In an interview with Eurogamer, Rare's lead artist Lee Musgrave revealed that work on Avatars was done "before Miis were part of the gaming scene" and were only decided to be a part of the New Xbox Experience after Microsoft saw concepts of the lil' customizable characters.
"Microsoft did not turn up one day in a speeding car and say, 'They've got Miis - do something!' It wasn't like that at all," says Musgrave, making sure to drive home the point that similarities between Avatars and Nintendo's Miis is purely coincidental. So, yeah ... take that Miis! You aren't being copied on purpose, you're just being copied coincidentally. Yeah!
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9-11-2008 @ 5:11PM
Alex said...
I really don't care about the whole Avatar thing. I'll just stick with a Gamer Picture. Probably something with Fable II on it.
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9-11-2008 @ 5:52PM
JimyD said...
They still look like graphically improved Miis. Besides using them in games such as 1 vs. 100, I still don't understand the purpose of these avatars.
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9-11-2008 @ 6:33PM
Lucky said...
I love Rare. I love Xbox. But I got to say. I call Bull Shit.
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9-11-2008 @ 8:40PM
GenoBaby said...
I call bullsh*t... but either or... still can't wait to create my avatar.
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9-11-2008 @ 9:57PM
Doll said...
Bullshit or not, MS probably have done a better job at it. I just hope I have a huge selection of clothing and accessories, like on Rock Band.
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9-12-2008 @ 4:47AM
mattclarkie said...
So Rare are saying they designed these things around the launch of the 360 (only way they could have beaten Nintendo), but MS only decided to use them after the success of Mii's.
Right.
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9-12-2008 @ 1:46PM
Carbonize said...
Be even cooler once game developers start putting them into games even just as jokes. Imagine being able to play as your avatar on CoD or Tekken. Even better imagine running round a corner in Bad Company to be confronted by your avatar pointing a shotgun at you.
Be prepared to see yor avatar being tortured in GTA V.
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