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''Kinect Sports'' is a sports exergame developed by Creator/{{Rare}} as a launch title for the Platform/Xbox360 UsefulNotes/{{Kinect}} and released as a pack-in game for the accessory. The game consists of six sports which are played by mimicking the motions used to play the sports in real life, all without the use of a physical controller.

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''Kinect Sports'' is a sports exergame developed by Creator/{{Rare}} as a launch title for the Platform/Xbox360 UsefulNotes/{{Kinect}} Platform/{{Kinect}} and released as a pack-in game for the accessory. The game consists of six sports which are played by mimicking the motions used to play the sports in real life, all without the use of a physical controller.
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''Kinect Sports'' is a sports exergame developed by Creator/{{Rare}} as a launch title for the UsefulNotes/Xbox360 UsefulNotes/{{Kinect}} and released as a pack-in game for the accessory. The game consists of six sports which are played by mimicking the motions used to play the sports in real life, all without the use of a physical controller.

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''Kinect Sports'' is a sports exergame developed by Creator/{{Rare}} as a launch title for the UsefulNotes/Xbox360 Platform/Xbox360 UsefulNotes/{{Kinect}} and released as a pack-in game for the accessory. The game consists of six sports which are played by mimicking the motions used to play the sports in real life, all without the use of a physical controller.
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* CasualVideoGame: A collection of common sports all of which are designed to be played in groups and with simplified rules for some of the more complex sports.
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* {{Exergaming}}: The games are sports titles that require the use of the Kinect meaning that your body gets very onvolved with gameplay.

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* {{Exergaming}}: The games are sports titles that require the use of the Kinect meaning that your body gets very onvolved involved with gameplay.
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* {{Exergaming}}: The games are sports titles that require the use of the Kinect meaning that your body gets very onvolved with gameplay.


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* MinigameGame: All the games in the series are broken up into different sports, but the ''sports'' themselves also contain a series of minigames.
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[[caption-width-right:256:Boxart for the first in the series.]]
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* TechDemoTitle: The first game was developed to showcase the Kinect's camera and ability to detect motion, and it was packed in with the device.

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* TechDemoTitle: TechDemoGame: The first game was developed to showcase the Kinect's camera and ability to detect motion, and it was packed in with the device.
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* SlippySlideyIceWorld: The skiing game in ''Season Two'' is set in a large, snowy mountain range with very typical "snowy mountain top" decor.

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* SlippySlideyIceWorld: The skiing game in ''Season Two'' is set in a large, snowy mountain range with very typical "snowy mountain top" decor.decor.
* TechDemoTitle: The first game was developed to showcase the Kinect's camera and ability to detect motion, and it was packed in with the device.
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* SlippySLideyIceWorld: The skiing game in ''Season Two'' is set in a large, snowy mountain range with very typical "snowy mountain top" decor.

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* SlippySLideyIceWorld: SlippySlideyIceWorld: The skiing game in ''Season Two'' is set in a large, snowy mountain range with very typical "snowy mountain top" decor.
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''Kinect Sports'' is a sports exergame developed by Creator/{{Rare}} as a launch title for the UsefulNotes/Xbox360 UsefulNotes/{{Kinect}} and released as a pack-in game for the accessory. The game consists of six sports which are played by mimicking the motions used to play the sports in real life, all without the use of a physical controller.

The first game in the series contains six sports: bowling, boxing, track & field, table tennis, soccer, and beach volleyball. It was released on November 4, 2010 as a pack-in for the Kinect.

On October 25, 2011 Microsoft released ''Kinect Sports: Season Two'' which contained the sports golf, darts, baseball, skiing, tennis, and American football. Basketball was later released as DLC. On September 18, 2012 both games would be rebundled as a single title, ''Kinect Sports Ultimate Collection''.

On April 8, 2014 the final game in the series released, ''Kinect Sports Rivals'' which included a campaign mode as well as the sports bowling, jet ski racing, target shooting, soccer, tennis, and rock climbing.

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!Tropes featured across all of the games:
* CreatorCameo: The logos for Rare and Microsoft Game Studios appear throughout the game's venues.
* JungleJapes: The mountain climbing minigame in ''Rivals'' appears to take place in a jungle setting with the player climbing structures so perfectly shaped, they only could be manmade.
* PalmtreePanic: Beach Volleyball is played at Waveside, a resort located on a beach town.
* ProductPlacement: The first two games feature heavy advertising for T-Mobile and Samsung.
* SlippySLideyIceWorld: The skiing game in ''Season Two'' is set in a large, snowy mountain range with very typical "snowy mountain top" decor.

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