Bubble Ghost is obscure?
Huh. I'm some sort of video game hipster and I didn't even know.
On topic, my Wii still rests inside a box in the basement because I don't know which one it is in. Too lazy to look for it. Same with my Ps3. I want to muster the energy to go box dungeon exploring, but every time something seems to come up. It really is time for nextgen to arrive.
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Apple owns my balls with the iPad. Even my 360 is gathering dust. :o
FML, I even want a mac mini now. Stupid stupid stupid, out of the frying pan (Nintendo) and into the fire (Apple). I'm doomed. :'(
anyway i was able to play the first 5 stage of the new rhythm tengoku,it seems to me that it's more picky with it's timing but it's less picky with the rating which i guess means that it's easier to get gold medal but harder to get perfect hearts,other than that it's identic to the previous releases right to the menu's
the games i played
1-1
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a monkey throw golf balls and you hit them at rhythm,sometimes a baboon throw a fast one to mix things up,nothing much to add
1-2
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robot stands in an assembly line and you have to screw their little head at time with music,seems to me that it comes a little too close to the re-fuel minigame of rhythm tengoku ds,plus you have to press A+B and then release,why not just A considering the game has only 1 input?
1-3
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two fat guys jump at rhythm on a trampoline while going all "OH" "UH" it feels pretty badass,the game mix it up by having you do big jumps and small jumps
1-4
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a guy is sitting on a bench with a girl while various balls come down rolling and he needs to kick them away,different balls have different rhythm to be kicked,it moves somewhat slow compared to the other games,one thing that puzzled me is that i missed only 2 balls and the game didn't give me the medal,yet i screwed up like at least 6 robot in the robot minigame and it gave me the medal
1-5
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1st remix,graphics get changed to a resort island theme
2-1
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a guy faraway throw you pellet and you have to catch them with a fork,actualy this one is hard! i screwed up a lot but the game still made me pass with an "okay"
oh and the game has still toys and infinite minigames too
Toy 1
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push A to charge a car and then release it to watch it go,if you charge too much the music goes too fast,too little and it goes too slow,apparently there is a right spot so it plays right but i'll be damned if i can find it
Infinite 1
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the actual game is just a matter of stopping a count but the premise is quite funny,a cuckoo is inside a cuckoo clock and he needs to be awake by a certain hour so he sets his alarm clock ticking,count the "tick-tock" and press A when you get to the time asked by the cuckoo,if you get it right he rubs his eyes,watch the clock and then gets out of the cuckoo clock
so i played some more...
2-2
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a cute little monkey that looks more or less like this :3 plays the tambourine,you repeat what it does,once again the monkey has a pretty strict timing
2-3
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four pigs dance at unison by making them rotate themself on a bunch of swivel chair,it's a pretty short stage and no assholish timing making this the easiest stage of remix 2
2-4
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a monkey (i'm starting to think the artist has a monkey fetish or something) stands on a clock hand and then it does the *tick* of the clock by high-fiving other monkey's close to the clock! i like this stage a lot but it's awful for your finger as it's hard to keep the timing required
2-5
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i'm not sure where they wanted to go with this remix... punk i guess?
3-1
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the stage takes place in a factory,and there are 2 blobs on the left and 2 blobs on the right,the blobs on the left makes a bunch of ball bounce at rhythm and you have to make them bounce at the same rhythm,again some of the timing required is pretty hard,there is also a small game & watch cameo
3-2
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this one is easy to explain,basicaly this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gorZ23cL7aA) + this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw49c72Pz3g),the speed at which you have to bounce varies but otherwise it's pretty standard
3-3
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the air badminton minigame! this was one of the first minigame shown,like the monkey clock minigame,i like it a lot but it's devastating on finger since you need to press A at a steady rhythm,relying on visual clue it's also pretty hard since the cat likes to move and your visual gets blocked by clouds
3-4
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a robot punches a sandbag but he's all weak so you need to pump him some muscles in time with his punches,sometimes the game ask a quick "one-two" but it's so quick that you have to press for the one well before he finish saying "two" which is really annoying
3-5
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remix 3 has a cook theme and even the first song of the game even though it's not that great
4-1
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a wrestler is getting interviewed and he has to replies to question and poses in time with the music,the music is quite catchy but i wish i could understand what the interviewer ask considering it sound like a bad imitation of the zerg rush "KEKEKEKEKEKEKE" (also almost as annoying)
4-2
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you control a pair of hands and you have to either catch candy by pressing A+B or swat bugs by pressing only A,quite straightforward
4-3
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a bunch of creature that looks like the spawn of seamonkeys and the cookie monster swims happily while leaving colorfull figures,you need to swim in rhythm with them,sometimes they'll do small dashes to mix it up but other than that this one is pretty straightforward too
4-4
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it's the samurai minigame,the graphic might have changed but it pretty much work like it did in the original tengoku,the only difference is that sometimes you get attacked by a whole swarm at which point you have to press A+B instead of only A
4-5
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japanese theme,not much else
Toy 2
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you send message through a cellphone and then a bunch of japanese text happens....? maybe someone with better moon language skills than mine can explain this one?
