Last week, Zumba Fitness: World Party, of all things, proved that Kinect 2.0 works in a side-by-side comparison with the original Kinect . But it's Kinect Sports Rivals -- the third game in the popular motion-controlled sports series -- that gets the honor of being the first Kinect 2.0 game IGN has actually played.

My Kinect Sports Rivals Champion...on a T-shirt!

Of the six sports on the disc -- mountain climbing, jet ski racing, bowling, soccer, tennis, and sharpshooting -- I got to try the jet ski racing, and came away reasonably impressed with both the new Kinect technology as well as the game. The tech reads you very well, starting with a full-body scan before you start playing. This is turned into your in-game Champion -- not the same thing as your regular Xbox Avatar -- and it created a very reasonable cartoon-ish approximation of me, minus the hair. But that was selectable after the scan completed. The end result -- despite being in an oddly-lit Xbox Showcase event -- came out rather well. Microsoft was confident enough in their tech that they printed players a T-shirt with their Champion on it on the spot. Go ahead, take a look at my Champion:Not bad, right? As for the game itself, the jet ski mode felt a lot like the Nintendo classic Wave Race 64, with your racer bouncing up and down on the waves with his or her Waverunner. Controls are easy: hold both hands out, closing your fist for the accelerator and opening your hand to let off the gas. You pull one arm in gently in order to turn in that direction, or lean your body into it for a harder turn. Pull back off a jump to do an in-air flip. It's all extremely responsive, just like you always wished it was on the original Kinect.I'm quite eager to try out bowling, my favorite event from both Kinect Sports 1 and Wii Sports, but sadly that will have to wait for another day. Until then, rest easy knowing that Kinect 2.0's likely flagship title works...and it's plenty fun to boot.

Ryan McCaffrey is IGN’s Executive Editor of Previews and Xbox Guru-in-Chief. Follow him on Twitter at @DMC_Ryan , on IGN , catch him on Podcast Unlocked , and drop-ship him Taylor Ham sandwiches from New Jersey whenever possible.