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rhythm games EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Rock Band 3 will teach us to play for real, apparently 33 Speaking to the Chicago Tribune, Dhani Harrison has gone on the record to say that Rock Band 3 not only exists in some form, but that it's going to rock our worlds with hefty educational value. "... Kasabian Football Hero: When Guitar Hero meets soccer 19 Yes, this is another one of those projects aimed at bringing Guitar Hero-style rhythm action to the real world.Kasabian Football Hero, as it's been dubbed, involves soccer balls being kicked at v... Here's the full list of tracks for Band Hero 42 Fact: I have literally not paid any attention to Band Hero except for the time Nick told me Taylor Swift was in it.So then, today's unveiling of the game's full track list by Spinner is even more... T-t-these DJ Hero ads are a-a-alright 11 I've gotten pretty used to the fact that videogame ads typically don't do anything for me as I've already seen everything the makers of the game want the public to see writing for Destructoid. Th... Taiko no Tatsujin Wii gets a sequel next month 8 I'm sad that the Taiko no Tatsujin games were not a success in America, but I know why -- the American version, Taiko Drum Master, simply lacked the musical oomph that the original Japanese games... New Pop'n Music Portable screens hint at story mode 11 In case you haven't heard the good news, Pop'n Music Portable is on its way to the PSP, complete with 9-button mode and the classic art style fans have come to love. Now according to these screen... DJ Hero's pre-order bonuses detailed 18 DJ Hero is almost upon us and Activision has detailed all of the bonus items major retailers are providing with pre-orders of the game:Amazon.com – Pre-order DJ Hero and DJ Hero Renegade Ed... Sega accepting fan entries for Project Diva Arcade 10 Sega announced today that they will soon be bringing the Vocaloid-themed PSP rhythm game Project Diva to arcades. Not only that, but between October 15th and Halloween, they'll be accepting fan-c... New Project Diva title is in the works 14 Considering my high level of personal interest in the musical style called Vocaloid, I brought you as much news as possible on the Hatsune Miku PSP game Project Diva. While the game certainly pre... Play Beaterator and Chinatown Wars tomorrow in New York 7 Rockstar will be at the gdgt NY launch party & meetup tomorrow at the Manhattan Center in New York showing off Beaterator on the PSPgo. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars will also be available... Pop'n Music keeps its 9-button spirit on PSP 11 After the somewhat frightening disappointment felt by some after seeing the thing they're calling Pop'n Music on the Wii, this might be a ray of sunshine for rhythm game fans. According to a maga... Flight of the Conchords coming to Rock Band 37 At the Emmy's this past week, the guys from the Flight of the Conchords let slip that they have a few songs coming to Rock Band. Today, Sub Pop Records, the label for Conchords, confirmed to Team... Taiko Drum Master for Wii: now with inflatable drum 17 In another case of fine patent database snoopery by Siliconera, it's been discovered that Namco-Bandai is developing an inflatable drum controller for a Wii version of Taiko no Tatsujin.  Th... AFI track pack now available for Guitar Hero 5 17 Three songs from AFI are now available for Guitar Hero 5 on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii. The three songs are:“Beautiful Thieves”“Girl’s Not Grey”“The M... Is that hot DJ Hero Daft Punk action I spy? 38 I feel like I've gotten to wax poetic about Daft Punk for days now, and that pretty much rules. First their confirmation in DJ Hero, then screenshots of said apperance, and now video. I can't bel... DJ Hero Daft Punk screens are looking incredible 33 We reported last week that Daft Punk would be contributing a slew of exclusive mixes to the upcoming DJ Hero, and as I expected, quite a few people in the comments were swayed towards shelling ou... Bit.Trip.Void announced, detailed, and trailered 13 While Jonathan Holmes was busy experiencing some sort of erotic fever dream, Bit.Trip series creators Gaijin Games were getting sh*t done. Holmes' predictions were right: explorethevoid.com is in... Rock Band Mobile? Yep, it's coming your way 14 I remember when I saw the previews for Rock Band Unplugged, I wasn't convinced a portable version of Rock Band was such a good idea. I had visions of people singing into thir PSPs in inappropriat... New York University now offers Guitar Hero class 30 I always just kind of thought getting good at Guitar Hero was a matter of practice (or for clumsy f*cks like me, an impossibility), but maybe you can actually learn the trade of banging the hell ... Ubisoft's new dancing game does not have Lady Gaga in it yet 15 Ubisoft announced today that it will be releasing a new dance game for the Wii entitled, Just Dance. Interestingly, "Just Dance" is the first track from Lady Gaga's 2008 album, The Fame... Confirmed: Cheerleaders playable in We Cheer 2 6 Namco Bandai delivered unto us video of We Cheer 2. Actually, they sent us three videos. They show the game's multiplayer mode, Cheer-Off, which can be