Review by Matt S. On the happiness scale, there aren’t many things that can out-happy Taiko no Tatsujin. The adorable arcade drumming rhythm experience, with its psychedelic use of colour and sheer energy, has become an institution in Japanese arcades, and a beloved example of the rhythm game genre for…
Read MoreReview by Ginny W. I’m a bit of a rhythm game fiend. I’ve gotten my grubby little hands on every rhythm title that’s come to the New Zealand eShop, and I’ve had a pretty great run with all of them. The Switch has a great selection of rhythm games, and…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. Groove Coaster is technically a rhythm game, but it seems a disservice to reduce it to something so utilitarian. It’s a psychedelic audio-visual experience that’s more about feeling the music, with the “game” just a means of bringing that to life. To play Groove Coaster is…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. It seems like I can’t go a week without playing a new rhythm game on my Switch. Musynx, Lumines, and now Lanota. Like many of the others (including two that Lanota’s publisher previously brought to Switch – Deemo and Voez), Lanota is originally a mobile game. And,…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Take ya body, shake ya body, shake ya body down to the groundShake ya body, shake ya body, shake ya body down to the ground Related reading: Here’s a review of another Lumines game, for people with iPhones! I’ve had this song on loop, buried deep…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Rhythm game fans rejoice! The second best rhythm game series of all (after, of course, the Hatsune Miku games) is coming to Nintendo Switch in English. Taiko Drum Master: Nintendo Switch Version is that game and it lands on August 9. There’s a catch, though. That…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. We all knew this was going to happen, but it’s good to have it confirmed. The Persona 3 and 5 rhythm games, which released in Japan about a month ago, have been confirmed for an release in English. Related reading: Our review of Persona 4: Dancing…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. While the lack of Hatsune Miku on Nintendo Switch is a conspicuous sign that perhaps the Miku license is in flux, and we may never see another one from SEGA, the Switch console itself has become something of a home to the rhythm game genre. Quite…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Persona 4 Dancing All Night could have easily been a bad game. Making a rhythm game “sequel” to a JRPG isn’t exactly a logical path I would have taken. Related reading: Our review of the original Persona 4 Dancing All Night on PlayStation Vita But it…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. L.F.O.: Lost Future Omega releases on Nintendo Switch in both America and Europe this week, on May 3. It’s a budget priced ($US7.99 / €6.49) blend of rhythm game and shoot-em-up, and it looks like it could be a lot of fun. Especially if you like…
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