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Doodle Jump hitting XBLA this summer

Eddie Makuch
By Eddie Makuch, News Editor

Kinect-required arcade game launching later this summer two years after game was originally announced.

Two years after it was originally announced, mobile hit Doodle Jump will launch this summer on Xbox Live for $5, Lima Sky announced today. It requires the Kinect to play.

Doodle Jump for XBLA adapts the vertical platforming gameplay of the original mobile game for play with the Kinect. Players will move their bodies left and right to control the Doodler, while firing nose balls with arm gestures and flying by flapping their arms.

"We've brought the Doodler onto new platforms before, but never like this," Lima Sky co-founder Igor Pusenjak said in a statement.

Doodle Jump for XBLA includes exclusive content like three all-new worlds, new bosses, achievements, and power-ups. The $1 mobile game is the third most popular paid app overall for iOS devices.

Eddie Makuch
By Eddie Makuch, News Editor

Eddie Makuch (Mack-ooh) is a News Editor at GameSpot. He works out of the company's Boston office in Somerville, Mass., and loves extra chunky peanut butter.

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blackace
blackace

I wouldn't want it for Kinect. The Smartphone version is decent. A go time waster when you're bored and in a long line.

hadlee73
hadlee73

Can't wait for the youtube vids.

xhawk27
xhawk27

Get the kiddies to exercise.... Good job MS. 

CreMax90
CreMax90

$5 to move my body and flap my hands around? No thanks, I do these things everyday.  Plus even if it had an option for a controller, it would be boring in a minute.

1RazvanClaudiu
1RazvanClaudiu

One of the most addictive and annoying games on phones / tablets. 

omenjamlord
omenjamlord like.author.displayName like.author.displayName 2 Like

Me: Xbox Jump

Me: Xbox Jump again

Ya, I cant see myself getting too motivated for this one, I'll keep it to the phone. 

smoothyplum26
smoothyplum26 like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName 5 Like

Kevin Durant is laughing somewhere.

XboxGuy1537
XboxGuy1537

@smoothyplum26 "Really? You choose downloading Doodle Jump over streaming my shot? Doodle Jump?"

CDWJUSTIN
CDWJUSTIN

this should be an xbox one launch title

WingChopMasta
WingChopMasta like.author.displayName like.author.displayName 2 Like

This is probably the one game that would suck on anything else but mobile, Then they add Kinect on top of that?

"The $1 mobile game that is 3rd most popular paid app overall on ios devices 3 years ago will cost you $10 on XBLA". WHAT A DEAL!! 

JDWolfie
JDWolfie

Playing this game using Kinect? Sounds horrible.

dlCHIEF58
dlCHIEF58

@JDWolfie 

Don't knock it until you try it. Would sound more boring playing with a controller. 

JDWolfie
JDWolfie

@dlCHIEF58 @JDWolfie Thinking it shouldn't come to consoles, period.

TimmyP777
TimmyP777

@dlCHIEF58 @JDWolfie 

Why? Simple! It is a game designed for the simplicity of a phone with only touch-screen controls. Constantly moving upwards...yay.

This is a step back for consoles.

dlCHIEF58
dlCHIEF58 like.author.displayName 1 Like

@JDWolfie @dlCHIEF58 

And why? Did it eat your baby? Is it in some way preventing some other game from coming out? Who died and left you the console gatekeeper? 

No one is making you buy it, it does not in any way affect you by its existence, so why the needless hate and bashing? It in no way affects you, so why do you even care? 

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