Infinite 2
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it's munchy monk! only this time instead of being feeded he's the one feeding! still you only get handed 2 kinds of food,one is A,the other is A+B so no special timing required here,a nice cameo is that you can see the frogs from rhythm tengoku ds in the background
so what do i think so far... from the video i had a worse idea of the game but i'm actualy having lot of fun with the game,still the challenge seems a little off... some levels seems impossible to perfect and some you get them perfect on your first try... i don't think they will also have a space for a 4th rhythm tengoku game considering you see them sometimes reusing idea's and stuff...
okay... i think of myself as a decent rhythm tengoku player but for goddamn sake,i can't finish the final mix,it's impossible,it goes so goddamn fast and there are so many transition that you are bound to make 3-4 mistake,and then those 3-4 mistake nets you the scribbles,it wouldn't be so stupidly frustating if the stage wasn't 4 minute long and if the hardest part wasn't right in the end!
anyway i guess i should spoil the rest
5-1
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a fisherman has to hook various fish,red fish requires one timing,yellow fish requires another timing and blue fish requires another timing,the red fish are easy to hook but the blue one requires an incredibly annoying timing... did i mention this game is in the final mix?
5-2
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remember the drill sergeant from the original? he's back and he has trained a bunch of baby seals :3 it pretty much work to the old marching minigame but sometimes you have to press A+B to roll on your back
5-3
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a pitcher throw a baseball ball and you have to strike it,there are no visual clues for when the ball hits so you have to rely on rhythm,at least it's not as bad as the fishing one!
5-4
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a bunch of wingless birds march in line and you have to tap A in rhythm to keep the line,sometimes they mix it up with a jump,simple but fun
5-5
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prehistoric remix,no song
6-1
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you have a launchpad with several different kind of shuttles,the first one has a normal 1-3 count but then you have green shuttles with an instant 1-7 count and another one with a single count that goes slooooooow,could be worse
6-2
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this one is weird to describe... there are a bunch of fork shaped that keeps a balloon afloat by clashing with each other in rhythm,they either go A-A---A-A---A-A or A-A-A-A-A-A-A when they go with the second rhythm it really hurts your finger
6-3
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two little mans bounce balls that come from the sides,on the right side you get 2 balls but the left side only has 1 ball,the man constantly switches so you have something like A-A---A-A---A-----A-----A-A-A---A-A,it's not hard but it feels like it last forever
6-4
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argh! i hate this one! a girl on top of the car says something and then the two rapper with her repeat what she says,the problem is that i have no idea what kind of beat i have to follow as the thing is almost silent barring what the girl says which makes following her incredibly annoying,did i mention this is in the final mix?
6-5
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a theme park themed mix
7-1
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and this one is actualy worse than 6-4,a bunch of dancers tap their feet on the ground and it's pretty much like the marching minigame,but sometimes a female voice tell them to stop and change rhythm but the problem is that it's really hard to follow their next rhythm when they change,the funny thing is that i intentionaly screwed up the last bit since i thought i already made too many mistakes and the game still made me pass... did i mention this game is in the final mix? actualy i think this game is the reason why i can't pass the final mix since if there is a bit that i always screw up it's the one where the mix jump to this game
7-2
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oh this one is awesome,a bunch of shrimp march alltogether to a quite upbeat music where a little kid counts number,sometimes the kid switch to letter so the shrimp have to jump back instead
7-3
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a bunch of glasses wielding girls hold a bunch of books which they flip in rhythm with their song,depending on the strophe they will flip their book with a different rhythm,when they say "don't mind" you have to press A+B to open the book which usualy shows some character from the older rhythm tengoku
7-4
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it's karate house,when they throw you a lightbulb the next one is a string that you have to hit by pressing A+B,i guess the song is pretty boss!
