If I had to be cast away on a deserted island with but a single game for my Nintendo DS, I would have to opt for the fat little imported Gameboy Advance nugget that is Rhythm Tengoku. This title embodies everything I love about video games: a killer soundtrack, condescending monkeys in orange afro wigs, and some of the most simple and purely entertaining gameplay I've ever enjoyed. The variety in this title puts games like Wii Play and Warioware to shame -- it really is like owning a pack of 40 different music games. I love it like Wilson.

Years after its release, it comes as a susprise that the sleeper hit is getting a coin-op arcade release from Sega. The attached high res scan from a Japanese magazine shows a higher resolution port with the same activities found in the game, adapted to competitive duel and (what I believe to be) co-op gameplay modes. Obviously, there is little chance in hell that such a machine see a stateside release, but I'm optimistic. Worse case, I travel light and have an affinity for sushi anyway. Dtoid Japan in 2009!

[Thanks Zombie-kun]