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Tecmo Koei boss ‘very interested’ in PS3 motion control

Tecmo Koei head honcho Kenji Matsubara has declared that the firm is “interested” in Sony’s recently announced motion technology, though insists there’s a few kinks to work out if they are to incorporate it into a game like Ninja Gaiden.

Speaking to Play, Matsubara commented, “I’m very interested in the new motion-control technology announced at E3, but we really need to know how responsive it is.”

“I’m sure that for casual games these motion controls will be very popular, but for action games like Ninja Gaiden we need quick responses and if you’re swinging your arms around like you’re using a sword you will soon be tired.”

The executive went on to say that the company may first test the waters with causal games before moving on to the hardcore market:

“Maybe we have to change the playing style and check the technology to see how quick it can be. So, at first it will be casual games and then maybe hardcore games and we have to prepare for that and provide the games to satisfy that playing style.”