Major Nelson shows us how Avatars will work

For those of you who don't know, the Xbox 360 Dashboard is getting a"Backyard Blitz" style facelift very soon. One of the new features that has recieved the most attention so far is the addition of an Avatar system, very much the same as Miis for the Nintendo Wii. (Or was it the other way around?) These are said to be the new gamerpics, or at least another option to spice up your Xbox 360 profile.

Heres a clip i came across today featuring Xbox Live's Major Nelson giving a breif rundown on how the Avatar system will work. Check it:
<a href="http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-US&amp;playlist=videoByUuids:uuids:af0e0dcd-5cff-43a2-bd32-4841fe6a89d1&amp;showPlaylist=true&amp;from=shared" target="_new" title="Avatars in the new Xbox experience">Video: Avatars in the new Xbox experience</a>
Very similar to the Mii system which is not a bad thing at all. If it aint broke, then blah blah blah. Im looking forward to digging into the new Dashboard a bit more once it hits. Release date TBC.

Mr Metal