So fill me in here. Is the animation matching the play in real time?
skijjy13
It’s they got a real time animation this is actually kinda cool… but like wtf?
JustSixTrees
I know people will shit on it but I appreciate that they are at least trying something different to bring in a new audience. My son is too young to care but I imagine four year olds might really prefer this to normal games
MPD1978
Was this only on USA D+? I couldn’t find it up in Canada. I wound have checked this out for sure
jrp9788
I just showed my 8 year old daughter and she liked it. So that’s a good sign.
jz9chen
This is actually very cute 🥰
Donny_Brooke
I have three kids smack dab in the middle of the intended demographic, huge Big City Greens fans and Wild fans as Minneapolis kids, and all three are sitting here completely glued to the TV. They watch Wild games with me a lot but have never been this still and quiet throughout the course of a game. This is pretty cool!
Kevin Weekes is doing the color for the animated version of the game and hasn’t missed a beat when referencing the characters in place of the players the technology is tracking while also calling the actual players animated. He is a rockstar! This was a great idea by Disney and the NHL.
Expensive-Republic-2
This is way cooler than the NFLs attempt to attract younger fans.
lawrebx
Better than Bally tbh
BubbaSpanks
Pretty cool!
jesterhead952
Reminds me of the backyard hockey games.
JRTL69
Thought it was really well done.
ratzy88
This is easily the greatest game on tonight. I quite enjoy it
BenderIsGreatBendr
I watched the whole game this way and tbh it wasn’t bad
They even had announcers wearing motion capture suits in a studio to render their own live virtual announcers in pretty much real time
Not young enough to have any idea what the show they’re referencing is, but I thought they pulled the whole thing off pretty well, they basically rendered a live hockey game into Wii U sports-esque avatars with only minimal delay.
And they were able to pretty smoothly insert their own IP characters. I think this was a well done beta but that the future potential and implications are enormous.
VF-41
Been a Caps fan since the early 80’s. This was pretty cool.
tellurdogisayhello
Makes me mad that they can animate something like this, but I can’t get an NHL licensed, fun arcade style hockey game on the Nintendo switch.
ZarosGuardian
This is kind of adorable to be honest, and like others have mentioned, it reminds me of the Backyard Football games way back in the 90s.
Big_Hat_Energy
I thought this was really cool. It was definitely a little glitchy and clunky at times but still fun. If they iron out the kinks and are able to make more animations it think it will be a big hit. To me this was like watching a game of 3v3 NHL arcade on the PS3 and we need to work our way to NHL23 type animation. All that said I would like to see something involving AR like the NFL and Nickelodeon. I think that would be awesome.
fatbaIlerina
Will be neat when one day they can faithfully animate the entire player and his stick and we can choose crazy avatars for them. Of course they will charge for this service lol. But like r/habs for example could sponsor their user voted avatars on the players.
Ghost_Pains
This rocks
Equivalent-Permit893
My 8 year old son like it but became frustrated with all the commercial pauses that seemed like dead air.
I appreciate them exploring this proof of concept.
But this really opens the doors for other themes/skins from different IPs; just like how Fortnite has done with Marvel and many others.
Russ_Tafari66
My 9 year old was not interested in the cartoon, said he would rather watch the real Rangers.
His interest in the game lasted 10 minutes then he left to go read a book.
TheSeekerOfSanity
Gotta say I am a little surprised and happy that people aren’t crapping all over this. It was fun. And the kids loved it.
scottybobotty1992
Classy celebration by the Rangers
Predsguy
I’m sorry, but this looks like it’s for kids. I’m not a kid and therefore it’s not made for me. I now have unbridled rage.
monstersean88
Watched this with my 5 year old and LOVED it
itsmeekree
my 5&6 year old boy loved this game!!! they thought it was funny the grandma was in the goalie net 😂😂😂
fulcrumestates
this is fun! if they can fine tune it, it could be really great. it’s the right amount of ridiculous to be entertaining to me as an adult and i definitely would have loved it if i were a kid. this rocks.
KnightEDM_TTV
Reminds me a LOT of 3 on 3 NHL arcade
Jes13r
This is honestly how you can grow the sport. Getting kids interested in a sport can make them fans or players, which is the best thing.
tucci007
I can’t find it on D+, link?
Teknicsrx7
Watching them hop in and stop Goodrow and Wilson from fighting the second hands came up and give them both roughing calls was pretty funny, you know these refs had special instructions for the night
Josh_Smash_
I’m 27. I have no kids. And I was thoroughly entertained. Helped to have the broadcast team they had, nothing felt too forced.
FireIsTyranny
I would rather watch this hockey then blackouts
kpc45
Maybe they should put the blackout games on. Tonight’s oilers game is blacked out so I’ll take anything.
JenkemBoofer691
I think my peyote is kicking in.
MindlessArmadillo382
One step closer to live holograms playing in the Away teams stadium.
Ok-Fisherman-5695
Our country’s finance minister told us to deal with inflation by cancelling Disney+ so unfortunately. I couldn’t afford to eat tonight or watch this.
