,i still aint, but there starting to sound better.


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Comment #13 by Jimjons
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 09:39:15 PM
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Fuck yes, Microsoft I love you


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Comment #14 by Ry Fryy
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 09:47:45 PM
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8 person voice chat.. fuck yes.


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Comment #15 by Yemeth
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 09:48:22 PM
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@#4: LOSER! lol

Cant wait for this, its gonna change everything for the better. The best features will be xbox.com downloads, playing games from the hard drive and even better guide functionality (as if it wasnt good to begin with).

Sony, you can kiss my @%$! To all PS3 fanboys, how does it feel to always be 1 step behind?


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Comment #16 by Da_moopintot
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 09:54:09 PM
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no,no,no,no,no
goddamn you microsoft.
Fuck Avatars.
what about the themes we bought, the gamerpics, all that.
at least give us a fucking choice.
god theyve fucked up so bad :((


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Comment #17 by Sir Killalot 91
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 09:54:10 PM
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It seems that I'm not in the consensus, but I feel that this looks just awful. I will admit that the party system seems pretty sweet, and I'm glad the original dash isn't going away (and can be accesed in games). However, the new dash looks bland and seems rather unnecesary with the original dash staying. The avatars are a rather lame steal from home and the wii, which themselves both seem quite lame. MS will surely be trying to sell us shirts and hairstyles. So, for me, this update seems like a few great improvements wrapped in a bunch of garbage that won't get used.


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Comment #18 by X Dboi X
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 10:02:47 PM
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Sounds Good.


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Comment #19 by Edable Giraffe
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 10:03:43 PM
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when does the fall update come out? i know in autumn but what month?


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Comment #20 by Jimjons
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 10:05:03 PM
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Fuck..... No? I dunno give a fuck about the avatarts, I will eat it if I have to but hopefully there will be a way to not have one, the dash looks nice and all of the features are pretty sweet so I am stoked for this, sell me a 60 gig HD for 79 and I will let you jizz in my mouth!


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Comment #21 by knockton55
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 10:05:56 PM
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Cannot wait


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Comment #22 by JBURNICLE
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 10:10:05 PM
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I don't mind the idea but what is going to happen to all the microsoft pints that i bought


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Comment #23 by voorhees88
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 10:10:11 PM
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All free stuff, not really got a choice do we? well, it'll a nice change in the long run.

@#6 Totally agree, gears 2 MP with avatars will be the shit. Who needs next gen graphics and textures when you've got avatars! lol


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Comment #24 by headstrung
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 10:12:21 PM
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all other current generation consoles can access the Internet (and I don't just mean marketplace) so why not the xbox 360? I think that would make the console better that's just my idea. But also I do like the idea of the new chats and the avatar deal is some what sketchy it sounds cool but I think it is just a way to make money.


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Comment #25 by Lord of Orion
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 10:17:26 PM
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I second the whole idea of the Avatars in Gears 2 ... that would be the $#!T


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Comment #26 by Fonkey Monkey
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 10:22:15 PM
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holy hell they are going above and beyond, i really like my gamerpic though:(


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Comment #27 by Da_moopintot
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 10:28:54 PM
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well after watching the press confrenece itself i must say most of the update is great, but avatars are still really lame


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Comment #28 by vgjunkie
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 10:34:53 PM
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Some good, Some...meh


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Comment #29 by Axe Argonian
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 10:37:12 PM
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Everything is good except one thing: Avatars. I don't want to give up my beautiful gamerpics. I want to keep my awesome badass Ryu pic that you unlock for beating Master Ninja difficulty in Ninja Gaiden 2. So please, MS, keep it optional.


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Comment #30 by Malachi117
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 10:38:00 PM
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So what the hell is going to happen to my themes and gamerpics I spent points on?


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Comment #31 by TheWetherMan
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 10:41:03 PM
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Everything sounds good except the Avatars. I like the gamerpictures better. Plus that is basicly coppying the Miis. I dont know everthing else sounds goot though especially the 8 person chat.


