In The Yard, Behind The Church
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Dai Gassou Band Brothers

I know a few of you here have imported this game, and I'm thinking of doing the same, soooo...

Tell me all about it. How does it play, what kind of music is there, how many songs are there, what does the expansion add, and how difficult is it? (I suck ass at rhythm games, it's a miracle I can even play Ouendan.)

Mirth, Chatin, I know you guys have it, please give me a mini-review.

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Hello there my dear friend.

Daigasso is my favorite DS game. It's got a lot of neat songs on it; video game music, japanese songs, and lot of songs we know in America and Canada, but I haven't played it in SOOO long that I kinda forgot most of it, or I dont remember their names.

It's hard to explain how it works, but basically the screen scrolls slowly vertically, and there's like, 4 rows on the screen at a time, which are constantly scrolling vertically, and the rows consist of boxes (each box is like, the time segment for the music). The music starts when the row with the notes in it comes to the top, and there's a highlighter that highlights the box in which you are supposed to play. The notes consist of arrows, buttons, top keys, and sometimes a combo of top key+button, and you hold that note for however long the line is (ex, Y======== is a Y note that you hold for pretty long, and if it's just B without a line, you just tap the B note). Explanations do this great game NO justice, you should find a video.

There a a few different modes, but I really only did the main one. I think after you beat like, 3 songs in a row or something, you go to the next level, which is harder. The difficulty is pretty good; starts you off easy, and just gets harder and harder each time.

I have no knowledge of the expansion pack whatsoever. I tried researching it one day, but didn't find much info. One of my main gripes about the game was the lack of more songs, which I suppose the expansion pack would fix.

The game is definitely worth importing, especially seeing as it doesn't seem it's coming to the US anytime soon. You don't really need to know Japanese either, and there are guides anyways.

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To add to what Mirth said..

If you can recall that earthquake star move in Paper Mario 2 where it you had to press A as the cursor crossed each circle on the line.. that is sort of how the game plays. Kind of.

The music was great for me since I already listen to a lot of JPop, but apart from the JPop there are the anime themes you might know, some worldwide classics, and a lot of Nintendo stuff. Also, there is a mode that you can unlock which allows you to create eight of your own songs. The music maker is really comprehensive. The ease of Mario Paint, but with the ability to have eight different instruments playing at the same time.. ones that actually sound like instruments. *Meow*

Like Mirth, I didn't really hear that much about the expansion cart, so I'm not sure what songs were on there.

The one-player mode of the game is fun, but really.. the real enjoyment comes from multiplayer. The game is one-cart multiplayer for up to eight people, and it only takes a minute to download the multiplayer to the other DS' with the full catalog of songs ready, including the eight that you created yourself. Each person chooses one of the instruments and then you all play together (along with the extra instruments being played by the computer) to create your masterpiece.

Like Donkey Konga and Guitar Hero and other games that are similar in the music genre, the game is half about giving you the great feeling like you are actually playing the instrument (unlike games like DDR and such where whether you are flawless or not only affects your score and not the enjoyment of the music). With Daigasso, you can have the humor of having a friend screw up the drums and ruin your whole beat, but while having the excitement of playing through the Mario medley flawlessly and getting giddy with each game theme included.

Like it must be for Ouendan, I cannot explain the fun of Daigasso in words. You have to experience it to understand the greatness. If the game finally came out stateside, I would be there on the release date to pick it up, no second thoughts. Highly Recommended.

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Multi-player is an impossibility, and I really don't care for most J-pop... one of the reasons why I <3 Ouendan is because the music selection appeals in a big way. Regardless, it sounds like a fun time so I think I'll be picking this up. Thanks guys.

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Why the hell have we not heard anything about this coming to the U.S.? I don't want to have to import it

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NoA frickin' hates us. The list of stuff we got denied in recent years is really sad.

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It would definitely seem that way.

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Sin and Punishment

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And all three games of that starfish platformer!

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Starfy?

How could a starfish not sell, Nintendo?

Edit: And I know this doesn't have much to do with Nintendo, but I get mad whenever I think of all of the horse racing sims there are in Japan and how many we have over here. I'm not sure how many of them are actually good, but after my little episode with Sega's Derby Owner's Club I need some horses

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Earthbound

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Bingo.
But, there's still hope, right?