7-5
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i'm not really sure what they were going for here in this remix...
7-4 marks the last game which means that you have in total 28 minigames,the remaining 3 mix contain repeat of older minigames like the 2 previous rhythm tengoku
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4-4 another samurai stage
3-1 the 2 blobs stage only now the stage has a japan setting
3-2 and it's pretty much the same
1-4 but with a farm theme instead of the school one
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6-4 but now the rappers have silly hairdo
7-3 and it's pretty much the same
1-1 but now there is a female golfer instead of a male one and the baboon has a silly hairdo
1-2 but you have to do it in the dark
remix 10
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3-4 but now flashes from camera block your visual
4-3 but now the creatures sometimes make a double dash
4-2 it's pretty much the same
7-4 yes it's a repeat of karate house AGAIN
if bebpo is having problem now with the monkey clock minigame i see a dark future ahead of him...
though after playing the remaining game i do think he's right... the first two were cool but this one most of the time just kinda comes off as kinda frustating to play
anyway some other stuff i unlocked
Toy 3
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either 4,8 or 16 spring shaped creature bounce on a cymbal,pressing A+B close the cymbal and let the first 3,7,15 creature bounce on it,if you don't press it the last creature bounce on it,playing for a while with 4 creatures net you the blue bird song,playing on 8 the music of the onion minigame from the original
Toy 4
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actualy this is a 2P minigame so i'm not sure why they put it in the toy section,two players control two robot boxer,the first player attack by inputting a sequence and then the second player tries to dodge by repeating the same sequence
Infinite 3
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this game has 8-bit visuals which are kind of a waste if you ask me,a cherub is armed with a bow and zooms at high speed at the bottom of the screen,he needs to hit a bomb on the top with an arrow,it starts slow enough but it gets quick enough to cause an headache... blergh!
i also dabbled a bit with the 2 player mode... only 8 minigame are playable and they are identic to their single player counterpart,the only difference is that the 2 player play at the same time... why they couldn't add multiplayer to every game instead of 8? it really seems like a throwaway addition
anyway for the curious the multiplayer minigame are 2-1,2-2,4-1,4-3,5-2,6-1,7-1,7-4
getting gold on the multiplayer games unlock multiplayer toys... these are
Multiplayer 1
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a maniquin is going to get hit on the head but he can block the strike with his hands,one player control his left hand and the other his right hand so both player need to press at the same time to block
Multiplayer 2
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the two players have to make some Mochi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mochi) by hitting the rice cake,if a single player hits the cake twice in a single row,he breaks it... other than that there isn't any rhythm involved just a lot of button mashing,what the heck?
Multiplayer 3
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two martial artist bounce a ball around,the first player control the martial artist on the left and the second the martial artist on the right,when the ball bounce on center both player have to press A+B to set the ball ablaze
Multiplayer 4
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both players are inside a pirate ship and have to press A at the same time to row the boat,sometimes the boat need to steer so one of the player has to sit out and let the other player steer
Multiplayer 5
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this one is easy,it's 6-3 only both man are controlled by players instead of a single one... for some weird reason while playing you can see some japanese scribble on the background i wonder what they mean
what the fuck game? what the fuck?
anyway the last infinite game you unlock is pretty cool,actualy it should have been one of the minigame you play instead of being buried as a secret optional
Infinite 4
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a crow and a vulture pair together,the vulture raps and the crow beatbox after each of his strophe,sometimes the vulture start to scream at which point the crow needs to slap him back
at 35 medals there is a very cool reward,i'm putting all this stuff in spoiler because i don't know how spoiler retentive is bebpo but i think bebpo should read this one
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the 35 medal prize are minigames from the original rhythm tengoku! :lol talk about the game making you want to play the original! the first one is the lion clap one and the second one (unlocked at 38 medals) is the ghost one,there are 2 other games at 41 medals and 44 medals but i'd be lying if i didn't say that i'm running out of stage where getting a medal isn't a pain in the ass