Pop'n Music's not-great control scheme explained
by JC Fletcher 
{ Jul 28th 2009 at 5:30PM }
Instead of a series of nine buttons, the Wii game uses Wiimote and Nunchuk motions to control an on-screen characters hands as they move over a series of five virtual buttons. In reverse, because he's facing you. Move the Nunchuk down and to the left to hit the button on the far left of the screen. Move the Wiimote straight down to hit the button on the middle right.
"When I played 'Virtual Insanity' I noticed I unintentionally hit multiple buttons while sliding the remote down/right or down/left to hit the green buttons," Siliconera's Spencer said. "Then I discovered the 'magic swipe' motion, which made Pop quickly smack the green, blue, and red buttons."
We want to keep an open mind about this unreleased product and all, but this does not sound good. In no way does it sound better than just pushing buttons.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Tim @ Jul 28th 2009 5:48PM
It seriously needs that arcade controllers, unless if Konami likes to do a TAKE THAT on the purists.
razer922 @ Jul 29th 2009 5:48AM
It really sounds like Konami doesn't know wtf to do with their main rhythm franchises. This is absolute bullshit.
I'm just going to laugh at them when they go "WHAT WENT WRONG?!!?!??!?!"
MasterInsan0 @ Jul 29th 2009 3:36PM
I can't think of a way to make Pop 'n Music control well with just a Wiimote. Well, I can, but it wouldn't be fun. And that's the problem: the control method for Pop 'n Music is 95% of the fun, so if the controls are awkward, boring, weird, or just plain stupid, the game will not be fun.
xXTALIUSXx @ Aug 20th 2009 10:33AM
I've played this game a good bit, and the controlls are terrible! You do end up hitting multiple buttons at the same time, and hitting the far left and right buttons is difficult to do. Also, the music selection isn't any good either; it's all extremely easy, especially since you can simply flail your arms about madly and still get just about every note.