
Been hammering this for the past few hours, sort of mixed reactions it's great but it sometimes stuggles to be as good as the first one but these minor niggles are easily overlooked.
I was half hoping when i opened the box that it would have some cool stickers like the gba version but alas it didn't.
So far i have struggled to the 4th remix & let me tell you now my god this game is hard, a lot harder than the gba version. It may be that im out of practice but i was struggling to barely get a pass grade. The game has the same setup as the gba original, you play 4 stages & then do the remix. All controls are done with the touch screen & all involve either tapping the screen or using slide & flick movements, leftys will be relieved to hear that you can flip it.
The remixes don't have vocal songs like the gba version did, well none of the first 4 did but there are some levels where you do play along to a vocal song & some are great, theres one level called Idol where you have to do monkey clapping & chanting when you hear a certain phrase but so far theres no levels that require japanese reading, plus theres a tutorial at the beginning of each level that tells you what to do, it make take a few goes to work it out but once you do your sorted.
As you get ranks you get either a silver or gold frame, you get a gold for getting the high level rank. You also get given a medal for getting a gold frame & these are used to unlock the many extras, also making a return is the perfect P campaign. Get a perfect on the chosen level & get a certificate & unlock a secret (wink)
The first few levels seem a bit dull but bear with it as they improve as you get further in, theres new characters in this game but also some from the previous game return as playable & as cameos. Some of my favourite new levels so far are....The monkey chanting idol level, the level where you flick dumplings into your mouth, the love potion mixing level & the one where you pick the vegetables from the first game (sadly you can't pluck them)
The cafe from the first game makes a return & in here you can read letters, listen to the sound test as you unlock songs, replay the beginning tutorial & talk to the owner of the cafe & if your doing pretty crap at a game he sometimes unlocks the next one for you so you can progress.
In the medal section theres lots of new unlockables that can be accessed by getting medals in the main game, theres a section called endless games. The only game i tried in there was coin toss where you have to flip & catch a coin, it takes 3 seconds to land but the computer removes the helping clicks so you have to rely on your own timing. The other section is called rhythm toys & has some amusing warioware style useless thingys to play with, finally theres no drum lessons this time round instead you have the guitar to work on, not unlocked any of that yet so something to look forward to.
So far so good, can't wait to see what mixes & levels are next.
Rhythm Tengoku Gold translation help
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