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If You're Gonna Fret, Fret Nice

Finally, a platformer you can play with... a guitar controller?

Feb. 2 2010

Posted by: Jeff

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Fret Nice

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YES!

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game say WHAA

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Guitar controller? how will that work?!

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Finally, I was waiting to see when this was gonna be on consoles.

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Was wondering where this disappeared off to.

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Doesn't look very good.

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Oh? So it's finally here soon? Cool. I know one of the guys that make this game. I saw and tried it in it's early years two-three years ago before it got it's new redesign and became a console game. The guys making this are swedish. 
 
EDIT: Hmm.... not the best trailer I've seen. Doesn't really explain how the game works. It just looks like a very slow plattformer right now.

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Ladies and gentlemen: the end of the universe.

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There is no way that this will turn out well.

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playing regular games with an instrument controller never works out well. im still haunted by memories of trying to play halo with a guitar.....

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ahhhhhhhh bad donkey konga memory has just poped in my head why would god let this happen again

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What?

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Tha fuck?

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@drowsap: I guesss your'e talking about Donkey Kong Jungle Beat? What was wrong with that? It was a fun game. But yeah... even though I tried this game a little I have no clue how it will work in the end. I tested it over two years ago so I want to believe that the yanky bits are ironed out. If you do this kind of game you really have to think about the controls so let's hope they work.  

I remember an old 1UP Yours from GDC talking about this game too more than a year ago and they thought it was interesting. We just have to wait and see.
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no idea but want.

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For a game that seems to involve rocking out, the music for this could of been....rockier?

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@Johnny5 said:
" For a game that seems to involve rocking out, the music for this could of been....rockier? "
The lead character has a vagina, so the sound of the game must as well.
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Before I saw that trailer i kept wondering how the f you play this game.  Now I'm just wondering how you play it sober.

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Bad Hairdos is a good selling point.

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¿Que?

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It's funny to me how dismissive people are of this.  It's interesting and new.  Maybe it won't be fun, but at least they are trying.  All games can't be Halo.

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Can't blame them for trying, although they should give you the option to play with a regular controller as well so the 3 or so people without a guitar controller somewhere can play too.

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@TrakMastaTom said:
" It's funny to me how dismissive people are of this.  It's interesting and new.  Maybe it won't be fun, but at least they are trying.  All games can't be Halo. "
This.
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This is stylish.

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Does anyone know if the 2 year old demo is still available? I remember really liking it for what it was back then.
@Dogma said:

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Hej herr Cederholm :)
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ewww, this isnt the game i thought it would be.

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Seems like it has a nice vibe to it. Digging the Katamari-ish song.

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@AlmostSwedish: Yeah.... that's not creepy at all.... 
 
Ge dig tillkänna! :P
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Ain't this stupid, hooyaa?

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@max3000 said:
" @TrakMastaTom said:
" It's funny to me how dismissive people are of this.  It's interesting and new.  Maybe it won't be fun, but at least they are trying.  All games can't be Halo. "
This. "
But what if you could play Halo with the guitar controller?
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@DukeTogo said:
" @max3000 said:
" @TrakMastaTom said:
" It's funny to me how dismissive people are of this.  It's interesting and new.  Maybe it won't be fun, but at least they are trying.  All games can't be Halo. "
This. "
But what if you could play Halo with the guitar controller? "
You can.
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That was such a terrible trailer
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interested to see how exactly the controls will work, cause it does seem like a pretty cool idea, could be alot of fun!
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As a fan of Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, I approve.

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@Junpei said:

"Can't blame them for trying, although they should give you the option to play with a regular controller as well so the 3 or so people without a guitar controller somewhere can play too. "



You do have the option to play with the regular controller...but why would you? :) 
 
Here's the controller config: 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/playstationblog/4324614010/     
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@MrKlorox said:
" @Johnny5 said:
" For a game that seems to involve rocking out, the music for this could of been....rockier? "
The lead character has a vagina, so the sound of the game must as well. "
How terribly sexist of you. Quite funny, too.
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Aw, SONIC SICKNESS!!! Finally!

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Probably the worst song I have ever heard. 

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Hipsters!

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@TrakMastaTom said:
" It's funny to me how dismissive people are of this.  It's interesting and new.  Maybe it won't be fun, but at least they are trying.  All games can't be Halo. "
That's because half the people on this site are 14-year-old Modern Warfare 2 fanboys. :-/
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The freeware version was decent. Unfortunately, it looks like they've busied the tone of the game. The theme song before was jpop-like and the look and feel of the game was laid-back. The trailer itself was cut faster than I think it should've been.

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Interesting.

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How will the movement work with the guitar controller but sounds like an interesting idea.

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Who edited this jumpy mess of a trailer? The King of the Tweakers?

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The funniest thing is I thought about this very idea today. Goddammit. 

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 Art style is a big step up from the original trailer ages ago.  Still makes even less sense.

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wtf is going on. is that trailer supposed to make me interested in the game?

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might not end well in terms of controls, but it may 
 
i like that they are making games other than music games for use with the guitar controller, might give me a reason to use mine again...prolly never playing guitar hero again, lol 
 
hopefully there's a demo of this cause i'd really like to see how it handles

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@CDUB901: A demo has been announced with the game.  It will be on PSN first and XBLA TBA sometime in Q1.
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Do I want to play this game after watching this trailer? Hell no I don't.