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Comment #32 by JC
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 10:45:18 PM
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Looks good, but I dont want avatars!


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Comment #33 by laundryman
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 10:45:52 PM
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I saw the new interface...I don't really like the look.

I'm oky with most of the other stuff, but the dashboard doesn't look good to me.


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Comment #34 by WEEJOK
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 11:10:20 PM
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Can't wait for this.....Some really cool, fresh new features


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Comment #35 by dm master
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 11:12:01 PM
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it looks a bit odd but hey i think the old one aint the best they need to use the space beter,

party system looks awesome but im not fussed about avatars i think they should be optional and should be able to keep gamerpics


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Comment #36 by SHARP546
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 11:16:56 PM
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The whole avatar thing is a total waste and i hope MS will make it optional. I mean, God it's like one of those kids chat rooms where all the pedos go and run around with a fucking penguin pretending to be 6


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Comment #37 by slatanica
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 11:17:18 PM
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FUCK THIS


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Comment #38 by TWD_Zombie
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 11:21:15 PM
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I hope this change is for the better.


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Comment #39 by HotShotCMS
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 11:26:19 PM
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Wow, it's like a whole new console. Amazing how far we have come over 10 years.


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Comment #40 by odysseus123
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 11:28:31 PM
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You people never cease to amaze me. It's stated in the Terms when you go to buy themes and what not "NO REFUNDS" maybe actually reading for once will help you guys understand that buying those themes and gamerpics where a rip-off.


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Comment #41 by ShinobiSteve81
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 11:46:59 PM
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What about the "Xbox Guide Support - Upon seeing the new interface of the Dashboard, you might be crying that you'll no longer have the blades that you've come to know and love. Don't worry, they're not going away. You'll now be able to access these at any time with the use of your guide button."
Don't alot of you understand? This means your precious themes and crap won't be gone and forgotten. Jesus christ, read you jackasses.


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Comment #42 by Twilight Star
Monday, July 14, 2008 @ 11:47:59 PM
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oh god please help us as this chistmas is gonna make live 1000 times laggy and slower then last year


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Comment #43 by Pantera Opeth
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 12:15:02 AM
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Hope this all comes out in Oct. so any problems can hopefully be corrected before the holiday season.

The being able to chat with more than one person is the best (and most obvious) idea to greatly improve Live. Playing games directly from your HDD? I wonder how many games you'll be able to have on there at one time, just one?

Everything else sounds just as exciting. Besides the avatar issue that doesn't matter to me either way. If they get rid of the gamerpics completely it won't matter to me as I didn't spend too much on them, mainly got the free ones and a few choice ones I wanted. Anyone who bought an insane amount of gamerpics or themes deserves to have MS kick them in the balls anyway.


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Comment #44 by its delicious
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 12:18:49 AM
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Avatars are lame.

The rest is good.


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Comment #45 by PalmettoPanda
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 12:21:59 AM
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Comment #46 by PalmettoPanda
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 12:24:01 AM
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Sorry for the double post. I agree with delicious and I'm particularly excited about the Netflix/XBL team-up.


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Comment #47 by Blackhole Riot
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 12:24:04 AM
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I guess avatar's weren't a lie. They seemed stupid at first but now that I know more about them I think they will be cool.


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Comment #48 by Yann
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 12:27:42 AM
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Who ever linked this to /v/, you can fuck right off.


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Comment #49 by stave000
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 12:36:58 AM
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Sweet


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Comment #50 by Blade564
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 12:42:51 AM
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Some of the things that are coming in this update are cool, but I am not sure about the avatar's. They sound cool, but I like what we already have. I have only had to pay for one. My only hope that it will be good and not suck.


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Comment #51 by My BR Is Evil
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 12:55:47 AM
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XBox does listen to my prays, I knew you were real Xbox I knew it haha


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Comment #52 by z HIZZLE z
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 01:00:40 AM
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WOW!!!!!! Can't Wait!


