Natal? Wave? Lame either way.

Trevor Roppolo — Fri, 28 May 2010 17:05:00 GMT

You may have heard by now of the rumors surrounding Microsoft’s new motion device codenamed Natal. Rumors afoot claim that the device’s final retail name will be unveiled at E3 this June, but reputable sources are already saying that the name will likely be Microsoft Wave (snore). For some reason Microsoft feels compelled to follow the Wii and Move’s formula and name their new peripheral something incredibly lame. This is no coincidence.

You see, MCML (motion control marketing law) states that “all motion devices and games that make use of motion control must be single syllable non-creative basic sight words that could easily appear on a second-grade spelling test.”

Naturally, this inspired me to think of some other names for Natal that I think would work equally as well—but I’ll let you use your imagination there.

Why even change the name that we have all grown familiar with over the past few years at all? Natal sounds fine to me… Oh, it’s to get suckers like me talking about it, isn’t it?

Damn you Microsoft!

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Natal? Wave? Lame either way.