played with two to four players. Since ther... Pop'n Music Wii: still pretty, still no proper controller 16 When Pop'n Music was announced for the Wii at E3 this year, kitty and bunny ears everywhere perked up among its dedicated fans. They then dropped when it turned out that, not only was there no 9-... Backward rhythm shooter Retro/Grade announced for PSN 21 At first glance, Retro/Grade looks to be a very ordinary and uninteresting shooter, and I admittedly let out a small groan upon watching the first few seconds of its trailer, thinking we had anot... Rhythm Heaven producer Tsunku says that America has rhythm 17 "I educated the Japanese public about rhythm with that game," said Japanese musical producer Tsunku, speaking about Rhythm Heaven.Tsunku was responsible for the musical score to Nintend... Review: Let's Tap 22 I was fortunate enough to have a good friend pass me a copy of the Let's Tap soundtrack almost immediately after its Japanese release, and for months it was by far the most often-played CD in my ... Let's see Let's Tap's box-free Best Buy Limited Edition 4 Looking for Let's Tap? Right now, Best Buy is probably your safest bet. Many Gamestops surveyed aren't carrying it as of yet, whereas Best Buy already seems to be in love with the game; christeni... Will Pop 'n Music have DLC when it's released here? 10 Anyone who prays at the altar of the rhythm game gods knows that Pop 'n Music has long held the top spot as the game you have to have insane skills to play (or I should say, to play well). If you... Sega blog unveils Let's Tap box, which comes with boxes 16 I've been hot and bothered for Let's Tap for months now, ever since the soundtrack fell into my hands and remained in my car's CD player for countless rotations. I figure any game with a soundtra... E3 09: The Beatles: Rock Band has the best intro ever 27 Raise your hand if you want to have your mind blown first thing this morning. You do? And you, in the back, as well? Good -- Harmonix is more than happy to oblige, providing us with the most surr... Play Dance Dance Revolution while getting set on fire! 24 Have you ever thought to yourself, "Gosh, it'd sure be fun playing videogames while blasts of fire hit my face!"  Well, the latest episode of Boing Boing Video has the answer for y... Pata pata pata screens! New Patapon 2 images 10 Here's yet another treat to come out of Sony Gamer's Day, a few screenshots of Patapon 2. The first few images are for the single player mode, while the last two are from the multiplayer. Unlike ... Rhythm Tengoku Gold's Laboratory of Love remixed 34 We're enthralled with Rhythm Tengoku Gold at the Destructoid fortress, and in fact have been for some time. You may have noticed. In an effort to give voice to the adoration spilling from our hea... Young Villain Academy looks like a must have for my iPhone 4 I rely on my iPhone for portable tower defense and casual options, but I have to admit I don't really go digging through the app store for really unique looking titles very often. Thankfully, thi... Rhythm Heaven mall event has free stuff, hot cosplay 21 Yesterday, Matt told us about the Rhythm Heaven events going on this weekend all around the country. I headed to the one at the Burlington Mall, not expecting it to be anything worth reporting on... Rhythm Heaven coming to a city probably not near you 19 Hello? Is anyone reading this early? Well, for any readers that are we've got some last minute event news for you. Nintendo is setting up Rhythm Heaven lounges around the country for people to be... Video from Project Diva shows this is a must have import 10 If you have no idea who the blue haired girl in the picture above is, don't worry -- Japan is obsessed enough with her to make up for your ignorance. Known as Hatsune Miku, the character was crea... Deep Silver announces DJ Star for Nintendo DS 9 Feeling the need to show off your scratch skills? DJ Star, the recently announced DS rhythm title from Deep Silver, may give you the opportunity. Starting you off as a rookie DJ and forcing you t... Major Minor's Majestic March gets a anime shorts series 5 If Major Minor's Majestic March is on your radar, it's there for one of three reasons: It's being designed by Masaya Masuura (better known as "that Parappa guy"), it looks pretty damn g... Nintendo partners with DJ Academy for Rhythm Heaven event 5 If you've already mastered Rhythm Heaven on the Nintendo DS, Nintendo wants to put your real skills to this test this week in New York City. This Thursday, April 9, Nintendo will be hosting ... Destructoid review: Rhythm Heaven 41 Dale North and I tried our best to try to convince you that you needed to import a copy of Rhythm Tengoku Gold for the Nintendo DS back in September of last year, and you know, if you didn't buy ... Have some new Scratch: The Ultimate DJ screens 20 Our own Benjamin Perlee got some quality time with Scratch: The Ultimate DJ recently, and came out of it calling the title one of his most anticipated of the year. Words like that are sure to mak... Jon and Toph discuss: The English dub of Rhythm Heaven 78 When I found out at E3 last year that Rhythm Heaven was actually coming to the US, I couldn't have been happier. Wii Music may have been bland and forgettable, but I could forgive Nintendo for th... GDC 09: The lowdown on Rhythm Heaven's English song lyrics 13 During Nintendo president's Satoru Iwata's keynote speech here at the 2009 Game Developer's Conference this week, he showed footage of the localized DS/DSi game Rhythm Tengoku Gold, now named Rhy... Rhythm Heaven coming in April? 