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Comment #53 by Deadly Moves
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 01:11:22 AM
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I love everything about the new update...
WaHoo! Avatars! i love the Wii's Mii's.. I spent ages creating my friends, family and famous people in Mii form..
And they'll be way more personal than gamerpics :)

Switch straight from a disc game to a XBLA game?! awesome!!!
Download your game to your HDD to save loading times... awesome
Party chat!! Finaly

So if i put a dvd in my 360 and watch it.. does that mean that i can invite people on my FL to watch it? if so, thats AWESOME!

Dont think i'll use the primetime feature though


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Comment #54 by nightmare975
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 01:14:37 AM
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Shit, this looks great, save for that download game thingamajig. I don't have that lot of space on my 12 GB HD.


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Comment #55 by MANNYFR35H
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 01:15:30 AM
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All Great Except Avatars


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Comment #56 by Lilballer59
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 01:20:48 AM
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At first i didnt want the avatars, But now, I kinda like the idea. Microsoft I love you


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Comment #57 by Interface23
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 01:31:28 AM
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can I still use my Gamer Pics or will they be gone forever?


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Comment #58 by TristanValendro
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 01:31:57 AM
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Avatars are very childish and a complete rip-off of nintendo. Can we choose not to have cartoons represent us?


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Comment #59 by Deadly Moves
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 01:32:42 AM
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Why are people complaining about the avatars? :s
They'll be way better than just a crappy lil gamerpic...


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Comment #60 by eXiled Killah
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 01:36:35 AM
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@#40

Yes buying the themes & gamer pics has always been a ripoff, but you would have at least expected that the money you spent on it would at least last the shelf life of the console. So now anybody that's bought any of these things recently will really feel ripped off by microshaft. They've taken your money n said f@$k you we're changing it and you don't have an option. Typical.


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Comment #61 by RadioactiveT
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 01:40:04 AM
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hell yeah!

go microsoft this is gonna be an epic update


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Comment #62 by technique420
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 01:42:06 AM
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good news alaround today.


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Comment #63 by CptButtonMasher
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 01:46:10 AM
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eh, half of these features are already on the ps3, and the system runs horribly because of this, why must MS fix something that isnt broken??...


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Comment #64 by eXiled Killah
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 02:18:47 AM
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Browsing it over more closely. I would love to pick and choose. I like the party system and the VGA update. Let's hope it runs as promised and doesn't break the system ala Sony :P


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Comment #65 by Rutawitz
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 02:24:49 AM
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why do people think its gonna suck? oh no, no more little pictures. how will i live with a full size avatar and photo sharing and 8 people chat?? and they arent fixing what isnt broken..they are just adding new features..


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Comment #66 by KingSigy
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 02:25:21 AM
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This update is insane, what an excellent addition.


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Comment #67 by robert40216
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 02:27:11 AM
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sounds good especially the avatar part which is better than a gamerpic.


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Comment #68 by xxBlack Perilxx
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 02:36:06 AM
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that chat thing sounds cool as hell, the update is great!!!!


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Comment #69 by DocRevolt
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 03:39:00 AM
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@#3, epic phail XD


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Comment #70 by Pinworm45
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 03:53:08 AM
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YESS!!!! VGA SUPPORT! YESSS!!


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Comment #71 by broken serenity
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 04:00:48 AM
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most of the gaming and streaming stuff is useless outside the us so this update is gonna be mostly a waste of time for anyone who isnt american :( plus the whole storing a game on the drive is a good idea but since the 60gig drives will most likly cost to damn much i cant see many people bothering to buy one just for that option.

hope they finally add a browser to the dash next spring.


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Comment #72 by I o DGK o I
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 04:17:23 AM
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@ #3, owned bitch


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Comment #73 by Lordvader178
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 04:20:44 AM
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#3 has fail.

