We knew we were going to blab about Ontama more. Sure, it'll probably turn out to be a mildly interesting game for children, but until we find out for sure we're going to continue on the OMG RHYTHM GAME tack. Here are a few things we learned from watching the video again and from poking around the recently updated website, making full use of our terrible Japanese language skills.Not only does the game involve tapping directions on the D-pad rhythmically while circling blobs on the touch screen, it also involves blowing into the microphone. For something that seems to be for young audiences, it certainly has a lot going on. Also possibly of interest: J-pop fans may (or may not-- we have no idea!) be pleased to hear that Ontama contains music from a group called 80 Pan.
And, via Insert Credit, a little background on the developer Noise Factory: they used to be an internal SNK team who developed fighting games for the Neo-Geo. The fact that a fairly hardcore fighting game developer is working on this is another reason to think that quality gameplay might be found in here.
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4-27-2007 @ 12:00PM
pixelator said...
"The vote is pretty much unanimous that Final Fantasy III is the best-looking DS title to date,"
Um, not hardly. Many felt (including some reviewers) they would've been better off going 2D or 2.5D as some other games of this type have been successful with.
The 3D in FFIII was atrocious - For me, it made playing the game less enjoyable. While some criticized the dated random encounter gameplay, I sort of liked that element. Just not combined with the sort of 3D that was vogue when 3D was new and the novelty of it masked the crudeness.
Ontama looks a bit better, maybe they've polished that aspect up a bit. I can't quite tell from the screenshots (early pics of FFIII looked pretty good, too).
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