12 You may recollect I was a bit of a sad panda over the supposed November release date for Rhythm Heaven DS, the English-language version of Rhythm Tengoku Gold (better known as the best rhythm gam... Harmonix would like to make a new Amplitude 11 And I would like to fellate the staff at Harmonix.*In an interview with Ars Technica last week, Harmonix CEO Alex Rigopoulis expressed a desire to develop a new Amplitude title for the PlayStatio... A game that allows you to sing to the musicals of Andrew Lloyd Webber? 26 I studied musical theatre for years in high school and college and loved every second of it, and if I could have convinced myself that moving to New York and living on a waiter's salary to surviv... Rhythm Heaven spotted with a November release date 18 If you read the import review that Dale North and I wrote about Rhythm Tengoku Gold, you may have imported it already if it's your cup of tea, or you may have decided to wait for the English vers... DJMax Technika testing in northern California next week 6  Those of you in California who couldn't make the trip down for the LA testing are about to get your chance to jump in line and poke the sh*t out of that touch screen we've been hearing so m... Touch me everywhere: DJMax Technika coming to DS, iPhone 18 You might remember us telling you last week that Pentavision's newest rhythm game, DJMax Technika, was being Tested in SoCal arcades, and it seems that's only the beginning of the Korean develope... Real bands vs fake ones: the argument goes on 60 NME recently published an article about the power struggle between games and music, and quickly conversations shifted to the topic of music games versus real ones and the differing opinions about... DJMAX Technika now testing in Los Angeles 22 Bemani fans, lend me your ears. And fingers. The latest iteration of Korean-developed rythm game DJMAX, which found some stateside popularity with its PSP Ports, is now being tested at two l... Another confirmation for DJ Hero not from Activision 7 According to Dutch DJ Tiesto, DJ Hero is a real product. In a recent newsletter (that we haven’t seen) Tiesto acknowledged the game’s existence and a possible release date of summer 2... Destructoid review: Samba De Amigo 18 Samba De Amigo is the direct ancestor of not one, but two of gaming's latest controller crazes; musical instrument simulators and motion sensitive controllers. Back in the dying days of the Sega ... DJ Hero confirmed by Guitar Hero developer 17 Guitar Hero: World Tour project director Brian Bright told Joystiq that Activision Blizzard is indeed involved in the development of DJ Hero. This marks the second confirmation of the title, but ... Wii Taiko No Tatsujin confirmed for December release 11 Unfortunately, I can't share any actual screens or art from the upcoming Taiko No Tatsujin for Wii with you as the only official picture we have is pretty grainy and ugly, so you'll have to settl... How does Patapon Multiplayer work? Gather round and listen 2 In a recent visit to Sony's Tokyo offices, 1Up was treated to some scrumptious new information about Patapon 2, including tidbits about how the multiplayer mode will work. Four adventurers will b... The AirG comes packed with PopStar Guitar: fancy! 11 This is kind of a handy peripheral for those of you who can't stand clutter. The AirG simply slips over your Wiimote and allows you to play the hell out of some air guitar right in the privacy of... Destructoid review: B-Boy 23 When I’m not busy writing about videogames, I like to hit the streets and dance. I dance for money. I dance for prestige. Most importantly, I dance for respect. The respect that I get stems... Rhythm Tengoku Gold papercraft has me doing the frog dance 8 [video]104654:404[/video] If you saw our import review of DS rhythm game Rhythm Tengoku Gold, you'll know that we're big fans here at Destructoid. Colette and I both praised the title for its ste... The Sound Card 006: The top ten rhythm games that don't use a plastic guitar 73 A rhythm game is a videogame that asks players to follow a beat and execute prompted actions like button presses (or guitar strums) at preset times. When you boil this type of title down to its c... « NEXT « next - expanded blog view		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! Dive in! meetup+play for a chance to win a PC Dtoid Twitter    Got news?   tips@destructoid.com Reviews & Previews Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles review Left 4 Dead 2 review Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Reflex review Arkedo Series - 02 SWAP! review EyePet review more reviews Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks Monster Hunter Tri Hooking onto, under and above Just Cause 2 PS3's 256-player MAG Rooms The Main Building more previews - The Dtoid Army is 50693 strong - Showing Cblogs with 3+ faps   show all Call for entries: do the wrong thing New to Dtoid? 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