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Hurrah! We finally have jubeat!
jukebeat is probably my favourite music game on iOS right now. It's essentially a Western localization of the game "jubeat plus" on the Japanese iTunes store, plays exactly the same but with a modified song list. The game is bundled with 3 free songs, all of which are nostalgia-inducing remixes of music from classic KONAMI arcade games.
It's true (as some have already pointed out) that this game has quite a sharp difficulty curve which may deter beginners from wanting to master the gameplay, but it also means the game has a long lifespan as you replay songs over and over to try and get those precious extra points for the next grade.
So why buy this game if you already have jubeat plus? Well, firstly it's in English, but best of all it's much simpler for us Westerners to buy additional song-packs - before this involved trying to order an overpriced iTunes gift card from a third party retailer, but now it's as simple as clicking 'buy'.
I really hope KONAMI keep this localization alive and continue to regularly release song packs much like its Japanese counterpart - they have a repertoire of 1000s of songs so I don't see why it can't happen! :)Show lessJoshka Joshkovsky
Excellent
Jubeat's finally released in the west, and on iPad it feels almost as natural as it does in the arcade. To those who haven't seen it before, it's basically musical whack-a-mole: squares will light up in varying patterns, and you tap the lights in time to the music. On a 4x4 grid the patterns are virtually endless, and can be anything from simply working across a row or column, to alternating corners, to 5 or 6 squares at a time that you need both hands to hit. There's something intrinsically fun about tapping lights to a beat, and you get a real sense of satisfaction when you manage to contort your hands to finally hit the one section that's been eluding you.
The game does, admittedly, get quite difficult rather quickly, but the transition from 'this is too easy' to 'this is way too hard' is something that'll be smoothed out as more and more song packs are released. The current song packs are all high quality, although, as has been mentioned, more Konami originals in the future would go down well, as would the revival of some of the songs from the original Ubeat test (Scatman, Barbie Girl, Informer and Set U Free would make an awesome pack!)
Basically, if you like rhythm games, you NEED this. If you don't, give it a go anyway, there's no better demonstration as to how fun they can be!Show lessKaiBunneh
Finally....
After years of waiting jubeat or jukebeat finally gets a form of release in the western world. Its a lot of fun and easy to pick up, definitely needs more popular songs like those included in the location test vesion of ubeat from a few years back. Even the covers of sandstorm and set u free were amazing back then...Show lessKrispearman
