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Next Up for Kinect Fun Labs is Junk Fu

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litepink
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Posted on 12 January 12 at 23:03
Kick punch chop

More Kinect Fun Labs action is on the way, with Junk Fu set to debut in a few weeks. In Junk Fu you hone your karate skills on incoming junk while burning calories. Burn enough calories and you can turn this junk into junk food.

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/8258/junk1j.jpg

Can you master Junk Fu? Or will Junk Fu master you? Chop, kick, and smash junk as it flies off a junkyard conveyor belt. Turn junk into junk food by cranking up your calorie burn! The more you move, the more you burn. The more you burn, the more goodies you earn!http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/7029/junk2m.jpg
http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/7378/junk3d.jpg

Another treat is the 50G to be earned. The all-important question then is "will this cost anything?" To that, we don't have an answer as of yet, but we'll be sure to fill you in once we know.

Junk Fu is slated for release on January 30th.
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Posted on 12 January 12 at 23:04
Has there ever been a reason to think a Kinect Labs was going to cost money?
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Posted on 12 January 12 at 23:06
Because there are a few that do cost money maybe?
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If its free - great; If not - I'll pass. These 'Gadgets' really aren't worth any amount of money. Though, this does look like one of the better ones so far...
litepink
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connectmeplease said:Has there ever been a reason to think a Kinect Labs was going to cost money?Yes, because four of them cost 240 MSP.
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Posted on 12 January 12 at 23:10
Alright folks, idiot question of the day here: How do I load up Kinect Fun Labs? I have downloaded and played a few of them in the past. However, it does not show up in my games list, it is not in my quick play, and it is not in my apps. The only way I can play it is to find an advertisement on the dash (which isn't always there) and hit redownload. It will then pull up the guide thing which allows me to select "Play now". It is really frustrating because my kids cannot jump through those hoops every time they want to play it. I can also do a search for it, but even when I find it sometimes it won't give me the option to redownload it or play it. It just lets me know it exists. Does anyone else have this issue? Any input would be appreciated.
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Posted on 12 January 12 at 23:10
huh, never realized, which ones?
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If it costs money then I'm not buying it.

Wait...
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Posted on 12 January 12 at 23:43
Virtual Boy said:Alright folks, idiot question of the day here: How do I load up Kinect Fun Labs? I have downloaded and played a few of them in the past. However, it does not show up in my games list, it is not in my quick play, and it is not in my apps. The only way I can play it is to find an advertisement on the dash (which isn't always there) and hit redownload. It will then pull up the guide thing which allows me to select "Play now". It is really frustrating because my kids cannot jump through those hoops every time they want to play it. I can also do a search for it, but even when I find it sometimes it won't give me the option to redownload it or play it. It just lets me know it exists. Does anyone else have this issue? Any input would be appreciated.I'm having the same issue since the dash update.
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Posted on 12 January 12 at 23:51
since my Kinect is just being a dust magnet right now, I'm curious, are these any fun?
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Aldanga said:Virtual Boy said:Alright folks, idiot question of the day here: How do I load up Kinect Fun Labs? I have downloaded and played a few of them in the past. However, it does not show up in my games list, it is not in my quick play, and it is not in my apps. The only way I can play it is to find an advertisement on the dash (which isn't always there) and hit redownload. It will then pull up the guide thing which allows me to select "Play now". It is really frustrating because my kids cannot jump through those hoops every time they want to play it. I can also do a search for it, but even when I find it sometimes it won't give me the option to redownload it or play it. It just lets me know it exists. Does anyone else have this issue? Any input would be appreciated.I'm having the same issue since the dash update.Yes the new dashboard is a right mess.
Used to have the same question, but will consistently find it in the 'Games/Marketplace/Featured' section. It's not in 'Games/My Games' weirdly enough as you found out.
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Slam Shot Sam said:If its free - great; If not - I'll pass. These 'Gadgets' really aren't worth any amount of money. Though, this does look like one of the better ones so far...+1
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Posted on 13 January 12 at 00:11
Virtual Boy said:Alright folks, idiot question of the day here: How do I load up Kinect Fun Labs? I have downloaded and played a few of them in the past. However, it does not show up in my games list, it is not in my quick play, and it is not in my apps. The only way I can play it is to find an advertisement on the dash (which isn't always there) and hit redownload. It will then pull up the guide thing which allows me to select "Play now". It is really frustrating because my kids cannot jump through those hoops every time they want to play it. I can also do a search for it, but even when I find it sometimes it won't give me the option to redownload it or play it. It just lets me know it exists. Does anyone else have this issue? Any input would be appreciated.Not the idiot question of the day to me. I've had the same problem since they removed the Kinect-specific version of the dash with it featured there. Is it under the Apps tab somewhere? I don't remember checking through those, although I feel like I did...
Aldanga
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Posted on 13 January 12 at 00:14
It's not in the Apps tab, unfortunately.
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Is that a Parappa the Rapper reference in the tagline? If so, kudos.
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Posted on 13 January 12 at 00:34
Virtual Boy said:Alright folks, idiot question of the day here: How do I load up Kinect Fun Labs? I have downloaded and played a few of them in the past. However, it does not show up in my games list, it is not in my quick play, and it is not in my apps. The only way I can play it is to find an advertisement on the dash (which isn't always there) and hit redownload. It will then pull up the guide thing which allows me to select "Play now". It is really frustrating because my kids cannot jump through those hoops every time they want to play it. I can also do a search for it, but even when I find it sometimes it won't give me the option to redownload it or play it. It just lets me know it exists. Does anyone else have this issue? Any input would be appreciated.The only other way I have found to access it besides the ads (which thankfully are more prevalent now than they were during the dash preview period), is to bing "Kinect Fun Labs". Definitely a design oversight that needs to be fixed.
blkalleykat
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Posted on 13 January 12 at 00:34
connectmeplease said:Has there ever been a reason to think a Kinect Labs was going to cost money?A few aren't free. I think 3 or 4 of the titles are 240 Microsoft points
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It would be nice if this is free. Most of the kinect fun labs apps are more like prototypes (thats the way I see it..), so they should not cost more than 80msp.
My opinion.
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This is the first one that actually looks like a game.

@Virtual Boy, also glad to know I'm not the only one having this problem. I even posted a thread on it but got no response.
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Posted on 13 January 12 at 00:39
same here, just got a kinect, downloaded fun labs, but can't find it anywhere! will try the bing kinect fun labs suggestion!