This is THE game.

I think I found out that I have a thing for rhythm games, one that isn’t dance dance revolution. I mean, I like dance dance revolution, I even own a mat back when the very first version came out on PS1, but I found out that I cannot playing that game really well, because, well, simply my body wasn’t up for the challenging ^^; I would play one or two songs and had my body shook so bad that I can’t do anything for hour.

Then came along Taiko no Tatsujin, Which is better for me cos it doesn’t involve moving my whole body, and I think my arms are a tad stronger than my legs, since I use them extensively. (you know, comicking is LABOUR) but still, my record for Taiko is, 40 songs in a row, before my arms fell off.

and then, Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan

I got to try this game once before, but the first time I tried it, it didn’t strike my fancy very much, mainly because I didn’t like the songs in those stages that I played. Months later, Kotaku (either Kotaku or Joystiq) posted video of someone playing Ouendan in supposedly ‘uber hard’ mode, with girl cheerleaders. And the song in that stage was ‘Over the Distance‘ by Yaida Hitomi, which instantly caught my ears. and that, had me run to buy the game right away.

I wasn’t disappointed. It’s ideal game for me, it’s something that I can pick up for 5 minutes, taking a break from working. It wasn’t as taxing as Taiko, also It’s more convenient to pick up and put down than Taiko, and I can play my favorite song over and over.

I’m thinking about getting Guitar Hero, since it’s another big rhythm game that I didn’t try yet, but it doesn’t come cheap, and I have to import it only, and because of the controller, the shipping cost is high, and I probably got taxed the hell outta it *shudder*

Bonus

a few songs from Ouendan that I can find on youtube, including my fav, over the distance ^^

• Ready Steady GO L’Arc~en~Ciel (I can never typed that name out) Final Stage song, I both love it and HATE it, grrrr
• Koi No Dance Site Morning Musume, The Office Lady Stage, I’m currently stuck at this stage in hard mode.
• Over The Distance Yaida Hitomi, Ghost love story Stage, my MOST favorite stage in the game.
• Shanghai Honey Orange Range, UFO stage
• One Night Carnival Kishidan, Violinist stage, I must admit I don’t really like this stage very much T^T
• Kokoro Odoru Nobodyknows, Potter stage, JESUS I HATE THIS STAGE, *shake fist* I was stuck in this stage forever since easy mode, normal mode, and sure as hell in hard mode too when it comes, T^T

too bad I can’t find ‘Taisetsuna Mono’ by Road Of Major, that song is in Taiko too, and I like it.