Wiikly Wares: Bit.Trip: Beat and Summer Games II

awesome flowchart! except there really no hdd, just internal flash...still funny though!

because at the time it's all we had...noone knew it could be any better, much less in 3d for that matter.

I dunno about Summer Games, but I know its sister game Winter Games was and is awesome.

It's pretty fun, but there's a bit of a tendency to sort of let everything slide by at points (then you lose)... And some of the patterns are pretty crazy, I suspect you can't really be expected to get them until you memorise it.

The game design is really clever though, I like the way the graphics get worse as you fail, until eventually it literally turns into Pong graphics; black and white, and you lose *all* the music except 'beep' from the Wii remote speaker. The really clever thing about this is that being white on black makes it extremely clear what's happening, so that gives you a better chance to claw your way back.

I've completed the first level (twice). Failed second level. There are three [long] levels. Seems like it'll definitely be worth $6.

Mushroom Men has this weird "Metronome system" thing, which causes scripted events (and possibly enemies, I haven't actually played it yet) to sync with the music and actually add layers to it.