Also, nothing seems as neccassarry as the last update did. Avatars? Part System where everyone watches movies? The guide system? Its all good, but it dosent seem neccassarry.


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Comment #74 by BootlegWarrior6
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 04:32:16 AM
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at first i didnt like the AVATARDS but they are starting to grow on me. i am now looking forward to this update, and looking forward to making my own AVATARD.


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Comment #75 by FlameBurger
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 04:56:07 AM
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we'd better get refunds on gamerpics....and now ill finally be able to use up my 120gig on converting games to my hard drive to reduce load times...hellooooo mass effect!


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Comment #76 by RaymundoIrvan
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 05:44:32 AM
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Sounds like a whole new console


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Comment #77 by Parkerktm
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 05:45:55 AM
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sounds great.........except for the avatars which is just stupid


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Comment #78 by Buzz
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 11:42:26 AM
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Awesome, especially the 1680x1050 support for the VGA cable, that makes me very happy. Not quite sure how much of the other stuff I will use. I wonder if the saving onto the hard drive will lower the noise of the xbox, with the disc drive not being used. And also I wonder what size the games will take up on the hard drive. All interesting stuff though.


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Comment #79 by Sakurafire
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 12:01:52 PM
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What about our Gamerpics and Themes we bought? In the past three years I've probably bought about $30 in them. I don't want them going to waste!!


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Comment #80 by RFT 123
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 12:17:53 PM
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I think I've just shit myself...


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Comment #81 by adamr999
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 12:23:58 PM
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nooooo my 360 is being turned into the xbox wii60 i dont want my 360 looking like a god dam shit wii i would of wasted money to buy a wii if i want one and i cant believe this is not optional gay gay gay


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Comment #82 by Deviled_Frog
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 12:32:51 PM
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Like the idea of games on the hdd, but come on ms lets see full DIVX surport in media center and the dash.


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Comment #83 by Louchavelli
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 12:48:24 PM
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Wow. These improvements are awesome. A lot of really nice additions coming up. Can't wait for the fall.


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Comment #84 by plumbpist
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 12:52:02 PM
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I hope it all works...


why no web browser, still?


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Comment #85 by KewlBrettC
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 01:01:59 PM
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I have a wii for a reason.........

but that game show thing does seem really fun. But in reality this sucks and i dont want a freaking avatar. What happened to just playing games?


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Comment #86 by monkeysateme
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 01:29:40 PM
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Wow!

I can't wait till Fall. At first I thought the Avatars just sat around and did nothing like the Mii's on Wii but you can do so much more with the Xbox Avatar it's gonna be the best!


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Comment #87 by BillyBobJoe7478
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 02:04:26 PM
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what do u do with the gamer pictures


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Comment #88 by Andy0808
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 02:05:51 PM
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#85 to play a game you still put it in the disc tray?

Avatars arent taking over the games, its merely a new feature


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Comment #89 by ElmoTrooperX
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 02:07:59 PM
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Now when I kill some in halo 3 and look at their gamercard, I'll know that the person I killed had a name AND A FACE. There will be sleepless nights to come.

When I watched this on G4 I was ecstatic at the new look and I'm excited for the avatars.


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Comment #90 by cool4joe
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 02:12:45 PM
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Anyone who spends more than 1 min a day looking at their gamerpic/theme needs to get a life. If you don't like the features then just do what most people that have the xbox do and play the games, I hope that the party system will work, don't want to use it the first time and not be able to get everyone in the game.


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Comment #91 by ElmoTrooperX
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 02:13:48 PM
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AWW SNAP sorry I gotta say this,
You can download retail games to your 360?
If it actually has that much space what happens to trading games at gamestop?


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Comment #92 by oneandonlytommo
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 02:52:51 PM
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Damn


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Comment #93 by Pedro7_2000
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 03:28:46 PM
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Avatars are weak, but it was done to bring in more casual folks. I liked my gamerpics and themes, but I think the avatars fit the new dashboard better. O well, rest of the stuff is nothing but pluses++++


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Comment #94 by Almighty Tubsta
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 03:30:09 PM
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Party system sounds good, and blades on the guide sounds great. Best of all for me though is the 1680 x 1050 on VGA, i'm tired of not makin the most of my monitor. 1360 x 768 can munch on my stump!


