Let's have fun with Let's Tap

by Alisha Karabinus { Oct 14th 2008 at 10:50AM }

We're just gonna lay it out there: Let's Tap looks more like Let's Be Completely Freakin' Awesome (And Take That, Guitar Hero). The game debuted amidst excitement about Sin & Punishment 2 and Punch-Out!!, and so didn't get quite the attention it deserved. You wouldn't think it could then stand out at TGS, but the armchair-drumming (wait, tapping) game with the wild visuals managed to draw a little spotlight and snag some favorable impressions.

What's really striking about Let's Tap, though, is that it seems to capture the anything-goes, nontraditional spirit of the Wii -- remember that? the promise of new and breathtaking vistas? -- in a way that software like Wii Fit cannot. You put the Wii remote on a box. Then you do the same thing you do anytime you're stuck waiting at a light, or standing by a file cabinet: you drum out rhythms with your fingertips and this translates to the screen. It's simple, wacky, brilliant, and we wish it was being released tomorrow.

Sadly, we may be alone in this.

Gallery: Let's Tap

Tags: lets-tap, mini-games, rhythm, sega

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Nigeria @ Oct 14th 2008 11:06AM

No, I'm interested in this. Well, with Naka's name attached I'll at least give it a go.

Waffala @ Oct 14th 2008 11:33AM

WiiFanboy should start up the hype train for Let's Tap.The music is great, and that rhythm sequence looked suspiciously like Taiko Drum Master, so if that doesn't make it here I'll be happy with Let's Tap's soundtrack.

Monkey Thing?!!? @ Oct 14th 2008 11:38AM

Naka has gone quite mad

But the results are good. Yeah, it's another mini-game collection, but it seems to have more style than most, not to mention the unique gimmick.

vegi-saurus @ Oct 14th 2008 11:47AM

The box is the best peripheral out there! Kudos SEGA and Naka for such creating such a unique game though.

Rowdehaj @ Oct 14th 2008 11:49AM

Slightly unrelated ... but listening to Japanese people speak always makes me curious what it's about, it sounds so ... odd? to Westerners. Could be just me, but I'd love to learn it properly sometime.

BlackDogAssault @ Oct 14th 2008 11:49AM

This is a genius work. I have no idea why the hell people are calling these kinda controls "gimmicky". I bought a Wii because I wanted to be able to play in new ways like this. I'm glad the bloggers here agree.
And I hope I'm not sounding fanboyish... It's just that new ideas like these are what Wii is lacking right now - with it's controllers only being used the obvious ways most of the time.

Ethan @ Oct 14th 2008 11:01PM

If videogame adverts are to be believed, dads are awful at videogames.

Kid Nicky @ Oct 14th 2008 11:24PM

1. Too bad noone will have the balls to release this stateside.
2. Look at the girl's safety strap closely. It moves from inside the rubber sleeve to outside of it.?
3. They should have made the box look like Snake's.

Hamster @ Oct 15th 2008 8:29AM

Have you people gone insane?! It looks utterly derivative. Standard Wii minigame compilation (with incessant, annoying shaking replaced with incessant, annoying tapping) coupled with standard Wii commercial of nauseatingly twee, fake family pretending to have "fun" together.... They're just tapping! Endless f@cking tapping!!! It looks f@cking awful. I'm sorry, but Jesus Christ, don't be fooled by this garbage. It's no better than the likes of Sports Party and Big Beach Sports. A man as talented as Yuji Naka probably shitted this out in a spare afternoon. Though I admit that that is actually a pretty long development time for a third-party Wii game.