Posts Tagged ‘Music’

If there’s going to be DDR on Wii, you should expect some kind of waggle, right? Only fair. Because there is. DDR Hottest Party is still the usual four-step dance pad, but this Wii iteration adds some remote and nunchuk lovin’ to the mix. Randomly interspersed between the scrolling arrows are hand markers. When these [...]

Guitar Hero is the closest you’ll get to being a rockin’ guitar player while simultaneously remaining a huge nerd. It’s gratifying and makes you feel like you’re really playing the song, but in the end, you’re still holding a plastic video game peripheral.

Similar to DDR, notes scroll down the screen and have to be hit [...]

Nothing will make you lose credibility as a hardcore gamer faster than buying a Hannah Montana game. Hey, wait! Hear me out! Though this comes packaged in a girly presentation, hidden within is a rather spiffy music creation tool. It’s commendable that Disney would go to the effort of putting this in when last year’s [...]

The Disney Channel movie hit-”High School Musical”-comes to the Nintendo DS in High School Musical: Makin’ The Cut!. Having never seen the show, I had to refer to the press kit to learn a little bit more about the franchise. In the game, you play as one of six “High School Musical” stars-Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, [...]

The music game genre has been evolving over the past few years thanks to Konami, and more recently Harmonix as well. While dance pads or guitar accessories are sometimes better suited for a specific music game, Japanese developer iNiS thought they could make something interesting with the DS’s touch screen and it became the smash [...]

Rhythm games generally bring to mind expensive peripherals that send an otherwise normal game into the $80 or even $100 price range. Ouch. What’s nice about the DS is its touch-based technology that has rhythm potential already built in. Unfortunately, this has never been used to any great advantage– until now. So if you’ve been [...]

Mario is known for his versatility. The pudgy plumber has been featured in sports games, racing games, party games, platforming, RPG’s, and just about every other conceivable genre. It was only a matter of time before Mario took his turn on the dance floor. Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix is the mascot’s first foray into [...]