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Pop'n Music Wii
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NCS Game Synopsis
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The last Pop'n Music game for the
Playstation 2 was released two summers ago in 2007.
NCS is fairly certain that Pop'n Music 14
Fever was the series' swansong on the PS2
since the console is ancient and software sales have
been dwindling for years. It's unclear however if
Konami will make the PS3 the console of choice for
canonical Bemani releases but until that's sorted
out, a new Pop'n Music reaches the Japanese consumer
market this week. Not for the Xbox 360 nor the PS3
however. This one's exclusively for the Wii where
rhythm-loving gamers will wag the Wii Remote and
Nunchuk to hit the onscreen cues. The basic gist of
Pop'n Music is pastel-colored Beatmania. Cues rain
down the screen and a corresponding button must be
slapped when each cue reaches the baseline below.
The Wii rendition of Pop'n Music features a
little over 40 songs that are included on the game
disc but additional songs may be downloaded for a
small fee. That's Konami's way of milking the Bemani
faithful just a little bit more after the initial
sale. An assemblage of familiar characters and a
four-player mode dubbed "Score March" allows party
people to play the game together like a musical
gang.
Product SKU:
RI025-J1
JAN Code:
4988602146714
Japanese Product Name:
ポップンミュージック
Publisher:
Konami
Compatibility: Nintendo Wii (Japan-Only)
Language: Japanese Only
Website:
http://www.konami.jp/bemani/popn/
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Game Notes
» Pop'n
Music Wii is played with a combination of the
Nunchuk and Wii Remote. A short training exercise at
the outset of the game teaches games how to hold the
controllers and how to wave them left and right to
trigger the arrow cues on screen. For example, to
trigger the left-pointing arrow, wave the Nunchuk to
the left. To trigger the downwards facing arrow on
the left side of the screen, wave the Nunchuk
downwards. When trying to hit the down arrow with
the Nunchuk however, we found that jutting it
downwards would often trigger the left-pointing
arrow. After the training stint, a short Pop'n Music
game will commence where you're to hit the cues to
the best of your ability.
» A total of 14 characters may be selected at the
outset of the game including the sisters Mimi and
Nyami.
» The presentation of Wii Pop'n Music is radically
different from the Arcade and PS2 versions. Instead
of a backdrop where cues rain downwards, you'll see
your chosen character larger than life on screen in
front of buttons. As the cues drop in front of the
character, his/her hands roam and smack the buttons
in time to your gesticulations. The cues are as
follows:
Left Side of Screen (Nunchuk Cues)
Left Arrow
Down Arrow
Right Arrow
Right Side of Screen (Remote Cues)
Left Arrow
Down Arrow
Right Arrow
The Right Arrow from the left side of the screen and the Left Arrow
from the right side of the screen share the same cue
bubble located in the center of the screen.
» Whereas the canonical Pop'n Music games are
precise and demanding, the Wii rendition of Pop'n is
more forgiving due to the nature of the cue
triggers. The Remote and Nunchuk are simply not as
precise as hitting a certain button. That also
explains why there's only six cues as opposed to the
nine cues of Pop'n 14.
» Songs include "High School Love," "Shanghai
Honey," "Rhapsody
in Blue," "Little Rock
Overture,""Linda Linda," "Last Train," "Orion," "Shugo
Chara!'s 1st ED," "Butterfly," "We are the
Champ," "My Wings," "Macross
Frontier 3rd OP," and
"PingXPongXDash" from a song list of 40 tracks that
we perused this morning. Please note that the
version of "Butterfly" included in Pop'n Wii is not
the classic Bemani song from Smile.DK.
» Konami
is charging 100 Wii Points for each pair of Pop'n
Music songs as follows:
Pops
J-GARAGE POP / Miracle Moon
SHY POP / ネガイゴト / 肥塚良彦
Modern
MODERNISM / 電波の暮らし
浪速っ子ブギ / こなもん屋人情歌
Ethnic
TABLA'N BASS / ナタラディーン
CONTEMPORARY NATION 3 / Echoes
Additional tracks will also be available but please note that the
DLC is stored on the Wii's internal memory and
cannot be transferred to an SD card. A limitation
that Konami specifies is that only five pairs of
songs may be downloaded to the Wii's internal
memory.
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This document is ©NCSX 2009. All rights reserved. No
reproduction in whole or in part of this document
may be made without express written consent of
National Console Support, Inc.
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