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Comment #95 by steelefan15
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 03:53:42 PM
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Can i use my vision camera to put my face directly on my avatar?


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Comment #96 by XII Blackhawk
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 04:11:03 PM
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wow. an update that actually is NOTICABLE FOR ONCE!!
lol

all good ideas though. should be good

unless they do a sony and completely cock up everything.


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Comment #97 by workbench
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 04:11:40 PM
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sounds crazy. hopefully its well implemented.


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Comment #98 by XII Blackhawk
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 04:32:44 PM
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OMFG


LISTEN NOW

FINAL FANTASY XIII HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED FOR XBOX


yay..


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Comment #99 by wigidywaxa
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 05:08:08 PM
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Not too sure about the avatar idea, could be good though.
There seems to be a lot of great updates here though :]
let's hope they deliver.


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Comment #100 by Krazie
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 05:16:50 PM
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ElmoTrooper -- You need to have the disc in your tray in order to run games from your hard drives. The purpose in doing this is to prevent your disc tray from spinning all the time, and to also greatly reduce loading times.


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Comment #101 by ssj27
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 06:07:57 PM
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fucking amazing. genius.


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Comment #102 by Laufton_13
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 @ 03:33:53 AM
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Very cool I laughed for like a half an hour when I heard about final fantasy


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Comment #103 by Dead by Don
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 @ 05:00:57 AM
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I love the avatar idea. I've always wanted to be 8 again. I can't wait for all my playmates to make little dolls of themselves for everyone to see! - end sarcasm.

Bad idea. Wii have to live with it, I guess, but REALLY bad idea. I like the rest of the updates, but having Wii avatars is not one of them. What's next? Downgrading the user interface so that it's only available at 480i? Ah well, I can't blame Microsoft for trying. I can blame them for bad ideas though.


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Comment #104 by ste900R
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 @ 07:37:31 AM
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It all sounds good, but I don't really like the new pics of it. Maybe it will be better than it looks, and if not, it will grow on me!!!

I love Microsoft and xbox!!!


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Comment #105 by Vince
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 @ 11:27:17 AM
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im pretty sure they will give you a choice of just the gamer pic or the avatar or at least i hope they do! hopefully they will let vision cam owners take their own pics! that would be pretty cool


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Comment #106 by Warbo
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 @ 11:34:47 AM
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Lot of good ideas here especially the party system.

Yet the whole avatar idea doesn't take my fancy why does microsoft have to jump on the Wii bandwagon in an attempt to broaden the consoles appeal. When I bought my 360 the dashboard was one of the most impressive points of the console. I like my themes and gamerpictures - microsoft needn't revamp the dashboard when it ain't broken..... I feel that a lot of people will be dissapointed with this aspect of the update....


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Comment #107 by whatswrongwithyouall
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 @ 12:10:33 PM
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you all are fags all this stuff doesnt matter its all about games just play the games if you want to talk to people use a phone and stop spending your money on gamer pics and themes and start spending on something that accually makes a difference in your life stop complaing about ms and just be happy that they are still endorsing games that blow ps3's games out of the water


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Comment #108 by mighty1
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 @ 11:10:43 PM
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this is a great way to shake things up. microsoft is doing a great job so far. i'm looking forward to the fall update,can't wait!


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Comment #109 by SummerRelic
Friday, July 25, 2008 @ 06:50:39 PM
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i know it is is autum but what month is it does anybody know yet i cant wait all those ps3 fan boys cant run the mouth for any longer haha i love it


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Comment #110 by Uluse
Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 05:29:05 PM
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Seems to me like a great update. Especially the party support.

About avatars, what's wrong with Mii's?


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