BIT.TRIP BEAT
Everything comes from something.
We were before we became. From life comes rhythm, and from rhythm comes life.
We are beings of information.
Everything is a conduit for learning.
We communicate in bits and bytes.
And we will return to something once we become nothing.
After our BIT.TRIP is complete.
Wiiware. $6. Wiimote only. 1-4 players. 3 long-ass stages. Not a ton of required fridge.
Rez * Pong
That’s it.
Worth the price?: Yes
Worth the fridge space?: Yes
Recommended: Anybody with a 2600 retro itch.
Recommended: Enjoy Pong, Breakout, anything that plays with a paddle.
Recommended: If you love chiptunes or Mizuguchi music concepts (Rez, Lumines, Every Extend).
Not Recommended: No good at pattern recognition.
Not Recommended: Driven by graphics.
Not Recommended: Colorblind
You play as a paddle. Pong-style-sideways. Your job is to hit every ball before it passes by. Every ball you hit, the SFX adds to the song and a meter builds along the top. When the top meter fills, the soundtrack gets more complex. Fill the top meter again, you earn a multiplier. The scoring system is based on never missing, almost like Vid Ribbon. When you miss a ball, a meter fills along the bottom. When that meter fills up, you lose the multiplier and the soundtrack degrades. Continue missing balls and the game reverts to original Pong presentation. Continue to miss and you game over.