Primetime349
I came here ready to take a big poopoo on why the hell they decided this was a good idea – but the parents here changed my mind. If it helps your kids enjoy the sport, all cool with me. But before popping in here, I was really scratching my head about why this broadcast existed
phreakzilla85
Terrible turnover in the offensive zone
TheLateFry
This would have been really cool *if it was fucking available in Canada thank you very much NHL*
Itz_Domo
I honestly think this is a really good idea
Welcm2goodburger
This has better player physics than the new nhl game
gsxrfrost
Wii Hockey?
Metrosious
If it gets me out of having to listen to betting odds every commercial count me in.
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So fill me in here. Is the animation matching the play in real time?
It’s they got a real time animation this is actually kinda cool… but like wtf?
I know people will shit on it but I appreciate that they are at least trying something different to bring in a new audience. My son is too young to care but I imagine four year olds might really prefer this to normal games
Was this only on USA D+? I couldn’t find it up in Canada. I wound have checked this out for sure
I just showed my 8 year old daughter and she liked it. So that’s a good sign.
This is actually very cute 🥰
I have three kids smack dab in the middle of the intended demographic, huge Big City Greens fans and Wild fans as Minneapolis kids, and all three are sitting here completely glued to the TV. They watch Wild games with me a lot but have never been this still and quiet throughout the course of a game. This is pretty cool!
Kevin Weekes is doing the color for the animated version of the game and hasn’t missed a beat when referencing the characters in place of the players the technology is tracking while also calling the actual players animated. He is a rockstar! This was a great idea by Disney and the NHL.
This is way cooler than the NFLs attempt to attract younger fans.
Better than Bally tbh
Pretty cool!
Reminds me of the backyard hockey games.
Thought it was really well done.
This is easily the greatest game on tonight. I quite enjoy it
I watched the whole game this way and tbh it wasn’t bad
They even had announcers wearing motion capture suits in a studio to render their own live virtual announcers in pretty much real time
Not young enough to have any idea what the show they’re referencing is, but I thought they pulled the whole thing off pretty well, they basically rendered a live hockey game into Wii U sports-esque avatars with only minimal delay.
And they were able to pretty smoothly insert their own IP characters. I think this was a well done beta but that the future potential and implications are enormous.
Been a Caps fan since the early 80’s. This was pretty cool.
Makes me mad that they can animate something like this, but I can’t get an NHL licensed, fun arcade style hockey game on the Nintendo switch.
This is kind of adorable to be honest, and like others have mentioned, it reminds me of the Backyard Football games way back in the 90s.
I thought this was really cool. It was definitely a little glitchy and clunky at times but still fun. If they iron out the kinks and are able to make more animations it think it will be a big hit. To me this was like watching a game of 3v3 NHL arcade on the PS3 and we need to work our way to NHL23 type animation. All that said I would like to see something involving AR like the NFL and Nickelodeon. I think that would be awesome.
Will be neat when one day they can faithfully animate the entire player and his stick and we can choose crazy avatars for them. Of course they will charge for this service lol. But like r/habs for example could sponsor their user voted avatars on the players.
This rocks
My 8 year old son like it but became frustrated with all the commercial pauses that seemed like dead air.
I appreciate them exploring this proof of concept.
But this really opens the doors for other themes/skins from different IPs; just like how Fortnite has done with Marvel and many others.
My 9 year old was not interested in the cartoon, said he would rather watch the real Rangers.
His interest in the game lasted 10 minutes then he left to go read a book.
Gotta say I am a little surprised and happy that people aren’t crapping all over this. It was fun. And the kids loved it.
Classy celebration by the Rangers
I’m sorry, but this looks like it’s for kids. I’m not a kid and therefore it’s not made for me. I now have unbridled rage.
Watched this with my 5 year old and LOVED it
my 5&6 year old boy loved this game!!! they thought it was funny the grandma was in the goalie net 😂😂😂
this is fun! if they can fine tune it, it could be really great. it’s the right amount of ridiculous to be entertaining to me as an adult and i definitely would have loved it if i were a kid. this rocks.
Reminds me a LOT of 3 on 3 NHL arcade
This is honestly how you can grow the sport. Getting kids interested in a sport can make them fans or players, which is the best thing.
I can’t find it on D+, link?
Watching them hop in and stop Goodrow and Wilson from fighting the second hands came up and give them both roughing calls was pretty funny, you know these refs had special instructions for the night
I’m 27. I have no kids. And I was thoroughly entertained. Helped to have the broadcast team they had, nothing felt too forced.
I would rather watch this hockey then blackouts
Maybe they should put the blackout games on. Tonight’s oilers game is blacked out so I’ll take anything.
I think my peyote is kicking in.
One step closer to live holograms playing in the Away teams stadium.
Our country’s finance minister told us to deal with inflation by cancelling Disney+ so unfortunately. I couldn’t afford to eat tonight or watch this.
I came here ready to take a big poopoo on why the hell they decided this was a good idea – but the parents here changed my mind. If it helps your kids enjoy the sport, all cool with me. But before popping in here, I was really scratching my head about why this broadcast existed
Terrible turnover in the offensive zone
This would have been really cool *if it was fucking available in Canada thank you very much NHL*
I honestly think this is a really good idea
This has better player physics than the new nhl game
Wii Hockey?
If it gets me out of having to listen to betting odds every commercial count me in.