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New Let's Tap videos show the box-tapping rhythm mode

2:42 PM on 11.17.2008, Dale North 15 comments

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At this year's Tokyo Game Show, we brought back news of a new Wii game from Sega called Let's Tap. In this game, you tap on a cardboard box to control everything, whether it be little runners running a race, or bouncing balloons you have to catch. It doesn't really make sense until you see it in action, but from what we played, it was a lot of fun.

It's not all silly minigames, though. Well... it really is, but some are more complex than others. New videos from the Japanese Let's Tap web page show footage of the rhythm game mode. Think Taiko Drum Master or Donkey Konga, but with crazy-assed songs... and a cardboard box. 

The video above demonstrates how the taps go along with the rhythm indicators, all set to the insane counting song also featured on the Let's Tap page. As you'll see from the other videos after the jump, there's a fair bit of complexity to these rhythm cues. The Kung-Fu one looks pretty difficult!

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SWE3tMadness at 11/17/2008 15:21
To quote Hobbes, "It's amazing what they can do with a cardboard box nowadays."

But yeah, it is kind of funny when a third party provides more innovation with the Wii than Nintendo does. I am a little wary of another minigame collection however, even if the minigames do look like fun right now... >.>
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necrozen at 11/17/2008 16:32
I'm not used to seeing games on the wii that I'd be interested in. Weird. With the new sonic and Valkyria Chronicles, plus this, Sega has been rocking hard lately. Keep it up, Sega!

Also, did some of that music remind anyone else of Dreamcast's Jet Grind Radio?
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Dexter345 at 11/17/2008 16:41
It seems like the music tapping minigame could be a full game in itself. Looks fun.
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ParaParaKing at 11/17/2008 17:21
I want this game really bad.
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Cube at 11/17/2008 18:13
I am buying this game, what happens if I tap my box to hard and crush it?
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Cube at 11/17/2008 18:15
Screw it ill buy it just for the 8bit nes music forget about the box.
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Cube at 11/17/2008 18:24
Seroiusly the secound video china music is the most fucking amzing music I have in a game in 6 months when is sega putting out the sound track?
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braulio09 at 11/17/2008 18:48
yeah looks awesome but I dunno about $50.....maybe 30-40 bucks would be good.
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ran196 at 11/17/2008 19:30
wow, i never saw so many praises for a game like this
usually there are alot of people who would already denounce this game as the spawn of Satan
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j00zt1n at 11/17/2008 20:10
As a rhythm game fan, I cannot wait for this.
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GohanGVO at 11/17/2008 23:57
As someone who has thought this looked fuckin' RAD since day one, this solidifies my interest (and elitism! ;p) even more.
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TheCleaningGuy at 11/18/2008 01:06
I want this. I don't know why, but I want this.
Is Hideki Naganuma of Jet Set Radio and Sonic Rush fame doing the soundtrack? It sounds like it.
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nosinging at 11/18/2008 19:01
It seems simple enough that it should almost be a wiiware game, save some money and some paper (seems odd that they feel the need to provide a box...)
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