Comments on: Guitar Strumming on the Nintendo DS, Coming Stateside; Videos Galore

By: Joaquins Musikblog

Joaquins Musikblog — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 12:19:51 +0000

Gitarre spielen mit der Nintendo DS…

Von der Microsoft XBox kennt man ja das Spiel Guitar Hero, bei dem es sich eher um ein Geschicklichkeitsspiel handelt. Anders jedoch verhält es sich bei dem in Japan erfolgreichem Spiel M-06, welches Ubisoft unter den Namen Jam Sessions auf den Markt …

By: dead_red_eyes

dead_red_eyes — Thu, 31 May 2007 17:33:15 +0000

Japan puts out all sorts of cool games … probably 5% of those come over here to the US. My friend has this one game for the Playstation 2 that’s all about digging with a backhoe … and that’s it. They have all sorts of crazy games with wacky concepts and ideas … I love it! I wish that we’d see some of that over here.

By: dead_red_eyes

dead_red_eyes — Thu, 31 May 2007 17:31:13 +0000

Yeah, there’s no real recording ability on Electroplankton … which sucks. But I can still sample stuff later on …

There were these really cool games that came out for the Gameboy Advance, and they were released in Japan only. Think puzzle game meets music game. The series was called “Bit Generations”. There is one game called “Coloris” and all the sounds & music were created by “Cornelius”. It’s an awesome little game.

By: deltasleep

deltasleep — Thu, 31 May 2007 15:05:41 +0000

It’s interesting to me how different Japan’s standards are for games. To me, this doesn’t look like a complete game, it looks like a small part of a bigger game.
I guess thats why the American market sees fewer, bigger games?

By: Peter Kirn

Peter Kirn — Thu, 31 May 2007 13:52:41 +0000

I think it’s best to think of this as a better way to play the DS, not the DS as a better way to play the guitar. And unless you have a really tiny ukulele, the DS is easier to keep in your jacket pocket, etc. ;)

I can see being squeezed on a bus and thinking about new tunes, tapping away chord progressions. I hope there’s some record capability, as missing on ElectroPlankton?

By: Fer

Fer — Thu, 31 May 2007 12:44:00 +0000

Now, do we really need a Nintendo to play the guitar?

By: dead_red_eyes

dead_red_eyes — Wed, 30 May 2007 23:16:43 +0000

Haha, yeah it’s funny Patrick.

I’d really like to try out that DSMidiWifi thing, but I need to get one of those flash carts for the program. Thanks for the linkage Peter … I just bookmarked it so I could find it later.

I have Electroplankton for the DS, and let me tell you what Patrick … that shit sounds awesome going thru a Korg KAOSS Pad 3 into my Orange amp. Loud and crisp baby! If they ever get the Tenori-On up and going … you better believe that I’ll soon be running that badboy thru the ol’ Orange … hell yes!

I hate running everything thru the house system … and if I could I’d have an amp on stage for every real/virtual instrument.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 30 May 2007 19:24:19 +0000

I wonder if this game will be able to be ported to the ds-x hardware?

Plugging a Nintendo product into an Orange amp is the funniest thing I’ve ever heard. I can think of no better way to thum one’s nose at all the purism and snobbery going on in the name of “tone” these days.

Anyhow, love to see more.

By: dead_red_eyes

dead_red_eyes — Wed, 30 May 2007 19:14:31 +0000

Nice to see that it’s coming stateside. My friend in Japan LOVES this game .. and has been raving to me about it. He’s actually running it thru a bunch of pedals into his Orange amp … he’s really getting a kick out of it.